Actor / Director Profile

Patrick Canty grew up in Billerica, Massachusetts playing sports throughout his childhood and into high school. His passion for film started at a young age as he would quote movie lines verbatim at his leisure.Attending Salem State College while playing lacrosse and working full time bartending in Boston kept Patrick busy, but did not satisfy his inner goals. Aside from the above mentioned Patrick attended classes at Sityodtong Muay Thai Academy in Somerville, Ma where he trained and studied Muay Thai Kickboxing and Jiu Jitsu taught by Kru Mark DellaGrotte.Patrick's endeavor into the film business began in 2005 where he landed as a principal on the seasonal ABC television show entitled "Scariest Places on Earth". From there he balanced his education, sports, martial arts and worked in the film industry whenever he could. Patrick was upgraded to a day player in the 2008 comedy "My Best Friend's Girl" which was almost immediately followed by a principal role in Richard Kelly's "The Box" which viewed its theatrical release November 6th, 2009. Patrick now resides in Boston. He continues to write and work on Boston area on motion pictures.