Dominic Hoffman Biography

Dominic Hoffman is an actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on A Different World as Whitley's boyfriend, Julian Day, and Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Jeff Russell. Most recently as costar in the movie "Phil Spector" and recurring roles on television shows: The Shield (2004-5), Hawaii 5-0 (2015), CSI (2015), The Mentalist (2009) and Castle (2013). His successful film career includes two David Mamet movies "Phil Spector" and "Red Belt." By the early 2000's, Hoffman had a number of different projects under his belt, including "The Dead One" (2007) starring Wilmer Valderrama, "Redbelt" with Chiwetel Ejiofor (2008) and "The Answer Man" (2009) starring Jeff Daniels. His credits have expanded to the Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt box office smash "Megamind" (2010) and voice-over for the Ben Stiller blockbuster animated sequel "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" (2012).

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.

Voice: Dominic is a four-time winner of the Audiophile Earphones Award for his readings of "The Port Chicago 50"? (2014 National Book Award Finalist), "An Ordinary Man,"? "The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray,"? and "In Search of Our Roots."? His reading of "The Door of No Return"? was selected by the School Library Journal as an Audio Hot Pick.

Career

Dominic wrote three episodes of A Different World: The Power of the Pen, War and Peace and Liza Who-Little. Hoffman was also a recurring actor on the hit show Grey's Anatomy.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Jaws: The Revenge	Additional Voices
1988	School Daze	Mustafa
	Casual Sex?	Additional Voices
	Survival Quest	Jeff
1992	Original Intent	Cox	Video
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	One Episode: The Conversion
1986	Comedy Factory	Bookstore Customer	One 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	One Episode: Yacht of Fools
1989	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Donny Hall	One Episode: My Past Is My Own
	Beauty and the Beast	Resident	One 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 and Ex-Communication - as Julian Day
1990	Family Matters	Steve Webster	One Episode: Torn Between Two Lovers
1993	Living Single	Patrick	One Episode: Living Single... with Children
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Dr. Kervarkian	One Episode: Home Is Where The Heart Attack Is
1993-1994	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Dr. Pickney - 1 Episode Thaddeus Jamison White - Five Episodes	Six Episodes: Valentine's Day Massacre - Dr. Pickney, Private School, It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To, The Courtship of Mark Cooper, Truth or Consequences and Pros and Convicts as Thaddeus Jamison White
1995	Mad About You	Waiter	One Episode: Two Tickets to Paradise
	NYPD Blue	Bar Owner	One Episode: E.R.
1996	Buddies	Marcel	One Episode: The PSA Story
1997	The Jamie Foxx Show	Kenneth	One Episode: I am What I Scam
	Port Charles	Byron Rollins	Unknown Episodes
1999	Between Brothers	Ramon	One Episode: Fantasy Camp/Home Boyz of Summer
2004-2005	The Shield	Lou Sperling	Three Episodes: Strays, All In and Grave
2006	The Unit	Neil Krinsman	Two Episodes: Report by Exception and Bait
2008	Jericho	Colonel Fetts	One Episode: Patriots and Tyrants
2009	24	Raymond Howell	One Episode: Day 7: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
	Lie to Me	SEC Deputy Ian Dawkins	One Episode: Depraved Heart
	The Mentalist	Agent Hicks	Four Episodes: The Scarlet Letter, Black Gold and Red Blood, Red Bulls and His Red Right Hand
2012-2013	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Jeff Russell	Three Episodes: Second Opinion, Bad Blood and Idle Hands