---
title: 'The Patriot (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roland Emmerich'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 175
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Action'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-patriot-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187393/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Patriot (2000)

2000 · 175 min · Drama, War, Action, History · Germany, United States


## Synopsis

The Patriot is a 2000 American epic historical war film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Robert Rodat. The film stars Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, and Tom Wilkinson. Set in Berkeley County, South Carolina, it follows Benjamin Martin (Gibson), an American colonist who is opposed to going to war with Great Britain but, along with his son Gabriel (Ledger), gets swept into the American Revolutionary War when his home life is disrupted, and one of his sons is murdered by a cruel British officer (Isaacs).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roland Emmerich](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-emmerich)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Rodat](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rodat)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams-2)
- **Producer:** [Dean Devlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-devlin), [Gary Levinsohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-levinsohn), [Mark Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-gordon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Caleb Deschanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/caleb-deschanel)
- **Editor:** [David Brenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-brenner)

## Cast

- [Patrick Tatopoulos](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-tatopoulos)
- [Tchéky Karyo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tcheky-karyo) as Major Jean Villeneuve
- [Jamieson Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamieson-price) as Captain Bordon
- [Donal Logue](https://cinepixo.com/people/donal-logue) as Dan Scott
- [Grahame Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/grahame-wood) as a friendly British Lieutenant
- [Andrew Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-stahl) as Nathanael Greene
- [Mika Boorem](https://cinepixo.com/people/mika-boorem) as Margaret Martin
- [Heath Ledger](https://cinepixo.com/people/heath-ledger) as Corporal Gabriel Martin
- [Joely Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joely-richardson) as Charlotte Selton
- [Chris Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-cooper) as Henry Lee III
- [Mary Jo Deschanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-jo-deschanel)
- [Charles Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-black)
- [Mel Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-gibson) as Daniel Morgan
- [Kirk Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirk-fox)
- [Lisa Brenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-brenner) as Anne Howard

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