Jack Plotnick plays Brett Partridge on The Mentalist.
Born in Worthington, Ohio, Plotnick is based in Hollywood. Plotnick is best known for performances on Ellen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as the voice of Xandir on Drawn Together, a lost man searching for his Dog in Quentin Dupieux's Wrong and his drag persona, "Evie Harris" in Girls Will Be Girls.
Awards[]
Along with co-stars Miss Coco Peru and Varla Jean Merman, Plotnick shared the Best Actor Grand Jury Award at Outfest 2003 and "Best Actress" honors at the 2003 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival for his role in Girls Will Be Girls.
Roles[]
Television roles[]
- The Mentalist — Brett Partridge
- Ellen — Barrett
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Deputy Mayor Allan Finch
- Action — Stuart Glazer
- Rude Awakening — Clark
- Reno 911! — Steve Marmella, Deputy Patrick Bates
- The Jenny McCarthy Show — (himself)
- Seinfeld, "The Checks" — (Sunshine Carpets crew leader)
- Joan of Arcadia — Sammy #2
- Drawn Together —Xandir P. Wifflebottom (voice)
- Lovespring International — Steve Morris
- The Weird Al Show — Uncle Ralphie
- Shark — Bradley Roberts
- Nip/Tuck — Dr. George
- Wizards of Waverly Place — Pocket Elf
- True Jackson, VP — Matsor LaRue
- House, MD — Hal Connor
- Shake It Up (TV series) — Phil Stuts
- Supernatural (U.S. TV series) Ian the office worker (Season 4, It's A Terrible Life)
- Good Luck Charlie Otto
Film roles[]
- Gods and Monsters — Edmund Kay
- Sleeping Dogs Lie — Dougie
- Meet the Fockers — Rent a Car Agent
- Straight-Jacket — Freddie Stevens
- Adam & Steve — Mime
- Girls Will Be Girls — Evie
- Say it isn't So — Leon Pitofsky
- Chairman of the Board — Zak
- Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure — Neil Roberts
- Rubber — Accountant
- Wrong — Dolph Springer
Other Work[]
Plotnick has also appeared in television commercials as well; the most recent (as of January 2010) being for Trix cereal, where he posed as a French waiter.
Plotnick performed in the July, 2012 edition of Don't Tell My Mother! (Live Storytelling), a monthly showcase in which actors, authors, screenwriters and comedians share true stories they would never want their mothers to know.
Plotnick is a LGBT activist.
External links[]
- Jack Plotnick at the Internet Movie Database
- Jack Plotnick at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Jack Plotnick on Twitter