Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt '91 has been headlining clubs all over the U.S. since 1996. In 1999 Variety chose him as one of ten "Comedians to Watch" and in 2002 he was Entertainment Weekly's "It" Comedian. Oswalt has filmed stand-up specials for HBO, as well as a recent hour-long special for Comedy Central titled Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain. Most recently Oswalt executive produces and stars in Comedians of Comedy, a behind-the-scenes, documentary style series on Comedy Central.

Television credits include regular appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, co-host of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Seinfeld, NewsRadio, The Man Show and Crank Yankers and on The King of Queens for CBS.

Oswalt has appeared in the films Starsky & Hutch, Down Periscope, Man on the Moon, Run, Ronnie, Run!, Zoolander, ZigZag, Calendar Girls and many others. He also played doomed skin diver Delmer Darion in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. Oswalt recently lent his voice to Disney/Pixar's latest film, Ratatouille, for which Patton plays the lead rat role, Remy.

His comedy CD Feelin' Kinda Patton received rave reviews upon its release in the summer of 2004.

As a writer, he spent two seasons on MADtv (Fox) and has also written and produced the MTV Movie Awards, VH-1 Fashion Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards. He is currently writing screenplays. His short film, A Pack of Gifts Now, won an honorable mention at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.

Oswalt graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1991 with a B.A. in English. -- Source: Comedy Central

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