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- Birth nameWilliam Patrick Muldoon III
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- William Patrick Muldoon III was born and raised in the Los Angeles waterfront town of San Pedro, California, the son of Deanna and William Patrick Muldoon II, a personal injury and maritime attorney. He has Irish and Croatian ancestry. His parents' artistic backgrounds, in painting, writing, and music, induced the same appetites in their son, as well as athletics. He played college football for the U.S.C. Trojans and has two Rose Bowl rings. His first job in the entertainment business was as a model for Calvin Klein and started at the esteemed Wilhelmina Modeling agency . Early in his career he appeared on Who's the Boss? (1984) with Tony Danza and Silk Stalkings (1991) with Rob Estes which led to Days of Our Lives (1965) and the role of Austin Reed. Patrick won the Soap Opera Digest award for best new actor and spent the next three years at NBC. Being one of the most visible faces from the soaps, he caught the attention of Spelling Entertainment, and received the only development deal from the company in it's history - it led to a season on Melrose Place (1992). His next big break was landing the part of Zander Barkalow in Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers (1997) with Casper Van Dien. He's appeared in a host of independent films including the Sundance contestant Wicked (1998) with Julia Stiles, and Frank Darabont's Black Cat Run (1998). In 2011 he returned to Days of Our Lives (1965) for a year. He has since starred in All About Christmas Eve (2012) with Haylie Duff for 'Lifetime,' _Holiday Road Trip_ with 'Ashley Scott' and George Hamilton, In the Dark (2013) with Elisabeth Röhm for 'Lifetime.' He produced and starred in Badge of Honor starring Martin Sheen and Mena Suvari. In 2019, he produced and starred in "Arkansas" starring Vince Vaughn, John Malkovich, and Liam Hemsworth, directed by Clark Duke. In 2019, he produced and starred in"The Comeback Trail", starring Robert Deniro, Tommy Lee Jones, and Morgan Freeman. Directed by George Gallo. Both films will be released in 2020. Patrick is a singer / song writer and in 2019 released an EP "Muldoon and Ives" available on all streaming platforms. He is also blue belt in "Krav Maga", and martial arts enthusiast which he uses to fight crime all over the world.- IMDb Mini Biography By: mosaic
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Patrick Muldoon began his acting career during the off season while playing football for the USC Trojans where he landed the role of Alyssa Milano's boyfriend on the NBC sitcom' Who's the Boss' starring Tony Danza. Simultaneously his Calvin Klein Jeans campaign hit the news stands around the world which sparked a lot of attention from Hollywood so he hung up his football pads and helmet for a career in entertainment. Early on he famously stole Kelly from Zack on NBC'S 'Saved By the Bell' before he landed the role of 'Austin Reed' on NBC'S 'Days of our Lives for which he won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer. After a 3 year stint in the soap world he was picked up by Spelling Entertainment for the role of Richard Hart on the 90's favorite 'Melrose Place' before he was chosen by Paul Verhoeven to play 'Zander Barkalow' in the science fiction classic 'Starship Troopers.' He starred in over 50 feature films before he introduced producing into his repetituer. He has produced and starred in 'Badge of Honor' with Martin Sheen as well as 'Arkansas' with Vince Vaughn, 'The Comeback Trail' with Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, and Morgan Freeman and 'Marlowe' with Liam Neeson coming up this fall (2021). Patrick has found a home for producing at Storyboard Media where he is head of development and loves working with his partners creating 'A' level content with a fantastic slate poised for 2022. He is a singer song writer and just released his latest EP 'Muldoon & Ives.' Patrick has been a life long martial artist specializing in boxing, wrestling, as well as jiu jitsu and Krav Maga which he uses to fight crime all over the world in between gigs.- IMDb Mini Biography By:
- ParentsWilliam Patrick MuldoonDeanna
- RelativesShana Muldoon(Sibling)
- Posed for "Men of U.S.C." college calendar in the late 80s which eventually turned him on to modeling and, ultimately, Calvin Klein ads.
- Played football at USC
- He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
- Attended University of Southern California (USC).
- Attended Loyola (Jesuit) High School.
- Any time you can make a living doing something artistic, you're very fortunate. There's no finish line. As an actor, you can keep getting better, working with different actors and directors, pushing yourself into more challenging roles.
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