Aaron J. Patton
- Actor
Born Aaron John Patton in Chicago, Illinois on March 28, 1973, Aaron
was always performing. He won his first neighborhood dance contest at
the age of five, where his prize was a plastic bat and ball set. At
grade school parties, he would gather his classmates around him and
sing whatever the latest songs happened to be. Aaron was never much of
a joiner, so in high school, the only things he would do that would
draw attention to himself would be dancing, drawing and demonstrating
his flawless Australian accent to entertain his friends. In 1996,
during his second tour of duty in the Air Force, Aaron discovered that
a movie was about to be filmed by Michael Bay on Edwards Air Force
Base, and that it was starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and
Jason Isaacs. Aaron awed at the production of Armageddon, and was given
a small part that would never be seen on film. Nevertheless, this would
prove to be an experience that he would never shake. At the age of 28,
Aaron felt that nothing could replace the feeling he got from being on
a movie set, and decided that acting was the career for him. He got a
steady gig as a member of the "I-crew" for Maine's WB and UPN doing
commercials. He also starred in a couple of independent movies, one of
which was featured at the Maine International Film Festival of 2004. In
addition, Aaron has landed acting and commercial gigs with other
networks in Maine. In 2004, when the Los Angeles actor who was slated
to play "D. Love" in the feature film "Straight out of Compton 2" could
not arrive in Maine on the day required, Aaron received the phone call
that would award him the part; casting him alongside the television and
movie icon, Blair Underwood.