| Pat Finn | |
| Birth Name: | Patrick Cassidy Finn |
| Birth Date: | 31 July 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other Names: | Patrick Finn |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Spouse: | [1] |
| Children: | 3 |
Patrick Cassidy Finn (born July 31, 1965) is an American film and television actor.
Finn, one of six children, was born in Evanston, Illinois, and grew up in Wilmette, where he attended Loyola Academy High School. He graduated from Marquette University in 1987. During his time at Marquette, he was on the rugby team and was teammates with comedian Chris Farley. After graduation, he moved to Chicago where he worked as a beer salesman until joining The Second City National Touring Company.
During this time, he was also performing improvisation with the ImprovOlympic in Chicago. After writing and performing in two Second City resident shows, Finn landed the part of George Wendt's younger brother in The George Wendt Show. Pat has also had recurring roles on Murphy Brown, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Ed. His other television credits include series such as Friends, Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, That '70s Show, According to Jim, Less than Perfect, The King of Queens, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 2 Broke Girls and Las Vegas. His film roles include How High, The Bachelor, Dude, Where's My Car?, I Love You, Beth Cooper, Space Buddies and It's Complicated.
He experienced commercial success with campaigns for Got Milk?, PlayStation, DiGiorno Pizza, Holiday Inn, H&R Block, BellSouth, Toyota and others.[2] Finn played the recurring character Bill Norwood on ABC's The Middle starting in 2010. He starred in Marvin Marvin on Nickelodeon from November 24, 2012, to April 27, 2013. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.
| Film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1999 | The Bachelor | Bolt | ||
| 2000 | Dude, Where's My Car? | Rick | ||
| 2001 | Prairie Dogs | Commercial Actor | Short film | |
| Love and Support | Russell | |||
| How High | Army Recruiter | |||
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | Keith | ||
| 2004 | Funky Monkey | Peters | ||
| Pee Shy | Dan | Short film | ||
| 2006 | Cloud 9 | Wiener | ||
| Funny Money | Walter | Credited as Patt Finn | ||
| 2009 | Space Buddies | Bill Wolfson | ||
| I Love You, Beth Cooper | Coach Raupp | |||
| It's Complicated | Hotel Doctor | |||
| 2011 | Spooky Buddies | Frankendude | Direct-to-video | |
| 2012 | Santa Claus | Direct-to-video | ||
| 2013 | Dealin' with Idiots | Opposing Coach | ||
| 2020 | Selfie Dad | Marvin | ||
| Funny Thing About Love | John | Post-production |
| Television | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1992 | Jazz Freddy | Various | ||
| 1995 | The George Wendt Show | Dan Coleman | Main role; 8 episodes | |
| 1995-1997 | Murphy Brown | Phil Jr. | 10 episodes | |
| 1996 | Caroline in the City | Steve | Season 1 episode 22: "Caroline and the Bridesmaids" | |
| Boys & Girls | Russell Chapman | TV movie | ||
| 1997 | Mr. Kroft | TV movie | ||
| 1998 | Seinfeld | Joe Mayo | Season 9 episode 12: "The Reverse Peephole" | |
| Grown-Ups | Bud | TV movie Also known as Hostage High and Target for Rage | ||
| 1999-2003 | The Drew Carey Show | George / Mr. Delany | 2 episodes | |
| 1998-2001 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Chaz Montana / Paul | 3 episodes | |
| 1999 | Brother's Keeper | Construction Guy | Episode 20: "With Friends Like Porter" | |
| That '70s Show | Frank | Season 2 episode 5: "Halloween" | ||
| 2000 | The King of Queens | Tom Busterman | Season 2 episode 14: "Block Buster" | |
| Friends | Dr. Roger | 2 episodes | ||
| M.Y.O.B. | Anthony Filibuto | Credited as Patrick Finn Also known as Mind Your Own Business Episode 3: "French Connection" | ||
| 2001 | Three Sisters | Kevin | Season 1 episode 9: "The New Guy" | |
| 2001-2002 | Ed | Jim Frost | 8 episodes | |
| 2002 | According to Jim | Ted | Season 2 episode 3: "The Baby Monitor" | |
| Less than Perfect | Luke McNamara | Season 1 episode 5: "The Vacation" | ||
| 2003 | Oliver Beene | Security Guard | Season 1 episode 7: "Divorce-O-Rama" | |
| Las Vegas | Jim Warner | Season 1 episode 6: "Semper Spy" | ||
| With You in Spirit | Wayne Belmont | TV movie | ||
| 2004 | Humor Me | Paul | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Committed | Rusty the Mailman | Episode 2: "The Return of Todd Episode" | |
| Yes, Dear | Scott | Season 5 episode 10: "A Little Breathing Room" | ||
| Complete Savages | Chet Pringle | Episode 16: "Saving Old Lady Riley" | ||
| Hollywood Vice | TV movie | |||
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Car Owner | Season 5 episode 10: "The End" | ||
| 2006 | The Bernie Mac Show | Zalinsky | Season 5 episode 15: "Fantasy Football" | |
| 2006-2007 | My Boys | Charlie | 4 episodes | |
| 2007 | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Officer Rick | Episode 1: "Demo Tape" | |
| Out of Jimmy's Head | Daryl | Episode 4: "Mascot" | ||
| The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Sandy Butteaux | Season 3 episode 13: "Team Tipton" | ||
| 2008 | Unhitched | Phil | 2 episodes | |
| Factory | Episode 4: "Builtgood Screwcutter 5000" | |||
| 2010 | House | Senator Anderson | Season 7 episode 6: "Office Politics" | |
| 2011-2018 | The Middle | Bill Norwood | 23 episodes | |
| 2012-2013 | Marvin Marvin | Bob Forman / Dad Bob | Main cast; 18 episodes | |
| 2014 | Kickin' It | Season 4 episode 11: "Tightroping the Shark" | ||
| 2016 | Bella and the Bulldogs | Mr. Kurtz | Season 2 episode 12: "Accept No Substitute" | |
| The Real O'Neals | Zack | Season 1 episode 8: "The Real Book Club" | ||
| 2 Broke Girls | Professor Reynolds | Season 6 episode 5: "And the College Experience" | ||
| 2017 | Dads in Parks | Season 2 episode 20: "Mom Comedy with Pat Finn" Writer | ||
| 2019 | The Goldbergs | Kormy | Season 6 episode 16: "There Can Be Only One Highlander Club" |