Scott Patterson

Scott Gordon-Patterson (born September 11, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Luke Danes in Gilmore Girls and Agent Strahm in Saw IV, Saw V and Saw VI. He also starred as Michael Buchanan in the NBC drama series The Event. --- Gordon-Patterson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Hope Rachmeil Gordon, a homemaker, an actress in the Haddonfield Plays and Players Theatre Troupe and journalist, and Francis Ford Patterson IV, an advertising executive. His parents divorced in 1974. He is Jewish on his mother's side. Patterson was raised in Haddonfield, New Jersey and attended Haddonfield Memorial High School. He attended Rutgers University, pursuing a degree in comparative literature. He studied acting in New York with renowned coaches Robert Lewis and Sondra Lee. He was exposed to the teachings of such luminaries as Paul Newman, Arthur Penn, and Frank Corsaro at The Actors Studio. At The Actor's Studio, he also participated in the Producer's Unit chaired by Arthur Penn. He appeared in numerous productions, including Rasputin and Miss Julie. Gordon-Patterson spent seven years, from 1980 to 1986, as a professional pitcher in minor league baseball, topping out at the Triple-A level (the highest before the major leagues). He played in two major league farm systems for seven different minor league teams and was selected to four All-Star Teams (two with Atlanta and two with the New York Yankees). He was placed of the New York Yankees Major League Roster in 1983. In the winter of 1985-86 he was selected by the Texas Rangers of the American League in the Rule 5 Draft and placed on their Major League Roster. In 1981 Gordon-Patterson won 13 consecutive games as a starting pitcher between class A Durham and class AA Savannah to set a Braves record for most consecutive wins to start a season. He was selected Braves Minor League Pitcher of the month 2 times and New York Yankees Pitcher of the Month once, and Pitcher of the Week 3 times. --- In 1988, Gordon-Patterson formed the Arclight Theatre Company in Soho, NYC with John Bishop. Gordon-Patterson played Jedediah Kohler in Bishop's 'The Great, Great Grandson of Jedediah Kohler' in the Company's debut production. One night, George Wolfe was in the audience and offered Gordon-Patterson a role in the European Traveling Company's 'Tamara', but he turned it down to continue work with Arclight. Gordon-Patterson was down to the wire on the Buffalo Bill role in 'Silence of the Lambs' that eventually went to Ted Levine. In 1991, Gordon-Patterson nearly nabbed the role of Mr. Blonde in Quentin Tarantino's debut feature 'Reservoir Dogs'. After an arduous, month long auditioning process it was down to Gordon-Patterson and Michael Madsen, with Madsen eventually getting the role.