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Patton Oswalt
Patton Peter Oswalt is an American comedian and actor. He began performing stand-up comedy in 1988 and released his first comedy album 222 in 2003. He has been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album seven times, and won in 2017 for his seventh album Talking for Clapping (2016).
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entertainment · American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1969) · actor · screenwriter · film producer · writer · television producer · television actor · film actor · voice actor · comedian · also Patton Oswalt, Oswalt
Born 27 January 1969 · Q374065
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2026· 11 entries
“Gonna be hard to outthink those neural networks when the only thoughts the they have are “KILL ME” on a loop.”
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“Hey — my good buddy Joe Eurell is doing a new hour of material at the mighty WGIS Theatre on Monday, September 14th. Joe’s one of the smartest, funniest and darkest joke writers in the biz and I hope you all go support this weirdo genius.”
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“@pattonoswalt.bsky.social ate here in our hometown. (We decided to do brunch here this morning.) #Olympia #Row #PattonOswalt”
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“Next Sunday is an all-new Patton Oswalt & Friends at Largo at The Coronet. Chris Fleming, Ian Edwards and Tom Papa. We’ve all got new stuff we’re building, we’re all working on new specials, it will be raw and hilarious. Tickets are halfway gone. See you all the way there.”
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“NEW ART! My latest poster is by the incredible @davidplunkert. Check out his other work at davidplunkert.com. And come see me in Lexington, Kentucky on 9/4!”
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“This is the tenth anniversary of this photograph of Kristen Schaal, which I took backstage at a Brooklyn comedy festival as a MASSIVE thunderstorm was rolling in. This is the moment the rain started and she DANCED IN THE MAELSTROM.”
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“Cyclospora was my favorite character in The Odyssey and whatnot.”
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2025· 10 entries
Published video “Patton Oswalt”.
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Published video “The Ham Incident”.
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Published video “The Gifted Child”.
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Published video “The Vestibule of Dreams”.
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Published video “The Stripper”.
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Published video “The Spirit Cave”.
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Published video “The Invisible Anus”.
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Published video “The Slob Avatar”.
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Published video “The Museum of Spam”.
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Published video “The Weight Loss Plan”.
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2024· 1 entry
Oswalt joined the cast of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire playing the character Dr
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2021· 1 entry
Released album “M.O.D.O.K.”.
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “I Love Everything”.
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2019· 1 entry
Oswalt joined a host of other writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging
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2018· 3 entries
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department announced they had made an arrest in the Golden State Killer case
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Released album “Annihilation”.
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And was subsequently available for preorders
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2017· 1 entry
As of 2017, Patton Oswalt "remained friendly" with alt-right author Jim Goad; in a Facebook post that year, Oswalt wrote that Goad "can fucking write ...
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2016· 4 entries
Released album “Talking for Clapping”.
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Patton Oswalt announced that he had been working to complete McNamara's unfinished nonfiction book about the Golden State Killer
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“s unfinished nonfiction book about the Golden State Killer. In September 2017, Oswalt announced that the book, titled I”
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On August 1, 2016, Patton Oswalt announced that he had been working to complete McNamara's unfinished nonfiction book about the Golden State Killer.
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2014· 3 entries
Released album “Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time”.
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And became available for purchase on April 8, 2014, in both DVD and CD format
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Via online streaming website Epix, but was pushed back by the company for unknown reasons
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2013· 1 entry
Teamed up with PETA, spoke out against chaining pet dogs, and sent a letter to the mayor and members of the city council of Newport News, Virginia, urging them to ban the practice
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2012· 1 entry
Patton Oswalt is a progressive and a supporter of the Democratic Party, having endorsed Barack Obama for re-election as president in 2012 and Joe Biden in 2020.
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “Finest Hour”.
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “My Weakness Is Strong”.
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2008· 1 entry
Released ep “Frankensteins and Gumdrops”.
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2007· 2 entries
Released album “Werewolves and Lollipops”.
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Released ep “Patton vs. Alcohol vs. Zach vs. Patton”.
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2006· 3 entries
Released ep “Pennsylvania Macaroni Company”.
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And the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav in August 2007
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Released ep “The Comedians of Comedy Tour (Lil’ Lesbian)”.
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2005· 1 entry
Oswalt married true crime writer and journalist Michelle McNamara on September 24, 2005.
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “Feelin’ Kinda Patton”.
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Released album “222”.
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1997· 1 entry
Released album “HBO Comedy Half Hour”.
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1991· 2 entries
Studied at College of William & Mary, Bachelor of Arts (1991).
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And was initiated into the Alpha Theta chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity
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1987· 1 entry
Studied at Broad Run High School (1987).
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1969· 2 entries
Born 1969-01-27.
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In Portsmouth, Virginia, the son of Carla and Larry J
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