Patrick M.J. Finerty

Patrick Finerty grew up in Alexandria, Virginia & started doing theater at Bishop Ireton High School. From there it was off to VA Tech & graduate school at The University of Miami (FL). He started working in broadcast TV & news after graduate school at the NBC owned & operated station, WRC-TV, in Washington D.C.. He then moved to Chicago to do talk radio, local TV & theater, including comedy improv with 2nd City. He won a Best Actor award portraying Clifford Anderson in DEATHTRAP and a Chicagoland cable award for hosting & producing a news documentary titled HOMELESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. He moved to Los Angeles, California just in time for the Northridge earthquake! Continuing some part time work in AM news/talk radio at KFWB, Patrick won a Golden Mike Award for coverage of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. He also worked on an Emmy award winning PSA for the FBI and has had roles on several Telly Award winning projects. Theatrically, Patrick has worked on network & cable TV as well as some popular feature film franchises. In comedy, he is a regular on FUNNY OR DIE & COLLEGE HUMOR along with appearances on TIM & ERIK, ATTACK OF THE SHOW, MTV, SPIKE, CARTOON NETWORK and many more. Patrick plays piano, guitar, banjo & ukulele; rides a motorcycle (Honda CRF250R); surfs stand-up paddle boards; & lives in Los Angeles with his 4 rescue dogs; Trixie, Sport, Buzzsaw & Pipsqueak!