Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#112
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Robert Patrick represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 36 years in, and Robert is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Robert Patrick appears in 55 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Robert. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the clearest case: a film rated 8.4 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for comedy, horror, drama. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Tyler Cornack, Andy Garcia, Justine Bateman and others, Robert Patrick helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) as T-1000 · Walk the Line (2005) as Ray Cash · Bridge to Terabithia (2007) as Jack Aarons
Career snapshot
Ranked #112 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
55
1990–2026
Career length
36 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.4
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Average Nutevio score
5.7
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.2
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Most frequent director
McG
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With McG
Most common genre
Drama
23 titles
Average runtime
1h 41m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.4
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
1990s
6.5 average MV
The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, The Faculty, Cop Land — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1990s
6.5
Across 9 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1990s
6.4
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, The Faculty, Cop Land.
Most productive era
2000s
17 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.82 films | 6.77 films | 6.39 films | 4.35 films |
| Action | 6.35 films | 6.06 films | 6.14 films | 6.53 films |
| Thriller | 6.75 films | 5.74 films | 5.88 films | 6.46 films |
| Comedy | 6.03 films | 5.55 films | 6.04 films | 5.31 film |
| Crime | 5.72 films | 5.63 films | 5.97 films | 6.75 films |
| Romance | — | 6.53 films | 7.02 films | — |
| Horror | 5.72 films | 5.32 films | 4.73 films | 5.93 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1990Die Hard 2
Where our catalogue meets this career, as O'Reilly.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day
8.4 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Diamond
The current state of the argument.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
55 of 55 films
as T-1000
Directed by James Cameron
as Ray Cash
Directed by James Mangold
as Jack Aarons
Directed by Gábor Csupó
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
T-1000
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Performance score8.3
The performance the rest of the career is read through. T-1000 gives Robert Patrick a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Ray Cash
Walk the Line (2005)
Performance score7.6
Walk the Line asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Ray Cash is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Jack Aarons
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Performance score7.5
Bridge to Terabithia asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Jack Aarons is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Diamond
Diamond (2026)
Performance score7.1
Diamond asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. The role is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as T-1000
Start here. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the clearest statement of what Robert Patrick does — accessible, 137 minutes, and rated 8.4 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Robert at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Walk the Line (2005)
A deliberate change of key after Terminator 2: Judgment Day — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Keeps the drama register of Walk the Line but asks for a colder reading of it.
Rushed (2021)
Keeps the drama register of Bridge to Terabithia but asks for a colder reading of it.
Diamond (2026)
Keeps the mystery register of Rushed but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Robert Rodriguez
Director
2 films together
Notably The Faculty
James Mangold
Director
2 films together
Notably Walk the Line
McG
Director
2 films together
Notably We Are Marshall
Renny Harlin
Director
1 film together
Notably Die Hard 2
James Cameron
Director
1 film together
Notably Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Penelope Spheeris
Director
1 film together
Notably Wayne's World
Rob Lieberman
Director
1 film together
Notably Fire in the Sky
John McTiernan
Director
1 film together
Notably Last Action Hero
Scott Spiegel
Director
1 film together
Notably From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Billy Bob Thornton
Director
1 film together
Notably All the Pretty Horses
Jim Gillespie
Director
1 film together
Notably D-Tox
Steve Boyum
Director
1 film together
Notably Supercross
Richard Loncraine
Director
1 film together
Notably Firewall
Clint Eastwood
Director
1 film together
Notably Flags of Our Fathers
Robert Ben Garant
Director
1 film together
Notably Balls of Fury
Gábor Csupó
Director
1 film together
Notably Bridge to Terabithia
Fred Wolf
Director
1 film together
Notably Strange Wilderness
Grant Heslov
Director
1 film together
Notably The Men Who Stare at Goats
Benny Boom
Director
1 film together
Notably S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Daniel Espinosa
Director
1 film together
Notably Safe House
Robert Lorenz
Director
1 film together
Notably Trouble with the Curve
Ruben Fleischer
Director
1 film together
Notably Gangster Squad
Seth Gordon
Director
1 film together
Notably Identity Thief
Michael Cuesta
Director
1 film together
Notably Kill the Messenger
Bruce McDonald
Director
1 film together
Notably Hellions
Robert Legato
Director
1 film together
Notably Eloise
Alex Pettyfer
Director
1 film together
Notably Back Roads
John Wynn
Director
1 film together
Notably The Rising Hawk
Don Michael Paul
Director
1 film together
Notably Jarhead: Law of Return
George Gallo
Director
1 film together
Notably The Poison Rose
Mark Williams
Director
1 film together
Notably Honest Thief
Martin Campbell
Director
1 film together
Notably The Protégé
Isaac Florentine
Director
1 film together
Notably Hounds of War
Bobby Roth
Director
1 film together
Notably Good Men
Justine Bateman
Director
1 film together
Notably FEEL
Andy Garcia
Director
1 film together
Notably Diamond
Tyler Cornack
Director
1 film together
Notably Mermaid
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
James Mangold
Director
2 films together · 7.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Walk the LineRobert Rodriguez
Director
2 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The FacultyMcG
Director
2 films together · 6.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
We Are MarshallJames Cameron
Director
1 film together · 8.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Terminator 2: Judgment DayGábor Csupó
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bridge to TerabithiaRenny Harlin
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Die Hard 2Andy Garcia
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DiamondRobert Lorenz
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Trouble with the CurveClint Eastwood
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Flags of Our FathersRob Lieberman
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Fire in the SkyPenelope Spheeris
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Wayne's WorldMartin Campbell
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The ProtégéMichael Cuesta
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kill the MessengerJohn McTiernan
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Last Action HeroMark Williams
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Honest ThiefDon Michael Paul
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Jarhead: Law of ReturnDaniel Espinosa
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Safe HouseRuben Fleischer
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Gangster SquadIsaac Florentine
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Hounds of WarSteve Boyum
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SupercrossGrant Heslov
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Men Who Stare at GoatsJohn Wynn
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Rising HawkSeth Gordon
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Identity ThiefRichard Loncraine
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
FirewallAlex Pettyfer
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Back RoadsBenny Boom
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
S.W.A.T.: FirefightBilly Bob Thornton
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
All the Pretty HorsesJim Gillespie
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
D-ToxTyler Cornack
Director
1 film together · 5.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MermaidRobert Ben Garant
Director
1 film together · 5.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Balls of FuryRobert Legato
Director
1 film together · 5.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
EloiseFred Wolf
Director
1 film together · 4.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Strange WildernessGeorge Gallo
Director
1 film together · 4.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Poison RoseScott Spiegel
Director
1 film together · 4.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood MoneyBruce McDonald
Director
1 film together · 3.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HellionsJustine Bateman
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
FEELBobby Roth
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Good MenSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as T-1000
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Walk the Line
as Ray Cash
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as T-1000
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Last Action Hero
as T-1000
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as T-1000
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Robert Patrick has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
36 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
23 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as T-1000
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as T-1000
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Endless Love
as Harry Elliot
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Rushed
as Jim O'Brien
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as T-1000
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Spy Kids
as Mr. Lisp
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Laundromat
as Captain Paris
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as T-1000
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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