Patrick Roach (“Pat,” “Swearman”) was born in Halifax now makes his home in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia. Aside from some sketch comedy he performed with Robb Wells and John Paul Tremblay, Pat had never acted before he took a role in the pilot of Trailer Park Boys. He did so well that he was cast as Randy, the Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor in the series. For the first four years of the series, besides playing Randy, Pat held a full-time job as regional sales manager for Sparkling Springs, a bottled water company. He took vacation days during the summer to act in the series.

In July 2004 he quit his day job (which he had held since 1993) in order to concentrate on acting full-time, a decision he thought was risky, but worth it. When not shooting the show, he went across North America to perform at comedy clubs and other music events as a stand-up/improv act. In 2010, Roach reunited with many of his former Trailer Park Boys cast mates in the series The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour.