Patrick Clarke

Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1965. Patrick moved to New York in 1986, where he worked as an illegal immigrant in various jobs ranging from landscape gardener to limousine driver until gaining full US resident status in 1992. His career in film began in 1994 when he took up acting studies at David Mamet's Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City. During that period Patrick kept himself busy by appearing in more than a dozen student and independent short films including the multiple award winning 'The Last Actor' and 'Fall from Grace'.

Inspired by New York's Independent Film Culture, Clarke wrote and produced his first feature, 'Beyond the Pale' (1999) which was a modest commercial success in Ireland, Australia and the UK and won awards at the Houston and Arizona film festivals (2000). Clarke's performance in 'Beyond the Pale' led to roles in 'The Magnificent Ambersons' 2002) for NBC and the award winning comedy 'Stay Until Tomorrow' (2004) which was developed through the Sundance Institute. Clarke has since gone on to complete the music video 'One' (2008) which was written and performed by Greg Pearl, John Illsley and Paul Brady, the feature length documentary, 'The Extra Mile' (2008) and the period feature thriller 'Anton' (2008) which was nominated for three Irish Film & Television Awards.