Mark Patton
Biography
Mark Patton is an American actor and interior designer whose screen work spans drama and horror. After growing up in Riverside, Missouri, he moved to New York City to try acting. He first gained notice as Joe Qualley in the Broadway production of Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and repeated the part in the 1982 film adaptation. He is especially known for playing Jesse Walsh in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), a teenager overtaken by Freddy Krueger, and some have called him modern cinema's first scream king. His other credits include Hotel, where he acted opposite George Clooney and Maud Adams, and the soap General Hospital as Greg Collier. After the strain of the Elm Street film, he left acting to become an interior designer. He later returned to the screen in Reunion from Hell 2 (2022), sharing the project with Elm Street alumni Lisa Wilcox and Danny Hassel.
67years old
Turns 68 on September 22in 344 days
- Born Riverside
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 40 years1982 to 2022
Genres
- Horror63%, 5 films
- Comedy25%, 2 films
- Documentary25%, 2 films
- Drama25%, 2 films
- Fantasy13%, 1 film
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In 2021 Patton acted alongside Lisa Wilcox and Danny Hassel in the horror movie Reunion From Hell 2. It was the first occasion that three Elm Street alumni had ever collaborated on something unrelated to Elm Street.
Mark Patton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge1985 Fantasy, Horroras Jesse Walsh
IMDb rating 5.587K votes
- Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street2019 Documentary, Horroras Himself
IMDb rating 7.22.3K votes
Most often with
Robert Englund appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Robert Englund's page
Marshall Bell's page
Clu Gulager's page
Robert Rusler's page
Heather Langenkamp's page
Lisa Wilcox's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Kim MyersScream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019) and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
- JoAnn WilletteScream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019) and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.