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My Take
Patrick Fabian gave us one of television's great slow-burn performances as Howard Hamlin in Better Call Saul, a man whose immaculate surface made his unraveling devastating. What I respect is the thirty-year apprenticeship behind it: Penn State, stage work, countless guest spots, even a Sitges best actor award for The Last Exorcism. Fabian spent decades being reliably excellent in the margins before the role that revealed his depth finally arrived. That patience is the real story here. He reminds me that character actors are the load-bearing walls of American television, and that a late signature role often lands harder than early stardom ever could.
Overview
Patrick Fabian (born December 7, 1964) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for his role as attorney Howard Hamlin in Better Call Saul (2015–2022). His film roles include End Game (2006), Cloud 9 (2014), The Last Exorcism (2010), Pig (2011) and Jimmy (2013).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Patrick Fabian
- Name (Japanese)
- パトリック・ファビアン
- Reading
- ぱとりっく・ふぁびあん
- Born
- December 7, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Cedar Cliff High School
- University
- Pennsylvania State University
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.patrickfabian.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mrpatrickfabian/
- Xhttps://x.com/PatrickFabian
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Fabian
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
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.