Patrick Ball (actor)

Ball was born to Jim and Lee Ann Ball;^[3] his father is a former paramedic and his mother is a former emergency room nurse.^[4][5] He has two younger siblings.^[3] He grew up in Summerfield, North Carolina, and attended Northwest Guilford High School.^[6][7][8] He attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he studied broadcast journalism, but he dropped out before graduating to pursue acting.^[9][10]

After moving to New York City and spending five years acting in local theater productions throughout the United States, Ball received a Certificate in Drama from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University in 2022.^[1][8] That year, he also completed a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, which allowed his Certificate in Drama to be converted to a Master of Fine Arts degree.^[8]

He made his television debut as a guest on Law & Order in 2023.^[11] In 2025, he began playing Dr. Frank Langdon on the HBO Max medical drama television series The Pitt.^[12] He also starred as Prince Hamlet in Robert O'Hara's production of Hamlet at the Mark Taper Forum from May to July 2025.^[13][14] In April 2026, he played Andrew in Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw at the Hayes Theater in New York.^[15][16]

Ball has been in a relationship with actress Elysia Roorbach since October 2023. She guest starred as a patient of his character Dr. Langdon on season 2 of The Pitt.^[17][18]