Jason Patric was born on 17 June 1966, in Queens, New York City USA, of Irish and German descent, the son of actor/playwright Jason Miller and actress Linda Miller, and the grandson of actor/comedian Jackie Gleason. He is a film, television and stage actor, best known for his roles in the films “The Lost Boys”, “Speed 2: Cruise Control”, “Narc”, “In the Valley of Elah” and “The Outsider”.
A famous actor, how rich is Jason Patric at present? According to sources, Patric has accumulated a net worth over $3 million, as of mid-2016. His wealth has been established during his acting career, now spanning over 30 years.
Jason Patric Net Worth $3 Million
Patric grew up in in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, where he attended Catholic schools Cavallini Middle School and Salesian Roman Catholic Don Bosco Preparatory High School. At the age of 16 his family moved to California, where he continued his education at Saint Monica Catholic High School, and began acting by appearing in school productions of “Dracula” and “Grease”.
After matriculating, Patric began acting seriously, and was cast as a drug-addicted teen in the 1985 television film “Toughlove”. He made his feature film debut with the role of Jason in the 1986 science fiction film “Solarbabies”, and went on to take the role of a reluctant vampire Michael Emerson in the 1987 horror comedy film “The Lost Boys”. The following year he was cast in a starring role as soldier Konstantin Koverchenko in the war film “The Beast”. His net worth started to rise.
In 1990 Patric took a starring role as ex-boxer Kevin ‘Kid’ Collins in the 1990 crime drama film “After Dark, My Sweet”, and went on to play supporting roles in early ’90s films such as “Frankestein Unbound”, “Geronimo: An American Legend” and “Sleepers”, and co-starred with Sandra Bullock and Willem Dafoe in the 1997 disaster thriller film “Speed 2: Cruise Control” as Officer Alex Shaw. The following year he served as both an actor and the producer for the independent film “Your Friends & Neighbors”. All added to his wealth.
Patric’s notable film roles in the early 2000s include an undercover narcotics officer Nick Tellis in the film “Narc”, Ray in the Alec Baldwin film “Shortcut to Happiness”, First Lieutenant Kirklander in “In the Valley of Elah”, and Max in “The Losers”. In 2005 the actor appeared on Broadway, with the role of Brick in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”. The year 2011 saw him in a revival of his father’s play “That Championship Season”, which won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award when it debuted in 1972. In 2015 he portrayed Detective Michael Klein in the action crime drama film “The Outsider”, intensifying his net worth.
Patric’s most recent film appearance was in the 2015 supernatural horror film “The Abandoned”. In 2016 he appeared in the second season of the television series “Wayward Pines”, and he is currently filming the war story “The Yellow Birds”, announced to be released in 2017.
When it comes to his private life, Patric made headlines in 1991 for dating actress Julia Roberts right after her wedding to Kiefer Sutherland was called off. He later began a long-term relationship with Danielle Schreiber, with whom he conceived a son through in vitro fertilization. After the couple’s separation in 2012, Patric fought for the partial custody of the child, with the court granting him parental rights in 2014. Sources believe the actor is currently single.
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