Jay Patterson

Acting

Jay Patterson

Born 1954-08-22 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Jay Patterson (born August 22, 1954 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1984.

Acting credits

Ted 2 poster
6.3

Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.

Ted 2

2015

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster
6.7

A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in Ninjutsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1990

A Million Ways to Die in the West poster
6.0

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.

A Million Ways to Die in the West

2014

City of Angels poster
6.8

When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

City of Angels

1998

Places in the Heart poster
7.2

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.

Places in the Heart

1984

Hard Rain poster
5.9

An armored car driver tries to elude a gang of thieves while a flood ravages the countryside.

Hard Rain

1998

Nine Lives poster
5.8

A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.

Nine Lives

2016

All the King's Men poster
5.8

The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long.

All the King's Men

2006

The Babysitters poster
6.0

Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this moment to kiss him. Michael is so happy he presents Shirley with a big tip, which gives her an idea. Shirley plans to make extra money by setting up her teenage friends with other unhappy fathers.

The Babysitters

2008

D.O.A. poster
6.3

Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.

D.O.A.

1988

A Civil Action poster
6.5

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

A Civil Action

1998

Romeo Is Bleeding poster
6.2

A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.

Romeo Is Bleeding

1993

Heaven Help Us poster
6.4

Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.

Heaven Help Us

1985

Nobody's Fool poster
6.9

A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.

Nobody's Fool

1994

My Sassy Girl poster
6.8

A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.

My Sassy Girl

2008

Slums of Beverly Hills poster
6.3

In 1976, a teenage girl struggles to cope while living with her neurotic lower-middle-class family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

Slums of Beverly Hills

1998

Power Child poster
NR

A young man runs away from home after accidentally killing his abusive father. Cal meets Travis. An imaginary friend who guides him through an unforeseen path to insanity.

Power Child

2025

My Own Love Song poster
6.2

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

My Own Love Song

2010

McBain poster
4.3

Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.

McBain

1991

A Gentleman's Game poster
5.2

A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club.

A Gentleman's Game

2002

Street Smart poster
6.0

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Street Smart

1987

Double Jeopardy poster
5.2

When his lover is accused of murder, a Salt Lake City family man is her eyewitness and his wife is her attorney.

Double Jeopardy

1992

Nadine poster
5.4

Hairdresser Nadine Hightower wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she visits the photographer at his office, he's murdered by an intruder. Nadine talks her estranged husband, Vernon, into going along when she returns to the office, where they stumble across plans for a less than legal construction project. But when Vernon tries to turn the documents into a cash windfall, he and Nadine are pursued by goons with guns.

Nadine

1987

Purple Violets poster
5.8

Patti Petalson is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream. She longs to return to her writing, especially after running into her first love Brian Callahan, a successful crime novelist. Kate is Patti's best friend since college; she's a tough-talking schoolteacher who plays therapist to all Patti's problems, while she's got a few of her own.

Purple Violets

2007