Patrick Bristow Patrick Bristow Patrick Bristow (born September 26, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. Bristow was born in Los Angeles, California. He appeared in the television role of Peter, the good friend of Ellen DeGeneres' character in the series "Ellen". His TV guest-star roles include "Seinfeld"'s "The Wig Master", his recurring role as the machiavellian Troy on "Mad About You", and Larry David's choreographer on "Curb Your Enthusiasm". He has also guest starred on "Malcolm in the Middle", "Friends", "", "The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Head Case", "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody", and
The Larry Sanders Show "The Larry Sanders Show". Matt Zoller Seitz wrote in "Time Out Los Angeles" that it introduced to television the cinematic technique of "walk and talk" where the camera follows the actors as they move around the offices in conversation. This later became an important part of the style of "The West Wing" and "ER". The show can also be seen as a distorted example of reality television because the portrayal of the talk show production is so convincing. According to Andrew Pulver in "The Guardian", "This is where it all began. The whole postmodernist, self-reflexive fact-fiction sitcom thing." After the