---
title: 'Patch Adams (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tom Shadyac'
released: '1998-10-21'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/patch-adams-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129290/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Patch Adams (1998)

1998 · 110 min · Drama, Comedy, History · United States


## Synopsis

Patch Adams is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Tom Shadyac, written by Steve Oedekerk, and starring Robin Williams in the title role, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London and Peter Coyote. Set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, it is loosely based on the life story of medical doctor Hunter "Patch" Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter by Adams and Maureen Mylander.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tom Shadyac](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-shadyac)
- **Screenplay:** [Steve Oedekerk](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-oedekerk)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marc Shaiman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-shaiman)
- **Producer:** [Mike Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-farrell), [Marsha Garces](https://cinepixo.com/people/marsha-garces), [Barry Kemp](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-kemp), [Charles Newirth](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-newirth), [Marvin Minoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvin-minoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Phedon Papamichael](https://cinepixo.com/people/phedon-papamichael)
- **Editor:** [Don Zimmerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-zimmerman)

## Cast

- [Peter Coyote](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-coyote)
- [Alan Tudyk](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-tudyk)
- [Frances Lee McCain](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-lee-mccain)
- [Ellen Albertini Dow](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-albertini-dow)
- [Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-seymour-hoffman)
- [Robin Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-williams) as Patch Adams
- [James Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-greene-2)
- [Greg Sestero](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-sestero)
- [Harold Gould](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-gould)
- [Daniel London](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-london)
- [Josef Sommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-sommer)
- [Norman Alden](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-alden)
- [Dot Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dot-jones)
- [Barry Shabaka Henley](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-shabaka-henley)
- [Michael Jeter](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-jeter)

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