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In 2009, Patton Oswalt won critical acclaim for his performance in Robert Siegel's feature film Big Fan, which made its debut at Sundance in January 2009 and was distributed by First Independent Pictures. Patt will also be back on the small screen as the lead in a new live-action comedy, The Heart, She Holler on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

As a comedian, he has released three TV specials and, as of this writing, two critically acclaimed albums. His one-hour Comedy Central Special My Weakness is Strong originally aired in August of 2009 and My Weakness is Strong DVD/CD received a Grammy nomination, distributed through Warner Brothers records. Oswalt was nominated this year for a Gotham Award for his dramatic debut on the big screen in Big Fan, where he played the lead role of Paul Aufiero in the directorial debut of writer Robert Siegel (The Wrestler). Big Fan was first released last September through First Independent and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.

In addition to being a series regular on Showtime's The United States of Tara, Oswalt has also appeared as a guest star on The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central and Flight of the Conchords on HBO. He's a regular contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Real Time with Bill Maher and Lewis Black's Root of All Evil. Patton recently appeared in Steven Soderbergh's The Informant, and in Observe and Report with Seth Rogen.

He provided the voice for Remy, the rat, in Pixar's Oscar-winning Ratatouille. He also voices characters on Word Girl and Neighbors from Hell. Oswalt has also appeared in more then 20 films, including Magnolia, Starsky and Hutch and Reno 911!: Miami.

Oswalt starred in The Comedians of Comedy, which was shot as an independent feature film, a TV series and a long running tour.

He tours regularly and extensively, headlining both in the United States and UK, and is a regular at music festivals like Bumbershoot, Bonnaroo, Comic-Con and Coachella.

In addition, he is seen performing/reading at events by McSweeney's and The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and has a regular, bi-monthly show at the new Largo at the Coronet Theater in Los Angeles.