Growing up, Patrick had two options: the impossible i. e. doing his High School Diploma in mathematics and chemistry - or the unattainable, namely training at the Westphalian Drama School located in his hometown of Bochum. The son of working class parents chose the unattainable, applied for drama school and succeeded first time round. Completing his training he went on to act at the renowned Schauspielhaus Bochum with Leander Haussmann as artistic director, being directed on stage by the legendary Dimiter Gottscheff. While still in training he appeared in the feature film ,,23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint" by Hans-Christian Schmid. In his repertoire he portrays the likeable, friendly, sometimes somewhat absent-mindedly ironic man next door as well as the sometimes cynical, dark and existential abyss of being human. His authenticity in over a hundred film and television productions is part and parcel of his Ruhr area origins. Patrick lives in Berlin.