Patrick M. Walsh Jr.

Patrick Michael Walsh Jr. (born December 4, 1965) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and stuntman. He is also the founder, president and CEO of Walsh Family Media LLC, a New York City based animation production studio.
Biography
Early years
Walsh was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the youngest child of Evelyn and Patrick M Walsh Sr., an Iron worker by trade following a successful boxing career. His mother practices Real Estate on Long Beach Island off the coast of NJ. Patrick Walsh Jr. developed an early interest in animation and video games when his father brought home a Pong console. Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Bugs Bunny
and the curbside comedy sessions with the neighborhood kids were all inspirations for what would become his first feature screenplay entitled, The Cool Beans: Humbucket Caper. Walsh attended Lawrence High School, Lawrenceville, NJ, where he captained the soccer, baseball and swim teams, graduating in 1984. Pat has two older sisters, Patricia and Eileen.
Career
Walsh attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC from 1984-1988 and was a member of their 1988 NCAA Division 1, Semi-final men's soccer team. Walsh originally enrolled to study Computer Science but later changed his major to Business. Walsh graduated from The Moore School of Business at USC in 1988 with a BA. In 1989 Walsh spent a year playing soccer professionally in the American Soccer League with the New Jersey Eagles
. In 1990 he went to work as a Government Bond Broker at Fundamental Brokers Inc. in New York, NY where he stayed until 1994. Walsh saw opportunity in the sheer numbers of people that flooded to the Wall Street area so he began selling t-shirts on the street corners during lunch breaks and after work. The success of this business prompted him to film a documentary about a few friends traveling the county hawking t-shirts and having fun. The film has yet to be released. During this time Walsh began writing and recording children's songs with lifetime friend and award winning recording artist Dan Lavery (Tonic/ The Fray) all of which further solidified the direction of The Cool Beans. Walsh became a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in 1994, appearing in many films, television shows and commercials as an actor and stunt man, and remains an active member. Walsh has appeared in films such as The Patriot with Mel Gibson, Die Hard with Bruce Willis, Invincible with Mark Wahlberg and I Heart Huckabees with Dustin Hoffman, Mark Wahlberg and Jude Law. Walsh became a member of AFTRA in 2009 after securing a small part on the television show Leverage on TNT.
Filmography
* High Road (2011) post-production
* A Novel Romance (stunt coordinator) (2010)(post-production)
* White Irish Drinkers (2010)(stunts)
* Its Not You (2010) (stunts)
* Falling Awake (2009) (stunts)
* Uncertainty (2009) (stunts)
* Shuttle (2008) (stunt double)
* We Own the Night (2007) (stunts)
* Beer League (2006) (stunts)
... aka Artie Lange's Beer League (USA: complete title)
* Trust the Man (2005) (stunts)
* The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (stunt coordinator) (uncredited)
* Manfast (2003) (stunt coordinator)
... aka Holding Out (USA: DVD title)
* Friends and Family (2001) (stunts)
* The Patriot (2000) (stunts)
... aka Der Patriot (Germany)
* Harlem Aria (1999) (stunts)
... aka Destiny - Einmal ganz oben stehen (Germany)
* We Own the Night (2007) (as Pat Walsh) .... Eli Bodyguard
* Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006) .... Exploding Head Guy
... aka Kings of Rock - Tenacious D (Germany)
* Invincible (2006) (as Pat Walsh) .... 'Tanker' Opposing Player #2
* I Heart Huckabees (2004) (as Patrick Walsh) .... Fireman
... aka I Love Huckabees (USA: alternative title)
* Go for Broke (2002) .... Correction Officer
* Harlem Aria (1999) .... Homeless man
... aka Destiny - Einmal ganz oben stehen (Germany)
* Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) (stunts)
Television
* The Onion Sports Network (TV series) (stunts - 2 episodes) (pre-production)
* The Onion Sports Network Episode #1.3 (2011)
* The Onion Sports Network Episode #1.2 (2011)
* M'larky (TV series) (stunt coordinator) (2010) (post-production)
* Life on Mars (stunts - 1 episode)Take a Look at the Lawmen (2009)
* "Leverage" (Agent Charlie) (1 episode, 2010) (Season 2: "The Three Strikes Job")
* "Leverage" (Stunts) (1 episode, 2010) (Season 2: "The Bottle Job")
* "Leverage" (Stunts) (2 episodes, 2010) (Season 3: "The gone Fishin Job, The studio Job)
* Life on Mars (stunts - 1 episode)Take a Look at the Lawmen (2009)
* "The Black Donnellys" (stunts) (1 episode, 2007)
- Easy Is the Way (2007) TV episode (stunts) (uncredited)
* "New Amsterdam" (stunts) (2 episodes, 2008)
- Legacy (2008) TV episode (stunts) (uncredited)
- Honor (2008) TV episode (stunts) (uncredited)
* Babylon Fields (2007) (TV) (stunt double)
* "The Cut" (2005) TV series (stunt arranger) (unknown episodes)
* "Hack" (2002) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
Walsh Family Media
Walsh founded Walsh Family Media, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company in November 2002 to produce family branded content with a healthy, hip and fun message. The company's first project, Keep it Running, a music video featuring live actors as well as CG characters, The Cool Beans, was completed in 2007 and appeared in several film festivals across the US including the 2007 San Diego International Children's Film Festival, Comic-Con 2007 (San Diego) and the 2007 Brooklyn Kids Film Fest. In 2008 the studio completed a 7 minute short entitled Club Kid'Doo: The Adventure Begins for Makin' Fun Inc., a start up company in New Jersey, which was written and directed by Walsh. The Studio also produced 3 children's books for the same company in a series entitled The Adventures of Kevin Bonbevin. In 2008 Walsh Family Media produced an unreleased webisode entitled Cooking with Sally Sue Shenanigans, an original live-action piece teaching kids to make creative and healthy recipes. The studio is currently in production on 2 feature length CG animated films written, directed and produced by Patrick Walsh:
* The Cool Beans: We Need a Hit
* The Cool Beans: Humbucket Caper
As well as developing a number of other properties in-house. The film's release dates have not yet been announced.

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