Acting

Patrick J. Adams

Acting · Born 1981-08-27 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Patrick Johannes Adams (born August 27, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He's best known as Mike Ross in USA's hit drama, "Suits," a role which garnered him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. In 2016, Patrick starred opposite Troian Bellisario in the Old Globe Theatre's world premiere production of Anna Ziegler's "The Last Match," earning critical praise for his performance as Tim, an incredibly talented but deeply flawed pro tennis player. He also stepped off the Waverider as 'Hourman' in The CW/Berlanti/DC action series "Legends of Tomorrow," on which he now recurs. Patrick will star in the rom-com digital series "Pillow Talk," executive produced by "Catastrophe"'s Sharon Horgan, and the indie feature comedy "Room For Rent," alongside comedy luminaries Brett Gelman, Mark Little, Stephanie Weir & Mark McKinney. With Zoe Saldana & Jason Isaacs, Adams starred in the 2014 television miniseries "Rosemary's Baby" directed by Agnieska Holland. Additional television credits include Michael Mann and David Milch's acclaimed series "Luck" opposite Dustin Hoffman and Michael Gambon, season two of the hit series "Orphan Black" opposite Tatiana Maslany, "Lost," "Friday Night Lights," "Pretty Little Liars," "N.C.I.S.," "Lie To Me" and "FlashForward." Adams co-starred in films including the hit comedy "Old School," directed by Todd Phillips and 2009 Berlin Film Festival competitor "Rage" directed by internationally renowned filmmaker Sally Potter, in which he appeared alongside Judi Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest and Steve Buscemi. Additionally, Adams starred in indie films such as, "The Waterhole," 2009 Slamdance entry "Weather Girl," "6 Month Rule" directed by Blayne Weaver ,and "Car Dogs" opposite Academy Award winning actress Octavia Spencer. He produced and starred in writer Bill Cain's ("House of Cards") acclaimed production of "9 Circles" at the Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles for which he was awarded a Backstage Garland Award for Best Performance in a Play and nominated for a 2012 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for Lead Performance. He is a member of the Ojai Playwrights Conference, starring in new works by established and developing playwrights. Cain's "Equivocation" was developed at Ojai and Adams subsequently starred in the celebrated Geffen Playhouse production, which was honored with the 2010 Best Production at the LA Ovation Awards. He made his professional stage debut in the landmark, West Coast premiere of Edward Albee's "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?" at The Mark Taper Forum, which also took home Best Play at the Ovation Awards. Adams also produced and directed a hit revival of "Marat/Sade," for which he accepted Best Production at the L.A. Weekly Theatre Awards.

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The Madison
2026 · Russell McIntosh
5 Things with Jay Mewes
2026 · Self - Guest
Wayward
2025 · Wyatt Turner
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
2025 · Dick Marquise
Film
Young Werther
2024 · Albert
Film
Happy Birthday
2024 · Sam Hertz
Film
He Went That Way
2024 · Saul
Plan B
2023 · Philip Grimmer
Accused
2023 · Pete Vanderkamp
Film
The Swearing Jar
2022 · Simon
A League of Their Own
2022 · Charlie
The Right Stuff
2020 · John Glenn
Film
Clara
2018 · Isaac Bruno
Film
We Are Here
2018 · Man
Film
Room for Rent
2017 · Huey Dorsey
Pillow Talk
2017 · Ryan
Film
Car Dogs
2016 · Mark Chamberlain
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016 · Rex Tyler / Hourman
Sneaky Pete
2015 · Stefan Kilbane
Film
Ruthless
2015 · Calvin Cartwright
Rosemary's Baby
2014 · Guy Woodhouse
Orphan Black
2013 · Jesse
The Come-Up
Film
The Come-Up
2012 · Steve
Film
6 Month Rule
2011 · Julian
Suits
2011 · Mike Ross
Pretty Little Liars
2010 · Hardy
Film
Rage
2009 · Dwight Angel
FlashForward
2009 · Ed
Film
Weather Girl
2009 · Byron
Film
2:13
2009 · Teenage Carter
The Waterhole
Film
The Waterhole
2009 · Miller
Cupid
2009 · Joe Adams
Lie to Me
2009 · Lou Nemeroff
Film
Extreme Movie
2008 · Male Voice (voice)
Raising the Bar
2008
Film
The Butcher's Daughter
2008 · Ellis McArthur
Film
3 Days Gone
2008 · Doug Cross
Film
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007 · The Kid (uncredited)
Heartland
2007 · Henry Gilliam
Friday Night Lights
2006 · Connor Hayes
Film
Christmas in Boston
2005 · Seth
Commander in Chief
2005 · Colin James
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · Linus Van Horn
Close to Home
2005 · Paul
Numb3rs
2005 · Adam Bennett
Lost
2004 · Peter Talbot
Jack & Bobby
2004 · Matt Kramer
Cold Case
2003 · Dean Lang (1953)
NCIS
2003 · Tommy Doyle
Film
Old School
2003 · Patch
Without a Trace
2002 · Adam Clark
Strong Medicine
2000 · Brandon
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