- Has played the same character (T-1000) in three movies: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Wayne's World (1992) and Last Action Hero (1993).
- Has the distinction of being the only actor killed on screen by all three of the Planet Hollywood founders: Bruce Willis (in Die Hard 2 (1990)), Sylvester Stallone (in Cop Land (1997)), and most famously by Arnold Schwarzenegger (in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)).
- Immediately after being cast in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), he took a martial-arts crash course, then began exhaustive strength, endurance, and weapons-training sessions. "For three months," he says, "all I did was sleep, eat, take vitamins, and train.".
- The appearance of character Dale Gribble from the animated series King of the Hill (1997) is based on Patrick.
- His first ten years in the film business consisted mostly of small parts in "B" pictures; he made so little money from acting that he had to take a job as a bartender to supplement his income.
- Has played the fathers of both Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: Vernon Presley in Elvis (2005) and Ray Cash in Walk the Line (2005).
- Is the older brother of successful musician Richard Patrick, the frontman for the rock band Filter and guitarist for the rock band Nine Inch Nails.
- Attended and graduated from Farmington High School in Farmington, Michigan (1977).
- Has appeared in Meat Loaf's music video "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" (1994).
- Robert Patrick and Kristanna Loken both played ruthless terminators in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) (respectively) and would later co-star in S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011).
- Has reprised his Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) character, the T-1000, for the theme park attraction T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996), a short film filmed in a new 3-D process that makes the film really appear to jump out at you.
- Harley-Davidson enthusiast and co-owner of Harley-Davidson of Santa Clarita.
- Member of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club.
- Attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio; majored in accounting.
- In the mid to late 1980s, he lived in the same Los Angeles complex with such neighbors such as Jim Carrey (Bruce Almighty (2003)), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters (1984)) and Cynthia Ettinger (Deadwood (2004), The Silence of the Lambs (1991)).
- Has four siblings: Richard Patrick, Cheri Patrick, Karen Patrick and Lewis Patrick.
- Has two children with his wife Barbara Patrick: daughter Austin and son Samuel.
- Brother-in-law of Tina Johnson.
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