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Patrick J. Adams is perhaps best known for his seven seasons as Mike Ross on USA Network’s hit drama, Suits, a role which garnered him a SAG Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. Adams has also directed Suits a number of times, including the landmark 100th episode. Additional television credits include a recurring role on the third season of Amazon’s critically acclaimed drama series, Sneaky Pete, the 2014 television miniseries Rosemary’s Baby directed by Agnieska Holland, the acclaimed series Luck opposite Dustin Hoffman and Michael Gambon, and Orphan Black opposite Tatiana Maslany, as well as Lost, Friday Night Lights, Pretty Little Liars, N.C.I.S., Lie To Me, Legends of Tomorrow, and Flash Forward. On film, Adams starred in the 2019 sci-fi feature film and Toronto International Film Festival selection, Clara. Other film credits include the hit comedy, Old School, directed by Todd Phillips, and the 2009 Berlin Film Festival competitor, Rage, directed by internationally renowned filmmaker Sally Potter alongside Judi Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest and Steve Buscemi. His indie feature work includes The Waterhole, 2009 Slamdance entry Weather Girl, 6 Month Rule directed by Blayne Weaver, Car Dogs opposite Octavia Spencer, and the indie feature comedy Room For Rent. On stage, Adams most recently starring alongside Troian Bellisario in the Old Globe Theatre’s world premiere production of Anna Ziegler’s The Last Match. He produced and starred in Bill Cain’s (House of Cards) acclaimed production of 9 Circles at the Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles for which he received a Backstage Garland Award for Best Performance in a Play and a 2012 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nomination. 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 received the 2010 Best Production at the LA Ovation Awards. He made his professional stage debut in the 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. He will next be seen on TV in the upcoming National Geographic drama series, The Right Stuff, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe.