Louis Hofmann

Louis Hofmann (born 3 June 1997) is a German actor. He first gained attention as the lead in the 2011 German film Tom Sawyer [de] and won the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a teenage German prisoner of war in the 2015 Danish film Land of Mine. He is also known for playing Jonas in the 2017 German Netflix Original series Dark. Hofmann was born in the Bensberg district of Bergisch Gladbach and grew up in Cologne. His first experience in front of the camera was for Servicezeit, an evening magazine programme on WDR Fernsehen television network. He appeared in a section of the programme, Die Ausflieger, which tested family recreational activities. After two and a half years at Servicezeit, he decided to become an actor and applied to an acting agency. He was subsequently represented by Agentur Schwarz. In 2009 Hofmann guest-starred in legal comedy-drama Danni Lowinski and television series Der verlorene Vater. He also appeared in the television film Tod in Istanbul. In 2010 he performed in Wilsberg and Alarm for Cobra 11.