Dominic Hoffman

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Dominic Hoffman
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Dominic Hoffman

(1962-10-30) October 30, 1962 (age 61)
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present

Dominic Hoffman is an American actor and playwright. He is known for his recurring roles on The Shield as Louis Sperling, A Different World as Whitley's boyfriend, Julian Day, and Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Jeff Russell. [1]

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He is also an accomplished theater actor and playwright, earning Ovation awards in 2000 for his one-man show "Uncle Jacques' Symphony," a play that celebrates humanity as a musical metaphor. Its participants are a group of singular characters, all performed by Hoffman, with minimal alteration, played to maximum effect. Men and women, young and old, of different cultures and beliefs vividly come together on stage for ninety minutes. Their personal rhythms, unique harmonies, and the familiar melody of their stories combine to form a symphony of life. Ovation awards for best actor in a play, writing, and best world premiere.

Hoffman is also a distinguished audiobook narrator, winning the 2017 Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics for his rendition of Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing. [2] [3] He has also been a finalist for two other Audie Awards [4] [5] and an Odyssey Award. [6] [7]

Personal life and education

Hoffman received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. [8] He also received training from the American Conservatory Theater, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and New York University Tisch School of the Arts. [8]

Hoffman presently lives in Venice, California and spends time in Paris annually. [9]

Awards and honors

Awards

Best Play at the Edinburgh International Festival, Best Of The Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival, and LA Ovation Awards (Best Writer Of A World Premiere Play & Best Lead Actor In A Play), as writer/actor for Uncle Jacques’ Symphony. Click here for reviews.

YearTitleMediaListResultRef.
1996Blade to the HeatTheatre DramaLogue Award for Outstanding PerformanceWinner [10]
2017 Homegoing (2016) by Yaa Gyasi Audiobook Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics Winner [2] [3]
2018 The Sun is Also a Star (2016) by Nicola Yoon Audiobook Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 [11] [12]
2021 Deacon King Kong (2020) by James McBride Audiobook Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics Finalist [4]
2021 When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Audiobook Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 [13]
2021 When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Audiobook Odyssey Award Honor [6] [7]
2022 Four Hundred Souls , edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain Audiobook Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist [5] [14]
Last FareTheatre NAACP Image Award for Best PlayWinner [15]
Last FareTheatre NAACP Image Award for Best ActorWinner [15]

"Best of" lists

YearTitleListRef.
2006An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina Booklist Editors' Choice: Media [16]
2012Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley RUSA Listen List [17] [18]
2015The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [19] [20]
2020 Deacon King Kong (2020) by James McBride AudioFile Best of Fiction [2]
2020 When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed AudioFile Best of Children's Titles [2]
2020 When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth Audio, 2020 [21]
2021145th Street: Short Stories by Walter Dean Meyers Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [22]
2021 When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Notable Children's Recordings [7] [23]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRole
1987 Jaws: The Revenge Additional Voices
1988 School Daze Mustafa
Casual Sex? Additional Voices
Survival Quest Jeff
1992 Original Intent Cox
1997 One Eight Seven Victor
2001 Kingdom Come Antoine Depew
2008 Redbelt Detective
2013 Phil Spector Mr. Brown

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 V VisitorEpisode: The Conversion
1986 Comedy Factory Bookstore CustomerEpisodes: Man About Town
1985-1988 St. Elsewhere Paramedic Tim DillworthFive episodes: Give the Boy a Hand, The Naked and the Dead, The Boom Boom Womb, Heart On and Final Cut
1988 Cheers 2nd CustomerEpisode: Yacht of Fools
1989 CBS Schoolbreak Special Donny HallEpisode: My Past Is My Own
Beauty and the Beast ResidentEpisode: A Kingdom by the Sea
1989–1991 A Different World Kent Souje (1 episode)
Julian Day (8 episodes)		Nine episodes: For She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage (as Kent Souje)
A World Alike, That's the Trouble with You All, A Camp Fire Story, Getaway: Part I, Getaway: Part II, Perhaps Love, 21 Candles, Ex-Communication (as Julian Day)
1990 Family Matters Steve WebsterEpisode: Torn Between Two Lovers
1993 Living Single PatrickEpisode: Living Single... with Children
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Dr. KervarkianEpisode: Home Is Where The Heart Attack Is
1993–1994 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Dr. Pickney (1 episode) Thaddeus Jamison White (5 episodes)Six episodes: Valentine's Day Massacre (as Dr. Pickney), Private School, It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To, The Courtship of Mark Cooper, Truth or Consequences, Pros and Convicts (as Thaddeus Jamison White)
1995 Mad About You WaiterEpisode: Two Tickets to Paradise
NYPD Blue Bar OwnerEpisode: E.R.
1996 Buddies MarcelEpisode: The PSA Story
1997 The Jamie Foxx Show KennethEpisode: I am What I Scam
Port Charles Byron RollinsUnknown episodes
1999 Between Brothers RamonEpisode: Fantasy Camp/Home Boyz of Summer
2004-2005 The Shield Lou SperlingThree episodes: Strays, All In, Grave
2006 The Unit Neil KrinsmanTwo episodes: Report by Exception, Bait
2008 Jericho Colonel FettsEpisode: Patriots and Tyrants
2009 24 Raymond HowellEpisode: Day 7: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Lie to Me SEC Deputy Ian DawkinsEpisode: Depraved Heart
The Mentalist Agent HicksFour episodes: The Scarlet Letter, Black Gold and Red Blood, Red Bulls, His Red Right Hand
2012–2013 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Jeff RussellThree episodes: Second Opinion, Bad Blood, Idle Hands
2019 S.W.A.T. Ben MosleyEpisodes: Rocket Fuel

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