Scott Patterson Biography

Fast Facts

• While attending The Actors Studio in New York, worked with renowned acting coaches Robert Lewis and Sondra Lee and observed Paul Newman, Arthur Penn and Frank Corsaro
• Quote: "Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting․ If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen․ The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this․"
• As an avid collector of art, artifacts and rarities, has a prehistoric petrified baby frog collection that he loaned to a Paris museum in 2010
• Attended Rutgers University to study for a degree in comparative literature
• Dropped out of college to play baseball for community colleges in Florida and Arizona, then was drafted into the minor baseball leagues and played with the New York Yankees, the Atlanta Braves and the Texas Rangers before being dropped
• An avid reader, he is said to own more than 1,000 books
• Both he and "Gilmore Girls" co-star Lauren Graham made guest appearances on "Seinfeld․"
• Enjoys opera and is good friends with soprano opera singer Measha Brueggergosman
• Founded the Arc Light Theatre Company in New York City in 1988