Patton Oswalt
Acting
Biography
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Oswalt first began performing standup comedy in the late 1980s. After spending two seasons writing for MADtv and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for HBO, he began performing in films and television shows including his film debut Down Periscope (1996) and The King of Queens (1998 - 2007). A rare starring film role was the voice of Remy in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007). Oswalt has appeared in dozens of other films and television series, primarily comedies, including many voice roles.
Oswalt was married to writer Michelle Eileen McNamara on September 24, 2005 until her death in 2016. Their daughter, Alice Rigney Oswalt, was born on April 15, 2009. He has been married to actress Meredith Salenger since 2017.
As actor 318
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Family Guy
1999
The Daily Show
1996
American Dad!
2005
Hollywood Squares
1998
Rick and Morty
2013
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Modern Family
2009
The Boys
2019
Conan
2010
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Futurama
1999
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Fairly OddParents
2001
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Bob's Burgers
2011
Two and a Half Men
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Sandman
2022
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022
The Goldbergs
2013
Seinfeld
1989
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Kim Possible
2002
BoJack Horseman
2014
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Gravity Falls
2012
Community
2009
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
Buddy
2026
The King of Queens
1998
Archer
2009
We Bare Bears
2015
Parks and Recreation
2009
Hacks
2021
After Midnight
2024
Reno 911!
2003
Justified
2010
Burn Notice
2007
Veronica Mars
2004
Tamron Hall
2019
Star Trek: Picard
2020
GOAT
2026
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
2015
Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989
WordGirl
2007
Portlandia
2011
NewsRadio
1995
Ratatouille
2007
Batman Beyond
1999
Veep
2012
Raising Hope
2010
The Bad Guys: The Series
2025
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Big Hero 6 The Series
2017
Marvel's Spider-Man
2017
The Batman
2004
The Venture Bros.
2004
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Squidbillies
2005
Will & Grace
2017
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Eternals
2021
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
Static Shock
2000
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Dollhouse
2009
Drunk History
2013
The Conners
2018
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015
Justice League Action
2016
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
To Tell the Truth
2016
The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019
Comedy Central Presents
1998
The Ghost and Molly McGee
2021
Best Week Ever
2004
Reaper
2007
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Blade: Trinity
2004
Inside Job
2021
Home Movies
1999
Flight of the Conchords
2007
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995
A.P. Bio
2018
Grimsburg
2024
Emeril Live
1997
Caprica
2010
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007
Space Force
2020
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007
Hollywood Squares
2025
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
The Dink
2026
22 Jump Street
2014
Maron
2013
HarmonQuest
2016
Bored to Death
2009
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
HAPPY!
2017
United States of Tara
2009
Manhunt
2024
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2017
Strip Law
2026
Magnolia
1999
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007
Zoolander
2001
Santa Clarita Diet
2017
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Mighty Med
2013
Bless the Harts
2019
The Circle
2017
Suits LA
2025
Failure to Launch
2006
The Abandons
2025
Among Us
2026
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
Taxi
2004
Difficult People
2015
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018
Minions & More 2
2022
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
TripTank
2014
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
Down Periscope
1996
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
2008
Starsky & Hutch
2004
Reno 911!
2020
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
2016
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
2015
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
Sorry to Bother You
2018
Odd Thomas
2013
Somebody Feed Phil
2018
Battle Creek
2015
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2016
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
2021
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022
Billy on the Street
2011
Young Adult
2011
80 for Brady
2023
Man on the Moon
1999
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
We Bare Bears: The Movie
2020
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011
The Weird Al Show
1997
Minecraft: Story Mode
2018
Gaslit
2022
Kim Possible
2019
Human Giant
2007
Neighbors from Hell
2010
Blark and Son
2018
Dimension 404
2017
Ray Gunn
2026
Calendar Girls
2003
Robotomy
2010
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
Lady Dynamite
2016
Spy Kids: Mission Critical
2018
Balls of Fury
2007
The Informant!
2009
Freaks of Nature
2015
Dark Side of Comedy
2022
Deathstalker
2025
I Love You, America
2017
The History of Comedy
2017
Too Late with Adam Carolla
2005
You're Not a Monster
2019
Pulp Comics
1996
Full Frontal Comedy
1996
George Carlin's American Dream
2022
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2022
Reno 911!: Miami
2007
The Heart, She Holler
2011
Sex and Death 101
2007
Dads
2019
Your Friend the Rat
2007
The Jeselnik Offensive
2013
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020
The Spine of Night
2021
The Annie Awards
2005
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Nerdland
2016
The Sparks Brothers
2021
Live at Gotham
2006
Please Stand By
2018
The Aquabats! Saturday Morning!
2018
Observe and Report
2009
Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast
2026
5 Things with Jay Mewes
2026
The 1% Club
2024
Shatter Belt
2023
Run Ronnie Run
2002
Big Fan
2009
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
2014
MADtv
1995
Penguin Town
2021
Super Gidget
2019
Space Cop
2016
Harmontown
2014
Gilbert
2017
Heroes of the Golden Mask
2023
Zoolander: Super Model
2016
HBO Comedy Half Hour
1994
Zig Zag
2002
Nature Calls
2012
Cake Boy
2005
Goodbye, Monster
2026
Call Me Lucky
2015
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
2015
Super High Me
2007
Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
2016
MEAD
2022
The Confirmation
2016
Adams
2019
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
2023
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
2017
Toro and Moro
2004
Nostalgia
2018
AL’S BRAIN: A 3-D Journey through the Human Brain with ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
2009
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
2016
Comedians of Comedy
2005
Desperate But Not Serious
2000
Funny People: Live
2009
Patton Oswalt: Tea & Scotch
2026
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020
WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power
2012
Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
2021
Jordan, Jesse, Go!: Live
2015
Beautiful Darling
2010
Best of Stand-Up 2020
2020
Fantasia in Best Show Minor
2010
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
Last Laugh '05
2005
I Love My Dad
2022
Heckler
2007
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
2024
All Roads Lead Home
2008
Chain Reactions
2025
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Halloween
2025
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
2024
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
1999
Jason Nash Is Married
2014
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016
The Super Bob Einstein Movie
2021
The Postal Service Zoom Auditions
2020
The Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
In a Holidaze
2026
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006
Absolute Dominion
2025
The Comedians of Comedy: Live at The Troubadour
2007
Adam Ray Is Dr. Phil UNLEASHED
2024
The Bitter Buddha
2012
Monster Challenge
2018
Patton Oswalt: We All Scream
2022
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
2014
Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav
2007
Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
Unicorn Boy
2023
52 - A Tale of Loneliness
2021
Lemonade War
2014
Sex and Broadcasting
2014
History of the Joke
2008
See This Movie
2004
Out of Print
2014
We Brought Back MST3K
2018
Click, Clack, Moo: Christmas at the Farm
2017
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
The Liquid Psychologist
Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time
2014
Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour
2011
Largo
2008
Laurie Kilmartin: 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad
2016
Blood Into Wine
2010
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
2011
Last Laugh '06
2006
Shadowland
2024
The Loneliest Stoplight
2015
American Comic
2025
The Sophisticated Misfit
2007
Sex Madness Revealed
2018
The Comedians of Comedy
2005
Chronic-Con, Episode 420: A New Dope
2015
Viva Lucha Libre
2012
The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the El Rey
2006
Old/New
2015
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
2008
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013
Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything
2020
Radiolab Live: Apocalyptical
2013
Who the F#ck Is Chip Seinfeld?
2011
Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain
2004
The Priest
2020
Patton Oswalt: Werewolves and Lollipops
2007
Patton Oswalt: My Weakness Is Strong
2009
In Deep With Ryan Lochte
2020
HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Patton Oswalt
1998
On the crew 24
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
2021
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020
Sunday
2013
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
2015
Unlovable
2018
Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
2016
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
2017
Comedians of Comedy
2005
Patton Oswalt: Tea & Scotch
2026
I Love My Dad
2022
The Comedians of Comedy: Live at The Troubadour
2007
Patton Oswalt: We All Scream
2022
Eddie Pepitone: The Collapse
2025
Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time
2014
Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour
2011
In Search of Nosferatu
The Comedians of Comedy
2005
The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the El Rey
2006
Sardinia
2024
Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything
2020
Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain
2004
Patton Oswalt: Werewolves and Lollipops
2007
Patton Oswalt: My Weakness Is Strong
2009