Rick Hoffman

Rick Hoffman

Hoffman in 2013
Born (1970-06-12) June 12, 1970[1]
New York City, New York, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 1997–present

Rick Hoffman (born June 12, 1970) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Patrick Van Dorn in Jake in Progress and Louis Litt in the legal drama series Suits.

Early life

Hoffman was born in New York City and grew up in Roslyn Heights, New York. He is the son of Gail and Charlie Hoffman and is Jewish.[2] He has a younger brother, Jeff. He graduated from The Wheatley School in Old Westbury, New York before attending the University of Arizona. After graduating he moved to Los Angeles, California to start an acting career.

Career

Hoffman was cast in his first role, as a security guard in Conspiracy Theory, in 1997. He had some other small roles until he received his breakout role as the Freddie Sacker on Darren Star's Wall Street series The $treet[3] in 2000 which allowed him to quit his job waiting tables and move back to New York. His later TV roles include Terry Loomis on the short-lived Steven Bochco law drama Philly[4] in 2001-2002, Jerry Best in The Bernie Mac Show (2002-2005),[5] Patrick Van Dorn on the John Stamos comedy Jake in Progress (2004-2005)[5] and Chase Chapman on the ABC comedy Samantha Who? (2007-2009).

His film work includes The Day After Tomorrow, Blood Work, Hostel, Cellular and The Condemned. He has also appeared as a guest in CSI: Miami, Chuck, The Pretender, Law & Order: SVU, NCIS, Crossing Jordan, Without a Trace, The Practice, CSI:NY, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Lie to Me, Monk and The Mentalist. He has starred in the USA Network series Suits since June 2011.

Personal life

Hoffman is originally from Long Island, New York. His first child, a son, was born in December 2014. [6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Conspiracy Theory Security Guard
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 Police Officer
2002 Blood Work James Lockridge
2004 The Day After Tomorrow New York Businessman Uncredited
Our Time is Up Gay Man Short film
Cellular Lawyer
2005 Jake in Progress Patrick Van Dorn
Hostel American Businessman
2007 Smiley Face Angry Face
The Condemned Goldy
Hostel: Part II American Businessman Flashback
Postal Mr. Blither

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 The $treet Freddie Sacker
2001 Philly Terry Loomis
The Bernie Mac Show Jerry Best 10 episodes
2002 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Arnich
2003, 2009 CSI: Miami Bruno Gomez/Darren Ripley 2 episodes
2004 The Practice D.A. Harvey Clarke 3 episodes
Monk Agent Kohlms Episode: "Monk Meets the Godfather"
2005 CSI: NY Dr. Miles Feldstein 1 episode
2006 Commander in Chief Lance Addison 2 episodes
American Dad! Caroler #1 / John Hinkley (voice) Episode: "The Best Christmas Story Never Told"
2007 Chuck Agent Scary Episode: "Chuck Versus the Sandworm"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Michael Raykirk Episode: "Cockroaches"
2007–09 Samantha Who? Chase Chapman Recurring role, 9 episodes
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Gary Lesley Episode: "Closet"
Las Vegas Scott Noel Episode: "2 on 2"
NCIS Kelvin Ridgeway Episode: "In the Zone"
Leverage Alan Hoss Episode: "The Two-Horse Job"
2009 Knight Rider Christopher Stevens 2 episodes
Lie to Me Peters Episode: "The Best Policy"
2010 Better Off Ted Veridian Foundation Head Episode: "Mess of a Salesman"
Human Target Shelly Episode: "Ilsa Pucci"
The Mentalist Christopher Lynch Episode: "Red Letter"
Numb3rs Award Show Producer Episode: "And the Winner is..."
2011–present Suits Louis Litt Main role

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