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Louis Hofmann

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The true story of Cioma Schönhaus, a Jewish man who, during the Second World War, repeatedly escaped the Gestapo thanks to his ability to forge passports. But his other talent was perhaps even rarer: the gift for happiness.
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The Forger (2022)
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Louis Hofmann was born in the Bensberg district of Bergisch Gladbach, and grew up in Cologne.

His first appearance on TV was for Servicezeit (1997), an evening magazine program on WDR Fernsehen television network. 2 years later, he decided to become an actor and applied to an acting agency and was subsequently represented by Agentur Schwarz.

Hofmann guest-starred in legal comedy-drama Danni Lowinski (2010) and television series Der verlorene Vater (2010). He also appeared in the television film Tod in Istanbul (2010) and the TV series Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996)

Hofmann's first cinematic leading role was in the Tom Sawyer (2011) by director Hermine Huntgeburth's adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel. Along with Leon Seidel, who played the role of Huck Finn, he sang on the soundtrack of the film in the song, "Barfuß Gehen" ("Going Barefoot"), and represented the same character in The Adventures of Huck Finn (2012).

In 2013, Hofmann played a guest-starring role in an episode of the television series Stolberg (2006). Beginning on 24 October 2013 Hofmann appeared in the comedy The Almost Perfect Man (2013)

His role as Wolfgang in film Sanctuary (2015) earned him the 2015 Bavarian Film Prize as Best Newcomer Actor and the 2016 German Actors Award (Deutscher Schauspielerpreis) in the newcomer category. His first international role as a German prisoner of war in the Danish-German co-production Land of Mine (2015) (Danish: Under sandet) earned him the Best Supporting Actor prize at Denmark's Bodil Awards in 2016. At the 2016 German Film Awards, he received with the Special Prize Jaeger-LeCoultre Homage to German Cinema presented to honor the work of German actors in international films.

In 2016, Hofmann played Phil in Center of My World (2016), a coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Jakob M. Erwa, based on the 1998 bestselling novel The Centre of the World by Andreas Steinhöfel. He was presented with a European Shooting Stars Award at Berlinale 2017 by the European Film Promotion organization.

He was cast as Jonas Kahnwald in Dark (2017), a science fiction thriller released on Netflix on 1 December 2017 and followed with two seasons. Dark (2017) project was one of four projects he played in a single year, two of them in English.

He played the lead role in the German film Prélude (2019). The film tells about the piano student David, who is going through the torments of first love. Hofmann himself described this picture as "a mixture of the films Whiplash and Black Swan". In an interview, he admitted that only after this film he realized what character parts he is drawn to: to a dramatic, suffering character overwhelmed by life circumstances.
BornJune 3, 1997
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Andreas Pietschmann and Louis Hofmann in Dark (2017)
Lisa Vicari, Louis Hofmann, and Paul Lux in Dark (2017)

Known for

Lisa Vicari in Dark (2017)
Dark
8.7
TV Series
  • Jonas Kahnwald
  • (2017)
Roland Møller and Louis Hofmann in Land of Mine (2015)
Land of Mine
7.8
  • Sebastian Schumann
  • 2015
Jannik Schümann and Louis Hofmann in Center of My World (2016)
Center of My World
7.2
  • Phil
  • 2016
Jennifer Lawrence in Red Sparrow (2018)
Red Sparrow
6.6
  • Bank Manager
  • 2018

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  • Seneca - On the Creation of Earthquakes
    • Post-production
  • Masters of the Air
    • Completed
  • All the Light We Cannot See
    • Post-production
  • Life After Life (2022)
    Life After Life
  • Louis Hofmann in The Forger (2022)
    The Forger
  • Josephine Thiesen, Louis Hofmann, and Konrad Singer in A Small Cut (2020)
    A Small Cut
  • Lisa Vicari in Dark (2017)
    Dark
  • A Piece of Cake (2019)
    A Piece of Cake
    • (voice)
  • Levi Eisenblätter in The German Lesson (2019)
    The German Lesson
  • Louis Hofmann in Prélude (2019)
    Prélude
  • Down the River (2018)
    Down the River
  • Oleg Ivenko in The White Crow (2018)
    The White Crow
  • The New End (2018)
    The New End
    • (voice)
  • Jennifer Lawrence in Red Sparrow (2018)
    Red Sparrow
  • Different Kinds of Rain (2017)
    Different Kinds of Rain
  • Shades of Guilt (2015)
    Shades of Guilt
  • Paare (2015)
    Paare
  • Lommbock (2017)
    Lommbock

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  • Leon Seidel and Louis Hofmann in Tom Sawyer (2011)
    Tom Sawyer
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    • June 3, 1997
    • Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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    If I hadn't played Jonas Kahnwald [on Dark (2017)], I would have liked to play Helge, because Helge is by far my favorite character. He is such a sad, lonely character and I think that would have been exciting.

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