Will Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His father, Bill Patton, is a playwright, acting/directing instructor, and Lutheran minister. Patton attended the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has won two OBIE awards for best actor for the off-Broadway plays, Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love" and the Public Theatre production of "What Did He See?".
Trained for the stage at the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Actors Studio and with Joseph Chaiken at the Open Theatre in New York.
Eldest son of a Lutheran minister.
When he left the 1984 off-Broadway production of "Fool for Love", he was replaced by his understudy, Bruce Willis.
Narrates audio books. Has narrated over forty audio books, including Jack Kerouacs "On the Road", and James Lee Burkes "Dave Robicheaux" series (twenty books in the series so far).
Played a nemesis to Kevin Costner in two movies: No Way Out and The Postman .
