Patrick Fischler Biography

Fast Facts

• Co-founder of the Los Angeles-based group, Neurotic Young Urbanites
• Studied drama at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
• Got his start in the entertainment business after being noticed by a film agent who was looking for extras for the 1994 thriller "Speed", which would end up being Fischler's first film credit
• Earned widespread acclaim after appearing in several episodes of "Mad Men" during season two of the series
• Filmed recurring appearances on "Lost" and "Southland" simultaneously over a six-month period which forced him to fly between Hawaii and Los Angeles each week, all while his wife was pregnant with their first child
• His father founded the Santa Monica-area restaurant Patrick's Roadhouse, which was named after him