Patrick Ball, an emerging star in Hollywood, debuted in 2025 with HBO Max’s emergency-room drama series The Pitt, portraying Dr. Frank Langdon, a senior emergency medicine resident. Dr. “Robby,” a senior attending physician, initially mentors him but later loses confidence when discovering Langdon’s misuse of prescription painkillers to manage a back injury.
The series, marking a reunion of ER alum Noah Wyle, writer R. Scott Gemmill, and showrunner John Wells, has cultivated a substantial and dedicated viewership, earning extensive critical praise. Its debut season received five Emmy Awards, including Best Drama Series. For its second season, the show earned a record 25 nominations, notably a best supporting actor in a drama series nod for Ball, which the Television Academy notably missed for his first-season performance.
In a conversation at The Hollywood Reporter‘s Los Angeles offices, the 36‑year‑old discussed his trajectory toward acting, the prolonged personal and professional challenges he overcame to secure his role in The Pitt, how his extensive theater experience, early career uncertainty, and past struggles with addiction—now four years in recovery—influence his portrayal of Langdon, and why he continues to perform on stage in Los Angeles and on Broadway in New York even as he films seasons two and the upcoming third season of the series.
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