Rick Hoffman

Rick Hoffman was born on June 12, 1970 in New York City, New York, USA as Rick Edward Hoffman. He is known for his work on Suits (2011), Billions (2016) and Ballers (2015).

Movies

Hostel

American best friends Josh and Pax, staying at hostels along the way, decide to backpack through Europe following college graduation to indulge in all their hedonistic fantasies in part to help Josh recover from the heartache of a breakup. Josh ends up being more willing in spirit than he is…

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Fun Facts

Attended University of Arizona.

Grew up in Roslyn Heights, New York.

For high school, he attended the Wheatley School.

In 2000, Hoffman was waiting tables in NYC to get by while auditioning for television and movie roles. Upon receiving word that he won the role of Freddie Sacker on The $treet (2000) he quit and moved to Los Angeles.

Has one son: (b.December 2014).

Quotes

Breaking Bad' is one of my favorite shows of all time.

As actors, for the most part, there's that neuroses most of us possess where, in a day of watching, this character get killed off of this show, and that character get killed off of that show - one never knows.

I am deathly allergic to cats. I mean, I love all animals, but they're not my animal of choice.

The real, raw, driven-to-tears type scenes have always scared me since I was very young working as an actor. And to this very day, I get tremendously neurotic making sure nothing is forced or fake.

My parents are always a great litmus test. Based on the amount of shrieks my mother gives when we're out in public, her constant shock when somebody comes up and says something nice.

I am not a cat lover. I am a dog lover - but I'm only a lover of hypoallergenic dogs.

No matter what set she's been on over the last 12 years, my mother always finds a way to get in the way. Not in a bad way. Like, she once got caught on a law show I did called 'Philly' trying to take a picture - she was caught on-camera in the background. She does things like this.

At first I'm sort of answering everything the way you're 'supposed to' answer, and I lost a bunch of followers... I was like, 'What the hell is this all about? What is Twitter supposed to be about? If you're not answering your fans, then what's the point?'