Portrait of Jay Patterson

Acting

Jay Patterson

Career

Active from 1987 to 2025, with a break from 2009 to 2024, busiest in 1987 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score50/100
Highest rated
Poster for My Sassy Girl
My Sassy Girl
GoodWatch score63/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jay Patterson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Wonder
    2.6, average 3.4
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    45
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    2 titles · average score 71
    Power Child
    Power Child (2025)

    as Daniel Crop

    Leverage: Redemption
    Leverage: Redemption (2021)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show · as General Lionel Frick

    2010s

    6 titles · average score 49
    Nine Lives
    Nine Lives (2016)
    GoodWatch score 28

    as Benson

    Ted 2
    Ted 2 (2015)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Karl Jackson

    A Million Ways to Die in the West
    A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
    GoodWatch score 45

    as Doctor Harper

    Blue Bloods
    Blue Bloods (2010)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as Dennis Driscoll

    My Own Love Song
    My Own Love Song (2010)
    GoodWatch score 53

    as Neighbor Man

    Nice Guy Johnny
    Nice Guy Johnny (2010)
    GoodWatch score 40

    as Dr. Meadows

    2000s

    10 titles · average score 56
    My Sassy Girl
    My Sassy Girl (2008)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Roger Bellow

    The Babysitters
    The Babysitters (2008)
    GoodWatch score 41

    as Ira

    Purple Violets
    Purple Violets (2007)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Michael's Agent

    Love, Ludlow
    Love, Ludlow (2006)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as Storkelson

    All the King's Men
    All the King's Men (2006)
    GoodWatch score 40

    as Senator

    Death of a President
    Death of a President (2006)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Sam McCarthy

    The Exonerated
    The Exonerated (2006)
    GoodWatch score 67

    as Cop

    Brother's Shadow
    Brother's Shadow (2006)

    as Parole Officer

    A Gentleman's Game
    A Gentleman's Game (2002)
    GoodWatch score 58

    as Raymond Mann

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show · as Benton Williams / Terrence Boyd

    1990s

    15 titles · average score 59
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as James Reed / William Evans

    Third Watch
    Third Watch (1999)
    GoodWatch score 81

    TV show · as Andy Fryar

    City of Angels
    City of Angels (1998)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Air Traffic Controller

    Hard Rain
    Hard Rain (1998)
    GoodWatch score 44

    as Mr Wellman

    A Civil Action
    A Civil Action (1998)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Geologist

    Excessive Force II: Force on Force
    Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
    GoodWatch score 39

    as Detective Wayne O'Conner

    Touched by an Angel
    Touched by an Angel (1994)
    GoodWatch score 44

    TV show · as Russell Tate

    Nobody's Fool
    Nobody's Fool (1994)
    GoodWatch score 81

    as Jocko

    Romeo Is Bleeding
    Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
    GoodWatch score 45

    as Mona's Lawyer (uncredited)

    McBain
    McBain (1991)
    GoodWatch score 37

    as Dr. Dalton

    Law & Order
    Law & Order (1990)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show · as Marty / Defense Attorney Charles Heckstrom

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Charles Pennington

    1980s

    12 titles · average score 66
    Margaret Bourke-White
    Margaret Bourke-White (1989)

    as Henry Luce

    D.O.A.
    D.O.A. (1988)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as Graham Corey

    Street Smart
    Street Smart (1987)
    GoodWatch score 55

    as Leonard Pike

    Nadine
    Nadine (1987)
    GoodWatch score 50

    as Dwight Estes

    L.A. Law
    L.A. Law (1986)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Lewis Colquit

    The Equalizer
    The Equalizer (1985)
    GoodWatch score 62

    TV show · as Jay Trescott

    Heaven Help Us
    Heaven Help Us (1985)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Brother Constance

    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985)

    as Edward Pierce

    Murder, She Wrote
    Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show · as Noah Farmer

    Miami Vice
    Miami Vice (1984)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Billie Joe Higgins

    Places in the Heart
    Places in the Heart (1984)
    GoodWatch score 77

    as W.E. Simmons

    American Playhouse
    American Playhouse (1982)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as Edward Pierce