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David Hoffman(XI)

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David Hoffman was born in Philadelphia and grew up on U.S. Army bases. He was classically trained as an actor at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (H.S. Diploma) and Boston University (BFA).

After college he trained at The Groundlings School in Los Angeles and joined the Sunday Company in 2006 and the Main Company in 2008. At Groundlings he wrote and performed hundreds of original sketches and improvs. At the same time, David began appearing in TV commercials (including several Super Bowl ads) and guest starring in numerous films and TV shows including Mes meilleures amies (2011), 2 Broke Girls (2011), and a regular role on the improvised Western series Quick Draw (2013).

In 2014, he was cast as the lead in the UK sitcom I Live with Models (2015) for two seasons. He played a hand model named Tommy who lived in an apartment with "real" models. He followed that up with guest appearances in the U.S. on Modern Family (2009), Bones (2005), and Castle (2009). in 2017 he played a volatile writer for Johnny Carson in the series There's... Johnny! (2017).

in 2019, David began playing Doug in Liberty Mutual's "Limu Emu & Doug" campaign.

As a writer, David wrote multiple episodes of Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014), forty episodes of a webseries called "George Washington is Here to Help," featuring himself as George Washington, trying to help America through the pandemic. He also created an animated series about his childhood called "Army Brat."
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    Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper in Mes meilleures amies (2011)
    Mes meilleures amies
    6.8
    • Doorman at Shower
    • 2011
    Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
    Modern Family
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Richard
    Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls (2011)
    2 Broke Girls
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Gordon
    • Guy on Video
    I Live with Models (2015)
    I Live with Models
    3.0
    TV Series
    • Tommy

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    Actor



    • Dan Is Dead
      • Moses
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2017



    • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
      American Dad!
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Teacher (voice)
      • 2023
    • Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014)
      Mike Tyson Mysteries
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Manager
      • Carmine Russo
      • David (voice)
      • 2017–2020
    • Lili Mirojnick, Luka Paul, Blake Cooper Griffin, Brendan Robinson, and Russell Charles Pitts in Beerfest: Thirst for Victory (2018)
      Beerfest: Thirst for Victory
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • Topher Wolfbraun
      • 2018
    • The 5th Quarter (2016)
      The 5th Quarter
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Peter Feinstein
      • Dennis Jeffers
      • 2018
    • There's... Johnny! (2017)
      There's... Johnny!
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Jim
      • 2017
    • I Live with Models (2015)
      I Live with Models
      3.0
      TV Series
      • Tommy
      • 2015–2017
    • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
      Modern Family
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Richard
      • 2017
    • Animal Profiles
      Short
      • Michael (voice)
      • 2016
    • Mafia III (2016)
      Mafia III
      7.0
      Video Game
      • Additional Voices (voice)
      • 2016
    • David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel in Bones (2005)
      Bones
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Carl Collins
      • 2016
    • Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic in Castle (2009)
      Castle
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Ned Werner
      • 2016
    • Camilla Luddington in Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)
      Rise of the Tomb Raider
      8.4
      Video Game
      • Additional Voices (voice)
      • 2015
    • Top Cat, le film continue (2015)
      Top Cat, le film continue
      4.3
      • Granny Dibble
      • Counter Person
      • Statue (voice)
      • 2015
    • Meme Weavers
      TV Movie
      • Glubes
      • 2014
    • Plane Crash
      8.8
      Short
      • Terry
      • 2014

    Writer



    • Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014)
      Mike Tyson Mysteries
      8.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2015–2016

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    Full Movie 16:36
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    The Darkness II (VG)
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    The Darkness II (VG)
    There's Johnny
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    There's Johnny

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      (As of October 2019) Stars as "Doug" on Liberty Mutual's "LiMu Emu and Doug" commercials.

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      Plays Doug in the "Limu Emu and Doug" advertising for Liberty Mutual.
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      I always live in the present - I love the present. I cherish the future.

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