---
name: "Patrick Fabian"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patrick-fabian"
fi1m_id: "patrick-fabian"
imdb_id: "nm0264579"
tmdb_id: 58791
wikidata_id: "Q1985976"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 December 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-13T21:40:42.639453+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Patrick Fabian

## Identity

Patrick Fabian

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patrick-fabian
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patrick-fabian
- **IMDb ID:** nm0264579
- **TMDB ID:** 58791
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1985976
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Fabian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1985976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58791

Actor. Born 7 December 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 December 1964, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** 패트릭 파비언
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 76 (5), 2010s 78 (3), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 73 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 10, Crime 6, Action & Adventure 3, Comedy 3, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Fabian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1985976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58791

## Coming up

- *The Debut* (2026-12-10), as Howard — [page](https://film.one/film/the-debut.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Patrick Fabian is an American actor. He was born on 7 December 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. He holds a BFA from Pennsylvania State University and an MFA from California State University, Long Beach.

Fabian is best known for his role as attorney Howard Hamlin in the AMC series *Better Call Saul* (2015–2022). His other television credits include recurring or guest roles in *Lucifer* (2016), *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), *Friends* (1994), *The Mentalist* (2008), *Scorpion* (2014), *Criminal Minds* (2005), *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), *Grimm* (2011) and *Bones* (2005). He has also appeared in stage productions and films including *The Last Exorcism* (2010).

He is married to writer and comedian Mandy Steckelberg.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, patrickfabian.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *The Debut* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Howard — [page](https://film.one/film/the-debut.md)
- *Barry* (2018), Fi1m 85, as Space Dad — [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, as Howard Hamlin — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), Fi1m 65, as Tony Dennison — [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *The Mentalist* (2008), Fi1m 71, as Rand Faulk — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, as Mark Chase — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Big Love* (2006), Fi1m 79, as Ted Price — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), Fi1m 84, as Professor Hank Landry — [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), Fi1m 66, as Ray Vincent — [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, as Rafe — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)

## Complete filmography (136)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Debut* (2026), as Howard — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-debut.md)
- *PONIES* (2026), series, as George Bush
- *Pluribus* (2025), series, as Others' Phone Answering Service (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *The Ritual* (2025), as Bishop Edwards
- *Watson* (2025), series, as Dr. Oliver Day
- *Cameron* (2024), as Declan
- *The Way We Speak* (2024), as Simon Harrington
- *Tracker* (2024), series, as Shane Niall
- *The Hereafter* (2023), Actor
- *The Other Zoey* (2023), as Matt MacLaren
- *Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham* (2023), as Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)
- *Snow Falls* (2023), as River's Dad
- *Send It!* (2021), as Jake Wind
- *Big Shot* (2021), series, as Mark
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, as Jeff
- *The Death and Return of Superman* (2019), as Hank Henshaw (voice)
- *Carol's Second Act* (2019), series, as Dr. Lewis
- *Eat Brains Love* (2019), as Alastaire
- *Special* (2019), series, as Phil
- *المحارب العربي* (2019), Actor
- *Extracurricular Activities* (2019), as Mr. Wallace
- *Black Monday* (2019), series, as Governor Putnam
- *Reign of the Supermen* (2019), as Hank Henshaw (voice)
- *The Death of Superman* (2019), as Hank Henshaw (voice)
- *DriverX* (2018), as Leonard Moore
- *The Conners* (2018), series, as James
- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Sam Bedrosian
- *30 Nights* (2018), as Gary
- *Barry* (2018), series, as Space Dad — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Shoot* (2018), as Coach Robert
- *Better Call Saul Employee Training* (2017), series, as Howard Hamlin
- *Dropping The Soap* (2017), as Lance Dudiford
- *Casa Vita* (2016), as Coach Willis
- *Lucifer* (2016), series, as Reese Getty
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, as Howard Hamlin — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Captain Stephen Caine
- *Jennifer Falls* (2014), series, as Clay
- *Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses* (2014), as Officer Malark
- *Cloud 9* (2014), as Richard Morgan
- *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), series, as Gaius Ponarian
- *Jimmy* (2013), as Lee Mitchell
- *Mary* (2012), as Tom
- *Atlas Shrugged: Part II* (2012), as James Taggart
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Lars Vestergaard
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, as Tony Hart
- *Longmire* (2012), series, as Dennis Nunn — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/longmire.md)
- *Bad Ass* (2012), as Officer Malark
- *Scandal* (2012), series, as Senator Richard Meyers
- *The Finder* (2012), series, as CEO Dwayne Anderson
- *Tales of Everyday Magic* (2012), Actor
- *Grimm* (2011), series, as Dr. Eugene Forbes — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Franklin & Bash* (2011), series, as Paul Levy
- *Pig* (2011), as Internist
- *Working Class* (2011), series, as Rob Parker
- *The Land of the Astronauts* (2010), Actor
- *Gigantic* (2010), series, as John Moore
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Tony Dennison — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *The Last Exorcism* (2010), as Cotton Marcus
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, as Nate
- *Hot in Cleveland* (2010), series, as Richard
- *The Deep End* (2010), series, as Attorney
- *Drop Dead Diva* (2009), series, as Kevin Hanson
- *Spring Breakdown* (2009), as Kevin
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Peter Monroe — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Snow 2: Brain Freeze* (2008), as Buck Seger
- *Valentine* (2008), series, Actor
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Rand Faulk — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Viva Laughlin* (2007), series, Actor
- *Twitches Too* (2007), as Thantos
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, as Mark Chase — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Robert Weston
- *Life* (2007), series, as Dr. Stanton
- *Burn Notice* (2007), series, as Zeke
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Fashion TV Anchor
- *Shark* (2006), series, as Dr. Charlie Bender — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/shark.md)
- *End Game* (2006), as Agent Brian Martin
- *Big Love* (2006), series, as Ted Price — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Twitches* (2005), as Thantos
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Barry Flynn — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Close to Home* (2005), series, as Mike Bachner
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Terry Stinson — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Must Love Dogs* (2005), as Donald
- *Eyes* (2005), series, as Doug Taft
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Dr. Oliver Lebackes — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Blind Justice* (2005), series, as Clay Simmons
- *Snow* (2004), as Buck Seger
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, as Frank — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, as Attorney Stanley Gould — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), series, as Professor Hank Landry — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *Medical Investigation* (2004), series, as Gary Riesen
- *Helter Skelter* (2004), as Jay Sebring
- *Quintuplets* (2004), series, as Coach Scales
- *Summerland* (2004), series, as Ian Straub
- *Clean* (2004), as Bobby Franklin
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, as Gavin Price
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Ray Vincent — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, as Ted Leandros
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Paul Summers
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Ken Gannon
- *Everwood* (2002), series, as Dr. Henry Validor
- *24* (2001), series, as William Cole — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Reba* (2001), series, as Reverend Parks
- *According to Jim* (2001), series, as Daniel
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Buddy Holly / Horned Rimmed Glasses
- *The Education of Max Bickford* (2001), series, as Josh Howlett
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Rhone Kinsey-Confer
- *FreakyLinks* (2000), series, Actor
- *Time of Your Life* (1999), series, as Spencer Halloway
- *The Debtors* (1999), Actor
- *Providence* (1999), series, as Jerry, Jerry Kaufman
- *Two of a Kind* (1998), series, as Alex Reardon
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Alan
- *Rude Awakening* (1998), series, as Brian
- *Sour Grapes* (1998), as Palmer
- *Dharma & Greg* (1997), series, as Doug
- *Timecop* (1997), series, Actor
- *Weapons of Mass Distraction* (1997), as Brandon Joyner
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), series, as Martin
- *Millennium* (1996), series, as Ratfinkovich
- *Townies* (1996), series, Actor
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Jacques
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, as Ethan
- *Boston Common* (1996), series, as Jack
- *Can't Hurry Love* (1995), series, as Scott
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, as Rafe — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Taymon
- *University Hospital* (1995), series, Actor
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Dan — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *For Love and Glory* (1993), as Richard Turner
- *Saved by the Bell: The College Years* (1993), series, as Jeremiah Lasky
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Lowell
- *Bodies of Evidence* (1992), series, Actor
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Charlie Dixon — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Larry Shields
- *#UnderTheInfluence*, Actor
- *Somebody's Mother*, as Spiro

## Gallery

- ![Patrick Fabian](https://film.one/media/person/151120/gallery-2e180b0c5d1e.jpg) Patrick Fabian — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Patrick_Fabian_%2842698548295%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Patrick_Fabian_%2842698548295%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando and Giancarlo Epsosito speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Better Call Saul",](https://film.one/media/person/151120/gallery-ad9e184e38ca.jpg) Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando and Giancarlo Epsosito speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Better Call Saul", — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Bob_Odenkirk%2C_Rhea_Seehorn%2C_Patrick_Fabian%2C_Michael_Mando_%26_Giancarlo_Epsosito_%2843602600451%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Odenkirk%2C_Rhea_Seehorn%2C_Patrick_Fabian%2C_Michael_Mando_%26_Giancarlo_Epsosito_%2843602600451%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Better Call Saul", at the San Diego Convention Center](https://film.one/media/person/151120/gallery-ba338041234b.jpg) Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Better Call Saul", at the San Diego Convention Center — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bob_Odenkirk%2C_Rhea_Seehorn_%26_Patrick_Fabian_%2842884991504%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Odenkirk%2C_Rhea_Seehorn_%26_Patrick_Fabian_%2842884991504%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Patrick Fabian](https://film.one/media/person/151120/gallery-1094061c39d4.jpg) Patrick Fabian — Market_Development (talk) (Uploads), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/PatrickFabian.jpg/1280px-PatrickFabian.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Patrick Fabian](https://film.one/media/person/151120/gallery-49f6aec02c3e.jpg) Patrick Fabian — Image via TMDB
- ![Actor and Bellin spokesperson Patrick Fabian on the Bellin Run 2011](https://film.one/media/person/151120/gallery-62f1c91b4c76.jpg) Actor and Bellin spokesperson Patrick Fabian on the Bellin Run 2011 — Market Development at English Wikipedia, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Patrick_Fabian.jpg/1280px-Patrick_Fabian.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Better Call Saul", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego](https://film.one/media/person/151120/gallery-febf113a2dd8.jpg) Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Better Call Saul", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Patrick_Fabian_%26_Michael_Mando_%2829732677928%29.jpg/1280px-Patrick_Fabian_%26_Michael_Mando_%2829732677928%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award 2010: Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award (won), for *The Last Exorcism*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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