In early 2013, Patrick J. Adams made Singapore the first stop on a promotional swing through Southeast Asia for Suits. He met the press in a suite at the Pan Pacific Hotel, with Malaysia and the Philippines still to come. By the end of that month he was fielding questions in Manila just ahead of the season-two finale.
He was 31, and his girlfriend, Pretty Little Liars actress Troian Bellisario, was travelling with him. The two had met when they did a play together in Los Angeles called Equivocation, in which she was cast as the part of his romantic interest. Their story, and the show that made him known across the region, was the heart of the conversation.
A first visit to Singapore
Adams said Hong Kong, where his father once worked, was the only other place he knew in this part of Asia. Jet-lagged, he and Bellisario visited Gardens by the Bay and its Cloud Forest dome, and went up Marina Bay Sands. He praised Singaporeans as warm and welcoming, and said he wanted to see quieter neighbourhoods such as Little India and Chinatown on a future trip.
How he and Troian Bellisario met
That 2009 production of Equivocation was where it began. They broke up but quickly got back together when Adams guest-starred in a 2010 episode of Pretty Little Liars. In 2013 he confirmed the break-up and said he auditioned for the guest part, which he would not normally have done, and got it.
Asked whether she might appear in Suits, he said the creator got on well with her and the idea had been joked about. The obstacle was her schedule: Pretty Little Liars shot around 25 episodes a year. If she did turn up, he guessed, she would be a brilliant intern who makes Mike’s life difficult. Bellisario later guest-starred in two episodes of Suits.
Mike, Harvey and Rachel
Adams described instant rapport with co-star Gabriel Macht, even though the two had not done a chemistry read together. They agreed early on how they wanted to work, and spent the first two months almost inseparable. Macht even stayed at Adams’s mother’s house in Toronto for a while. On set, the pair competed over who could memorise dialogue fastest. Adams said Macht used notecards and he teased him for it.
He called Meghan Markle, who played Rachel Zane, a sweetheart and a close friend, as the two youngest members of the main cast. He expected Mike and Rachel’s will-they-won’t-they to be settled before the end of the season. He also said Mike was starting to realise that the secret behind his hiring gave him leverage over Harvey and Jessica, and that his decency would make using it a struggle.
Wearing the suits
The suits were tailored, and Adams said Macht wore Tom Ford while he mostly wore Zegna. By then a tailor in Toronto had begun making suits for him. He found the look less glamorous than it seemed, especially at 3am in a sweaty suit. He compared them to armour that forces you to stand differently. In season one, he said, Mike slouched in his; by season two he was learning to enjoy them.
The season-two finale, he promised, would test Mike and Harvey’s bond. Of season three he said only that the firm would be in a difficult place.
Where Adams and Bellisario are now
Adams and Bellisario married on 10 December 2016 in Santa Barbara, California, after getting engaged in 2014.
Adams left Suits at the end of season seven, and returned for a number of episodes in season nine. The series broke the record for most-streamed programme in the US in 2023 after it found a new audience on Netflix. He later started a rewatch podcast with co-star Sarah Rafferty. The spin-off Suits LA lasted a single season before it was cancelled. In July 2026, TVLine reported that he had pitched a revival on Instagram Stories, in a post since deleted. He said he would take part if the rest of the main cast returned.
His current screen work is The Madison, which premiered on Paramount+ on 14 March 2026. He plays Russell, an investment banker with a lavish life in New York City. TV Insider reported that, according to a cast member speaking to Us Weekly, season two is expected at the “top of 2027”.