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Born | Jacob Edward Hoffman March 20, 1981 Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | NYU Film School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1988–present |
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Jacob Edward Hoffman (born March 20, 1981) [1] is an American actor. [2]
Hoffman was born in Los Angeles County, the son of actor Dustin Hoffman and Lisa Hoffman (née Gottsegen). In 2003, he graduated from NYU Film School. In July 2022, he married Amit Dishon, an Israeli designer.
Hoffman has directed music videos and has written and directed short films, but is most known for his work as an actor. In 2006, he played the adult version of Adam Sandler's son Ben Newman in the comedy fantasy film Click .
Hoffman and his father were cast as grandson and grandfather in the HBO television series Luck (2012). He played shoe designer Steve Madden in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). [3]
Hoffman made his feature film directorial debut with Asthma (2014). [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Rain Man | Boy at Pancake Counter | |
1991 | Hook | Little League Player | |
1999 | Liberty Heights | Turk | |
2001 | Sugar & Spice | Ted | |
2004 | King of the Corner | Ed Shifman | |
2004 | I Heart Huckabees | Valet | |
2005 | National Lampoon's Adam and Eve | Ferguson | |
2006 | Click | 22-30-year-old Ben | |
2009 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | Julian Marsh | |
2010 | 10 Years Later | Josh Hughes | |
2010 | Barney's Version | Michael Panofsky | |
2012 | Random Acts of Violence | Fleischer | |
2012 | Reform | Yosef | Short film |
2012 | Generation Um... | Rob | |
2013 | Enter the Dangerous Mind | Jim Whitman | |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Steve Madden | |
2014 | Asthma | Director | Directorial debut |
2014 | She's Funny That Way | Hotel Bellboy | |
2016 | Goldbricks in Bloom | Miles | |
2019 | Otherhood | Daniel Liberman | |
2019 | The Irishman | Allen Dorfman | |
2020 | Sister of the Groom | Liam | |
2021 | Superior | Michael | |
2022 | Sam & Kate | Sam | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Undeclared | Lee | "Rush and Pledge", "Hell Week" |
2005 | Arrested Development | Jeff | "Switch Hitter" |
2012 | Californication | Club Guy | "Boys & Girls" |
2012 | Luck | Brent Bernstein | "1.9" |
2013 | Two Wrongs | Zach | TV film |
2016 | Ray Donovan | Jake Raleigh | |
2019; 2021; 2023 | Wu-Tang: An American Saga | Steve Rifkind | Recurring role; 9 episodes |
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