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My Take
Flueger is the kind of actor who sneaks up on you. I knew him first from The 4400, where he was solid but easy to overlook, and then Chicago P.D. let him grow Ruzek from a cocky rookie into one of the most emotionally legible characters in the One Chicago universe. He plays guilt and loyalty really well, and the long-running Ruzek-Burgess relationship arc only works because he commits to the vulnerability. He's not a flashy movie star, and I think that's exactly why his ensemble work lands; he serves the scene rather than himself, which is rarer than it sounds.
Overview
Patrick Flueger is an American actor born December 10, 1983, in Red Wing, Minnesota. He first gained attention as Shawn on the Disney Channel Original Movie series The Brink and the USA Network series The 4400, and is widely recognized for playing Officer Adam Ruzek on NBC's Chicago P.D. He has also worked in film and music.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Patrick Flueger
- Name (Japanese)
- パトリック・ジョン・フリューガー
- Reading
- ぱとりっく・じょん・ふりゅーがー
- Born
- December 10, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Pig
- Origin
- Red Wing, Minnesota, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Actor / Film actor / Television actor / Musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
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.