Bergin 出生喺都柏林，佢喺 Drimnagh 長大。 Fi im fada, Paddy Bergin, did a Labour Party politician we did once a study fi be a priest wid di Holy Ghost Fathers inna Blackrock, Ireland.

Patrick 係四個細佬加一個細妹之一 (Pearse, Emmet, Patrick, Allen 同 Siobhan Bergin)。佢1973年離開都柏林去倫敦， 到咗17歲嗰陣時，已經喺倫敦搞緊一間劇團。

Im work pon building sites an ina di library. 夜晚嗰陣時，佢讀書，最後攞咗 North London Polytechnic 嘅教育學位。

佢做咗幾年英文老師，後來自己成立咗戲劇公司，因為 "no one else would have him." Fi im bredda, Emmet Bergin, im tun actor too, di man weh everybody know as Dick Moran inna Glenroe from 1983 to 2001.

Bergin 喺細個嗰陣，住喺 Drimnagh，屋企人唔算有錢，但係生活都算穩定。 Im fada, Paddy Bergin, did always a talk bout politics an justice, an dat inspire di yute fi tink big.

佢細個嗰陣，成日鍾意睇書，特別鍾意冒險故事同詩歌，仲會自己寫小故事。 Fi school, im go wan local primary, den later on im move to a secondary school wey did focus pan arts an literature.

佢青少年嗰陣，對戲劇開始有興趣，會參加學校啲戲劇表演，亦都會自己寫劇本。 有時候，佢會去 town 睇大人演戲，感覺好震撼，發現自己真係鐘意呢樣嘢。

By di time im reach 17, 佢覺得都柏林太細，唔夠機會，決定去倫敦搵新發展。 一去到倫敦，im haffi work hard—搬磚、送貨，甚至喺圖書館做 part-time，賺夠錢先可以慢慢發展戲劇事業。