Patrick Fabian

For the German football player, see Patrick Fabian (footballer).

Not to be confused with Patrick Fabiano.

Patrick Fabian (born December 7, 1964) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for his role as attorney Howard Hamlin in Better Call Saul (2015–2022). His film roles include End Game (2006), Cloud 9 (2014), The Last Exorcism (2010), Pig (2011) and Jimmy (2013).

Patrick Fabian
Fabian in 2018
Born	(1964-12-07) December 7, 1964 (age 60) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Pennsylvania State University, University Park (BFA) California State University, Long Beach (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Mandy Steckelberg[1]

Early life and education

Patrick Fabian is the son of Tom and Mary Lou Fabian. He is of Slovak and Hungarian ancestry through his paternal grandfather.^[2] He was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.^[3] His father worked for the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA). After graduating from Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, he attended Penn State University and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance. He moved to California, where he earned a master's degree from California State University, Long Beach.^[4]

Career

One of Fabian's earliest prominent roles was as Professor Jeremiah Lasky on NBC's Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993–1994).^[5] He was in the main cast of the short-lived television series Valentine (2008–2009),^[6] Working Class (2011), and Special (2019–2021).^[3][7] He had recurring roles on Joan of Arcadia, Veronica Mars, Gigantic, and Big Love.^[4]

Fabian has appeared in a number of films including The Last Exorcism,^[8][9] and has had a number of guest appearances on high-profile TV shows including Will & Grace and Friends.^[8] Fabian was cast to play Howard Hamlin, a main role in the AMC television series, Better Call Saul.^[10][11]

Fabian's theatre work in New York includes The Food Chain by Nicky Silver,^[12] Humpty Dumpty by Eric Bogosian,^[13] Six Degrees of Separation (national tour), and, in Los Angeles, Diva by Howard Gould and Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies, as well as two seasons at LA's Shakespeare Festival.

Personal life

Fabian in 2011

Fabian has been a member of SAG-AFTRA's National and Los Angeles Local Board of Directors, running under the Unite for Strength slate.^[14][15]

He is married to writer and comedian Mandy Steckelberg.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Jane Austen's Mafia!	Riverdancer
	Sour Grapes	Palmer
2004	Clean	Bobby Franklin
	Snow	Buck
2005	Must Love Dogs	Donald
2006	End Game	Brian Martin
2009	Spring Breakdown	Kevin
2010	The Last Exorcism	Cotton Marcus
	The Land of the Astronauts	Russell
2011	Pig	Internist
2012	Bad Ass	Officer Malark
	Tales of Everyday Magic	Ryan Kilgore
	Atlas Shrugged: Part 2	James Taggart
2013	Jimmy	Lee Mitchell
2014	Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses	Officer Malark
2017	DriverX	Leonard Moore
2018	The Death of Superman	Hank Henshaw	Voice role; direct-to-video film
2019	Reign of the Supermen
	Eat, Brains, Love	Alastaire
2023	Snow Falls	River's Dad
	Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham	Harvey Dent	Voice role; direct-to-video film[16]
	The Other Zoey	Matt MacLaren
2024	The Way We Speak	Simon Harrington
2025	The Ritual	Bishop Edwards

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Bodies of Evidence	Scott Easton	Episode: "The Edge"
	Silk Stalkings	Ron Gerschak	Episode: "Bad Blood"
1993	For Love and Glory	N/A	Unsold television pilot
	Beverly Hills, 90210	Charlie Dixon	Episode: "The Little Fish"
1993–1994	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	Prof. Jeremiah Lasky	Recurring role, 8 episodes
1994	Murder, She Wrote	Larry Shields	Episode: "Murder of the Month Club"
1995	University Hospital	Kurt Palmer	Episode: "Endings and Beginnings"
	Melrose Place	Lowell	Episode: "To Live and Die in Malibu"
1996	Boston Common	Prof. Jack Reed	Episode: "Pilot"
	Townies	Danny	Episode: "Townies"
1997	Star Trek: Voyager	Taymon	Episode: "Favorite Son"
	Weapons of Mass Distraction	Brandon Joyner	Television movie
	Millennium	Ratfinkovich	Episode: "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense"
	General Hospital	Ted Murty
1998	Xena: Warrior Princess	Rafe	Episode: "King Con"
	Jenny	Parker	Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Come Through in a Clutch"
	Timecop	Dean Cooke / Eric Cooke	Episode: "Lost Voyage"
	Friends	Dan	Episode: "The One Hundredth"
1999	Wasteland	N/A	Episode: "Great Expectations"
	Cupid	Don Quixote	Episode: "Grand Delusions"
	Two of a Kind	Alex Reardon	Episode: "My Boyfriend's Back"
	Dharma & Greg	Doug	Episode: "Looking for the Goodbars"
1999–2000	Time of Your Life	Spencer Halloway	Recurring role, 6 episodes
1999–2002	Providence	Jerry Kaufman	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2000	Arli$$	Jacques	Episode: "Honoring Our Past"
	FreakyLinks	Wayne	Episode: "Subject: Edith Keeler Must Die"
2001	The Trouble with Normal	Eric	Episode: "Manhattan Transference"
	Rude Awakening	Brian	2 episodes
	Nash Bridges	Ethan	Episode: "Slam Dunk"
	The Education of Max Bickford	Josh Howlett	Episode: "Herding Cats"
2003	Jack's House	N/A	Television movie
	Without a Trace	N/A	Episode: "The Source"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Rhone Kinsey-Confer	Episode: "Forever"
	Just Shoot Me!	Martin	Episode: "A Simple Kiss of Fate"
2003–2005	Joan of Arcadia	Gavin Price	Recurring role, 16 episodes
2004	Crossing Jordan	Buddy Holly / Horned Rimmed Glasses	Episode: "Is That Plutonium in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?"
	24	William Cole	2 episodes
	Helter Skelter	Jay Sebring	Television movie
	Summerland	Ian Straub	Episode: "Pilot"
	North Shore	Dr. Burtwhistle	Episode: "Meteor Shower"
	Medical Investigation	Gary Riesen	Episode: "Escape"
	Quintuplets	Coach Scales	Episode: "Teacher's Pet"
	Will & Grace	Alan	Episode: "Saving Grace, Again: Part 1"
	Snow	Buck Seger	Television movie
2005	Blind Justice	Clay Simmons	Episode: "Four Feet Under"
	Eyes	Doug Taft	Episode: "Pilot"
	Everwood	Dr. Henry Validor	Episode: "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
	CSI: Miami	Ken Gannon	Episode: "Blood in the Water"
	Reba	Rev. Parks	Episode: "And God Created Van"
	Twitches	Thantos	Television movie
2006	Shark	Dr. Charlie Bender	Episode: "Dr. Feelbad"
	Ugly Betty	Fashion TV Anchor	Episode: "The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe"
2006–2007	Veronica Mars	Professor Hank Landry	Recurring role, 8 episodes
	Close to Home	Mike Bachner / Mrs. Veeder's lawyer	2 episodes
2007	Pushing Daisies	Mark Chase	Episode: "Dummy"
	Twitches Too	Thantos	Television movie
	Viva Laughlin	Steve	Episode: "Pilot"
	Bones	Terry Stinson	Episode: "Boy in the Time Capsule"
	NCIS	Ray Vincent	Episode: "Corporal Punishment"
	Las Vegas	Ted Leandros	Episode: "The High Price of Gas"
2008	Boston Legal	Attorney Stanley Gould	Episode: "Mad About You"
	Burn Notice	Zeke	Episode: "Trust Me"
	The Cleaner	Tom D'Agostino	Episode: "Rebecca"
	Snow 2: Brain Freeze	Buck Seger	Television movie
2008–2009	Valentine	Ray Howard / Hephaestus	Main role
2009	Life	Dr. Stanton	Episode: "Mirror Ball"
	The Mentalist	Rand Faulk	Episode: "Carnelian, Inc."
	According to Jim	Daniel	Episode: "The Yoga Bear"
	Drop Dead Diva	Kevin Hanson	Episode: "The Dress"
	Crash	Jonas Dixon	2 episodes
2009–2010	Big Love	Ted Price	Recurring role, 10 episodes
2010	The Deep End	Attorney	Episode: "Pilot"
	Rizzoli & Isles	Nate	Episode: "Boston Strangler Redux"
	Svetlana	Pastor	Episode: "You're Svencome"
	CSI: NY	Charles Richmore	Episode: "Shop Till You Drop"
2010–2011	Gigantic	John Moore	Recurring role, 13 episodes
2011	Working Class	Rob Parker	Main role, 8 episodes
	Hot in Cleveland	Richard	Episode: "Unseparated at Birthdates"
	Private Practice	Robert Weston	Episode: "Breaking the Rules"
2012	Desperate Housewives	Frank	2 episodes
	Hawaii Five-0	Tony Denis	Episode: "Kupale"
	Longmire	Dr. Dennis Nunn, DVM	Episode: "8 Seconds"
	The Finder	CEO Anderson	Episode: "Little Green Men"
	Criminal Minds	Barry Flynn	Episode: "Magnificent Light"
2012–2013	The Newsroom	Tony Hart	2 episodes
2013	Castle	Peter Monroe	Episode: "Reality Star Struck"
	The Good Mother	Scott	Television movie
	Scandal	Senator Meyers	Episode: "Say Hello to My Little Friend"
2014	Cloud 9	Richard Morgan	Television movie
	Franklin & Bash	Paul Levy	Episode: "Deep Throat"
	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Oliver Lebackes	Episode: "You Be Illin'"
2015	Scorpion	Captain Stephen Caine	Episode: "Love Boat"
2015–2022	Better Call Saul	Howard Hamlin	Main role
2016	Casa Vita	Coach Willis	Television fim
	Grimm	Dr. Eugene Forbes	Episode: "Skin Deep"
2017	Elementary	Lars Vestergaard	Episode: "Dead Man's Tales"
2017–2021	Lucifer	Reese Getty	2 episodes
2018	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Senator Gaius Ponarian	Episode: "Fun & Games"
	Code Black	Owen Edwards	3 episodes
2019	Barry	Space Dad	Episode: "The Power of No"
	The Conners	James	Episode: "Nightmare on Lunch Box Street"
2019–2021	Special	Phil	Main role
2020	Carol's Second Act	Dr. Lewis	4 episodes
	Black Monday	Governor Putnam	3 episodes
2021	The Morning Show	Jeff	Episode: "It's Like the Flu"
2022	Gordita Chronicles	Mr. Frank	4 episodes
	Big Shot	Mark	3 episodes
2023	Kung Fu	David Wheeler	2 episodes
	Moonshine	Dick Lonergan	Episode: "High Season"
	Cooper's Bar	Peter	Episode: "The Cast"
2023–2024	Magnum P.I.	Sam Bedrosian	2 episodes
2024	Tracker	Shane Niall	Episode: "Bloodlines"

Podcasts

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021–2022	Strange Air	Malcolm Smith (voice)	10 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2021	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Better Call Saul	Nominated
2022	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actor on Television		Nominated
2023	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated