He made his acting debut in 2009, again with his twin brother, in Jody Hill's Observe and Report as one of Ronny Barnhardt's (Seth Rogen) security guard underlings.
In 2009, Patto's song "The Man" was used in trailers for the film, Observe and Report, starring Seth Rogen and Anna Faris and was included along with another track "Sittin' Back Easy" on the film's soundtrack.
Shaw appeared in the Seth Rogen/Barbra Streisand comedy The Guilt Trip, briefly, as both a photo-double for Rogen and as an 18 year-old version of Rogen's character.
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In 2008, Anderson appeared in Kevin Smith's romantic comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno as Deacon, the cameraman and film editor for the porno made by leading stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks.
On July 23, 2010 Evan Goldberg announced his next project he was writing with Seth Rogen, that it is a CG film which he called "top secret super project" named as "Sausage Party".
In 2013, he had a small role playing himself in This Is the End, which was directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and had a starring role in the Kristen Bell film The Lifeguard.
On January 28, 2014, TheWrap revealed that Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig will lead in the film, while the other cast includes Edward Norton, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz and Nick Kroll.