Patrick Fischler
American actor
- Born December 29, 1969
- 3 movies
Patrick Fischler is an American character actor, born on 29 December 1969 in Los Angeles and trained at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He has more than 60 film and television credits and specializes in nervy, fast-talking supporting parts. Television viewers know him as the insult comic Jimmy Barrett on Mad Men, the Dharma Initiative worker Phil on Lost and Detective Kenny No-Gun on Southland, with recurring roles on Veep, Silicon Valley, Twin Peaks and Barry. His films include Mulholland Drive, Ghost World, The Black Dahlia, Hail, Caesar! and American Fiction.
Patrick Fischler appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1994 to 2026. Most of that work is in biography, drama and horror.
Known for
- Mad Men (2008), Jimmy Barrett. Played Jimmy Barrett in the period drama.
- Mulholland Drive (2001), Dan. Played Dan in the 2001 film.
- Twin Peaks (2017), Duncan Todd. A role in the revival of the series.
- Lost (2009), Phil. A guest role on the island drama.
- American Fiction (2023), Mandel. A supporting role in the satire.
Career
Fischler’s first film job was as one of the passengers trapped in the elevator in Speed (1994). He won a best actor prize from the AFI Fest New Directions jury for the independent comedy The Week That Girl Died (1998), and in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (2001) he played the man in the diner describing a nightmare, a small role that has become one of the film’s most discussed scenes. Parts in Ghost World (2001), Old School (2003) and Brian De Palma’s The Black Dahlia (2006) followed, along with dozens of guest spots.
His profile rose sharply with Jimmy Barrett on Mad Men, followed by recurring work on Lost and Southland. He played the gangster Mickey Cohen through performance capture in the video game L.A. Noire (2011) and Meyer Lansky in TNT’s Mob City, and has since appeared in Twin Peaks, Barry and American Fiction (2023).
Where to start
- Mulholland Drive (2001): a few minutes of screen time that viewers never forget.
- Mad Men, season two: his acid comedian Jimmy Barrett confronts Don Draper.
- Lost, season five: a recurring part in the show’s 1970s Dharma storyline.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Patrick Fischler been in?
- Patrick Fischler appears in The Social Reckoning (2026), Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) and Speed (1994) on The Remote.
- When was Patrick Fischler born?
- Patrick Fischler was born on 29 December 1969.
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