Patrick Gallagher
Gallagher at the Glee premiere party in Santa Monica, California
Born (1968-02-21) February 21, 1968 (age 55)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Patrick Gallagher (born February 21, 1968) is a Canadian actor. He is most famous for his Attila the Hun role in Night at the Museum. He received a BAFTA Award for Performer in a Supporting Role nomination for his work in Ghost of Tsushima.[1]

Personal life

Gallagher was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, and grew up in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Born to an Irish American father and a Chinese Canadian mother, Gallagher holds dual American and Canadian citizenship.[2][3]

Career

Gallagher is known for his television roles as Joe Finn in Da Vinci's Inquest, the alcohol salesman in Entourage, Leon in The Line, Farhod the Fierce in Pair of Kings, and Ken Tanaka in Glee, and his film roles as Awkward Davies in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Gary the bartender in Sideways. He played Attila the Hun in Night at the Museum and its sequels, Chow in True Blood, Colquitt in Final Destination 3, Anderson in Severed: Forest of the Dead, and the head of security, Hugo, in the short-lived series Endgame. Gallagher made guest appearances in Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Hawaii Five-0, Intelligence, NCIS: Los Angeles, Fuller House and Psych in addition to Hell's Kitchen as a guest for the 100th dinner service. He landed the recurring role of a prison guard on the ABC soap opera General Hospital.[4] He voiced Khotun Khan in Ghost of Tsushima.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996 Moving Target Jonish Kukoc [5]
1997 Pale Saints Lowbrow [6]
1999 Apocalypse II: Revelation Jake Goss
2000 Apocalypse III: Tribulation Jake Goss
2001 Apocalypse IV: Judgment Jake Goss
2001 Full Disclosure Larry Quinn
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Awkward Davies, Able Seaman
2004 Walking Tall Keith
2004 Sideways Gary, The Bartender
2005 Severed Anderson
2006 Night at the Museum Attila The Leading Hun
2008 Street Kings LAPD Captain
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Attila The Leading Hun
2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Attila The Leading Hun
2017 Downsizing Drunk Guy At The Bar
2019 A Dog's Way Home Teo
2019 Captain Marvel Security Chief
2020 The Christmas Chronicles 2 Mass State Police Troop
2024 The Tiger's Apprentice TBA In-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1994 RoboCop: The Series Security Guard Episode: "The Future of Law Enforcement: Part 1" (S 1:Ep 1 – Pilot)
1994 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Bodyguard Episode: "Tournament" (S 2:Ep 9)
1995 Forever Knight Michael Episode: "Sons of Belial" (S 3: Ep 11)
1997 Bad to the Bone Trucker Made-for-TV Movie directed by Bill L. Norton [7]
1997 Earth: Final Conflict Prison Guard Episode: "Avatar" (S 1:Ep 4)
1997 F/X: The Series Macho Episode: "Spanish Harlem" (S 2:Ep 9)
1998 My Date with the President's Daughter Secret Service Agent Part of The Wonderful World of Disney [8]
2006 Stargate Atlantis Vonos Episode: "Inferno"
2007 Masters of Horror Barman Episode: "The Black Cat"
2008–2009 True Blood Lin Chow 2 episodes
2009–2010 Glee Ken Tanaka Season 1
10 episodes
2010 Hawaii Five-0 Carlos Bagoyo Episode: "Nalowale"
2010 Entourage Randy Episode: "Tequila and Coke"
2011 Suits Joe, The Security Guard Episode:"The Shelf Life"
2011 Endgame Hugo, Head of Hotel Security Season 1
19 episodes
2012 Psych Mercer Episode: "True Grits"
2013 Almost Human Tony Han Episode: "The Bonds"
2013 Borealis Taq Television film
2015–2017 iZombie Jeremy Chu Seasons 2–3
2016 Fuller House Chief Mulrooney Episode: "Secrets, Lies and Firetrucks"
2013 Unclaimed Jeff Keeley Television film
2017–present General Hospital Prison Guard Recurring [4]
2018 Lucifer Barry Episode: "Orange Is the New Maze"
2018 Dirty John Detective Dave Nissely Episode: "One Shoe"
2018–2019 Siren Dr. Abbott 4 episodes
2019 Wayne Mr. Hernandez 2 episodes
2019 Project Blue Book Randal Kavanaugh Episode: "Foo Fighters"
2019 The Twilight Zone Jack Mongoyak Episode: "A Traveler"
2019 American Princess Friar Woodruff 5 episodes
2019 Creeped Out Coach Carter Episode: "The Takedown"
2019 S.W.A.T. Wally Episode: "Track"
2020 Fortunate Son William Sullivan 8 episodes
2020 Station 19 Keller Episode: "I'll Be Seeing You"
2020–2022 Big Sky Sherriff Tubb Recurring cast
2021–2023 Joe Pickett Sheriff Barnum 15 episodes
2023 Blue Eye Samurai Lord Daichi (voice) [9]

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes Ref.
2006 Company of Heroes Unknown
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Attila The Hun
2010 Halo: Reach Trooper 3
2015 Rainbow Six: Siege Grim [9]
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 The Local Pedestrian Population
2019 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint Mads Shultz
2020 Ghost of Tsushima Khotun Khan [9]
2022 Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons Minister Li, Additional Voices

References

  1. ^ "2021 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". March 2021.
  2. ^ "B.C. actor Patrick Gallagher explores his dual nature with Glee". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia: Postmedia Network Inc. PressReader. November 24, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
  3. ^ Balser, Erin; Gardner, Suzanne (2010). Don't Stop Believin': The Unofficial Guide to Glee. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1550229387.
  4. ^ a b Soaps.com (September 11, 2017). "GENERAL HOSPITAL COMINGS & GOINGS". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Moving Target". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "Pale Saints". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  7. ^ "Bad to the Bone". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "My Date with the President's Daughter". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Behind The Voice Actors - Patrick Gallagher". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 1, 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.((cite web)): CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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