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HOW MANY TIMES DID ROBERT PATRICK PLAY THE T-1000?
A general moviegoing audience or movie fans may be puzzled by this trivia question and answer that, one would think-of course, Robert Patrick only played the T-1000 once - in the now legendary monumental classic, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Robert had left such an impact on the pop culture as the T-1000 that his performance is still recognized to this day; he was voted by readers as one of the greatest villains of all time in Empire magazine's March 2018 issue
Some may also name a cameo or two. In this entry of the new, brief "Trivia Series", we will list all the times Robert himself played the T-1000
1. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
1991's blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day aka T2 was naturally Robert's debut as the T-1000 character. Robert projected a stoic, soft spoken but chilling character, who was also one of the most innovative and memorable sci-fi characters
2. T2 VHS/CONTEST COMMERCIAL (1992)
A long commercial for T2's new home release was Robert's first reprisal of the T-1000 character. The commercial explained a nationwide T2 home video contest also promoting the release of T2 on VHS. The ad was hosted by Robert as the T-1000
3. WAYNE'S WORLD CAMEO (1992)
The T-1000 comes in a scene looking for John Connor
4. THE LAST ACTION HERO CAMEO
After a boy enters a movie world, T-1000 passes him by in front of a LAPD
5. T2 3D: BATTLE ACROSS TIME
T-1000 returns few years after the events in T2 and follows the main characters into the future
6. DIRECT TV COMMERCIAL
In the 2000's, Direct TV had a series of commercials based on iconic movies where the characters reenact some memorable scenes but talk about the cable deal at the end of it
Note these aren't all T-1000 cameos and references, of which there are plenty, these are only the appearances by the T-1000 portrayed by Robert Patrick. Stay tuned for another entry from TRIVIA