Patrick J. Adams

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Patrick J. Adams (2013)

Patrick Johannes Adams (born August 27, 1981 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian actor and director . He is best known for his starring role as Mike Ross in the law series Suits .

Private

He was born the son of the Canadian journalist Claude Adams, who reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall as a correspondent for CBC / Radio-Canada .

Adams moved from Toronto to Los Angeles to study acting at the USC School of Theater . In 2004 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts there. He is in a relationship with the actress Troian Bellisario , known from the television series Pretty Little Liars . In mid-February 2014, the two got engaged. They have been married since December 10, 2016. Their daughter was born in October 2018.

Career

Adams has acted and starred in several plays, and made his professional stage debut in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? in the Mark Taper Forum . He also produced and directed the remake of the play Marat / Sade , for which he received the LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Production .

Adam's first appearance on a television series was in Jack & Bobby in 2004 . Several appearances in other television series followed. He had his first recurring guest roles in 2006/2007 in the television series Friday Night Lights and Welcome, Mrs. President . In 2008 he starred in the ABC - pilot Good Behavior a dual role as twins Van and Haden West , the series was not commissioned. In addition to other appearances in television series, he also played in various films. In 2009 he played leading roles in the films Rage , The Waterhole and Weather Girls . Adams had his breakthrough in 2011 with Suits , a USA Network cable law series filmed in his hometown of Toronto and set in New York. In Suits , Adams plays the protagonist Mike Ross , who has a photographic memory and works as a lawyer in a law firm even though he does not have a law degree. For the role, Adams was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2012 . He left the series after the seventh season. In 2012, Adams also starred as Nathan Israel in four episodes of the short-lived HBO series Luck .

In 2015 he directed an episode of the series Suits and made his debut as a director. He has also been involved in the series as a producer since 2014.

Filmography

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. CBC News online: The Day They Broke The Wall - 20 Years Later , October 26, 2009 (English)
  2. a b Sheri Block: Toronto native Patrick J. Adams scores 'breakout role' in new legal drama 'Suits' . In: The CTV.ca Insider . CTV . August 22, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. Zach Johnson: Pretty Little Liars Star Troian Bellisario Dating Suits' Patrick J. Adams! . In: UsMagazine.com . Us Weekly. January 30, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  4. Cosmopolitan.com: Commitment! , dated February 24, 2014
  5. Christina Dugan, Melody Chiu: Patrick J. Adams and Troian Bellisario Get Married in Bohemian California Wedding . In: People.com . December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.