Rick Hoffman

Rick Hoffman
Hoffman in 2013
Born	(1970-06-12) June 12, 1970 New York City, U.S.
Education	University of Arizona
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Children	1

Richard Edward Hoffman (born June 12, 1970) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jerry Best in The Bernie Mac Show (2002-2005), Chase Chapman in Samantha Who? (2007-2009), and Louis Litt in the legal drama series Suits (2011-2019).

Early life

Hoffman was born in New York City and grew up in Roslyn Heights, New York. Hoffman was raised Jewish. 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 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 later TV roles include 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. His TV/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, Shark, Lie to Me, Monk, Billions, and The Mentalist.

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
2014	Locker 13	Armando

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The $treet	Freddie Sacker
2001–2002	Philly	Terry Loomis
2002–2005	The Bernie Mac Show	Jerry Best	10 episodes
2002	Andy Richter Controls the Universe	Arnich
2002	Crossing Jordan	Phil Berman	episode: "As If by Fate"
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"
	Shark	Sam Harris	Episode: "Here Comes the Judge"
2008	Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 12	"Stevens"	Episode: "Knight to Kings Pawn"
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 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"
	Human Target	Shelly	Episode: "Ilsa Pucci"
	The Mentalist	Christopher Lynch	Episode: "Red Letter"
	Numb3rs	Award Show Producer	Episode: "And the Winner is..."
2011–2019	Suits	Louis Litt	Main role (134 episodes)
2016	Ballers	NFL PA Rep	Episode: "Most Guys"
2019	Pearson	Louis Litt	Guest star (1 episode)
2020	Billions	Dr. Swerdlow	Recurring Role

External links

• Rick Hoffman at IMDb