Patton Oswalt

American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor and writer, known for his role as Spencer Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007), voicing Remy in the Pixar film Ratatouille (2007), co-starring alongside Charlize Theron in Young Adult (2011) and guest starring as Eric Koenig on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2017). Oswalt has appeared in six stand-up specials and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his Netflix special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping (2016).

Oswalt made his acting debut in the Seinfeld episode "The Couch", appeared in the superhero film Blade: Trinity (2004), starred in the comedy-drama film Big Fan (2009) and the series The Heart, She Holler (2011–2014). He currently narrates the sitcom The Goldbergs (2013–present) as the adult Adam F. Goldberg, voiced male Jesse in the video game Minecraft: Story Mode, stars in the 2017 revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000, voices the title character in the crime comedy series Happy! (2017–present) and co-stars as Principal Ralph Durbin on A.P. Bio (2018–present).

Oswalt married true crime writer and journalist Michelle McNamara on 24 September 2005. They had one daughter together, Alice, born in 2009. On 21 April 2016, McNamara died in her sleep in the family's Los Angeles, California, home from a previously undiagnosed heart condition and complications from prescribed medication. He married actress Meredith Salenger in November 2017.