Louis Hofmann biography
Louis Hofmann is a German actor known for his roles in the films Tom Sawyer (2011), Red Sparrow (2018), and the series Dark (2017).
Childhood. First roles
Louis Hofmann was born on June 3, 1997, in the German town of Bensberg, not far from Cologne. At age 9, he first appeared on television. His mother's friend worked on one of the German TV channels and helped get Louis on the evening Servicezeit TV show, where once a month the kid shared his thoughts on theme amusement parks and different types of children's activities under the heading "Die Ausflieger".This lasted for about two years, and by the age of 11, Louis wanted to become a real actor. On television, he often met movie stars, talked with them, and was charmed by their constant bright smiles. Eventually, the boy convinced his mother to take him to an acting agency.


After graduating from high school, Hofmann moved to Berlin to get higher education. Despite constant filming and travel, Louis still made time for lectures and exams."I have many ambitions," says Hofmann, and viewers have no reason to doubt it.
Acting career
Louis considers his role as Wolfgang in Marc Brummund's film Sanctuary (2015) his first serious, "adult" role, which earned him the Bavarian Film Awards prize: the teenager was recognized as Best Newcomer Actor of the year.
Hofmann got the first role in a foreign film in the same year. The actor played a German prisoner of war in the Danish-German film Land of Mine. Once again, Louis's performance didn't go unnoticed: he received the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor at Denmark's top film awards, and also won a special film award back home.It was my first work, where I needed to work out the character's disposition very accurately before shooting. I always tried to make my characters as plausible as possible.



Louis's career took off rapidly: soon he got an important role in the drama series You are Wanted with Matthias Schweighofer, and also appeared in the comedy Lommbock with Moritz Bleibtreu, one of the most popular German actors.

In the biographical drama The White Crow (2018) directed by Ralph Fiennes, which tells the story of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev's life in the West, Louis played Teja Kremke, an 18-year-old dancer from East Berlin who was brought together with the legendary artist by fate. Kremke is believed to have been Nureyev's first lover and the one who convinced him to relocate to Europe.

Louis Hofmann personal life
Very little is known about the personal life of the young actor. His Instagram account mainly contains only working moments: shots from shootings and official events. If the young actor is in a relationship, he's managed to keep it well hidden.In March 2020, reports surfaced about Luis having a girlfriend. It is reported that his beloved was Stella Markert, a model and aspiring producer, whom he met back in 2017.

Louis Hofmann now
When Dark's second season dropped on June 21, 2019, Louis's character stepped into the spotlight with significantly more screen time, becoming central to unraveling the show's intricate and haunting time travel mystery.


"But in general, "Louis admits," I would like to become part of the world cinema and leave a mark in its history."