John Hoffman

John Robert Hoffman (most often known simply as John Hoffman) is an American actor/screenwriter. In addition to acting in films, television, and theatre, he wrote screenplays for films such as Indianapolis, Queen of the Jews, aka Queen Bess, and The Last of Sheila. He made his writing/directing debut with the 2003 MGM and Jim Henson Pictures film Good Boy!. Hoffman has also contributed, as both a writer and producer, to the HBO series Looking (2014–2015) and the Netflix series Grace and Frankie (2016–). In 2021, Hoffman co-created the Hulu original series Only Murders in the Building, alongside Steve Martin. John Hoffman was also the Mad Hatter in Disney's 1991 children's live-action television series Adventures in Wonderland.

Works

Only Murders in the Building

Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.

Release Date: 2021-08-31

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 1734

Grace and Frankie

Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21st century world.

Release Date: 2015-05-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 323

Looking

Three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men.

Release Date: 2014-01-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 148

Igor

A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.

Release Date: 2008-09-19

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 562

Good Boy!

An intergalactic dog pilot from Sirius (the dog star), visits Earth to verify the rumors that dogs have failed to take over the planet.

Release Date: 2003-10-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 137

Northern Lights

A stranger's call informs Roberta that her estranged brother Frank has died in a small town under bizarre circumstances. Ben, his best friend from college, also gets the call. Arriving just in time for his funeral, it becomes quickly obvious to them that the little slice of small-town America in which they find themselves is like an episode of The Twilight Zone featuring Frank's eccentric friends, his amazing secrets and his stunning final request. Both Ben and Roberta are shocked to discover that Frank not only had a child, but that he has left them responsible for his son's care.

Release Date: 1998-07-02

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Character: Joe Scarlotti

Vote Count: 10

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women

Spoof-miester, Julie Brown does a musical send-up of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbit's debutante debacles

Release Date: 1994-09-08

Character: Jeff Googooly

Vote Count: 6

Fortune Hunter

Fortune Hunter is an American weekly series show on Fox Network in 1994, starring Mark Frankel as the super-spy Carlton Dial. In the US, Fortune Hunter aired on Fox from 4 Sep 1994 to 2 Oct 1994. Of the 13 episodes produced, only five were presented to the North American audience. The decision to schedule the series immediately after football on Sundays was a factor in the dismissal of Sandy Grushow, president of Fox Entertainment, by chairman Rupert Murdoch. The show has aired in its entirety in other countries. It was well liked and generally received high ratings.

Release Date: 1994-09-04

Character: Harry Flack

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 4

The Larry Sanders Show

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

Release Date: 1992-08-15

Character: David

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 81

Adventures in Wonderland

Adventures in Wonderland is a live-action musical television series based on Walt Disney's animated classic Alice in Wonderland. In the series, Alice, was portrayed as a girl who can go to and from Wonderland simply by walking through her mirror.

Release Date: 1992-03-23

Character: Mad Hatter

Episode Count: 100

Vote Count: 5

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date: 1953-03-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 65