David Hoflin
David Hoflin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 February 1979 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988 – present |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 1 |
David Hoflin (/ˈdɑːvɪd/; born 25 February 1979)[1] is a Swedish-born Australian actor. He is most famous for playing Jason Bates in Ocean Girl between 1994 and 1998, and Oliver Barnes in Neighbours between 2007 and 2008.
Career[]
He has appeared in TV shows such as Ocean Girl, The Flying Doctors, Head Start, A Country Practice, McLeod's Daughters, Supernatural, State Coroner, Crossbones, and The Lost World.
Hoflin was ten when he starred in his first role alongside Meryl Streep and Sam Neill in Evil Angels (released as A Cry in the Dark outside of Australia and New Zealand),[2] a film about the famous tragic case where a dingo stole baby Azaria Chamberlain from her tent at Ayers Rock.
In the Australian medical drama All Saints, he played a character named Kieran who had become heavily intoxicated with alcohol at a rave and subsequently passed out and neglected his younger sister, who was later raped by his friend Lewis.
In Ocean Girl, he played one of the lead male characters. The romantic chemistry between his character and that of Marzena Godecki's character, Neri is one of the central themes of the series.
Hoflin joined Neighbours in 2007 as Oliver Barnes. He received the job without auditioning after Christian Clark quit with immediate effect.[3] He filmed his last scenes on 6 May 2008, the same day as fellow cast member Daniel O'Connor.[4] Hoflin returned to Neighbours in April 2011 for a two-week guest stint.[5]
Hoflin joined the cast of Alcatraz in 2012.[6] He plays Thomas "Tommy" Madsen, a supposedly deceased, former Alcatraz inmate who disappeared in 1963. He is Rebecca Madsen's grandfather. In 2013 he was also seen on Touch and on Season 8, Episode 20 of Criminal Minds. In 2014 he appears in Crossbones. In 2015 he was a guest star in Supernatural.
Personal life[]
Hoflin was born in Stockholm, Sweden[1]
Hoflin began a relationship with his Neighbours co-star Natalie Blair in 2008.[7] The pair currently live together in Los Angeles.[8] On 10 March 2012, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun reported the couple were engaged. They married on 4 January 2013 in Warburton, Victoria.[6] Blair and Hoflin welcomed their first child, a son, on 29 July 2016.[citation needed]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Evil Angels | Aidan (8 years) | AKA, A Cry in the Dark |
| 1990 | Escape from Madness | Geoffrey | |
| 2003 | Swimming Upstream | Harold Fingleton Jr. | |
| 2003 | The Cadet | Sam | Short |
| 2005 | Stranded | Cam |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Flying Doctors | James Fraser | "A Little Miracle" |
| 1992 | Good Vibrations | Donovan | TV miniseries |
| 1994 | Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left | Bindy | "Qwrk Lands on His Feet" |
| 1994 | Law of the Land | Joe Rankin | "The Last Run" |
| 1994–1997 | Ocean Girl | Jason Bates | Main role |
| 1998 | State Coroner | Andy Riordan | "Watershed" |
| 2000 | Flipper | Robie | "The Inquiry" |
| 2000 | The Lost World | Gideon | "The Chosen One" |
| 2000 | Eugénie Sandler P.I. | Peter Mitchell | "1.3", "1.4" |
| 2001 | Head Start | Patrick Gormley | Main role |
| 2002 | All Saints | Keiran Sharkey | "M For Memory" |
| 2004 | Blue Heelers | Scott Drummond | "Running Scared" |
| 2004 | McLeod's Daughters | Paul Kendall | "Every Breath You Take", "My Brother's Keeper" |
| 2007–08 | Neighbours | Oliver Barnes | Regular role |
| 2010 | Big Love | First Son | "Blood Atonement" |
| 2010 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Former Navy Lt. Lance Talbot | "Disorder" |
| 2011 | Love Begins | Jake Weller | TV film |
| 2011 | Neighbours | Oliver Barnes | "1.6116", "1.6117" |
| 2011 | RCVR | Lohman | "Little Green Men" |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | Tommy Madsen | Recurring role |
| 2012 | The Beauty Inside | Alex #9 | "Hello My Name Is Alex" |
| 2012 | Major Crimes | Special Agent Goodwin | "Long Shot" |
| 2012 | NCIS | Randall J. Kersey | "Shell Shock: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2013 | Criminal Minds | Chad Dumont | "Alchemy" |
| 2013 | Touch | William Norburg | Recurring role |
| 2014 | Crossbones | Charlie Rider | Main role |
| 2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Frank Simpson | "Nanahu" |
| 2015 | Supernatural | Eldon Styne | "Dark Dynasty", "The Prisoner" |
| 2015 | American Crime | Mark Skokie | Recurring role |
| 2016 | Mad Dogs | Johan | "Xtabai", "Needles" |
| 2016 | NCIS: New Orleans | Daniel Nolan | "If It Bleeds, It Leads" |
| 2016 | Once Upon a Time | Zeus | "Last Rites" |
| 2017 | Z: The Beginning of Everything | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Main role |
| 2017 | Supergirl | Rick Malverne | "Alex" |
| 2018 | Bosch | Det. Doug Rooker | TV series |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "David Hoflin Bio". TV.com. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "A Cry in the Dark (1988) - Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Moving in!". TV Week. Ninemsn. Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^ "Dan and David's Last Day". Neighbours.com. Australia: Network Ten. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "Homecoming for Neighbours faves". Holy Soap. Channel Five. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Byrne, Fiona (10 March 2012). "Old castmates are more than just good Neighbours". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/sunday-heraldsun/blairs-bound-for-europe/story-e6frf92x-1111116764128
- ^ Ten, Network. "Neighbours".
External links[]
- David Hoflin at IMDb
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