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name: "Louis Hofmann"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 June 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T14:25:34.546737+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Louis Hofmann

Actor. Born 3 June 1997 in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 June 1997, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hofmann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3836977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1037348

## Coming up

- *Objet a* (2027-01-21), as Adam

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Dark*](https://film.one/tv/dark.md) (80)

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## Fi1m on Louis Hofmann

> Louis Hofmann's trick is to do less than anyone else in the frame and make you watch him for it. In *Dark* the stillness held for three seasons; the question now is whether he will be allowed to do anything else.

Watch what Louis Hofmann does when another actor is shouting. He waits. In *Dark* (2017), as Jonas Kahnwald, a boy back at school after a breakdown that followed his father's suicide, he spends most of the first season saying almost nothing while Winden comes apart around him, and the silence is the performance. Adults panic, parents shout, a priest with a tattoo the length of his back enjoys himself, and Jonas stands there. In the first season that stillness reads as shock. Later it reads as something harder, and we found it unnerving, because nothing in his face had changed and everything behind it had.

He arrived at this without a drama school. Hofmann began on German television as a child, from 2006, and had his first lead in *Tom Sawyer* (2011). The parts that got him noticed came in 2015: Wolfgang Rosenkötter in *Sanctuary*, a boy in an abusive institution, and Sebastian Schumann in *Land of Mine*. *Centre of My World* (2016), with Hofmann as Phil, gave him a coming-of-age lead in contemporary German cinema. Then Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar cast him in *Dark*, which ran three seasons to 2020 and took him to an audience well beyond Germany. Since then the work has been mostly in English: Werner Pfennig in *All the Light We Cannot See* (2023), then *Masters of the Air* (2024) and *Ripley* (2024).

Put those parts side by side and a type appears: the sensitive young man, usually in a war or somewhere near one, carrying something he cannot say. He is good at it. He is also aware of it; in 2023 he told GQ Germany that his characters would probably keep a certain sensitivity from him, but that he was looking forward to a time when he was not only the suffering young man. We share the hope. The stillness that anchors *Dark* is a real gift, and Friese and bo Odar had the sense to build a series around it rather than fight it, but a gift used every time stops looking like a choice. We have not yet seen him be cruel, or funny, or wrong, and we would like to.

For now, start where the reputation started. Watch *Dark* in German with the subtitles, not the dub, because a dubbed Hofmann loses the one thing he is doing. Take it a season at a time. And if he ever turns up in something where he talks too much and behaves badly, we will be first in the queue.

## Biography

Louis Hofmann is a German actor. He was born on 3 June 1997 in Bergisch Gladbach and grew up in Cologne.

He first gained attention for the lead role in the 2011 film *Tom Sawyer*. Hofmann received the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 2015 film *Land of Mine*. He is known internationally for playing Jonas Kahnwald in the Netflix series *Dark* (2017–2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *RIPLEY* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Max Yoder — [page](https://film.one/tv/ripley.md)
- *Dark* (2017), Fi1m 80, as Jonas Kahnwald — [page](https://film.one/tv/dark.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Objet a* (2027), as Adam
- *23 000 Lives* (2026), as Lukas
- *Agon* (2025), as Yuri
- *Fresh* (2025), Acting
- *Lilies Not for Me* (2025), as Charles Green
- *RIPLEY* (2024), series, as Max Yoder — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/ripley.md)
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, as Lt. Ulrich Haussmann
- *All the Light We Cannot See* (2023), series, as Werner Pfennig
- *How To Get Rid of Your Cheating Husband* (2023), as Husband
- *Seneca* (2023), as Lucilius
- *The Forger* (2022), as Cioma Schönhaus
- *Life After Life* (2022), series, as Jürgen
- *Quarantine Calls* (2021), Acting
- *A Small Cut* (2020), as Wilhelm
- *The Elfkins: Baking a Difference* (2019), as Kipp (voice)
- *The German Lesson* (2019), as Klaas Jepsen
- *Prélude* (2019), as David
- *Lysis* (2019), as Son
- *The White Crow* (2018), as Teja Kremke
- *The New End* (2018), as Zwerg(voice)
- *Different Kinds of Rain* (2018), as Oliver
- *Red Sparrow* (2018), as Bank Assistant
- *Dark* (2017), series, as Jonas Kahnwald — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/dark.md)
- *Lommbock* (2017), as Jonathan
- *Sock, the Little Raven* (2016), series, as Rabe Socke
- *Center of My World* (2016), as Phil
- *The White Rabbit* (2016), as Kevin
- *Alone in Berlin* (2016), as Hans Quangel
- *Land of Mine* (2015), as Sebastian Schumann
- *Sanctuary* (2015), as Wolfgang Rosenkötter
- *Shades of Guilt* (2015), series, as Leonhard Tackler
- *Das Zeugenhaus* (2014), as Werner Krollmann
- *The Almost Perfect Man* (2013), as Aaron
- *The Adventures of Huck Finn* (2012), as Tom Sawyer
- *Tom Sawyer* (2011), as Tom Sawyer
- *Tod in Istanbul* (2010), as Sascha Kleinert
- *The Lost Father* (2010), as David Salzbrenner
- *Danni Lowinski* (2010), series, as Fabian Lüdtke
- *Kommissar Stolberg* (2006), series, as Dennis Kessler
- *SOKO Köln* (2003), series, as Felix Voller
- *Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police* (1996), series, as Alexander Behrens
- *Embers*, Acting
- *Monstrous Beauty*, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Louis Hofmann](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-9732339b18fc.jpg) Louis Hofmann — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Louis_Hofmann_Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Aenne Schwarz and Louis Hofmann attend "Object a" photocall during the 79th Locarno Film Festival on August 11, 2026 in Locarno, Switzerland.](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-c6479194adeb.jpg) Aenne Schwarz and Louis Hofmann attend "Object a" photocall during the 79th Locarno Film Festival on August 11, 2026 in Locarno, Switzerland. — Segolene Liger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Aenne_Schwarz_and_Louis_Hofmann_at_the_79th_Locarno_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Aenne_Schwarz_and_Louis_Hofmann_at_the_79th_Locarno_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Louis Hofmann during an interview for "Der Passfälscher" (The Forger) during the Berlinale on February 13, 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-80f298bf45f0.jpg) Louis Hofmann during an interview for "Der Passfälscher" (The Forger) during the Berlinale on February 13, 2022. — Ben Von Essen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/FMImErHXsAYZI-e.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mala Emde und Louis Hofmann beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-332d7ffabb31.jpg) Mala Emde und Louis Hofmann beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015 — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Mala_Emde_-_Louis_Hofmann.JPG/1280px-Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Mala_Emde_-_Louis_Hofmann.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Louis Hofmann](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-8dd331103bb7.jpg) Louis Hofmann — Image via TMDB
- ![Louis Hofmann](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-ed8f44f5abd2.jpg) Louis Hofmann — Image via TMDB
- ![Louis Hofmann](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-cf5868e1c3f7.jpg) Louis Hofmann — Image via TMDB
- ![Louis Hofmann at 79th Locarno Film Festival 2026 Red Carpet](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-0766ac1630dd.jpg) Louis Hofmann at 79th Locarno Film Festival 2026 Red Carpet — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Louis_Hofmann_at_79th_Locarno_Film_Festival_2026_Red_Carpet-13.jpg/1280px-Louis_Hofmann_at_79th_Locarno_Film_Festival_2026_Red_Carpet-13.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Louis Hofmann at 79th Locarno Film Festival 2026 Red Carpet](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-edcb8432a2a4.jpg) Louis Hofmann at 79th Locarno Film Festival 2026 Red Carpet — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Louis_Hofmann_at_79th_Locarno_Film_Festival_2026_Red_Carpet-14.jpg/1280px-Louis_Hofmann_at_79th_Locarno_Film_Festival_2026_Red_Carpet-14.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Louis Hofmann](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-f5647fbd588b.jpg) Louis Hofmann — Image via TMDB
- ![Louis Hofmann](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-e962e3a73db1.jpg) Louis Hofmann — Image via TMDB
- ![Louis Hofmann](https://film.one/media/person/715381/gallery-42812774e350.jpg) Louis Hofmann — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 7 won, 2 nominated

- Golden Camera Young Talent Award 2018: Golden Camera Young Talent Award (won)
- Jupiter Awards 2018: Jupiter Awards (won)
- Askania Shooting Star Award 2017: Askania Shooting Star Award (won)
- Bodil Awards 2016: Bodil Awards (won), for *Land of Mine*
- German Acting Award 2016: German Acting Award (won), for *Sanctuary*
- Robert Award 2016: Robert Award (nominated), for *Land of Mine*
- Filmfestival Max Ophuels Prize 2015: Filmfestival Max Ophuels Prize (nominated), for *Sanctuary*
- Bavarian Film Awards 2014: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *Sanctuary*
- New Faces Award 2012: New Faces Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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