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John Hoffman
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 hi…
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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). In 2021, Hoffman co-created the hit Hulu original series Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin. Hoffman played the Mad Hatter in Disney's Adventures in Wonderland (1992–1995). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Robert Hoffman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast
TV show Self
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2021
Only Murders in the Building
TV show Executive Producer
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2017
The Emoji Movie
Movie Additional Writing
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2015
Grace and Frankie
TV show Director
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2014
Looking
TV show Writer
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2008
Igor
Movie Screenplay
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2007
Karl Rove, I Love You
Movie
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2003
Good Boy!
Movie Director
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2000
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Movie Producer
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1998
Northern Lights
Movie Joe Scarlotti
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1994
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Movie Jeff Googooly
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1994
Fortune Hunter
TV show Harry Flack
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1992
The Larry Sanders Show
TV show David
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1992
Adventures in Wonderland
TV show Mad Hatter
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Writer
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Wild Things
TV show Executive Producer
