Patrick Gallagher (actor)

Patrick Gallagher
Gallagher at the Glee premiere party in Santa Monica, California
Born	(1968-02-21) February 21, 1968 (age 56) New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–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]

Early 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	Final Destination 3	Colquitt
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
2010	Dancing Ninja	Sabu
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	Dog (voice)

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)	5 episodes	[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 Schultz
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". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia. November 24, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2009 – via PressReader.
3. Balser, Erin; Gardner, Suzanne (2010). Don't Stop Believin': The Unofficial Guide to Glee. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1550229387.
4. 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. "Behind The Voice Actors – Patrick Gallagher". Behind The Voice Actors (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 credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved December 1, 2020.

External links

• Patrick Gallagher at IMDb