Born in New York City in the borough of Queens, Patric is the eldest son and middle child of Academy Award–nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller Jr.) and actress Linda Miller (born Linda Mae Gleason), and his maternal grandfather was actor/comedian Jackie Gleason. He has an older sister, Jennifer, and had a younger brother, Jordan (died January 10, 2024), and his half-brother is actor Joshua John Miller. His ancestry is mostly Irish, with some German.[1]
In 2012, he began filming the Civil War film, Copperhead, but several weeks into the shoot, he was removed from the project by the director, Ronald F. Maxwell for "refusing to take instructions". His replacement was Billy Campbell.[10]
Personal life
Patric began dating actress Julia Roberts days after she canceled her wedding to Patric's The Lost Boys co-star and best friend,[11]Kiefer Sutherland, in June 1991.[12][13] Patric had been invited to the wedding but was later uninvited by Sutherland as the date grew closer.[12] According to Roberts, the wedding had been canceled long before "days before the wedding" as the press claimed at the time,[14] and that it was a mutual decision.[15] On June 14, 1991, the day of what was supposed to be Roberts and Sutherland's wedding, Sutherland moved out of Roberts' Hollywood Hills house and Roberts traveled to Ireland with Patric.[12] In July 1991, Patric turned down a role that was originally set to be played by Sutherland in the western film Renegades, in which he would co-star with Roberts, but the project fell apart following the cancellation of Roberts and Sutherland's wedding.[12][16] Patric and Roberts broke up in 1992.[17] After over a decade without speaking to each other, Patric and Sutherland reconciled in the mid-2000s,[17] and then co-starred on Broadway in a revival of Jason Miller's play That Championship Season in 2011, and they have been close friends ever since.[17][18]
Patric then dated Danielle Schreiber off-and-on for approximately ten years. During the relationship, they conceived a son through in vitro fertilization. They separated in May 2012. Schreiber's attorneys argued that Patric was merely a sperm donor, as Schreiber and Patric had not married and the conception of the child was by artificial means; therefore, they argued that Patric had no custody rights. Patric sued for parental rights to the child, but lost the case at the trial court level.[19] Following his loss in trial court, Patric lobbied the California legislature to give parental rights to sperm donors.[20] The Court of Appeal of California, however, ruled that the California Family Code did not preclude Patric from establishing that he was presumed a parent based on his post-birth conduct.[21] In late 2014, he was legally recognized as the father of his son.[22] This decision was upheld on appeal.[23]
^ abFeldberg, Robert (February 13, 2011). "Jason Patric stars in his father's hit play, 'That Championship Season'". The Record (Bergen County). Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. The money from That Championship Season enabled the family, which included Patric's brother and sister, to move to Upper Saddle River and a five-bedroom house on a large piece of land.... Patric (his given name is Jason Patric Miller Jr.) [dubious – discuss] attended Cavallini Middle School, and then Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey."
