--- name: "Patrick Fugit" canonical: "https://film.one/person/patrick-fugit" fi1m_id: "patrick-fugit" imdb_id: "nm0297578" tmdb_id: 11663 wikidata_id: "Q465152" roles: ["Actor"] born: "27 October 1982" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-30T21:46:15.525440+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 Fugit ## Identity Patrick Fugit - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patrick-fugit - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** patrick-fugit - **IMDb ID:** nm0297578 - **TMDB ID:** 11663 - **Wikidata ID:** Q465152 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Fugit, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465152, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297578/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11663 Actor. Born 27 October 1982 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 27 October 1982, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - **Active:** 2000–present - **Also known as:** Patrick Raymond Fugit - **Frequently works with:** [Cameron Crowe](https://film.one/person/cameron-crowe.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 74 (3), 2020s 56 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 66 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1, History 1, Music 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $644m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Fugit, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465152, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297578/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11663 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Gone Girl*](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md) (84) - **Hulu:** [*Almost Famous*](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md) (82) - **Disney+:** [*We Bought a Zoo*](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) (58) - **HBO Max:** [*Love & Death*](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md) (56) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Patrick Fugit > Patrick Fugit makes inexperience interesting rather than merely agreeable. *Almost Famous* remains our clearest recommendation: he makes us care about a boy who wants to admire the adults around him, even when they make that difficult. Watch how seriously William Miller takes the musicians in *Almost Famous* (2000). Patrick Fugit makes each encounter feel important before we have decided whether these adults deserve his attention. He gives William a believable interest in the work without making him sound like a professional who happens to be young. We felt protective of William because Fugit makes every encounter with the band seem to matter so much to him. Cameron Crowe gives that enthusiasm room, and Fugit does not clutter it with signs that William is secretly wiser than everyone else. The trouble is that *Almost Famous* can be too forgiving of the people William admires. His performance keeps us involved when the nostalgia softens behaviour that deserves closer scrutiny. We believe the boy’s affection without having to share all of it. After that lead, Fugit moved between independent films and supporting parts in studio productions. *Spun* (2002) and *Wristcutters: A Love Story* (2006), in which he plays Zia, belong to the first strand; *Gone Girl* (2014) belongs to the second. He is repeatedly cast as someone earnest or slightly unprepared for what surrounds him. The risk is that sincerity becomes all a film asks of him. In David Fincher’s *Gone Girl*, he plays Officer James Gilpin within a larger ensemble. We recommend the film for its sharp humour and unsettling marital suspicion, with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike keeping even the far-fetched plotting persuasive. Its cynicism sometimes needs more questioning than it gets. Fugit’s contribution is supporting work here; it is Crowe’s film that gives us the stronger reason to seek him out. The later horror work offers a different prospect: a sustained lead as Kyle Barnes in *Outcast* (2016–2018), then Dwight in *My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To* (2020). He also produced the latter, taking on work beyond the performance. Those are useful places to look beyond the boyish sincerity of his breakthrough, without assuming that darker material automatically means better acting. Start with William; do not require every subsequent part to be William again. ## Biography Patrick Fugit is an American actor. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he began acting in a summer theatre programme at the University of Utah at the age of eleven and appeared in school and regional productions. Fugit’s breakout role came as William Miller in Cameron Crowe’s *Almost Famous* (2000). Subsequent film credits include *White Oleander* (2002), *Spun* (2002), *Saved!* (2004), *Wristcutters: A Love Story* (2006), *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), *Gone Girl* (2014), *First Man* (2018) and *Babylon* (2022). On television he has played Kyle Barnes in the series *Outcast* (2016–2018) and Pat Montgomery in the miniseries *Love & Death* (2023). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Love & Death* (2023), Fi1m 56, as Pat Montgomery — [page](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md) - *First Man* (2018), Fi1m 80, as Elliot See — [page](https://film.one/film/first-man.md) - *Gone Girl* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Officer James Gilpin — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md) - *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), Fi1m 58, as Robin Jones — [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) - *Almost Famous* (2000), Fi1m 82, as William Miller — [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md) ## Complete filmography (36) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Love & Death* (2023), series, as Pat Montgomery — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md) - *Babylon* (2022), as Officer Elwood - *My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To* (2020), as Dwight · Producer - *Treadstone* (2019), series, as Stephen Haynes - *Robert the Bruce* (2019), as Will - *A Name Without a Place* (2019), as Samuel Sussicran - *First Man* (2018), as Elliot See — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/first-man.md) - *Alex & the List* (2018), as Alex Buckingham - *Outcast* (2016), series, as Kyle Barnes - *Rita Mahtoubian is Not a Terrorist* (2015), as Agent - *Queen of Earth* (2015), as Rich - *The Strongest Man* (2015), as Guru Fred - *Gone Girl* (2014), as Officer James Gilpin — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md) - *Thanks for Sharing* (2013), as Danny - *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), as Robin Jones — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) - *Cinema Verite* (2011), as Alan Raymond - *Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize* (2010), as Patrick (archive footage) - *Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant* (2009), as Evra the Snake Boy - *Horsemen* (2009), as Corey - *Wristcutters: A Love Story* (2007), as Zia - *Living with Lew* (2007), Actor - *The Good Life* (2007), as Andrew - *Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas* (2006), as Bickford Shmeckler - *The Amateurs* (2006), as Emmett - *Dead Birds* (2005), as Sam - *House* (2004), series, as Jack Walters — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md) - *Saved!* (2004), as Patrick - *Spun* (2003), as Frisbee - *White Oleander* (2002), as Paul Trout - *Almost Famous* (2000), as William Miller — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md) - *Stray Dog* (1999), as Duncan - *Legion of Fire: Killer Ants* (1998), as Scott Blount - *MADtv* (1995), series, as William Miller - *ER* (1994), series, as Sean Simmons — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md) - *Isip the Warrior*, as Simon - *Looking for David*, as Interviewee ## Gallery - ![American actor Patrick Fugit arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the film "First Man" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Thursday, Oct. ](https://film.one/media/person/96708/gallery-444263aa273d.jpg) American actor Patrick Fugit arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the film "First Man" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Thursday, Oct. — Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Patrick_Fugit_in_2018.jpg/1280px-Patrick_Fugit_in_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![American actor Patrick Fugit arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the film "First Man" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Thursday, Oct. ](https://film.one/media/person/96708/gallery-0ff932ba1271.jpg) American actor Patrick Fugit arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the film "First Man" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Thursday, Oct. — Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/%22First_Man%22_Premiere_at_NASM_%28NHQ201810040114%29.jpg/1280px-%22First_Man%22_Premiere_at_NASM_%28NHQ201810040114%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Outkast Red Carpet (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/96708/gallery-e381cd2bea96.jpg) Outkast Red Carpet (2015) — pinguino k from North Hollywood, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Patrick_Fugit_Outkast_Red_Carpet_%2822497861764%29.jpg/1280px-Patrick_Fugit_Outkast_Red_Carpet_%2822497861764%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Outcast panel at Comic-Con 2016](https://film.one/media/person/96708/gallery-25732454fbd3.jpg) Outcast panel at Comic-Con 2016 — vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Patrick_Fugit_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Patrick Fugit](https://film.one/media/person/96708/gallery-36ed5b895198.jpg) Patrick Fugit — Image via TMDB - ![Patrick Fugit](https://film.one/media/person/96708/gallery-41409db8afd2.jpg) Patrick Fugit — Image via TMDB - ![Patrick Fugit](https://film.one/media/person/96708/gallery-d276ba90f7f4.jpg) Patrick Fugit — Image via TMDB - ![Patrick Fugit. (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/96708/gallery-efc37f64795f.jpg) Patrick Fugit. (2006) — THE 1 SECOND FILM / the1secondfilm, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Patrick-Fugit.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/patrick-fugit