Mathew St. Patrick

Mathew St. Patrick (born March 17, 1969)^[1] is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Keith Charles on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2001−05). Previously, Patrick appeared as Marcus Taggert in General Hospital (1997) and Adrian Sword in All My Children (1998−2000), both soap operas. St. Patrick also had a leading role as Detective Kenneth Marjorino in the series Reunion (2005−06). His film roles include War (2007) and Alien Raiders (2008).

Mathew St. Patrick
Born	Mathew St. Patrick (1969-03-17) March 17, 1969 (age 56) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Early life

St. Patrick was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Curtis St. Patrick, a hot dog vendor, and Brenda (née Queen), who taught grade school.^[2] He was on the varsity track team of Olney High School,^[3] but graduated in 1986 from Scotland School for Veterans' Children in Scotland, Pennsylvania, the last remaining school for children of military veterans in the United States.^[1][4]

After graduating from high school, he lived in New York and then for eight years in the Chicago, Illinois area (Carol Stream, Illinois) where he worked a wide variety of jobs: delivery salesman for Coca-Cola in St. Charles, Illinois, at UPS, a furniture store delivery driver (Zierks Furnishings) in St. Charles, Illinois, driving an 18-wheeled flatbed truck for Quikrete of Chicago, and for the Union Pacific Railroad loading & unloading new cars & trucks at West Chicago Yard.^[5]

Acting career

In 1994, St. Patrick moved to Los Angeles, California to begin his acting career.^[5] In Los Angeles, he first worked as a personal trainer^[3] then in 1996 joined the West Coast Theater Ensemble.^[5] After acting in his first stage production, Full Court Press, an agent noticed him and cast St. Patrick in the latter's film debut, Steel Sharks (1997), playing a Navy serviceman.^[2]

St. Patrick was cast as Detective Marcus Taggert on soap opera General Hospital in 1997, replacing Réal Andrews in the role.^[6] However, his time in the role was brief, and Andrews returned as Marcus in 1998.^[7] St. Patrick was not satisfied with Marcus' character, describing him as "one-dimensional."^[8] He joined another soap opera, All My Children, as police lieutenant Adrian Sword, appearing in the series until 2000.^[9] For his performance as Adrian, St. Patrick received two NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series, in 1999 and 2000.^[2]

He made guest appearances on Beverly Hills, 90210,^[6] Diagnosis: Murder, NYPD Blue^[2] and Crossing Jordan.^[10] St. Patrick landed the role of Keith Charles in the HBO series Six Feet Under in 2001, portraying a gay black man in an interracial relationship with David Fisher (Michael C. Hall).^[11][12] Alongside his Six Feet Under cast members, St. Patrick was nominated five consecutive times for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2001−05), winning the award in 2002 and 2003.^[2] St. Patrick continued playing Keith until the series ended in 2005.^[13]

St. Patrick starred as Detective Marjorino in the Fox drama series Reunion, which ran from 2005 to 2006.^[14] Additionally, he played an FBI agent in the film War (2007)^[15] and Seth in the science fiction horror film Alien Raiders (2008).^[16] St. Patrick voiced an EMT in the "Mr. Mathers" skit featured on Eminem's album Relapse (2009).^[17] He was the first voice of Skulker on Danny Phantom (2004)^[18] and did voice work in preschool series Higglytown Heroes (2005−06).^[19]

Following the end of Six Feet Under, most of St. Patrick's roles on television have been minor characters. He appeared in the pilot of the TV series NCIS: Los Angeles (2013) and guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006), Private Practice (2009) and Hawaii Five-0 (2017). St. Patrick had a recurring role during the final season of the award-winning FX drama Sons of Anarchy (2014), as Moses Cartwright.^[20]

Personal life

St. Patrick has a son^[19] and reads the bible regularly.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	NYPD Blue	Rickie	Episode: "Unembraceable You"
1996	Moesha	Trainer	Episode: "The List"
1997	Beverly Hills, 90210	Basketball Official	Episode: "Straight Shooter"
1997	Steel Sharks	Mattox
1997	Diagnosis Murder	Howie Lanier	Episode: "Slam Dunk Dead"
1998	NYPD Blue	Marvin	Episode: "You're Under a Rasta"
1998	Surface to Air	Quinland
1998	Mike Hammer, Private Eye	Marcus Aurelis Sterling	2 episodes
1998–2000	All My Children	Adrian Sword	63 episodes Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series (2000–01)
2001–2005	Six Feet Under	Keith Charles	63 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2003–04) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2002, 2005–06)
2004	Danny Phantom	Skulker	Voice role, 3 episodes; after St. Patrick's departure from the series, Skulker was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson for the remainder of the series.
2004	Crossing Jordan	William Avery	Episode: "Justice Delayed"
2005–2006	Higglytown Heroes	Policeman Hero	2 episodes
2005–2006	Reunion	Detective Kenneth Marjorino	13 episodes
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Roddy Franklin	Episode: "Class"
2007	War	Wick
2008	Sleepwalking	Detective #1
2008	Ball Don't Lie	Louis Accord
2008	Alien Raiders	Seth Steadman
2009	Private Practice	Malcolm	Episode: "What You Do for Love"
2009	NCIS: Los Angeles	Bobby J. Jenlow	Episode: "Identity"
2009–2010	Saving Grace	Tom Harris	2 episodes
2013	NCIS	Metro Detective Bill Shard	Episode: "Prime Suspect"
2014	Sons of Anarchy	Moses Cartwright	3 episodes
2015	Eddie and the Aviator	The Aviator
2017	Hawaii Five-0	John Berris	Episode: "Ka Laina Ma Ke One"
2017	Extinction	Agent Davidson
2018	Doe	Carl
2019	Ice Cream in the Cupboard	Dr. Derek Crowder