Mark Patton

Acting

Mark Patton

Born 1958-09-22 · 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").

Acting credits

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge poster
5.8

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy poster
7.8

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.

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010

Swallowed poster
5.7

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...

Swallowed

2022

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story poster
6.6

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.

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

2022

Family Possessions poster
4.7

After moving into the home of a deceased relative, a family discovers they may have inherited more than just the house.

Family Possessions

2016

#StopTheNightmare poster
6.0

A short anti-COVID video starring actors from Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

#StopTheNightmare

2020

No artwork available
NR

An in-depth portrait chronicling the rise of New Line Cinema, between 1967 and 1994, from the perspective of the filmmakers and executives involved in the company's early success—from collaborations with cult director John Waters to the smash hit Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

New Line: Independent Legacies

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean poster
5.9

On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fan club gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

1982

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street poster
6.5

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.

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

2019

Amityville Clownhouse poster
1.6

A man, his wife and his son move to a new town and soon discover their new home is haunted.

Amityville Clownhouse

2017

No artwork available
NR

An interview with American playwright Ed Graczyk, regarding his play Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, famously adapted into a 1980 film directed by Robert Altman.

Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk

2014

The Once and Future Smash poster
5.7

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.

The Once and Future Smash

2022

Alien Danger! With Raven Van Slender poster
NR

The first Raven adventure

Alien Danger! With Raven Van Slender

2021

1 Dead Dog poster
NR

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.

1 Dead Dog

2020

Watchdog poster
4.0

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.

Watchdog

2023

Amityville in the Hood poster
1.8

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.

Amityville in the Hood

2021

No artwork available
8.0

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.

Misplaced

1989

Anna to the Infinite Power poster
5.5

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

Anna to the Infinite Power

1983

Reunion from Hell 2 poster
3.0

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.

Reunion from Hell 2

2023

No artwork available
NR

T.V. Special about a father and prodigal son's last chance at establishing a relationship.

Kelsey's Son

1983

Behind the camera