Provided is an organic light emitting display apparatus including a substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate and including an active layer, a gate electrode, a gate insulator, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a first electrode electrically connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode, a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode, and an intermediate layer including an organic emitting layer and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The gate insulator is disposed to insulate the gate electrode and the active layer and includes a plurality of patterns spaced apart from each other.