‘The Pitt’ Actor Patrick Ball Cries While Revealing Show Got Him Out of $80,000 Worth of Debt: ‘I Thought I Was Gonna Die With It’
Why it matters: Ball's story highlights the life-changing financial impact a successful acting career can have on an individual.
- Patrick Ball, an actor on “The Pitt,” emotionally shared with Cultured magazine that his role on the HBO Max series enabled him to eliminate $80,000 in student loan debt.
- Ball described his financial insecurity as a significant problem in past relationships and was actively seeking an “off-ramp” from Hollywood, even considering joining the FBI.
- Before “The Pitt”, Ball juggled multiple jobs, including working at a coffee shop, a restaurant, as a wardrobe assistant for “And Just Like That,” and as an actor for corporate coaching seminars where he was repeatedly “fired” for training purposes.
Actor Patrick Ball tearfully revealed that landing a role on the Emmy-winning HBO Max series “The Pitt” allowed him to pay off $80,000 in student loan debt, a burden he thought he'd carry for life. Before his success, Ball was working four jobs and contemplating leaving Hollywood, even practicing being fired thousands of times as an actor for corporate training seminars.
