Mark Patton

Mark Patton was an American actor born in Riverside, Missouri on February 13th, 1964. In 1985, he played the role of teenager Jesse Walsh in the film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. Mark Patton originally auditoned for the role Glen Lantz in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street. The part ended up going to Johnny Depp in his first film role. Depp would later go on to become a major Hollywood star. Ironically, Patton landed the role of Jesse Walsh over several other young actors, all of whom would go on to become famous actors, including Brad Pitt, John Stamos and Christian Slater. One of the reasons that Patton was cast was because he was an out homosexual and writer David Chaskin was deliberately scripting the film with a heavy homoerotic undercurrent.