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Jim Fitzpatrick
James Armando Fitzpatrick was born in Omaha, Nebraska but returned to Clearwater Beach, Florida at three months of age where his parents (Jim Sr. and Cookie) are from and began his acting career on the stage at the tender age of 13 when he appeared in his first school play, "A Thousand Clowns," at Seminole (Florida) High School. Jim accepted a football scholarship to Illinois State University as a theater major where he became involved with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company founded by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. He put aside an acting career to play professional football, however, starting in 1981 with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the CFL (Canadian Football league) followed by short stints with the Chicago Bears ('82) and the Baltimore Colts('82). His football career ended when he retired in 1985, after spending three seasons with the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL ('83-'85).
As actor
Shark Waters
Last of the Grads
Mind Games
All Square
Do You See Me
Dolphin Tale
Adventure Scouts
The Belly of the Beast
Blood Ranch
Elizabethtown
An American Reunion
The Code Conspiracy
U.S. Seals
Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target
Armageddon
Little Ghost
Curse of the Starving Class
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
Ski Patrol
Phantom of the Ritz
When the Bough Breaks
Band of the Hand
Cocoon
Walking the Edge
Ragtime
Glory Days
The Walk-Ons