Raised in Chicago, Pat August received his BFA in acting from the theater conservatory at Chicago College of Performing Arts. Upon graduating, they received the prestigious Sarah Siddons Scholarship and continued their training at Second City Chicago, The Groundlings School LA, and under Ivana Chubbuck in her masterclass in West Hollywood. They are currently represented by Aqua Talent and based in Los Angeles.

Pat August is best known for his role as Derek Russo on the web series The Boring Lives of People. In 2024 August co-wrote and starred in the short film Admissions of Desire, which premiered at the Hammer Museum as part of the Flux Screening series in LA and was screened internationally in part with a variety of film festivals. August was also featured in the indie found footage feature I Joined a Cult which is streaming on Amazon Prime. Most recently, August closed out the award winning run of the play Little Chaos, which was honored with the Sacred Fools award in part with the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Other notable credits include co-staring as TODD in the web series Dana and The Wolf and the reoccurring role of SAD (otherwise known as “The Standard American Diet”) in KOS’ “Don’t be Sad” marketing campaign.

As a writer, August currently, is in pre-production for their pilot which they wrote and are producing entitled Jimmy The Basterd, which qualified as a quarterfinalist in both the ScreenCraft Film Fund and Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition. August also co-wrote Admissions of Desire, which was nominated for best screenplay at Sub-Tropical Independent Film Festival. Their work as a playwright has been featured with Rhino Fest, Drinking & Writing Theater, Chicago 24, The Make Ready Reading Series, and Lakeside Shakespeare Theater.