Who is Patrick Fugit from “Almost Famous”? His Bio: Net Worth, Gay, House, Dating, About

• Patrick Fugit is an American actor with an estimated net worth of over $500,000
• He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and developed an interest for acting during his time in high school
• His big break was in 2000’s “Almost Famous”, for which he received critical acclaim
• He has since been a part of various television and film projects, such as “White Oleander” and “Wristcutters: A Love Story”
• He enjoys riding motorcycles and is reportedly single



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Who is Patrick Fugit?

Patrick Raymond Fugit was born on 27 October 1982, in Salt Lake City, Utah USA, and is an actor, perhaps still best known for his role in the film “Almost Famous” released in 2000. Other projects he has been a part of include “White Oleander” and “Wristcutters: A Love Story”.

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The Net Worth of Patrick Fugit

How rich is Patrick Fugit? As of late-2018, sources estimate a net worth that is over $500,000, earned through a successful career in acting. He’s also appeared in various television roles over the course of his career, and as he continues his endeavors, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.

Early Life and Acting Beginnings

Patrick grew up the eldest of three children in Salt Lake City with his mother who is a dance teacher, and father who is an electrical engineer. He attended East High School, during which he was diagnosed with ADHD, but also developed a strong interest for acting. He appeared in a school production of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” during seventh grade, playing the role of the shoemaker.

He actually developed an interest in both music and skateboarding, and along with his best friend, they started a folk rock band called Mushman, in which he played the guitar and occasionally sang. He studied to play flamenco guitar a, but would eventually find professional acting opportunities. After an appearance in “Touched by an Angel” and “Legion of Fire: Killer Ants!” he got his first major film opportunity in 2000’s “Almost Famous”, playing the role of William Miller.

Almost Famous and Further Acting Work

“Almost Famous” stars Fugit alongside Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand and Billy Crudup, in a story about a teenage journalist writing for “Rolling Stone” in the early 1970s covering a fictitious rock band called Stillwater. The film is actually semi-biographical, based on life experiences of director Cameron Crower as he toured with various rock bands. While the film bombed at the box office, it received critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, among others. He didn’t actually know much about rock music while filming, but his interest in it grew from this base.

A few years later, he played an aspiring comic book artist in the film “White Oleander”, released in 2002 and starring Alison Lohman and Michelle Pfeiffer, based on the 1999 novel of the same name written by Janet Fitch which was featured on “Oprah”. During the same year, he was cast in the independent film “Spun” in which he played a naïve drug addict, also starring Mena Suvari, Jason Schwartzman and John Leguizamo. The film is focused on people involved in a methamphetamine drug ring, and the name of the film is based on the slang for the way users feel after going multiple days without sleep due to the drug.

Later Career

While Patrick has fewer major projects as his career progressed, he still had consistent work. The year after “Spun” he was cast in the film “Saved!”, in which he played a skateboarder. The film touches on various issues including religion, homophobia, and teen pregnancy and also stars Jena Malone. In 2005 he starred in “The Amateurs”, which is a comedy film revolving around six friends in a small town in the US who decide to make a full length adult film.

The following year, he starred and made music for the film “Wristcutters: A Love Story”, which is a road movie set in an afterlife way-station reserved for people who have passed away through suicide. His next notable project would be the film “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant”, which is an adaptation of the “Vampire Blood” trilogy by author Darren Shan. He also had support roles in films such as “Reckless”,’ Gone Girl”, and “The List”. One of his latest projects is the series entitled “Outcast”, which started airing in 2016, and is based on the comics of the same name, and follows his character who has been rejected by the people of Rome, West Virginia.

Personal Life

For his personal life, it is known that Fugit was romantically involved with Megalyn Echikunwoke in the past but their relationship eventually ended. Since then, there have been no reports of any romances made public, and many sources have stated that he is single. He mentioned in an interview that he enjoys riding motorcycle and owns five in total with his father. He initially thought of acting as more of a hobby, but got into it as he found success in the craft.

General Info

Full Name Patrick Fugit
Date Of Birth October 27, 1982
Height 1.83 m
Profession Actor
Nationality American

Family

Parents Jan Clark-Fugit, Bruce Fugit
Siblings Colin Fugit, Jocelyn Fugit

Accomplishments

Awards Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominations Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star, MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance – Male, Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Male Newcomer
Movies Almost Famous, Gone Girl, Wristcutters: A Love Story, We Bought a Zoo, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, Saved!, White Oleander, Thanks for Sharing, Queen of Earth, Spun, The Amateurs, Dead Birds, Cinema Verite, Bickford Shmeckler’s Cool Ideas, Horsemen, Legion of Fire: Killer Ants!, The Str…
TV Shows Outcast

Social profile links

Marks

Quotes

# Quote
1 I’m not a very fast-paced person.
2 I always related most to Steve McQueen because he was more of an outcast than Robert Redford or Paul Newman.
3 It’s a very enticing, very seductive place, but once you get to know what L.A.’s really like, you don’t want to live there.
4 I had an agent in Salt Lake City, but acting was more like a hobby.
5 My dad has a huge vinyl collection downstairs, but I was never too interested. The only CD I had was by Adam Sandler.
6 If you think you’re going to work with Cameron Crowe and not get into his music, you’re crazy. But he doesn’t force it on you. He doesn’t force anything on you, which really makes things easier.
7 The day after I got an agent, I got called in for a role in a TV movie called ‘Legion Of Fire: Killer Ants.’
8 One day, you’re a nobody, and the next, you’re in a movie that everybody is talking about. But Hollywood has a way of knocking you back down to Earth.
9 Oh, I’m quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, ’cause it breaks down a lot.
10 There are these girls who live in Maryland: they’re the Patrick Super Fan Club Association of America. They’ve sent me videotapes of themselves just eating and talking about Hanson, and a loaf of bread that was really moldy by the time it got here.

Facts

# Fact
1 Rides motorcycles with his dad. They own five in total.
2 Formed Salt Lake City band “Mushman” with best friend David Fetzer, by “accident”. The band can best be described as a blend of folk and rock. Patrick plays the guitar and sometimes sings.
3 His last name means “he flees” in Latin.
4 Friends with Olivia Wilde and Tao Ruspoli.
5 He is part Irish.
6 His mother was a dance teacher in Salt Lake City. She owned a dance school called The Ballet School.
7 His voice also broke while filming Almost Famous (2000).
8 Grew three inches while filming Almost Famous (2000).

Pictures

Movies

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Cinema Verite 2011 TV Movie Alan Raymond
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant 2009 Evra the Snake Boy
Horsemen 2009 Corey
The Good Life 2007 Andrew
House M.D. 2006 TV Series Jack Walters
Bickford Shmeckler’s Cool Ideas 2006 Bickford Shmeckler
Wristcutters: A Love Story 2006 Zia
The Amateurs 2005 Emmett
Dead Birds 2004 Sam
Saved! 2004 Patrick
ER 2003 TV Series Sean Simmons
White Oleander 2002 Paul Trout
Spun 2002 Frisbee
MADtv 2001 TV Series William Miller
Almost Famous 2000 William Miller
Stray Dog 1999 TV Movie Duncan
Touched by an Angel 1997-1998 TV Series Joey / Boy #1
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! 1998 TV Movie Scott Blount
The List 2016 completed Alex
Outcast 2016-2017 TV Series Kyle Barnes / Kyle
Film School Shorts 2016 TV Series Agent
Rita Mahtoubian Is Not A Terrorist 2015 Short Agent (voice)
Full Circle 2015 TV Series Paulie Parerra
Queen of Earth 2015 Rich
The Strongest Man 2015 Guru Fred
You’re a Natural 2014 Short Evan
Gone Girl 2014 Officer James Gilpin
A Night with Little Richard 2013 Short The Douche
Isip the Warrior 2013 Short Simon
Reckless 2013 TV Movie David Harrison
Thanks for Sharing 2012 Danny
We Bought a Zoo 2011 Robin Jones

Producer

Title Year Status Character
How to Speak Clearly 2013 Short producer
Must Come Down 2012/I producer

Camera Department

Title Year Status Character
Wristcutters: A Love Story 2006 still photographer

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon 2013 Documentary special thanks
Behind the Scenes with ‘The Amateurs’ 2008 Video documentary short thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Looking for David 2016 Documentary post-production Interviewee
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2016 TV Series Himself
Hollywood Film Awards 2014 TV Special Himself
Knife Fight 2013 TV Series Himself – Timekeeper / Actor
Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’? 2011 TV Series Himself
E! True Hollywood Story 2008 TV Series documentary Himself
Behind the Scenes with ‘The Amateurs’ 2008 Video documentary short Himself – ‘Emmett’
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2007 TV Series Himself
Living with Lew 2007 Documentary Himself
Making ‘Dead Birds’ 2005 Video documentary short Himself
Showboat & Boonie 2005 Video documentary short Himself
Punk’d 2004 TV Series Himself
HBO First Look 2000-2002 TV Series documentary Himself
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2001 TV Special Himself
MADtv 2000 TV Series Himself
The 2000 Billboard Music Awards 2000 TV Special Himself
All Access: The Making of ‘Almost Famous’ 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 TV Special documentary Himself

Awards

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2001 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Most Promising Actor Almost Famous (2000)
2001 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Ensemble Almost Famous (2000)
2000 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Male Discovery of the Year

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2015 COFCA Award Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Ensemble Gone Girl (2014)
2015 GFCA Award Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) Best Ensemble Gone Girl (2014)
2015 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Ensemble Cast Gone Girl (2014)
2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Award Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Male – Newcomer Almost Famous (2000)
2001 MTV Movie Award MTV Movie Awards Breakthrough Male Performance Almost Famous (2000)
2001 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Youth Performance Almost Famous (2000)
2001 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Breakthrough Performance – Male Almost Famous (2000)
2001 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Cinematic Debut/Breakthrough Almost Famous (2000)
2001 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role Almost Famous (2000)
2001 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Newcomer Almost Famous (2000)
2001 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture Almost Famous (2000)
2001 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Film – Choice Breakout Performance Almost Famous (2000)
2001 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor Almost Famous (2000)
2000 Sierra Award Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Best Male Newcomer Almost Famous (2000)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia