Biography
Character actor Pat Skipper specialized in everyman roles, with a slightly stocky appearance that enabled him to convincingly play rough-hewn types on some occasions, law enforcement officers on others. He landed his first major film credit in 1987, with a bit part as a postal inspector in
Oliver Stone's corporate-evisceration drama
Wall Street, then alternated, for the next two decades, between A-list theatrical releases (
Lethal Weapon 2,
Predator 2,
Independence Day) and direct-to-video potboilers (
Demonstone,
Ed Gein). Skipper was particularly memorable as Mason Strode, the ill-fated father of psychopath victim Laurie Strode, in
Rob Zombie's 2007 gore-filled remake of the
John Carpenter classic
Halloween. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide