Patton Oswalt and Cy Amundson

In 2009 Patton Oswalt won critical acclaim in Robert Siegel’s feature film Big Fan, which made its debut at Sundance in January ’09 and was distributed by First Independent Pictures.

As a comedian, Patton has shot three TV specials and two critically acclaimed albums. In August 2009 he released his 3rd album, as well as a new Comedy Central One Hour Special My Weakness Is Strong which was distributed through Warner Brothers records and has received a Grammy nomination for “Best Comedy Album.”

Currently a series regular on Showtime’s United States of Tara, Patton has also appeared as a guest star on The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central and Flight of the Conchords on HBO. He is also recurring on SyFy’s new series Caprica. Patton is a regular contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Real Time with Bill Maher and Lewis Black’s Root Of All Evil. Patton appeared in Steven Soderbergh’s feature film The Informant and Observe and Report with Seth Rogen.