Thom Hoffman

Thom Hoffman (1957) is acteur, fotograaf en documentairemaker. Hij is bekend van onder andere De Vierde Man en Zwartboek van Paul Verhoeven, Zoeken naar Eileen, De Avonden. Voor zijn rollen won hij prijzen in binnen- en buitenland. Televisiekijkers kennen hem van hitseries als Het Wassende Water, De Co-Assistent, Klem 3 en zes jaar Dokter Tinus waarvoor hij als allereerste acteur in 2016 de Televizier Zilveren Ster ontving. Hoffman maakte documentaires over cineast Adriaan Ditvoorst (1992) en Hollywood-rebel Dennis Hopper (2002), en fotografeerde meer dan twintig jaar voor uiteenlopende opdrachtgevers zoals War Child, NRC Handelsblad, Volkskrant Magazine en het Volkenkundig Museum Leiden. In 2003 verscheen een fotoboek met door hem gemaakte

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