Barton Fitzpatrick

Fitzpatrick was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Beasley and Kenwood High School. He competed in the August Wilson Monologue Competition.^[1]

Early in his career he made one off appearances in the shows Chicago Med, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Justice.^[2] His biggest role of his career so far was playing the antagonist Reg Taylor in the drama series The Chi.^[3] Despite his character seemingly killed off in season 2 of the show he made a shock return in season 7.^[4] His other most notable role was playing Blaxton in the crime drama series Power Book IV: Force.^[5]

When he is not acting he likes to sketch. He is also an accomplised musician and sings the blues for modern listeners. His music idols are Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson. His older cousin is actor Larenz Tate.^[6]