What is Patrick Fabian's net worth and salary?
Patrick Fabian is an American actor who has a net worth of $25 million. Patrick Fabian is best known for playing the cocky, arrogant attorney Howard Hamlin on the highly acclaimed American crime drama television series "Better Call Saul" from 2015 to 2022. His face has also been glimpsed on dozens of hit television shows over the decades, such as "Gray's Anatomy," "The Mentalist" and "Melrose Place" as well as in movies such as "Must Love Dogs" and theater productions including "The Food Chain" and "Six Degrees of Separation."
Real Estate
In May 2020 Patrick paid $11 million for a beach-front home in Malibu. He and his wife, Mandy, also own a much more modest home in Sherman Oaks, California, which they bought in 2013 for $1 million.
Early Years
Patrick Fabian was born on December 7, 1964, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Tom and Mary Lou Fabian. He graduated from Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, before enrolling at Penn State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Performance. He then relocated to California, where he earned a Master's Degree from California State University.
Film
Patrick Fabian made his big screen debut in 1998 in the American crime comedy film "Jane Austen's Mafia!" in which he played a Riverdancer. He claimed a few more small roles in little-known films such as "Clean," "Sour Grapes," "Snow," and "Must Love Dogs" before winning the role of Brian Martin in the 2006 American action film "End Game" starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
Fabian portrayed the character of Reverend Cotton Marcus in the 2010 American supernatural horror film "The Last Exorcism," which opened at number two at the United States Box Office and grossed over $67.7 million worldwide. In 2012, he played James Taggart, president of a family railroad company, in the American drama film "Atlas Shrugged: Part II," which was nominated for Worst Director and Worst Screenplay at that year's Golden Raspberry Awards.
In 2018 and 2019, Fabian contributed his voice to the character of Hank Henshaw in two animated superhero films – "The Death of Superman" and "Reign of the Supermen" – both of which went direct to video. In 2023, he voiced the character of Harvey Dent in the American animated superhero film "Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham" – another film that went straight to video. That same year, he played Matt MacLaren in the American romantic comedy "The Other Zoey." In 2024, he starred as Simon Harrington – an up-and-coming writer desperate to remain in the spotlight despite his friend's tragic collapse – in the film "The Way We Speak."
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Television
Patrick Fabian first appeared on television playing Scott Easton in an episode of the American police drama series "Bodies of Evidence" in 1992. Over the next few years, he took a handful of bit roles, playing Ron Gerschak in an episode of the American crime drama series "Silk Stalkings" and Charlie Dixon in an episode of the American teen drama series "Beverly Hills 90210."
From 1993 to 1994, Fabian had a recurring role as Professor Jeremiah Laskey in eight episodes of the American television sitcom "Saved by the Bell: The College Years." Small roles in "Murder, She Wrote," "Melrose Place" and "Star Trek: Voyager" followed. In 1998, he played Rafe in an episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess," Parker in an episode of "Jenny," and Dan in an episode of "Friends."
As Spencer Halloway, Fabian appeared in six episodes of the American teen drama series "Time of Your Life" in 1999 and 2000. At the same time, he began appearing as Jerry Kaufman in the American medical series "Providence." During the early 2000s, he appeared in small roles in shows such as "Nash Bridges," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Just Shoot Me!"
From 2003 to 2005, Fabian appeared in 16 episodes of the American fantasy drama series "Joan of Arcadia," playing Gavin Price, the unpopular vice principal of Arcadia High School. Nominated for over 30 awards – including a Golden Globe, a Primetime Emmy, and a People's Choice Award – the show came away with ten wins.
In 2004, Fabian played late celebrity hairstylist and Manson family victim Jay Sebring in the television film "Helter Skelter." That same year, he guest-starred on the crime drama series "Crossing Jordan," the pilot episode of the series "Summerland" and the sitcom "Will & Grace."
Fabian took on several more bit parts in shows such as "Reba" and "Ugly Betty" before signing on to play Professor Hank Landry in eight episodes of the teen drama series "Veronica Mars" in 2006 and 2007.
Playing Rand Faulk, Fabian appeared in the American procedural drama "The Mentalist" in 2009, followed by the role of Richard in "Hot in Cleveland" in 2011 and that of Tony Denis in "Hawaii Five-0" in 2012. Minor roles in "Criminal Minds," "Scandal," and "Grey's Anatomy" preceded a leading role in the American legal crime drama series "Better Call Saul" in which he portrayed cocky, arrogant attorney Howard Hamlin from 2015 to 2022.
From 2019 to 2021, Fabian played the character of Phil in the comedy-drama series "Special" about a gay man with cerebral palsy living in Los Angeles. He went on to play Dr. Lewis in four episodes of the medical sitcom "Carol's Second Act" and Governor Putnam in three episodes of the American historical dark comedy series "Black Monday" in 2020. In 2022, he played Mr. Frank in "Gordita Chronicles," and in 2023, he played David Wheeler in "Kung Fu." In 2023 and 2024, he portrayed the character of Sam Bedrosian in two episodes of the American action drama series "Magnum P.I."
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Theater
Patrick Fabian played a vain model named Serge in the 1995 off-Broadway theater production of "The Food Chain." In 2022, he appeared in the play "Humpty Dumpty" as a neurotic screenwriter and went on to take part in a national tour of the production "Six Degrees of Separation" – a play by American playwright John Guare and a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award winner for Best Play.
Fabian was also cast in the Howard Gould play "Diva" as well as "Dinner with Friends" by Donald Margulies.
For two years, he performed at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival in California.
Award Nominations
Patrick Fabian and the rest of the cast were nominated for a 2021 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in A Drama Series for their work on the television series "Better Call Saul." The following year, Fabian was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television for his role in the series.
Personal Life
In 2009, Patrick Fabian married writer and comedian Mandy Steckelberg. They have two children together.
