Rick Hoffman

 ( 1970 Births ) 

Rick Hoffman (born June 12, 1970) is an American actor. He is known for playing Jerry Best in the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show (2002–2005), Chase Chapman in the ABC comedy series Samantha Who? (2007–2009) and Louis Litt in the USA Network legal drama series Suits (2011–2019).

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Early life Hoffman was born in New York City to Charles and Gail Hoffman. He grew up in Roslyn Heights on Long Island with his brother Jeff Hoffman. He is Jews. He graduated from The Wheatley School in Old Westbury, before attending the University of Arizona, majoring in theater arts. After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles, California, to start an acting career.

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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 a main role as Freddie Sacker on Darren Star's short-lived Wall Street series The $treet in 2000, which was pulled from the airwaves after seven episodes, but which allowed him to quit his job waiting tables and move back to New York. His subsequent TV roles included Terry Loomis on the short-lived Steven Bochco law drama Philly in 2001–2002, Jerry Best in The Bernie Mac Show (2002–2005), Patrick Van Dorn on the John Stamos comedy Jake in Progress (2004–2005) and Chase Chapman on the ABC comedy Samantha Who? (2007–2009). In 2011, he landed a starring role as Louis Litt in the USA Network series Suits, which ran until 2019. Hoffman reprises his role in the spinoff series Suits LA.

His other TV and film work includes The Day After Tomorrow, Blood Work, Hostel, Cellular and The Condemned. He has also appeared as a guest in , Chuck, The Pretender, , NCIS, Crossing Jordan, Without a Trace, The Practice, , , Shark, Lie to Me, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Monk, Billions, and The Mentalist.

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Filmography

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Film

1997	Conspiracy Theory	Security guard
	The Fanatics	Protestor
1998	Johnny Skidmarks	Bartender
	Lethal Weapon 4	Police officer
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Doctor
	A Better Way to Die	Regis
2002	Blood Work	James Lockridge
2003	I Love Your Work	Louis
2004	The Day After Tomorrow	New York businessman	Uncredited
	Our Time Is Up	Gay man	Short film
	Cellular	Lawyer
2005	Hostel	American client
2007	Smiley Face	Angry Face
	The Condemned	Goldy
		American client	Archive footage
	Postal	Mr. Blither
2014	Locker 13	Armando
2023	Thanksgiving	Thomas Wright
2024	London Calling	Benson Abrams
2026	Office Romance	TBA	Post-production

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Television

1996	Masked Rider	Pizza Man	Episode: "Ferbus' Day Out"
1997	Alright Already	Robber	Episode: "Again with the Porno Video"
	The Pretender	Photographer	Episode: "Exposed"
1999	V.I.P.	Tino Scarlatti	Episode: "Big Top Val"
	Providence	Benji Brickman	Episode: "Sail Away"
2000	The $treet	Freddie Sacker	12 episodes
2001–2002	Philly	Terry Loomis	22 episodes
2002–2005	The Bernie Mac Show	Jerry Best	10 episodes
2002	Andy Richter Controls the Universe	Arnich	Episode: "Pilot"
	Crossing Jordan	Phil Berman	Episode: "As If by Fate"
2003	Miss Match	Kate's Auction Date / Consultant at the Bar	2 episodes
2003, 2009		Bruno Gomez / Darren Ripley	2 episodes
2004	The Practice	D.A. Harvey Clarke	3 episodes
	Monk	Agent Kohlms	Episode: "Monk Meets the Godfather"
2005–2006	Jake in Progress	Patrick Van Dorn	Main role (20 episodes)
2005		Dr. Miles Feldstein	Episode: "Manhattan Manhunt"
2006	Commander in Chief	Lance Addison	2 episodes
	American Dad!	Caroler #1 / John Hinckley Jr. (voice)	Episode: "The Best Christmas Story Never Told"
2007	Shark	Sam Harris	Episode: "Here Comes the Judge"
	Chuck	Agent Scary	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Sandworm"
		Michael Raykirk	Episode: ""
2007–09	Samantha Who?	Chase Chapman	Recurring role, 9 episodes
2008		Gary Lesley	Episode: ""
	Las Vegas	Scott Noel	Episode: "2 on 2"
	NCIS	Kelvin Ridgeway	Episode: "In the Zone"
	Leverage	Alan Foss	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"
	Numb3rs	Award Show Producer	Episode: "And the Winner is..."
	The Mentalist	Christopher Lynch	Episode: "Red Letter"
	Dark Blue	Billy Hoffman	Episode: "High Rollers"
	Human Target	Shelly	Episode: "Ilsa Pucci"
2011		Attorney Miller	Episode: "Carthay Circle"
2011–2019	Suits	Louis Litt	Main role (134 episodes)
2016	Ballers	NFL PA Rep	Episode: "Most Guys"
2019	Pearson	Louis Litt	Episode: "The Political Wife"
2020–2023	Billions	Dr. Swerdlow	Recurring role
2023	Round and Round	Stan	Television film
2025	Suits LA	Louis Litt	Episode: "Angry Sylvester"

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External links

Categories: 1970 Births, Male Actors From New York City, American Male Film Actors, American Male Television Actors, Jewish American Male Actors, Living People, University Of Arizona Alumni, 20th-century American Male Actors, 21st-century American Male Actors, People From Old Westbury, New York, People From Roslyn Heights, New York, The Wheatley School Alumni, 21st-century American Jews, 20th-century American Jews

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