John Hoffman

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

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Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

John Hoffman

Biography

John Robert Hoffman is an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote and co-starred in the Disney Channel original film Northern Lights (1997). Hoffman made his theatrical film debut (as both writer and director) with the MGM/Jim Henson Pictures comedy Good Boy! (2003), which opened at No. 3 at the U.S. box office and grossed $45.3 million worldwide on an $18 million budget. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award as part of the writing team for the 81st Academy Awards (2009). As a writer and producer, Hoffman has also contributed to the HBO series Looking (2014–2015) and the Netflix series Grace and Frankie (2016–2022...

Acting

1998

Northern Lights

as Joe Scarlotti

1994

Production

2003

Good Boy!

as Director

2008

Igor

as Screenplay

1998

Northern Lights

as Teleplay

1998

Northern Lights

as Theatre Play

2003

Good Boy!

as Writer

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