Patrick Renna is an American actor and producer who has a net worth of $1.5 million. Patrick Renna has built a rich acting resume since starring as Hamilton Ham Porter in the 1993 sports comedy The Sandlot. One of his lines from the film, “You’re killing me Smalls!” is arguably one of the most famous lines in 1990s movie history. That line inspired the name of Patrick’s YouTube series You’re Killing Me and his podcast You’re Killing Me with Patrick Renna.
Patrick has more than 50 acting credits to his name, including the films:
- Son in Law (1993)
- The Big Green (1995)
- Sometimes They Come Back… Again (1996)
- Falling Sky (1998)
- National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze (2003)
- Fear, Inc. (2016)
He also appeared in television series such as:
- The X-Files (1998)
- ER (1999)
- Judging Amy (2002–2003)
- Over There (2005)
- Boston Legal (2005–2007)
- Bones (2014)
- GLOW (2018)
Renna also produced the 2015 film Bad Roomies, and he voiced Jordan and Jerome on the animated series Recess (1998–2000). In March 2019, it was announced that The Sandlot was being revived as a TV series with nearly the entire original cast.
Early Life
Patrick Renna was born Patrick Maxwell Renna on March 3, 1979, in Boston, Massachusetts. He moved to Los Angeles at an early age to pursue an acting career.
Career
Renna made his acting debut with an uncredited role in a 1992 episode of the Nickelodeon series Salute Your Shorts. He rose to fame in 1993 after playing Hamilton ‘Ham’ Porter in The Sandlot, which grossed $34.3 million against a $7 million budget and became a cult classic. That year Patrick also co-starred with Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, and Tiffani Thiessen in Son in Law.
In 1994, he guest-starred on Getting By and appeared in the TV movie Summertime Switch and the film “Beanstalk”. In 1995, Renna starred in the soccer comedy The Big Green and co-starred with Sam Elliott, Jerry O’Connell and Susan Dey in the TV movie Blue River.
He then guest-starred on Boy Meets World (1996), Home Improvement (1996), and ER (1999), and he played a vampire in The X-Files episode Bad Blood (1998), which Salon.com critic Rebecca Traister referred to as possibly the best ‘X-Files’ episode of all time.
In the ’90s, Patrick also appeared in numerous films including Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (1996), Sometimes They Come Back… Again (1996), Address Unknown (1997), Falling Sky (1998), Born Bad (1999), The Secret Life of Girls (1999), Speedway Junky (1999), Dill Scallion (1999), P.U.N.K.S. (1999), and Everyday (1999).
Renna lent his voice to the animated series Recess (1998–2000) and the films Recess: School’s Out (2001) and Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003).
In 2000, he appeared in the films Poor White Trash, Very Mean Men, and Say You Love Satan, followed by Boys Klub in 2001. In 2002, Patrick began a two-episode stint as Ronnie Thayer on the CBS legal drama Judging Amy and guest-starred on HBO’s Arli$$, and the following year, he appeared in the film National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze.
