Mark Patton

Mark Patton

Born: September 22, 1958
in Riverside, Missouri, USA
Mark Patton (born September 22, 1958) is an American interior designer and former actor. Patton grew up in Riverside, Missouri and, after graduating high school, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Within a few years he landed the role of Joe Qualley in the 1982 Broadway production of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Patton reprised the role in the 1982 film of the same name. In 1985 Patton landed the lead role in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge portraying Jesse Walsh, a teen whose body becomes possessed by Freddy Krueger. Patton, who is openly gay, gave up on his acting career following being cast in a planned CBS series in which he would have played a gay character. The reason being the strong homophobia he perceived in Hollywood at that time. After that, years later, he had a hard time struggling with HIV (was diagnosed on his 40th birthday). Upon recovering, he moved to Mexico, where he currently lives happily married.

Patton appears in the A Nightmare on Elm Street documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, directed by Dan Farrands. Following his appearance in the documentary Patton began touring horror conventions where he is lauded as mainstream cinema's first male "scream queen". After the success he started some projects concerning his life experiences with film (including books and a documentary called "There is no Jesse").

Movies for Mark Patton...

Watchdog
Title: Watchdog
Character: Robert
Released: August 19, 2023
Type: Movie
After narrowly escaping an armed robbery, Travis Wilkes invites the drifter who saved him back to the isolated home where he and his girlfriend reside, not realizing that he's opened the door to a night of terror and brutal revenge.
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Reunion from Hell 2
Title: Reunion from Hell 2
Character: Ryan Lavery
Released: January 13, 2023
Type: Movie
Picking up two years after the events of the first film, we follow Riley Conner and his friends as they leave to celebrate Christmas at a secluded cabin in the mountains after an anonymous tip providing Riley's home address was given to an ambitious reporter who has written a book about the events of the first film entitled "Terror In Pine Valley" and will go to any length to get a statement from Riley. Upon arriving at the cabin, Riley is met with some familiar faces. However, someone is out there watching and waiting to kill again, but the question is who could it be? This is going to be one hell of a Christmas reunion.
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Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Title: Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Character: Self
Released: October 7, 2022
Type: Movie
Robert Englund has become one of the most revolutionary horror icons of our generation. This intimate portrait captures the man behind the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise and features interviews with Englund, Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Tony Todd and more.
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The Once and Future Smash
Title: The Once and Future Smash
Character: Mark Patton
Released: August 29, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask.
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Swallowed
Title: Swallowed
Character: Rich
Released: June 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Benjamin and Dom have been best friends since they were kids. On their last night together, Dom plans to send Benjamin off with a pocketful of cash. All he has to do is deliver a package over the border for a friend...
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Amityville in the Hood
Title: Amityville in the Hood
Character: James (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 2021
Type: Movie
An Eastside gang uses the Amityville property to grow marijuana when they are attacked by a rival gang and their drugs stolen. Soon, it's unleashed on the Westside streets of Compton, where anyone who smokes it suffers one KILLER buzz.
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Alien Danger! With Raven Van Slender
Title: Alien Danger! With Raven Van Slender
Character: Tank
Released: February 2, 2021
Type: Movie
The first Raven adventure
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1 Dead Dog
Title: 1 Dead Dog
Character: Uncle Ted
Released: September 19, 2020
Type: Movie
1 Dead Dog is a dark comedy about 2 serial killer brothers who find a squatter in their house, who also happens to be a serial killer. As you can imagine, they bond over the body count.
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#StopTheNightmare
Title: #StopTheNightmare
Character: Jesse Walsh
Released: April 28, 2020
Type: Movie
A short anti-COVID video starring actors from Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
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Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Title: Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Mark Patton sets the records straight about the controversial 1985 sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which ended his acting career, just as it was about to begin.
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Amityville Clownhouse
Title: Amityville Clownhouse
Character: James
Released: July 11, 2017
Type: Movie
A man, his wife and his son move to a new town and soon discover their new home is haunted.
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Family Possessions
Title: Family Possessions
Character: Tyson
Released: October 21, 2016
Type: Movie
After moving into the home of a deceased relative, a family discovers they may have inherited more than just the house.
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Title: Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 2010
Type: Movie
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
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Misplaced
Title: Misplaced
Character: Roughneck
Released: September 14, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of a strong-minded Polish mother, Halina Nowak who desperately wants her talented son, Jacek to have a life in the free world.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Character: Jesse Walsh
Released: November 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Jesse Walsh moves with his family into the home of the lone survivor from a series of attacks by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. There, he is bedeviled by nightmares and inexplicably violent impulses.
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Anna to the Infinite Power
Title: Anna to the Infinite Power
Character: Rowan
Released: January 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Anna Hart was always an odd child, a genius, a shoplifter, desperately afraid of flickering lights, with strange prophetic dreams. Simultaneously, several strange things begin to happen. A strange, mysterious neighbor, by the name of MacKayla moves in next door to the Harts. And, most frightening of all, Anna sees her exact double on the television one night. As her investigation of the other Anna, Anna Smithson, progresses, she begins to learn the truth. The truth about a woman named Anna Zimmerman that has been dead for twenty years, and most importantly, the truth about herself
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Title: Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Character: Joe Qualley
Released: November 12, 1982
Type: Movie
On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.
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Title: Hotel
Character: Todd Radcliff
Released: August 21, 1982
Type: TV
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
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Title: CBS Schoolbreak Special
Character: Chris Jenson
Released: April 19, 1980
Type: TV
CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from April 1980 to January 1996. The series began under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was changed during the 1984 - 85 season. The concept was very similar to ABC's Afterschool Special.