What The Cast Of Suits Is Doing Today

Making its debut on the USA Network in 2011, "Suits" told the somewhat preposterous tale of Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), whose brilliance at the law and photographic memory lands him a job as a legal associate, working with top attorney Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). The wrinkle: Mike is a college dropout who, despite his legal smarts, doesn't actually possess a law degree — a secret that Harvey must guard at all costs. Other characters in the series include neurotic, ethically challenged lawyer Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman); career-striving paralegal (and, eventually, lawyer) Rachel Zane (Meghan Markle); Harvey's legal secretary/sounding board Donna Paulson (Sarah Rafferty); and managing partner Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres), whose focus is always on the bottom line. 

For nine seasons, the core group of characters — along with a variety of exciting cast additions over the years — navigated office politics, complex cases, and more, until ending its run in 2019. A spinoff featuring Torres' character, "Pearson," arrived later that same year, but only lasted for a single season.

In the years since "Suits" bowed out, the series wound up experiencing an unanticipated level of popularity via the power of streaming. In fact, a whole new fan base developed once the show was picked up by Netflix, where the series improbably became the streamer's most-watched series of summer 2023, racking up more than 26 billion viewing minutes over the course of just eight weeks. Given the renewed interest in the show, keep on reading to find out what the cast of "Suits" is doing today.

For nine seasons, Canadian actor Patrick J. Adams played non-lawyer Mike Ross on "Suits," the most successful project he'd been involved in at the time. Unlike Macht, Adams wasted no time jumping to his next gig after "Suits" ended in 2019, portraying astronaut John Glenn in the 2020 TV series "The Right Stuff," chronicling the genesis of NASA's space program. Subsequent projects included the 2022 Prime Video series "A League of Their Own," the feature film "The Swearing Jar," and the miniseries "Plan B." He's also starred in some audio-only podcast dramas, "America 2.0" and "Ad Lucem," both of which debuted in 2023.

Meanwhile, Adams became a married man during the course of the series run when, in 2016, he tied the knot with fellow actor Troian Bellisario, known for her role in "Pretty Little Liars."

In "Plan B," a Canadian drama produced for the country's public broadcaster, CBC, Adams plays a lawyer — an actual one, this time — who becomes involved with a mysterious agency that offers its clients the possibility of traveling back in time to correct mistakes they've made in their lives. Adams admitted this wasn't something he'd jump at if given the chance. "Our mistakes and our failures are as much of an important part of our story as anything else," he explained in an interview with CBC News. "So while it would be tempting to go back to a few choice moments, I think I'd have to say I'd decline the opportunity."

Sarah Rafferty became the favorite of many "Suits" fans for her portrayal of Donna Paulsen, assistant/confidante to Gabriel Macht's Harvey Specter. Like her co-star, Rafferty also loves to travel, and likewise experienced just how successful the show had grown beyond the confines of North America. "You get off a plane in Australia and people know that you're Donna," she remarked in an interview with Cathay Pacific's Discovery magazine. "I got off the plane in Ghana and the first thing I heard was, 'Hello Donna, welcome to Ghana.'"

After "Suits" ended, Rafferty took on more screen roles. First, she stepped from a law firm into a hospital, appearing in a three-episode story arc in "Grey's Anatomy," playing a patient whose symptoms flummoxed the doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial. After that, she shared star billing with Lukas Haas in the big-screen thriller "Browse." Rafferty must have enjoyed acting in a hospital environment on "Grey's," because in 2021 she joined "Chicago Med," in the recurring role of Dr. Pamela Blake, the new chief of transplant surgery.

Rafferty maintained her friendship with co-star Meghan Markle after she embarked on her rollercoaster journey as a British royal. That was evident when she was among the guests invited to Markle's 2019 baby shower in New York City. "It (was) just very exciting," Rafferty told ET of reuniting with the Duchess of Sussex at her shower. 

Gina Torres portrayed law firm partner Jessica Pearson on "Suits" for seven of the show's nine seasons before stepping out on her own to star in her own spinoff series, "Pearson." Torres has kept quite busy after the cancellation of "Pearson," appearing in TV series such as "Westworld," and as a voice actor in the animated series "The Legend of Vox Machina," and "Elena of Avalor." Most notable among Torres' post-"Suits" projects, however, has been the Fox drama "9-1-1: Lone Star," in which she's portrayed paramedic captain Tommy Vega since 2021.  

While Torres certainly had a thriving acting career prior to "Suits," playing Jessica has remained a high point for her. In fact, she told Entertainment Weekly that she took particular satisfaction in the fact that the role had originally been written for a male, but was rejigged specifically for her. "What I brought to the table being a woman at that time in her 40s, who had been doing the thing she loves for over 20 years informed [Jessica]," she explained, noting that physical presence played a big part in crafting the character. "She was fully in her body at all times," Torres said. "That is the biggest takeaway from playing that character, and it made her scary to some people. It made her aspirational to other people, sometimes both."

Wendell Pierce had built up a substantial roster of screen credits before joining "Suits" in the recurring role of Robert Zane, high-powered lawyer and father of Meghan Markle's character, Rachel. Those included the prestigious HBO dramas "The Wire," and "Treme," short-lived TV comedy "The Michael J. Fox Show," and the big-screen historical drama "Selma." 

After "Suits" ended its run in 2019, Pierce remained an in-demand actor, with a recurring role in "Chicago P.D.," starring in the film "Don't Hang Up," and co-starring with John Krasinski in the spy series "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan." In 2022, he took on what may well be his most challenging acting role to date, playing beleaguered Willy Loman in a Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman." "I join a small fraternity of men who have done it on Broadway over 73 years," he told AARP of becoming one of the few actors to play the role on the Great White Way. "I'm the sixth man — one every decade — and so I feel a great sense of obligation to set the bar for this generation."

Discussing his "Suits" daughter, Pierce admitted that he didn't initially think the relationship with Prince Harry was going to get to the next level — until the day he saw an MI5 agent lurking on the "Suits" set. "I was like, 'This must be serious, they sent someone over,'" he recalled during an interview with KTLA. 

Rachael Harris had already built up an impressive collection of screen credits, showcasing her skills as a comedic actor, when she was cast as Sheila Sazs, wife of Rick Hoffman's Louis Litt. First appearing in 2012, Harris appeared in 28 episodes of the series. As Harris' fans well know, at the same time she was appearing in "Suits," she was also doing double duty on "Lucifer" as therapist Linda Martin, who counseled the titular fallen angel with his various personal problems. Other acting projects after "Suits" included guest spots on TV series such as "Ghosts," "Fantasy Island," "The Sex Lives of College Girls," and "Reno 911!"

There was also the project that got away, an ABC pilot she shot with her best friend, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Cheryl Hines, called "Barracudas." According to Deadline, the series would have seen the two play sisters, both divorce lawyers who assist people in extricating themselves from dysfunctional marriages but can't seem to fix their own fraught sibling relationship. Unfortunately, it was never picked up, but judging by some comments Harris made to The Bare Magazine, "Barracudas" would have checked all the boxes for her. "I want to do something with my close friends, where I'm collaborating, starring with them, and producing," she said, describing her dream project.

Neal McDonough had a recurring role on "Suits," appearing in 14 episodes as Sean Cahill, a prosecutor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who becomes a trusted ally of Harvey and Mike. McDonough came to "Suits" with a hefty resume of film and television projects under his belt, ranging from the critically acclaimed TV police drama "Boomtown," to 20-plus episodes of "Desperate Housewives," to playing villainous Robert Quarles on "Justified," to Damien Darhk in The CW's interconnecting superhero series "Arrow," "The Flash," and "DC's Legends of Tomorrow."

In fact, McDonough has racked up plenty of screen credits since "Suits" wrapped, including portraying Malcolm Beck in "Yellowstone," General James Harding in "Project Blue Book," and President Dwight D. Eisenhower in "American Horror Story." In addition, like several other "Suits" alums, he's appeared in "9-1-1: Lone Star."

Discussing his "Suits" role with Entertainment Weekly, McDonough declared he particularly appreciated the show's ambiguity in depicting the so-called good and bad guys. "Sometimes you're rooting for the guy who really isn't the nicest guy on earth and vice versa," he said. "That area is my wheelhouse when it comes to acting."