Patrick J. Adams

Patrick J. Adams is a Canadian-American actor best known for playing Mike Ross, an unlicensed lawyer on the USA Network series Suits, a role that earned him a 2012 Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Born in Toronto, he moved to Los Angeles and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California, where he received the Jack Nicholson Award in 2004. He then appeared at the Mark Taper Forum and built a television career with guest roles on Lost and a recurring part on Friday Night Lights, along with a lead in the TV feature Christmas in Boston (2005). On film he took lead roles in Weather Girl (2009) and Rage, and wrote, directed, and acted in the short We Are Here. He also played Hourman in Legends of Tomorrow, astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff, and made his Broadway debut in Take Me Out, which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.