Patton Oswalt
Comedy / Comedy
Oswalt first began headlining comedy clubs in 1996. After writing for MADtv and starring in his own 1997 comedy special for HBO, he went on to garner notable roles in films and television shows including Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, Pixar's Ratatouille, and as Spence Olchin on The King of Queens on CBS.
He has appeared on the television shows Home Movies, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, Seinfeld, Human Giant, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, I Love the '80s, Static Shock, The Weird Al Show, Crank Yankers, Reno 911!, The Batman, Comedy Central's Last Laugh '06, and The Fairly OddParents as the writer of the Crimson Chin comics. He lent his voice as in the Playstation 2 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as a caller on the WTCR show, "The Tight End Zone," where he states incredibly obvious things about sports, and was the voice of a caller on "Chatterbox" on LCFR in the PlayStation Portable game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. He was also the voice of a reporter on New World Order, a radio show on VCPR in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Oswalt wrote the comic book JLA: Welcome to the Working Week, a backup story in Batman #600, a story for Dwight T. Albatross's The Goon Noir #01 and a story for Masks: Too Hot for TV. He voiced Rémy, the lead character in the Pixar film Ratatouille (2007). Also in a connection to Disney, he voices Professor Dementor on the hit Disney Channel animated show Kim Possible. Expanding his voice artist repertoire, he will voice a character in the upcoming PBS Kids GO! show The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl. He's also an uncredited writer on Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
In July of 2006, Oswalt's comic script "Fruit Pies!" was turned into a short film available at YouTube and MySpace. He also appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner.
In 2007, he appeared on an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, "The Original Fry Cook," as Jim.
He also appears as Carl, the Corndog Hut's mascot in American Hi-Fi's music video for "Another Perfect Day"
On June 27, 2007, Oswalt was a special guest on the Emeril Live program on the Food Network, where he plugged his new movie, Ratatouille.
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