# Dominic Hoffman

Dominic Hoffman (born October 30, 1962) 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.
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. He has also been a finalist for two other Audie Awards and an Odyssey Award.

## Personal life and education

Hoffman received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. 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.
Hoffman presently lives in Venice, California and spends time in Paris annually.

## 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.
| Year | Title | Media | List | Result |
| 1996 | Blade to the Heat | Theatre | DramaLogue Award for Outstanding Performance | Winner |
| 2017 | Homegoing (2016) by Yaa Gyasi | Audiobook | Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics | Winner |
| 2018 | The Sun is Also a Star (2016) by Nicola Yoon | Audiobook | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Top 10 |
| 2021 | Deacon King Kong (2020) by James McBride | Audiobook | Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics | Finalist |
| 2021 | When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed | Audiobook | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Top 10 |
| 2021 | When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed | Audiobook | Odyssey Award | Honor |
| 2022 | Four Hundred Souls, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain | Audiobook | Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance | Finalist |
| | Last Fare | Theatre | NAACP Image Award for Best Play | Winner |
| | Last Fare | Theatre | NAACP Image Award for Best Actor | Winner |

### "Best of" lists

| Year | Title | List |
| 2006 | An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina | Booklist Editors' Choice: Media |
| 2012 | Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley | RUSA Listen List |
| 2015 | The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults |
| 2020 | Deacon King Kong (2020) by James McBride | AudioFile Best of Fiction |
| 2020 | When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed | AudioFile Best of Children's Titles |
| 2020 | When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed | Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth Audio, 2020 |
| 2021 | 145th Street: Short Stories by Walter Dean Meyers | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults |
| 2021 | When Stars are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed | Notable Children's Recordings |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1987 | Jaws: The Revenge | Additional Voices |
| 1988 | School Daze | Mustafa |
| 1988 | Casual Sex? | Additional Voices |
| 1988 | 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | V | Visitor | Episode: The Conversion |
| 1986 | Comedy Factory | Bookstore Customer | Episodes: Man About Town |
| 1985-1988 | St. Elsewhere | Paramedic Tim Dillworth | Five episodes: Give the Boy a Hand, The Naked and the Dead, The Boom Boom Womb, Heart On and Final Cut |
| 1988 | Cheers | 2nd Customer | Episode: Yacht of Fools |
| 1989 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Donny Hall | Episode: My Past Is My Own |
| 1989 | Beauty and the Beast | Resident | Episode: 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 Webster | Episode: Torn Between Two Lovers |
| 1993 | Living Single | Patrick | Episode: Living Single... with Children |
| 1993 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Dr. Kervarkian | Episode: 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 | Waiter | Episode: Two Tickets to Paradise |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue | Bar Owner | Episode: E.R. |
| 1996 | Buddies | Marcel | Episode: The PSA Story |
| 1997 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Kenneth | Episode: I am What I Scam |
| 1997 | Port Charles | Byron Rollins | Unknown episodes |
| 1999 | Between Brothers | Ramon | Episode: Fantasy Camp/Home Boyz of Summer |
| 2004-2005 | The Shield | Lou Sperling | Three episodes: Strays, All In, Grave |
| 2006 | The Unit | Neil Krinsman | Two episodes: Report by Exception, Bait |
| 2008 | Jericho | Colonel Fetts | Episode: Patriots and Tyrants |
| 2009 | 24 | Raymond Howell | Episode: Day 7: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | SEC Deputy Ian Dawkins | Episode: Depraved Heart |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Agent Hicks | Four episodes: The Scarlet Letter, Black Gold and Red Blood, Red Bulls, His Red Right Hand |
| 2012–2013 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Jeff Russell | Three episodes: Second Opinion, Bad Blood, Idle Hands |
| 2019 | S.W.A.T. | Ben Mosley | Episodes: Rocket Fuel |