Born in 1993, Patrick is the oldest son of Arnold and Maria. And whereas having dad and mom within the enterprise is nice and all, he is additionally credited his brother-in-law Chris with serving to him nab one plum half.
“I keep in mind when Chris mentioned, ‘Hey you already know there’s this younger position, Donny Mitchell, you may be the youngest within the platoon,” Patrick instructed Jimmy Kimmel in 2022 of reserving a gig within the Amazon Prime Video collection The Terminal Listing. “‘However if you wish to get this position, I would like you to go and attempt to get into character and actually get this. I would like you to realize 20 kilos and begin tactical coaching, and know the way they transfer, the physique language, all these things.'”
Having the prospect to coach with real-life Navy SEALs, he added, was “a dream come true.” And extra pinch-me moments have adopted, with the actor occurring to play Saxon Ratliff on The White Lotus and Tim Tebow in FX’s American Sports activities Story.
However even with all his connections, Patrick makes it clear he places within the exhausting work.
“I do know there are individuals who’ll say I solely received this position due to who my dad is,” Patrick instructed The Sunday Instances in February 2025 of his half on The White Lotus. “They’re not seeing that I’ve had 10 years of performing courses, placed on college performs each week, labored on my characters for hours on finish or the a whole bunch of rejected auditions I’ve been on.”
Quickly, he’ll be taking over a brand new position: husband. He proposed to mannequin Abby Champion in December 2023.
