Robert Hammond Patrick[1] portrayed the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).
Biography[]
Born 5 November 1958, Marietta, Georgia, USA, Patrick is perhaps best known as the actor who played the human guise of the T-1000. Immediately after being cast in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Patrick took a martial arts crash course, and began exhaustive strength, endurance, and weapons-training sessions. "For three months," he says, "all I did was sleep, eat, take vitamins, and train.". Learning traditional martial arts further enabled Patrick to minimize emotional facial expressions. Robert Patrick has played the T-1000 in three different movies: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Wayne's World (1992) and Last Action Hero (1993). He then took up the character once again for theme park attraction T2 3-D: Battle Across Time, a short film filmed in a 3-D process that makes the film appear to jump out at you. James Cameron describes his casting of Robert Patrick on the Terminator 2 DVD, as a deliberate contrast to the original Terminator character portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger: "I wanted to find someone who would be a good contrast to Arnold. If the 800 series is a kind of human Panzer tank, then the 1000 series had to be a Porsche." He is often cast as a villain due to his intense presence and cold blue eyes.
Robert reprised his role as the T-1000 in a Direct TV commercial, saying "People think I'm here to terminate John Connor. But, really, I just wanna hang out and watch his Direct TV."[2] In addition to playing the T-1000, Robert has also portrayed Agent Doggett on the X-Files and Col. Sumner in the series premiere of "Stargate Atlantis".
Filmography[]
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day - T-1000
- Wayne's World - T-1000 (cameo)
- Last Action Hero - T-1000 (cameo)
- T2 3-D: Battle Across Time - T-1000
- Mortal Kombat 1 - T-1000 (Voice and likeness, "Khaos Reigns" downloadable content)
Notes[]
- ↑ Patrick, Robert [@robertpatrickT2] (July 25, 2021). "You are correct. I am not a Junior. @imdb bio is incorrect about that and where I was raised. For some reason they will not edit my bio. My late father was Robert M. I am Robert H. Hope that clears it up. Thank you for your support.". Twitter. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved on August 7, 2021.
- ↑ Exact quote may vary depending on network, time of day, etc.