David Hoflin
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Career
He has appeared in TV shows such as Ocean Girl, Head Start, A Country Practice, McLeod's Daughters, Eugenie Sandler P.I., State Coroner, 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 (U.S. TV series)
Personal life
Hoflin was born in Stockholm, Sweden[1] and has a sister called Emma.
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 the 4th January 2013 in Wharton Victoria.[6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Evil Angels | Aidan, 8 years | |
| 1989 | Celia | Boy with the rabbit | |
| 1990 | Breakaway | Geoffrey | |
| 1990 | Death in Brunswick | Dave's Boy | |
| 2003 | Swimming Upstream | Harold Fingleton, Jr. | |
| 2006 | Stranded | Cam | |
| 2011 | Green Lantern | Us army base command/NSA Agent Barry |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Flying Doctors | James | Episode: "A little Miracle" |
| 1992 | Good Vibrations | Donovan | TV miniseries |
| 1994 | Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left | Bindy (voice) | Episode: "Qwrk Lands on His Feet" |
| 1994 | Law of the Land | Joe Rankin | Episode: "The Last Run" |
| 1994–97 | Ocean Girl | Jason Bates | Main role (78 episodes) |
| 1998 | State Coroner | Andy Riordan | Episode: "Watershed" |
| 2000 | Flipper | Robie | Episode: "The Inquiry" |
| 2000 | The Lost World' | Gideon | Episode: "The Chosen One" |
| 2000 | Eugénie Sandler P.I. | Peter Mitchell | Episode: "1.3" Episode: "1.4" |
| 2001 | Head Start | Patrick Gormley | 36 episodes |
| 2002 | All Saints | Keiran Sharkey | Episode: "M for Memory" |
| 2004 | Blue Heelers | Scott Drummond | Episode: "Running Scared" |
| 2004 | McLeod's Daughters | Paul Kendall | Episode: "Every Breath You Take" Episode: "My Brother's Keeper" |
| 2007–08 | Neighbours | Oliver Barnes | Recurring role (203 episodes) |
| 2010 | Big Love | First Son | Episode: "Blood Atonement" |
| 2010 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Former Navy Lt. Lance Talbot | Episode: "Disorder" |
| 2011 | Love Begins | Jake Weller | TV film |
| 2011 | Neighbours | Oliver Barnes | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | RCVR | Lohman | Episode: "Little Green Men" |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | Tommy Madsen | 8 episodes |
| 2012 | The Beauty Inside | Alex #9 | Episode: "Hello My Name Is Alex" |
| 2012 | Major Crimes | Special Agent Goodwin | Episode: "Long Shot" |
| 2012 | NCIS | Randall J. Kersey | Episode: "Shell Shock: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2013 | Criminal Minds | Chad Dumont | Episode: "Alchemy" |
| 2013 | Touch | William Norburg | Episode: "Enemy of My Enemy" Episode: "Reunion" Episode: "Fight or Flight" Episode: "Leviathan" |
| 2014 | Crossbones | Charles Rider | 9 episodes |
| 2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Frank Simpson | Episode: Nanahu (Embers) |
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