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My Take
Patrick Bristow is a character actor's character actor, and I have enormous respect for that craft. As Peter on Ellen and Patrick on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, plus a turn in Pain & Gain, he built a career on scene-stealing precision rather than top billing. That is harder than it looks: you have to elevate every scene without hijacking it. The fact that he also directs and picked up a Garland Award in 2007 tells me he understands comedy from the inside out. Performers who stay working and funny across decades earn my admiration more than any one-hit star ever could.
Overview
Patrick Bristow (born September 26, 1962) is an American actor, comedian and director. He is best known for playing Peter Barnes on Ellen (1994–1998), and Patrick on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008), and for the film Pain & Gain (2013).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Patrick Bristow
- Name (Japanese)
- パトリック・ブリストー
- Reading
- ぱとりっく・ぶりすとー
- Born
- September 26, 1962 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Tiger
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- comedian / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- John Burroughs High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2007 Back Stage Garland Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.