Scott Patterson Biography

Scott Gordon-Patterson (born September 11, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Luke Danes in Gilmore Girls and Agent Strahm in Saw IV, Saw V and Saw VI. He also starred as Michael Buchanan in the NBC drama series The Event.

Early life

Gordon-Patterson was born September 11, 1958, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Hope Gordon, a homemaker, an actress in the Haddonfield Plays and Players Theatre Troupe and journalist, and Francis Ford Patterson IV, an advertising executive. His parents divorced in 1974. Patterson was raised in Haddonfield, New Jersey and attended Haddonfield Memorial High School. He attended Rutgers University, pursuing a degree in Comparative Literature. He studied acting in New York with renowned coaches Robert Lewis and Sondra Lee. He was exposed to the teachings of such luminaries as Paul Newman, Arthur Penn, and Frank Corsaro at The Actors Studio. At The Actor's Studio, he also participated in the Producer's Unit chaired by Arthur Penn. He appeared in numerous productions, including Rasputin and Miss Julie.

Baseball

Gordon-Patterson spent seven years, from to , as a professional pitcher in minor league baseball, topping out at the Triple-A level (the highest before the major leagues). He played in two major league farm systems for seven different minor league teams and was selected to four All-Star Teams (two with Atlanta and two with the New York Yankees). He was placed on the New York Yankees Major League Roster in 1983. In the winter of 1985-86 he was selected by the Texas Rangers of the American League in the Rule 5 draft and placed on their Major League Roster. In 1981 Gordon-Patterson won 13 consecutive games as a starting pitcher between class A Durham and class AA Savannah to set a Braves record for most consecutive wins to start a season. He was selected Braves Minor League Pitcher of the month 2 times and New York Yankees Pitcher of the Month once, and Pitcher of the Week 3 times. He was initially selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round (12th overall pick) of the amateur entry draft. He played his first pro season with their Class A Anderson Braves in 1980, and his last with the New York Yankees' Double-A Albany-Colonie Yankees and Triple-A Columbus Clippers in 1986.

In 1982, Gordon-Patterson was traded from the Braves to the Yankees for Bob Watson.

Gordon-Patterson also pitched in the Puerto Rican Winter League (Arecibo Wolves, 1984-5) as a member of the New York Yankees, and the Dominican Republic Winter League (Santa Domingo, 1985-6), as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Acting career

In 1988, Gordon-Patterson formed the Arclight Theatre Company in Soho, NYC with John Bishop. Gordon-Patterson played Jedediah Kohler in Bishop's 'The Great, Great Grandson of Jedediah Kohler' in the Company's debut production. One night, George Wolfe was in the audience and offered Gordon-Patterson a role in the European Traveling Company's 'Tamara', but he turned it down to continue work with Arclight.

Gordon-Patterson was down to the wire on the Buffalo Bill role in 'Silence of the Lambs' that eventually went to Ted Levine. In 1991, Gordon-Patterson nearly nabbed the role of Mr. Blonde in Quentin Tarantino's debut feature 'Reservoir Dogs'. After an arduous, month long auditioning process it was down to Gordon-Patterson and Michael Madsen, with Madsen eventually getting the role.

In 1993, Gordon-Patterson was slated to play the lead in Castle Rock's 'Little Big League' opposite Sela Ward. The producers recast the role at the last minute with 'Revenge of the Nerds' star Timothy Busfield, opting to offer Gordon-Patterson the role of Mike McGrevey.

Gordon-Patterson completed filming the leading role in the feature film Her Best Move, directed by Norm Hunter and co-starring Lisa Darr. He also appeared on the big screen in Little Big League, with Jason Robards, and in Three Wishes, with Patrick Swayze and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. He also starred in the independent films Highway 395 and Rhapsody in Bloom, with Penelope Ann Miller, Ron Silver, "The Boys of Abu Gahrib" (Sean Astin), and "Other People's Children" (Diane Marshall-Grant).

On television, he has landed romantic roles guest starring opposite some appealing leading women; his most notable role, which he played for seven years on the television show Gilmore Girls, is Luke Danes, the on-again, off-again love interest of the show's protagonist, Lorelai Gilmore, played by Lauren Graham.

On Seinfeld, Patterson was deemed "spongeworthy" by Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). He had a profound effect on Grace (Debra Messing) in the "Das Boob" episode of Will & Grace, and he played the love interests of Jennifer Grey in It's Like, You Know and Sharon Lawrence's character in Fired Up. He has also guest starred on Arli$$ and Get Real.

Among Gordon-Patterson's recent projects are a co-starring role on Aliens in America and voicing the character of King Faraday in the 2004 animated series Justice League Unlimited, from Warner Bros. Animation. He has also starred as Agent Strahm in two iterations of the Saw franchise, Saw IV and Saw V respectively, also appearing through flashback sequences in Saw VI.

Gordon-Patterson appeared in some episodes of the second season of 90210 as Liam Court's ex-con father who has recently been released from prison and wants to reconnect with his son.

Gordon-Patterson starred as Michael Buchanan in the NBC drama series The Event, which premiered on September 20, 2010. His character was killed off in episode 18.

Producing career

Gordon-Patterson is producing Tyler Shields second film, "Outlaw", through his N O M E N C L A T U R E+ F I L M S. "Outlaw" stars Ana Mulvoy-Ten, Ali Cobrin (American Reunion), Ashley Bell (The Last Exorcism), Logan Huffman, Conner Paolo. Production begins September 30 in Los Angeles and Palm Springs.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Intent to Kill	Al	Direct-to-video
1994	Little Big League	Mike McGrevey
1995	A Boy Called Hate	CHP Officer
	Three Wishes	Scott's Father
2000	Highway 395	Mark Bradley
2007	Her Best Move	Gil
	Saw IV	Agent Peter Strahm
2008	Saw V	Agent Peter Strahm
2009	Saw VI	Agent Peter Strahm	uncredited, Archive Footage
2010	The Frankenstein Brothers	George
	Liberty	Wesley Jensen	pre-production
	The Rogue	Agent Wyatt	pre-production
2012	A Beer Tale	George Martin
2013	Meth Head	Hank
2014	Boys of Abu Ghraib	Captain Hayes
2015	Other People's Children	Frank Tassler

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	The Return of Ironside		TV film
1994	Alien Nation: Dark Horizon	Ahpossno	TV film
1995	Seinfeld	Billy	Episode: "The Sponge"
1996	Them	Simon Trent	TV film
	Silk Stalkings	Chick Chandle	Episode: "Pre-Judgement Day"
1997	Arliss	Dan Manville	Episode: "The Real Thing"
1997, 1998	Fired Up	Mickey	Episodes: "Where There's Smoke", "Fire and Nice"
1998	Rhapsody in Bloom	Phil	TV film
	Vengeance Unlimited	Detective Tom Swain	Episodes: "Justice", "Noir"
1999	It's Like, You Know...	Ted	Episode: "The Client"
	Get Real	Jacob Perryhill	Episode: "Performance Anxiety"
	Will & Grace	John Gregorio	Episode: "Das Boob"
2000-2007	Gilmore Girls	Luke Danes	153 episodes
2005	Justice League	Agent King Faraday	Episodes: "Double Date", "I Am Legion", "To Another Shore"
2007-2008	Aliens in America	Gary Tolchuck	18 episodes
2010	Concrete Canyons	Ben Sloane	Lifetime TV Film
	90210	Finn Court	Episodes: "Another Another Chance", "Multiple Choices"
	The Event	Michael Buchanan	Main cast
2011	CSI:Miami	Brendon Dwyer	Season 10 Episode 5: "Killer Regrets"
2012	Love at the Christmas Table	Tom Patton	TV Movie
2015	Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story	James DiMaggio	Lifetime TV Film
2016	Gilmore Girls: Seasons	Luke Danes	4-part Netflix limited series