Patrick McDade

Acting

Patrick McDade

Born

1951-09-11 (75)

Place of birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Patrick McDade was born on September 11, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and executive.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 9 titles

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood poster
7.0

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2019

Silver Linings Playbook poster
7.2

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

Silver Linings Playbook

2012

A Walk Among the Tombstones poster
6.3

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

A Walk Among the Tombstones

2014

The Next Three Days poster
7.1

Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn’t commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison.

The Next Three Days

2010

Unstoppable poster
6.6

When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and cause an environmental disaster. The only hope of bringing the train to a safe stop is in the hands of veteran engineer Frank Barnes, and young conductor Will Colson, who must risk their lives to save those in the runaway's path. Inspired by true events.

Unstoppable

2010

Another Happy Day poster
5.5

A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.

Another Happy Day

2011

Paterno poster
6.2

After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.

Paterno

2018

The Mighty Macs poster
5.2

In 1971, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms — and the school itself is in danger of being sold — Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.

The Mighty Macs

2011

Pennhurst poster
3.1

A local television show embarks to capture the paranormal activity at Pennhurst, an abandoned psychiatric hospital well known to ghost hunters across the world.

Pennhurst

2012

2000s · 5 titles

Law Abiding Citizen poster
7.4

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Law Abiding Citizen

2009

Invincible poster
7.0

Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.

Invincible

2006

Animal Factory poster
6.3

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.

Animal Factory

2000

Prison Song poster
5.5

Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, sentenced to a minimum of fifteen years, the young man must find a way to keep his soul alive behind bars or turn into a hardened bitter criminal.

Prison Song

2001

Let's Talk poster
10.0

Out of desperation to save a television talk show that is dying in the ratings, the producer decides to do a controversial episode on racism. He invites representatives from four hate groups, a Neo-Nazi, a Black Hebrew Israelite, a Black Muslim, and a White Separatist on the program to air their views, plying a sensationalist formula that, with the assistance of his manipulative emcee, leads to bloody mayhem.

Let's Talk

2000

1990s · 4 titles

Series credits