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Biography

Early life

Oswalt was born in Sterling, Virginia to a Marine colonel father. He is a 1987 graduate of Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia, and attended the College of William and Mary, where he majored in English and was initiated into the Alpha Theta Chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. British Royal Marines in a Rigid Raider assault watercraft Marines (from the English adjective marine, meaning of the sea , from Latin language mare, meaning sea, via French adjective marin(e), of the sea) are, in principle, seaborne land soldiers that are part of a navy. ... Broad Run High School Broad Run High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, Virginia. ... Ashburn, Virginia is an unincorporated area located in Loudoun County, Virginia, 30 miles west of Washington, D.C., and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. ... The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ... Phi Kappa Tau (Î¦ÎšÎ¤) is a U.S. national college fraternity // Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity (commonly called Phi Tau) was founded in the Union Literary Society Hall of Miami Universitys Old Main Building in Oxford, Ohio on March 17, 1906. ...

Oswalt married writer Michelle McNamara on September 24, 2005.^[2] is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Career

Oswalt first began headlining comedy clubs in 1996. After writing for MADtv and starring in his own 1997 comedy special for HBO, he went on to garner notable roles in films and television shows including Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, Pixar's Ratatouille, and as Spence Olchin on The King of Queens, on CBS. He has appeared on the television shows Home Movies, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, Seinfeld, Human Giant, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, I Love the '80s, Static Shock, The Weird Al Show, Crank Yankers, Reno 911!, The Batman, Comedy Central's Last Laugh '06 and The Fairly OddParents as the writer of the Crimson Chin comics. He lent his voice as in the Playstation 2 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as a caller on the WTCR show, "The Tight End Zone," where he states incredibly obvious things about sports, and was the voice of a caller on "Chatterbox" on LCFR in the PlayStation Portable game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. He was also the voice of a reporter on New World Order, a radio show on VCPR in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. For other uses, see Mad TV (disambiguation). ... Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970[1] in Studio City, California) is a two-time Oscar nominated American filmmaker. ... It has been suggested that Magnolia (album) be merged into this article or section. ... Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California, United States, and is notable for its eight Academy Awards. ... For other uses, see Ratatouille (disambiguation). ... Spencer Spence Olchin is a character in The King of Queens. ... The King of Queens is an Emmy nominated, American comedy series that ran for nine seasons, from 1998 until 2007. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... This article is about the cartoon. ... Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist was an animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from 1995 to 1999, and starred Jonathan Katz. ... Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989 to May 14, 1998, running a total of 9 seasons. ... Human Giant is a sketch comedy show on MTV, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and directed primarily by Jason Woliner. ... Tom Goes to the Mayor was an American animated television series on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim. ... For the movie, see Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. ... I Love the 80s is a television program that was produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and later for American TV audiences by VH1. ... Static Shock is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. ... The Weird Al Show was a short-lived television show starring Weird Al Yankovic. ... Crank Yankers is a United States TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that features actual prank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests which are re-enacted onscreen by puppets. ... For the 2007 film, see Reno 911!: Miami. ... Categories: Animation stubs | Batman | Animated television series | 2000s TV shows in the United States | Television programs based on DC Comics ... The Fairly OddParents is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of a boy who has two fairy godparents and his fairy god brother, Poof, who was introduced to the series on a one-hour television event on February 18, 2008 called... The Crimson Chin is a comic-book superhero from the animated series The Fairly OddParents. ... PS2 redirects here. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the fifth video game in the Grand Theft Auto series. ... The PlayStation Portable , officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and currently manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ...

Oswalt wrote the comic book JLA: Welcome to the Working Week, a backup story in Batman #600, a story for Dwight T. Albatross's The Goon Noir #01 and a story for Masks: Too Hot for TV. He voiced Rémy, the lead character in the Pixar film Ratatouille (2007). Also in a connection to Disney, he voices Professor Dementor on the hit Disney Channel animated show Kim Possible. Expanding his voice artist repertoire, he will voice a character in the upcoming PBS Kids GO! show The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl. He's also an uncredited writer on Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.^{[citation needed]} Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California, United States, and is notable for its eight Academy Awards. ... For other uses, see Ratatouille (disambiguation). ... Professor Dementor (real last name Demenz) is a fictional villain from Disneys Kim Possible. ... For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. ... This article is about the television series. ... PBS Kids GO! is an educational television brand used by PBS for programs intended at early elementary school children, an older demographic than the separate PBS Kids banner. ... The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl is a 2006 animated short series that premiered on PBS Kids GO! on 10 November 2006. ...

In July of 2006, Oswalt's comic script "Fruit Pies!" was turned into a short film available at YouTube and MySpace. He also appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner. In August 2007 he appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav. In 2007, he appeared on an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, "The Original Fry Cook," as Jim. He also appears as Carl, the Corndog Hut's mascot in American Hi-Fi's music video for "Another Perfect Day". YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... The Comedy Central Roast Of William Shatner was a roast of actor William Shatner, first broadcast on August 20, 2006 on Comedy Central. ... The Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav is a roast of rapper Flavor Flav that will air on Comedy Central. ... This article is about the series. ... Production Order The Original Fry Cook is a SpongeBob episode from the upcoming season 5. ... American Hi-Fi is a power pop/alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for their 2001 hit Flavor of the Weak. To date they have released three studio albums, as well as a live album released only in Japan. ...

On June 27, 2007, Oswalt was a special guest on the Emeril Live program on the Food Network, where he plugged his new movie, Ratatouille. Emeril Live is a program on Food Network hosted by Emeril Lagasse. ... Food Network is an American cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food. ...

Stand-up comedy

Oswalt's style of stand-up comedy is often described as acerbic and sarcastic, and it covers topics ranging from pop culture frivolity such as comic book supervillains and 1980s glam metal to deeper societal issues like American excess, rampant materialism, foreign policy, and religion (Oswalt is an avowed atheist himself^[3]). Quite a few of his routines are about vice, especially pornography and alcohol. A famous line: "Do you think you have a problem when you refer to all alcohol as 'pain-go-bye-bye-juice'?" Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ...

In 2004, Oswalt released a comedy album entitled Feelin' Kinda Patton and later that year a longer, unedited version of the same recording called 222, both through the United Musicians collective, and a stand-up special "No Reason to Complain". He is also on a split EP called Patton vs. Alcohol vs. Zach vs. Patton with Zach Galifianakis. On July 10, 2007, Patton released his latest CD Werewolves and Lollipops on Sub Pop records. United Musicians is an independent music collective founded by singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Michael Penn and manager Michael Hausman. ... Zach Galifianakis with singer Fiona Apple in the music video for her single Not About Love (2006). ... Werewolves and Lollipops is Patton Oswalts second comedy album, following Feelin Kinda Patton. ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington that achieved fame in the 1990s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the local Seattle music scene. ...

Looking for a way to bring cutting-edge comedy to a different audience, Oswalt put together the Comedians of Comedy tour in 2004, using indie rock venues instead of traditional (and expensive) comedy clubs. The tour featured Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn, and Maria Bamford. The Fall 2004 tour was documented in a 2005 film of the same name; it was followed by a six-episode Comedy Central series based on the Summer 2005 tour. This tour featured special guest appearances from comedians such as Blaine Capatch, Bobby Tisdale and Todd Barry. Subsequent incarnations of the tour have included Eugene Mirman, and Morgan Murphy. Recently, Oswalt has a appeared in Lewis Black's Root of All Evil. He has so far accused YouTube, Dick Cheney, and High School as the Root of All Evil. He currently has a 2-1 record, losing with High School to American Idol, and is slated to play for The Human Body against Las Vegas in an upcoming episode. The Comedians of Comedy is an occasional stand-up comedy tour featuring Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford that was documented in a 2005 film and 2005 Comedy Central television series of the same name, both directed by Michael Blieden. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Zach Galifianakis with singer Fiona Apple in the music video for her single Not About Love (2006). ... Brian Posehn (born July 6, 1966) is an American actor and comedian, known for his roles as mail clerk Kevin Liotta on NBCs Just Shoot Me!, as a cast member of HBOs Mr. ... Maria Bamford (born September 3, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ... Blaine Capatch (born c. ... Todd Barry (born March 26, 1964 in The Bronx, New York) is an American stand-up comedian/actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ... Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941), is the 46th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... For the current American Idol season, see American Idol (season 7). ... List of bones of the human skeleton Human anatomy is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human body. ... For other uses, see Las Vegas (disambiguation) and Vegas (disambiguation). ...

Discography

Albums

Feelin Kinda Patton is stand-up comedian Patton Oswalts first comedy album. ... Werewolves and Lollipops is Patton Oswalts second comedy album, following Feelin Kinda Patton. ...

EPs

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Complilation Album Appearances

DVDs

DVD Appearances

Rock Against Bush, Vol. ... The Comedians of Comedy is an occasional stand-up comedy tour featuring Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford that was documented in a 2005 film and 2005 Comedy Central television series of the same name, both directed by Michael Blieden. ... The Comedians of Comedy is an occasional stand-up comedy tour featuring Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford that was documented in a 2005 film and 2005 Comedy Central television series of the same name, both directed by Michael Blieden. ...

Stand-up Specials

TV Appearances

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Voice Acting Appearances

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Films

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References

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External links

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