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Mark Patton

Mark Patton (born September 22, 1958) is an American interior designer and former actor. He is often wrongly attributed to be born in 1964 (He used 1964 as a "fake" birth year, as many actors do, to make himself appear younger than he really was). Patton grew up in Riverside, Missouri and, after graduating high school, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Within a few years he landed the role of Joe Qualley in the 1982 Broadway production of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Patton reprised the role in the 1982 film of the same name. In 1985 Patton landed the lead role in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge portraying Jesse Walsh, a teen whose body becomes possessed by Freddy Krueger. Patton, who is openly gay, gave up on his acting career following being cast in a planned CBS series in which he would have played a gay character. The reason being the strong homophobia he perceived in Hollywood at that time. After that, years later, he had a hard time struggling with HIV (was diagnosed on his 40th birthday). Upon recovering, he moved to Mexico, where he currently lives happily married. Patton appears in the A Nightmare on Elm Street documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, directed by Dan Farrands. Following his appearance in the documentary Patton began touring horror conventions where he is lauded as mainstream cinema's first male "scream queen". After the success he started some projects concerning his life experiences with film (including books and a documentary called "There is no Jesse").


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Born:
Sep 22, 1958 In Riverside, Missouri, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean 1982-11-12
Latest Project:
Movie Watchdog 2023-08-19
Known For
Poster of Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Poster of Amityville Clownhouse
Poster of Family Possessions
Poster of Anna to the Infinite Power
Filmography
Movie Reunion from Hell 2 Ryan Lavery 2023-01-13
Movie Watchdog Robert 2023-08-19
Movie Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Self 2022-10-07
Movie The Once and Future Smash Mark Patton 2022-12-04
Movie Alien Danger! With Raven Van Slender Tank 2021-02-02
Movie Amityville in the Hood James (uncredited) 2021-12-10
Movie 1 Dead Dog Uncle Ted 2020-09-19
Movie Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street Self 2019-04-05
Movie Amityville Clownhouse James 2017-07-11
Movie Family Possessions Tyson 2016-10-21
Movie Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Self 2010-05-04
Movie Misplaced Roughneck 1989-09-14
Movie A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge Jesse Walsh 1985-11-01
Movie Anna to the Infinite Power Rowan 1983-01-12
Movie Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Joe Qualley 1982-11-12