The Better Call Saul Actor Pat Healy, 53, is a veteran actor and screenwriter who began his career at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. He has since appeared in more than thirty feature films and television series such as Six Feet Under, Star Trek: Enterprise, Grey’s Anatomy, and a few others.
Pat Healy, a Chicago native has grown from a phone repairer to a familiar face in many Indie films. Coming from a family of cinephiles, Pat Healy, his parents, and three brothers enjoyed moving from Lake Zurich to New Jersey to spend time in the cinemas. For that reason, he is not the only one working in the movie industry in his family. His older brother, Jim Healy was once a film programmer for the Chicago International Film Festival.
Here are 10 Interesting Facts You Need to Know about the Better Saul Actor, Pat Healy
1. Pat Healy was Raised Alongside His Three Brothers in Arlington Heights
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The NYPD Blue actor was born on September 14, 1971, in Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. He attended Arlington Heights Park District and Olive Elementary School where he participated in several school plays.
As a child, Healy and his four brothers and parents would move from Lake Zurich to New Jersey and back to Arlington Heights to watch movies.
According to reports, Pat Healy always knew he would become an actor even before attending Buffalo Grove High School. Upon graduating from high school, he enrolled at Illinois State University where he studied theatre.
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2. The 53-year-old Actor Started His Career on Stage
Following his graduation from Illinois State University, Healy worked as an intern at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre. He participated in quite a couple of shows in Chicago while he was at the theatre. He later decided to move to Hollywood in 1998 where he spent a few years doing small acting jobs. His first and most memorable role was a supporting role of a pharmacist in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia.
So far, he has built a career as a Hollywood actor in a wide range of roles. He landed a lead role in 2007 in an independent film titled Great World of Sound. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and it earned him an Atlanta Film Festival Best Actor Award. He also starred in Ti West’s horror film Cheap Thrills, which won the Midnight Films Audience Award at South by Southwest in 2013.
As for his roles on television, Pat Healy has made cameo appearances on quite a number of series including Chicago Hope, Six Feet Under, CSI: Maimi, The Practice, and The Shield. His recent movie role was when he appeared on Better Call Saul as Jeff in the sixth and final season. His role was very minor and unnoticeable that the actor had to share clips of scenes he featured on his Twitter page to affirm his role in the series.
3. He Made His Debut as a Director in 2017
Exploring all horizons in entertainment, Pat Healy made his feature directorial debut with the comedy film Take Me which was subsequently bought by The Orchard. Take Me reportedly premiered in April 2017 at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released on May 5, 2017. While the Orchard handled the theatrical and digital release, The Duplass Brothers served as executive producers for the film.
4. Pat Healy Struggled and Almost Lost Everything in 2019
Aside from acting, Cheap Thrills actor made his debut as a screenwriter and also a director in 2000 after he wrote and directed the short film Mullitt which starred Michael Shannon and Henry Gibson. His feature scripts Snow Ponies and Strange Skies were also marked on the Black List in 2006 and 2007. While trying to produce Snow Ponies, the cast and director he was working with at that time took a step back and everything fell apart. That destroyed him physically and financially in 2019.
However, things became better for the actor after he got a small movie role. Apparently, Pat Healy wrote three episodes of the American drama television series for HBO’s In Treatment.
5. Is Pat Healy Married?
There are speculations that the actor is married but he is yet to reveal details about his wife. However, the actor has shared pictures of a certain woman called Brandi Healy on his Instagram page.
Brandi Healy is a yoga teacher who received her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Purple Yoga. Teaching and practicing yoga has reportedly helped the actor’s alleged partner in her journey of healing and self-discovery.
6. Does the Arlington Heights Actor Have Children?
Based on research, it seems Pat Healy has children although their number is not certain. He has shared a couple of pictures on Instagram with captions that insinuate he might have kids. It looks like the actor and his alleged partner share two children whom he often refers to as Miles and Williow Jean.
7. His Brother also Works in the Movie Industry
Pat’s brother Jim Healy is also a cinephile. In fact, reports claim he introduced Pat to the director which gave him his first acting role. Jim has worked as an assistant curator, of exhibitions in the motion picture department at George Eastman House in Rochester.
Also, Jim, who is four years older than the actor, worked as a Cinematheque director of programming before his current job as the American Programming Correspondent for the Torino Film Festival in Turin.
Pat Healy’s brother is a recipient of the Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in arts through the UW Madison Division of the Arts in 2016.
8. The Better Call Saul Actor Revealed He Sometimes Suffers Anxiety and Depression
According to reports, the actor revealed during an interview with The Reveal that he suffered from anxiety and depression at a point in his life. He also added that his condition resulted from him getting so much attention since he was a kid.
Moreso, while working in the movie theatre as a teenager, he got fired by his boss. That also wrecked him entirely that he almost gave up on his career. He decided to go into therapy as well as work on himself.
9. How Rich is Pat Healy?
Healy’s net worth has been speculated to be between the range of $1 million to $5 million. His net worth is mainly from his career in show business. With the experience he has garnered, it would be safe to say his earnings might increase as time progresses.
10. Where is Pat Healy Now?
Having spent more than two decades in the movie industry, Pat Healy’s acting versatility has earned him quite a number of credits. He has appeared in movies where he acted in roles ranging from an alien slave to a shy nerd.
Pat Healy revealed he has intentions of exploring his career. Aside from acting, he could possibly do writing and directing. With more than 25 years of experience, the movie director has built a successful career for himself against all odds and has earned a place in Hollywood.
