Jake Hoffman (actor)
Jacob Edward Hoffman (born March 20, 1981)[1] is an American actor, music video director and writer.[2]
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Born | Jacob Edward Hoffman March 20, 1981 Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | NYU Film School |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, writer |
Years active | 1988–present |
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Life
Jake Hoffman was born in Los Angeles County, the son of actor Dustin Hoffman and Lisa Hoffman (née Gottsegen).
In 2003, he graduated from NYU Film School.
In July 2022, he married Amit Dishon, an Israeli designer.
Career
Hoffman has directed music videos; he has written and directed short films. He is most known for his work as an actor. In 2006, he played the adult version of Adam Sandler's son Ben Newman in the comedy fantasy film Click.
Hoffman and his father were cast as grandson and grandfather in the HBO television series Luck (2012). He played shoe designer Steve Madden in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).[3]
Hoffman made his feature film directorial debut with Asthma (2014).[4]
1550 Blue Jay Way
In December 2016, a limited liability company partially owned by Jake Hoffman and his father, and created to purchase a house at 1550 Blue Jay Way, entered into bankruptcy proceedings.[5][6] Jacob Hoffman and his friend at New York University, Jeffrey Yohai, planned to develop the house into a luxurious $30 million mansion through Yohai's Marin West. Yohai was at the time son-in-law to Republican lobbyist Paul Manafort.[7][8][9]
The financing of the house was later tied to suspect banking by Manafort.[10][5][11][12] Yohai was indicted for white collar crimes and plead guilty.[7][13]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Rain Man | Boy at Pancake Counter | |
1991 | Hook | Little League Player | |
1999 | Liberty Heights | Turk | |
2001 | Sugar & Spice | Ted | |
2004 | King of the Corner | Ed Shifman | |
2004 | I Heart Huckabees | Valet | |
2005 | National Lampoon's Adam and Eve | Ferguson | |
2006 | Click | 22-30-year-old Ben | |
2009 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | Julian Marsh | |
2010 | 10 Years Later | Josh Hughes | |
2010 | Barney's Version | Michael Panofsky | |
2012 | Random Acts of Violence | Fleischer | |
2012 | Reform | Yosef | Short film |
2012 | Generation Um... | Rob | |
2013 | Enter the Dangerous Mind | Jim Whitman | |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Steve Madden | |
2014 | Asthma | Director | Directorial debut |
2014 | She's Funny That Way | Hotel Bellboy | |
2016 | Goldbricks in Bloom | Miles | |
2019 | Otherhood | Daniel Liberman | |
2019 | The Irishman | Allen Dorfman | |
2020 | Sister of the Groom | Liam | |
2021 | Superior | Michael | |
2022 | Sam & Kate | Sam | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Undeclared | Lee | "Rush and Pledge", "Hell Week" |
2005 | Arrested Development | Jeff | "Switch Hitter" |
2012 | Californication | Club Guy | "Boys & Girls" |
2012 | Luck | Brent Bernstein | "1.9" |
2013 | Two Wrongs | Zach | TV film |
2016 | Ray Donovan | Jake Raleigh | |
2019 | Wu-Tang: An American Saga | Steve Rifkind |
Notes
References
- "Jacob Edward Hoffman, Born 03/20/1981". California Birth Index. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- Dorris, Jesse (July 8, 2014). "Jake Hoffman profile". The New York Times. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- "Jake Hoffman Joins 'Wolf Of Wall Street'". Deadline Hollywood. July 26, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- Lodge, Guy (July 7, 2014). "Karlovy Vary Film Review: 'Asthma'". Variety. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- Geidner, Chris; Leopold, Jason (March 16, 2018). "A California Bank Closed Manafort-Linked Accounts In 2016 After Transactions Raised Suspicions: Months later, companies behind his real estate development efforts with his then son-in-law declared bankruptcy". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- "Voluntary Petition for Non-Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy:1550 Blue Jay Way, LLC". United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- "The Newest Threat to Manafort Comes From Inside His Own Family: What it means for the feds to flip Paul Manafort's former son-in-law and business partner, Jeffrey Yohai". The Daily Beast. May 24, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- Miller, Daniel (July 27, 2017). "Dustin Hoffman scores win in legal fight over $3-million deal with Paul Manafort's son-in-law". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- Miller, Daniel (March 29, 2017). "$3-million real estate deal with Paul Manafort's son-in-law goes south for Dustin Hoffman and son". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- Russo, Julian; Termine, Matthew (February 20, 2017). "Who is Steve Calk, and what does he have to gain from helping Paul Manafort?". 377.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- Chen, Cathaleen (December 23, 2016). "Paul Manafort's son-in-law files for bankruptcy protection for four LA properties: Jeff Yohai, a spec developer, is also accused of running a Ponzi scheme in New York". The Real Deal. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- Layne, Nathan (February 26, 2018). "Manafort's LA bankruptcy fight may offer new avenue for Mueller probe". Reuters. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- Gerstein, Josh (May 17, 2018). "Source: Manafort's ex-son-in-law in plea deal with feds: Such a deal requires Jeffrey Yohai to cooperate with investigators and testify in any cases federal prosecutors are pursuing". Politico. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
External links
- Jake Hoffman at IMDb
- Jake Hoffman at AllMovie