- Born
- Birth namePatrick Connolly James Bergin
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Patrick Bergin has done more than 80 films and TV movies and is best known internationally for playing the menacing husband of Julia Roberts’ character in the thriller Sleeping With the Enemy, or for his role as an Irish terrorist alongside Harrison Ford in the film adaption of Patriot Games. He starred opposite Uma Thurman in the 1991 TV movie “Robin Hood,” playing the title role, and was a psychotic Provisional Irish Republican Army gunman in Johnny Was, with Vinnie Jones and Roger Daltrey. More recently Bergin appeared in Age of Kill, We Still Steal the Old Way, Free Fire, Black Bird and The Last Days of American Crime. Bergin’s recent TV credits include guest leads on ITVs “Wild Bill” and Channel 4’s “No Offence,” as well as playing series regular Jim Tierney in the fourth series of “Red Rock” for TV3/ BBC One and Aidan Maguire in “EastEnders” for BBC One.
- SpousePaula Frazier(1992 - present) (separated, 1 child)
- ChildrenTatiana Bergin
- RelativesEmmet Bergin(Sibling)
- Often plays psychotic villains
- Towering height
- Was the first Irish actor to star in a film which grossed over 100 million - Sleeping with the Enemy (1991).
- Originally a high-school drop out, Bergin returned to night school and by his early 20s had become a teacher. He taught juvenile delinquents and children with learning disabilities and pioneered a new teaching program involving puppets and video during the course of this period. He taught for about five years before quitting and taking an extensive tour throughout Europe.
- He, Richard Harris and Jonathan Ryan were the only Irish actors to play Irishmen in Patriot Games (1992).
- Has a bachelor's degree in Drama in Education.
- The son a trade union activist and founder of a political theater, Bergin was born and raised in Dublin.
- Heartthrob? Me? Ex-heartthrob, perhaps. Seriously, it just doesn't occur to me to be worried about something as nebulous as my image.
- I think Hollywood is unconquerable. I'll either go from humble beginnings to glory or complete disaster! I don't really relish or pursue stardom, but a profile helps you get better work.
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