<P> Fischler appeared in the 2010 comedy film Dinner for Schmucks as Vincenzo, one of the guests at a dinner where rich people bring eccentric guests and compete for who can bring the biggest loser . In the film, Fischler's character has a pet vulture, which he feeds by chewing food and spitting it directly into the bird's mouth . Fischler also portrayed the real - life gangster Mickey Cohen in the video game L.A. Noire, which was released in May 2011 . The game uses a facial performance - capture technology called MotionScan to record the performances of actors, then convert them to the graphics of the game . The game's casting directors worked on Mad Men and specifically approached Fischler for the Cohen character, and he accepted because he likes the film noir genre . Fischler said of the experience: "You really get to act in those scenes cause they're capturing every moment on your face . A slight smile . A small frown . Everything ." </P> <P> Fischler appeared in Red State as ATF Agent Hammond in 2011 . </P> <P> In January 2012, Fischler appeared in One for the Money, a crime thriller film adapted from the 1994 novel of the same name by Janet Evanovich, the first in a series featuring bounty hunter Stephanie Plum . He portrayed Vinnie Plum, a bail bondsman and Stephanie Plum's cousin . He portrayed poet Lew Welch in the 2013 Michael Polish film Big Sur, based on the autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac . He played the antagonistic Author on the second half of the fourth season of ABC's Once Upon a Time' . In 2016, he appeared in The Coen brothers' Hail, Caesar! </P> <P> Patrick Fischler and Lauren Bowles were married in 2004 . They have a daughter named Fia Lucille (born April 2009). </P>

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