He landed his first role as a security guard in Conspiracy Theory in 1997.
He had some other small roles until he received his breakout role as the Freddie Sacker on Darren Star's Wall Street series The $treet in 2000 which allowed him to quit his job waiting tables and move back to New York. His later TV roles include Terry Loomis on the short-lived Steven Bochco law drama Philly in 2001-2002, Jerry Best in The Bernie Mac Show 2002-2005, Patrick Van Dorn on the John Stamos comedy Jake in Progress 2004- 2005 and Chase Chapman on the ABC comedy Samantha Who? 2007-2009.
His film work includes The Day After Tomorrow, Blood Work, Hostel, Cellular and The Condemned.
Hoffman has also appeared as a guest in CSI: Miami, Chuck, The Pretender, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: LA, NCIS, Crossing Jordan, Without A Trace, The Practice, CSI:NY, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Lie To Me, Monk and The Mentalist. He is a cast member of the USA Network television series Suits, which premiered in June, 2011.
Hoffman can currently also be seen portraying the ancient Greek king of the gods, Zeus, in television commercials for the Scion tC Release Series 7.0 automobile
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