6 Years After Leaving Suits, What’s Patrick J. Adams (Mike) Up To Now? Find Out!

Before gaining international fame as one of the lead characters in the legal drama Suits in 2011, Canadian actor Patrick J. Adams had appeared in several well-known TV shows such as Cold Case, Numbers, Lost, and Pretty Little Liars.

A Memorable Role

In Suits, Adams portrayed Mike Ross, a talented young man without a law degree who manages to get hired by one of New York’s top negotiators, Harvey Specter (played by Gabriel Macht), impressed by Ross’s photographic memory. Together, they form a formidable team, constantly strategizing to keep Mike’s lack of legal credentials a secret.

Throughout the first seven seasons, the duo, along with their vibrant colleagues, won (and sometimes lost) numerous legal battles while navigating their complex personal lives. Notably, Mike starts a relationship with a paralegal played by Meghan Markle, who later joined the British royal family. Just before her marriage to Prince Harry, Markle left Suits at the end of season 7 in April 2018, an exit mirrored by Adams. Their final episode culminates in the marriage of their characters. Although the Duchess of Sussex never returned to the series, Adams made a comeback for a few episodes in the final season to the delight of fans.

Where Has He Been Since?

While Suits turned Patrick J. Adams into a television star, his subsequent projects have been relatively low-key. He starred in the narrative podcast America 2.0 (2018) as an idealistic congress member and voiced a character in the 2021 animated miniseries Pandemica, created by the NGO One to criticize the inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in poorer countries.

Adams also took on roles in several Canadian productions not released in France: the 2018 sci-fi movie Clara, co-starring with his wife, Troian Bellisario, and the romances The Swearing Jar (2022) and Young Werther (2024). The thriller He Went That Way, featuring Jacob Elordi and Zachary Quinto with Adams in a supporting role, saw a VOD release in 2024.

Lesser-Known Series in France

Since leaving Suits, Adams has appeared in several series. He joined a few episodes of Sneaky Pete’s third season, co-created by Bryan Cranston, in 2019 and landed a lead role in the series The Right Stuff (produced by Leonardo DiCaprio) in 2020, portraying John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth.

In 2022, he played a recurring character in the series adaptation of A League of Their Own, portraying the husband of a woman aspiring to become a professional baseball player. In 2023, he secured a leading role in the Canadian TV show Plan B, about a man who has a chance to travel back in time to save his relationship and career, a series not yet available in France.

In 2024, Adams appeared in the second season’s third episode of the anthology series Accused, which examines the trial of an ordinary person caught in a spiral of bad decisions. He’s also part of the cast in the chilling psychological thriller series Indociles on Netflix in 2025, starring Toni Collette as a school counselor claiming to solve “the teenage problem.”

Additionally, Adams was a lead in The Bombing Of Pan Am 103, a series about the US-UK joint investigation of the Lockerbie bombing, which aired last May on the BBC and is set to be available soon on Netflix in France.

Set for a Prominent Comeback

However, it’s his role in The Madison, a spin-off of the hugely popular Yellowstone, that might bring Adams back into the spotlight. Already filmed, it follows a wealthy New Yorker, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, who moves to Montana with her family after her husband’s death. Adams plays her stepson, a banker. Notably, another TV star making a return is Matthew Fox, best known as Jack from Lost.

While awaiting the release of this promising series, fans can revisit Suits on Netflix or Prime Video.

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