
Acting
Born August 28, 1959 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
James Armando Fitzpatrick was born in Omaha, Nebraska but returned to Clearwater Beach, Florida at three months of age where his parents (Jim Sr. and Cookie) are from and began his acting career on the stage at the tender age of 13 when he appeared in his first school play, "A Thousand Clowns," at Seminole (Florida) High School. Jim accepted a football scholarship to Illinois State University as a theater major where he became involved with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company founded by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. He put aside an acting career to play professional football, however, starting in 1981 with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the CFL (Canadian Football league) followed by short stints with the Chicago Bears ('82) and the Baltimore Colts('82). His football career ended when he retired in 1985, after spending three seasons with the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL ('83-'85).

Shark Waters
2022

Last of the Grads
2021

Mind Games
2021

All Square
2018

Do You See Me
2017

Dolphin Tale
2011

Adventure Scouts
2010
The Belly of the Beast
2008

Blood Ranch
2006

Elizabethtown
2005
An American Reunion
2003

The Code Conspiracy
2002

U.S. Seals
2000

Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target
1998

Armageddon
1998

Little Ghost
1997

Curse of the Starving Class
1994

I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
1993

Ski Patrol
1990

Phantom of the Ritz
1988

When the Bough Breaks
1986

Band of the Hand
1986

Cocoon
1985

Walking the Edge
1985

Ragtime
1981