Born in 1993, Patrick is the oldest son of Arnold and Maria. While having parents in the business is advantageous, he also credits his brother-in-law Chris for helping him secure a significant role.
“I remember when Chris said, ‘Hey you know there’s this young role, Donny Mitchell, you’ll be the youngest in the platoon,'” Patrick told Jimmy Kimmel in 2022 about booking a gig in the Amazon Prime Video series The Terminal List. “‘But if you want to get this role, I need you to go and try to get into character and really get this. I need you to gain 20 pounds and start tactical training, and know how they move, the body language, all this stuff.'”
Having the chance to train with real-life Navy SEALs was “a dream come true,” he added. More remarkable moments have followed, with the actor going on to portray Saxon Ratliff on The White Lotus and Tim Tebow in FX’s American Sports Story.
Despite his connections, Patrick emphasizes that he puts in the hard work.
“I know there are people who’ll say I only got this role because of who my dad is,” Patrick told The Sunday Times in February 2025 regarding his part on The White Lotus. “They’re not seeing that I’ve had 10 years of acting classes, participated in school plays every week, worked on my characters for hours on end, or the hundreds of rejected auditions I’ve been on.”
Soon, he’ll be taking on a new role: husband. He proposed to model Abby Champion in December 2023.
