Editing Patrick Bateman

{{Short description|Protagonist from American Psycho}}
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{{Infobox character
| name = Patrick Bateman
| image = [[File:American-psycho-patrick-bateman.jpg|frameless]]
| caption = [[Christian Bale]] as Patrick Bateman in ''[[American Psycho (film)|American Psycho]]'' (2000)
| first = ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]'' (1987)
| last = ''[[Lunar Park]]'' (2005)
| creator = [[Bret Easton Ellis]]
| portrayer = {{plainlist|
* [[Christian Bale]] <br>(''[[American Psycho (film)|American Psycho]]'') 
* Dechen Thurman<br>(''[[Bret Easton Ellis#Filmography|This Is Not an Exit]]'')
* Michael Kremko<br>(''[[American Psycho 2]]'')
* [[Casper Van Dien]]<br>(''[[The Rules of Attraction (film)|The Rules of Attraction]]'', deleted scene)
* [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]] and [[Benjamin Walker (actor)|Benjamin Walker]]<br>(''[[American Psycho (musical)|American Psycho: The Musical]]'')
* [[Casey Cott]] <br>(as [[Kevin Keller (character)|Kevin Keller]] in ''[[Chapter One Hundred and Twelve: American Psychos|Riverdale: American Psychos]]''<ref name="riverdaleinamericanpsycho">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvfanatic.com/riverdale-season-6-episode-17-review-chapter-one-hundred-and-twe/|title=Riverdale Season 6 Episode 17 Review: Chapter One Hundred And Twelve: American Psychos|last=Carreiro|first=Justin|work=TV Fanatic|date=June 13, 2022|access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>) 
}}
| aliases = Pat Bateman<br>Marcus Halberstam (Marcus Halberstram)<br>Paul Owen (Paul Allen)
| gender = Male
| occupation = [[Investment banking|Investment banker]]
| title = [[Vice President]]
| family = [[The Rules of Attraction#Sean Bateman|Sean Bateman]] (younger brother)
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| lbl21 = Education
| data21 = [[Phillips Exeter Academy]]<br>[[Harvard College]]<br>[[Harvard Business School]]
}}
'''Patrick Bateman''' is a fictional character created by novelist [[Bret Easton Ellis]]. He is the [[villain protagonist]] and [[unreliable narrator]] of Ellis's 1991 novel ''[[American Psycho]]'' and is played by [[Christian Bale]] in [[American Psycho (film)|the 2000 film adaptation of the same name.]] Bateman is a wealthy and [[Economic materialism|materialistic]] [[yuppie]] and Wall Street [[investment banking|investment banker]] who, supposedly, leads a secret life as a [[serial killer]]. He has also appeared in other Ellis novels and their film and theatrical adaptations.

While initially gaining attention upon the novel's release, Bateman's influence expanded among [[Gen Z]]. The film's [[cult following]] among young viewers propelled Bateman into the realm of a [[cultural icon]].<ref name="Villalba">{{Cite web |last=Villalba |first=Juanjo |date=2023-01-11 |title=Why are Gen Z men obsessed with Patrick Bateman from 'American Psycho'? |url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-11/why-are-gen-z-men-obsessed-with-the-main-character-of-american-psycho.html |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="Trudon">{{Cite web |last=Trudon |first=Taylor |date=2023-05-05 |title=Christian Bale, Gen-Z Heartthrob |url=https://www.thecut.com/2023/05/why-gen-z-loves-christian-bale.html |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=The Cut |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="GQ">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=Sigma grindset: TikTok's toxic worshipping of Patrick Bateman is another sign young men are lost |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/sigma-grindset-tiktok-trend-2022 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=British GQ|first=Ruchira|last=Sharma |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Amrita |date=2022-12-24 |title=What does sigma mean on TikTok? Viral Patrick Bateman trend explored |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/what-sigma-mean-tiktok-viral-patrick-bateman-trend-explored |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref> The rise of [[internet culture]] and social media platforms has propelled Bateman's character into the realm of [[Memetics|memetic]] culture. [[Internet meme|Memes]] featuring Bateman's memorable quotes, facial expressions, and famous scenes have proliferated across various online communities, further cementing his status as a cultural touchstone.<ref name="Examiner">{{Cite web|first=Robert |last=Schmad |date=2021-07-08 |title=What's attracting young men to Patrick Bateman? |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/whats-attracting-young-men-to-patrick-bateman |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Washington Examiner |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ustaer">{{Cite web |last=Ustaer |first=Feyyaz |date=2023-03-16 |title=The Reason Gen-Z Embraces Patrick Bateman And The Sigma Male |url=https://theredcarpet.net/why-gen-z-embraces-patrick-bateman-and-the-sigma-male/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=The Red Carpet |language=en-US}}</ref> Bateman has been cited as an ideal representation of a "[[sigma male]]", both through memes and unironic discussion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoghaug |first=James |date=2022-09-13 |title=Sigma or Killer? The Truth Behind American Psycho's Patrick Bateman |url=https://www.cbr.com/patrick-bateman-sigma-status-explained-american-psycho/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-28 |title=The Rise of the 'Sigma Male', a New Kind of Toxic Masculinity |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/sigma-male-toxic-masculinity/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Biography and profile==
At the beginning of ''American Psycho'', Bateman is a 27-year-old successful specialist in [[mergers and acquisitions]] with the fictitious [[Wall Street]] investment firm of Pierce & Pierce (also Sherman McCoy's firm in ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'').<ref>{{cite news|first=Hermione|last=Hoby|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/10/bonfire-of-vanities-tom-wolfe|title= The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, England|date=January 9, 2010|access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> He lives at 55 West 81st Street on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]], on the 11th floor of the American Gardens Building, where he is a neighbor of actor [[Tom Cruise]]. In his secret life, Bateman is a serial killer, murdering a variety of people, including colleagues, the homeless, and prostitutes. His crimes, including [[rape]], [[torture]], [[necrophilia]], and [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]], are graphically described in the novel.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.academia.edu/1319297 | title=Serial Masculinity: Psychopathology and Oedipal Violence in Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho | journal=MFS Modern Fiction Studies|first=Chris|last=Schaffer|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|location=Baltimore, Maryland|volume=54|issue=2|date=Summer 2008|pages=378–397|doi=10.1353/mfs.0.0014| s2cid=143568176 }}</ref><ref name="Examiner"/><ref name="Ustaer"/>

Bateman was born on 23 October 1961 and comes from a wealthy family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Amrita |date=December 24, 2022 |title=What does sigma mean on TikTok? Viral Patrick Bateman trend explored |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/what-sigma-mean-tiktok-viral-patrick-bateman-trend-explored |access-date=July 5, 2023 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="Patrick Bateman22">Guardian Unlimited; [http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,-61,00.html BRET EASTON ELLIS].</ref><ref name="Patrick Bateman12">{{cite web |last=Howell |first=Peter |date=April 19, 2000 |title=Psycho killer is no pop culture anti-hero |url=http://www.thefreeradical.ca/americanPsycho/psychoKillerNoHero.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806084918/http://www.thefreeradical.ca/americanPsycho/psychoKillerNoHero.html |archive-date=August 6, 2018 |access-date=January 2, 2016 |work=[[Toronto Star]] }}</ref><ref name="Villalba"/><ref name="Trudon"/> His parents have a house on [[Long Island]], and he mentions a summer house in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]]. His parents [[divorce]]d sometime earlier, and his mother resides at a [[sanatorium]]. His father, who first appeared in Ellis's preceding novel ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]'', grew up on an estate in [[Connecticut]], and now owns an apartment in the [[Carlyle Hotel]] in Manhattan.  He is assumed to be dead, as he is mentioned only in the past tense during the novel.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Lynsay|last=Smith|url=http://www.gothic.stir.ac.uk/blog/i-am-blameless-the-failure-of-the-father-in-american-psycho-part-2-of-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824135316/http://www.gothic.stir.ac.uk/blog/i-am-blameless-the-failure-of-the-father-in-american-psycho-part-2-of-2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2018|title='I am blameless': The Failure of the Father in American Psycho (Part 2 of 2)|journal=The Gothic Imagination|publisher=University of Stirling, Scotland|location=Stirling, Scotland|date=March 29, 2016|access-date=August 23, 2018}}</ref>

In [[Mary Harron|Mary Harron's]] [[American Psycho (film)|2000 adaptation]], however, it is mentioned that Bateman's father "practically owns" the company that Bateman works at, implying that Bateman's father is still alive. Bateman's younger brother Sean attends Camden College and is a protagonist of ''The Rules of Attraction'', in which Patrick Bateman was first introduced. Bateman attended prominent [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] for prep school. He graduated from [[Harvard College]] and [[Harvard Business School]], and then moved to [[New York City]].<ref name="GQ"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Lisa|last=Desai|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/08/26/corporate.psychopaths/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828015257/https://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/08/26/corporate.psychopaths/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-08-28|title='Corporate psychopaths' at large|website=[[CNN]]|date=September 3, 2004|accessdate=January 25, 2022}}</ref>

By the end of the novel, he believes he is about to be arrested for murdering a colleague named Paul Owen (Paul Allen in the film) and leaves a message on his lawyer's answering machine confessing to his crimes. When he runs into his lawyer at a party, however, the man mistakes him for somebody else and tells him that the message must have been a joke, as he had met with Allen only days earlier. Bateman realizes that the punishment and notoriety he desires will be forever out of his reach, and that he is trapped inside a meaningless existence: "This is not an exit".<ref name="Patrick Bateman22"/><ref name="Patrick Bateman12"/><ref>{{cite book|first=Brett Easton|last=Ellis|author-link=Brett Easton Ellis|title=American Psycho|url=https://archive.org/details/americanpsychono00elli|url-access=limited|publisher=Vintage|location=New York City|date=1991|page=[https://archive.org/details/americanpsychono00elli/page/399 399]|isbn=9780679735779}}</ref>

==Personality==

As written by Ellis, Bateman is the ultimate stereotype of [[yuppie]] greed - wealthy, superficial, obsessed with status, and addicted to [[Sex addiction|sex]], [[Drug addiction|drugs]], and [[conspicuous consumption]]. All of his friends look alike to him, to the point that he often confuses one for another. They also often confuse him for other people.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Liam|last=Springer-Jones|url=https://www.filminquiry.com/madness-bateman-american-psycho/|title=The Madness Of Patrick Bateman: How ''American Psycho'' Redefined the Horror Villain|magazine=Film Inquiry|date=May 13, 2020|accessdate=January 25, 2022}}</ref> Bateman delights in obsessively detailing virtually every single feature of his wealthy lifestyle, including his designer clothes, workout routine, business cards, alcoholic drinks, elaborate high-end stereo and [[Home cinema|home theater]] sound system.

Bateman is engaged to an equally wealthy, shallow woman named Evelyn Williams and has a mistress on the side named Courtney Lawrence, the girlfriend of Luis Carruthers, a [[Closeted|closeted homosexual]] whom Bateman despises. He has regular liaisons with prostitutes and women he encounters at clubs, many of whom end up being his victims. The one woman and possibly the only person in his life for whom he has anything approaching feelings is his secretary, Jean. He feels that she is the only person in his life who is not completely shallow, so he cannot bring himself to seduce or kill her. He casually acknowledges her as "Jean, my secretary who is in love with me" and introduces her in the narration as someone whom he "will probably end up married to someday".

Despite his affluence and high social status, Bateman is constantly plagued by unsettling feelings of [[anxiety]] and [[low self-esteem]]. He kills many of his victims because they make him feel inadequate, usually by having better taste than he does. He is hated by others as much as he hates them; his friends mock him as the "boy next door", his own lawyer refers to him as a "bloody ass-kisser... a brown-nosing goody-goody", and he is often dismissed as "yuppie trash" by people outside his social circle. Bateman often expresses doubts regarding his own [[sanity]] and he has periodic attacks of [[psychosis]], during which he [[Hallucination|hallucinates]]. It is left open to reader interpretation whether Bateman actually commits the crimes he describes, or whether he is merely hallucinating them; he is, therefore, an [[unreliable narrator]]. The [[screenwriter]] [[Guinevere Turner]] confirmed that, at least in the film, Patrick Bateman isn't imagining every act of violence: “Anything that seems unreal in the film ''to you personally'' might be unreal. But somewhere under everything you see, no matter how implausible it seems, real murders in some form are taking place.”<ref name="Dissolve">{{cite magazine|first=Tasha|last=Robinson|url=https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/515-the-reality-of-american-psycho-isnt-as-compelling-/|title=The reality of ''American Psycho'' isn't as compelling as the conversation|magazine=[[The Dissolve]]|date=April 17, 2014|accessdate=January 25, 2022}}</ref>

In the ending [[Climax (narrative)|climax]] of the story, Bateman calls his lawyer and leaves a lengthy, detailed message confessing all of his crimes. He later runs into his lawyer, who mistakes him for someone else and dismisses the confession as a joke, while also claiming to have had dinner with one of Bateman's victims after he had supposedly killed him, leaving the supposed reality of Bateman's murders open to audience interpretation.<ref>{{cite web|first=Kyle|last=Buchanan |url=http://movieline.com/2010/05/18/bret-easton-ellis-on-american-psycho-christian-bale-and-his-problem-with-women-directors|title=Bret Easton Ellis on American Psycho, Christian Bale, and His Problem with Women Directors |work=Movieline |date=May 18, 2000 |access-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref>

Although Bateman often claims that he is devoid of emotion, he also describes experiencing moments of extreme rage, panic or grief—being on the "verge of tears"—often over trivial inconveniences such as remembering to return videotapes or trying to obtain dinner reservations. In the middle of dismembering a victim, he breaks down, sobbing that he "just wants to be loved". He takes [[psychotropic]]s, including [[Alprazolam|Xanax]], to control these emotions. He publicly espouses a philosophy of tolerance, equality, and "traditional moral values" because he thinks it will make him more likable, but he is actually virulently [[Racism|racist]], [[Homophobia|homophobic]], and [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]].

Bateman compensates for his anxiety through obsessive vanity and personal grooming, with unwavering attention to detail. He buys the most fashionable, expensive clothing and accessories possible, including [[Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.|Salvatore Ferragamo]], [[Alan Flusser]] and [[Valentino SpA|Valentino suits]], [[Oliver Peoples]] glasses and [[Jean Paul Gaultier]], [[Louis Vuitton]], and [[Bottega Veneta]] leather goods, as a means of effecting some "control" over his otherwise chaotic life. Likewise, while often being confused about people's names and identities, he categorizes them by what they wear and how they look because they are more easily "understood" in terms of labels and stereotypes. Bateman's apartment also is firmly controlled in terms of look and taste, with the latest music, food, and art.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Petra|last=Fišerová|url=http://universitypublications.net/hssr/0802/pdf/P8RS193.pdf|title=From Toxic to Politically Correct: Masculinities In ''American Psycho'' And ''Darkly Dreaming Dexter''|journal=Humanities and Social Sciences Review|publisher=[[Emerald Group Publishing]]|location=Bingley, West Yorkshire, England|volume=8|issue=2|date=2018}}</ref>

Bateman kills more or less indiscriminately, with no preferred type of victim, targeting any woman, man and animal who gets in his way, and no consistent or preferred method of killing. He kills women mostly for [[Sexual sadism disorder|sadistic sexual pleasure]], often during or just after sex. He kills men because they upset or annoy him or make him feel inferior. In one scene of the novel (omitted in the film), Bateman kills a child just to see if he would enjoy it; he does not because he believes that the child's death would not affect as many people as an adult's would. Periodically, he matter-of-factly confesses his crimes to his friends, co-workers, and even complete strangers ("I like to dissect girls, did you know I'm utterly insane?") just to see if they are actually listening to him. They either are not, think that he is joking, or completely misunderstand what he says.<ref name="Dissolve"/>

==Outside ''American Psycho''==
Bateman made his first appearance in Ellis's 1987 novel ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]'' (in which Sean, his brother, is the protagonist); no indication is given that he is a serial killer. Bateman also makes a short appearance in Ellis's 1998 novel ''[[Glamorama]]'', with "strange stains" on the lapel of his Armani suit. Bateman also appeared in the ''American Psycho 2000'' e-mails, which were written as an advertisement campaign for the movie. Although they are often mistakenly credited to Ellis, they were actually written by one or more unnamed authors and approved by Ellis before being sent out. ''American Psycho 2000'' served as a sort of "e-sequel" to the original novel. The e-mails take place in 2000, a little over a decade since the novel. Bateman is in psychotherapy with "Dr M". He is also married to Jean, his former secretary. They have a son, Patrick Bateman Jr. (P.B.), who is 8-years-old. In the story, Bateman talks about therapy, trying to get a divorce from Jean, his renewed feelings about murder, and idolizing his son. In the end, it is revealed that the "real" Bateman, who "writes" the e-mails, is the owner of the company that produces the movie.<ref>{{cite news|first=Christopher|last=Hooten|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/read-patrick-bateman-s-lost-emails-from-american-psycho-film-9983104.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/read-patrick-bateman-s-lost-emails-from-american-psycho-film-9983104.html |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Read Patrick Bateman's lost emails from American Psycho film|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=January 16, 2015|accessdate=January 25, 2022}}</ref>

Bateman appeared in Ellis's 2005 novel ''[[Lunar Park]]'', in which a fictionalized version of Ellis confesses that writing ''American Psycho'' felt like channeling the words of a violent spirit rather than writing anything himself. This ghost—Bateman—haunts Ellis's home. A character also comes to Ellis's Halloween party dressed as Patrick Bateman, and a copycat killer is seemingly patterning himself on Bateman. Toward the novel's end, Ellis writes the last Bateman story as a way of confronting and controlling the character, as well as the issues Ellis created Bateman as a means of countering. Bateman, for all intents and purposes, dies in a fire on a boat dock.

==In media==
Though [[Christian Bale]] had been the first choice for the part by both Ellis and Harron, the role only attracted his attention after his agent told him that playing Bateman would be "professional suicide".<ref>{{cite web|first=Lee|last=Adams|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1326482/christian-bale-warned-american-psycho-would-end-career/|title=Christian Bale Was Warned American Psycho Would End His Career|website=[[/Film]]|date=July 3, 2023|accessdate=April 20, 2025}}</ref> [[Johnny Depp]], [[Keanu Reeves]], [[Edward Norton]], [[Ewan McGregor]], and [[Brad Pitt]] were also considered for the role at various points in the development process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/868847/famous-actors-who-actually-turned-down-american-psycho/|title=Famous Actors Who Actually Turned Down American Psycho|website=[[/Film]]|first=Gino|last=Orlandini|date=May 19, 2022|accessdate=April 20, 2025}}</ref> The film's producers initially wanted [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] in the role, but Ellis (as explained in the ''American Psycho'' DVD) decided he would appear too young. DiCaprio ultimately declined the part after talking to feminist author and activist [[Gloria Steinem]], who told him that the teenage girls in his fanbase following ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' would react negatively to the violence against women portrayed in the film.<ref>{{cite web|first=Zack|last=Sharf|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/american-psycho-leonardo-dicaprio-dropped-out-steinem-1202227094/|title=The Surprising Rumor Explaining Why Leonardo DiCaprio Dropped 'American Psycho'|website=[[Indiewire]]|date=April 24, 2020|accessdate=April 20, 2025}}</ref>

Bateman was also portrayed by Dechen Thurman, a brother of [[Uma Thurman]], in the 2000 documentary ''This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis''. Michael Kremko played Bateman in the [[standalone sequel]] ''[[American Psycho 2]]'', in which the character is killed by a would-be victim. Aside from the character appearing in the film, the sequel has no other connection to the previous film and has been denounced by Ellis.<ref>{{cite web|first=Ian |last=Gittler |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/21/bret-easton-ellis-speaks-out-on-the-american-psycho-sequel|title= Bret Easton Ellis Speaks Out on the American Psycho Sequel|website=[[IGN]] |date=August 21, 2001 |access-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref>

Scenes with the character were shot for the 2002 [[The Rules of Attraction (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]''. Ellis revealed in an interview that director [[Roger Avary]] asked Bale to reprise the role, but Bale turned down the offer, and Avary asked Ellis himself to portray Bateman. Ellis refused, stating that he "thought it was such a terrible and gimmicky idea", and Avary eventually shot the scenes with [[Casper Van Dien]]. The scenes, however, were ultimately cut from the final version of the film.<ref>{{cite web|first=Padraig|last=Cotter|url=https://screenrant.com/rules-attraction-movie-patrick-bateman-cut-casper-van-dien/|title=Why Patrick Bateman Was Cut From Rules Of Attraction & Who Played Him (Not Bale)|website=[[Screen Rant]]|date=February 16, 2021|accessdate=January 26, 2022}}</ref> In a 2009 interview with ''Black Book'', director [[Mary Harron]] said, "We talked about how [[Martian]]-like [the character] Patrick Bateman was, how he was looking at the world like somebody from another planet, watching what people did and trying to work out the right way to behave, and then one day [Christian] called me and he had been watching [[Tom Cruise]] on [[David Letterman]], and he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, and he was really taken with this energy."<ref>{{cite web|first=Helen|last=Weston |url=http://www.bbook.com/film/mary-harron-reveals-inspiration-behind-patrick-bateman/|title=Christian Bale's inspiration for 'American Psycho': Tom Cruise |work=[[BlackBook]]|date=October 19, 2009|access-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref> 

''[[Doctor Who]]'' star [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24431026 | title=Matt Smith cast in American Psycho musical | website=[[BBC News]] | date=October 7, 2013 | access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> played the role in the [[American Psycho (musical)|2013 stage musical version of the novel]], with music and lyrics by [[Duncan Sheik]] and a book by [[Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa]], at [[London]]'s [[Almeida Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web | first=James | last=Lachno| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/10360881/Matt-Smith-swaps-Doctor-Who-for-American-Psycho.html | title=Matt Smith swaps Doctor Who for American Psycho | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=October 7, 2013 | access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> In 2016, [[Benjamin Walker (actor)|Benjamin Walker]] portrayed Bateman in a [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production of the musical, which ran from March 21 – June 5, 2016.<ref>{{cite web| first=Anna | last=Peele | url=https://www.esquire.com/style/a44176/benjamin-walker-american-psycho-musical-interview/ | title=No, Seriously: This American Psycho Musical Is Really Happening | website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] | date=April 16, 2025 | accessdate=April 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| first=Robert | last=Viagas | url=http://www.playbill.com/article/american-psycho-sets-broadway-closing#| title=''American Psycho'' Sets Broadway Closing | work=[[Playbill (magazine)|Playbill]] | date=May 26, 2016 | access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref>

In the television series ''[[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]]'', [[Kevin Keller (comics)|Kevin Keller]] (portrayed by [[Casey Cott]]) performs in a musical production of ''American Psycho'' as Bateman in the sixth-season episode "Chapter One Hundred and Twelve: American Psychos".<ref name="riverdaleinamericanpsycho"/> In the [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]] series ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'', protagonist [[Dexter Morgan]], himself a serial killer, uses the alias "Dr. Patrick Bateman" to acquire [[Etorphine|M-99]] for the use of incapacitating his victims.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jordan|last=Williams|url=https://screenrant.com/dexter-new-blood-retcon-ketamine-m99-mistake/|title=''New Blood'' Retcons Dexter's Bay Harbor Butcher Drug|website=[[Screen Rant]]|date=December 27, 2021|accessdate=January 26, 2022}}</ref> There is a recurring character in the video game ''[[Criminal Case (video game)|Criminal Case]]'' named Christian Bateman (a combination of the names Christian Bale and Patrick Bateman) modeled after the character.  American rock duo [[Local H]] released their song "Patrick Bateman" as the lead single from their 2020 album ''[[Lifers (album)|Lifers]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Seth |title=Review: Lifers Proves Alt-Rock Duo Local H Is As Robust As Ever |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review-local-h-lifers-proves-the-alt-rock-duo-is-as-robust-as-ever/ |date=April 10, 2020 |website=[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]] |access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref>  [[Metalcore]] band [[Ice Nine Kills]] released a single titled "Hip to Be Scared" based upon the film adaptation for their album ''[[The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Paul 'Browny'|date=July 8, 2021|title=Ice Nine Kills Drop 'Hip To Be Scared' feat. Jacoby Shaddix|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2021/07/09/ice-nine-kills-drop-hip-to-be-scared-feat-jacoby-shaddix/|access-date=September 27, 2021|website=Wall Of Sound|language=en-US}}</ref> Bateman was an influence to the titular character in ''[[Who's Watching Oliver]]'' and was compared to the main character in [[Continuance (film)|''Continuance'']].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Karli |date=June 27, 2017 |title=Interview With 'Who's Watching Oliver' Star Russell Geoffrey Banks! |url=https://www.pophorror.com/interview-with-whos-watching-oliver-star-russell-geoffrey-banks/ |access-date=December 8, 2024 |website=PopHorror |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Stephanie |date=November 11, 2024 |title=Microbudget Monday: Continuance (2018) |url=https://morbidlybeautiful.com/microbudget-continuance-2018/ |access-date=December 8, 2024 |website=Morbidly Beautiful |language=en-US}}</ref> 

In February 2024, it was announced a remake of the 2000 film was in development. A screenwriter was being sought after, and the film will take place in modern times.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3801174/lionsgate-reportedly-planning-new-versions-of-american-psycho-and-the-dead-zone/ | title=Lionsgate Reportedly Planning New Versions of 'American Psycho' and 'The Dead Zone'|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=John|last=Squires|date=February 24, 2024|access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref> In October 2024, the film was revealed to be a new adaptation of Ellis' novel to be directed by [[Luca Guadagnino]] from a script by [[Scott Z. Burns]], with [[Austin Butler]] cast as Bateman in December.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |title=Luca Guadagnino To Direct New 'American Psycho' Movie At Lionsgate With Scott Z. Burns Set To Adapt |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/american-psycho-movie-luca-guadagnino-1236120177/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=11 December 2024 |date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gajewski |first=Ryan |title=Luca Guadagnino in Talks to Direct New 'American Psycho' Film for Lionsgate |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/luca-guadagnino-american-psycho-lionsgate-1236035288/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=11 December 2024 |date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Austin Butler to Star as Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘American Psycho’|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first1=Elsa|last1=Keslassy|first2=Tatiana|last2=Seigel|first3=Marc|last3=Malkin|date=11 December 2024|access-date=11 December 2024|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/austin-butler-luca-guadagnino-american-psycho-1236245941/}}</ref>

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