FrameThrower · Actors · Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt
4 films · 250 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2007–2019
Born 27 January 1969 · Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Patton Peter Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Oswalt first began performing standup comedy in the late 1980s. After spending two seasons writing for MADtv and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for HBO, he began performing in films and television shows including his film debut Down Periscope (1996) and The King of Queens (1998 - 2007). A rare starring film role was the voice of Remy in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007). Oswalt has appeared in dozens of other films and television series, primarily comedies, including many voice roles.
Oswalt was married to writer Michelle Eileen McNamara on September 24, 2005 until her death in 2016. Their daughter, Alice Rigney Oswalt, was born on April 15, 2009. He has been married to actress Meredith Salenger since 2017.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 250 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2007–2019
- Emmy Award
- Critics' Choice Television Award
- Grammy Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 250 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Patton takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 60% of their frames are day, 46% natural — the look of the work Patton takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 250 frames from Patton Oswalt's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.