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David Hoflin
Born (1979-02-25) 25 February 1979 (age 45)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation Actor
Years active 1983–present
Spouse(s)
Natalie Blair
(m. 2013)
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David Hoflin (/ˈdɑːvɪd/; born 25 February 1979) is a Swedish-born Australian actor. He played 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 played 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), a film about the case where a dingo stole baby Azaria Chamberlain from her tent at Uluru.

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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. He filmed his last scenes on 6 May 2008, the same day as fellow cast member Daniel O'Connor. Hoflin returned to Neighbours in April 2011 for a two-week guest stint.

Hoflin joined the cast of Alcatraz in 2012. 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. Hoflin currently plays Daniel in the Amazon Prime Video series The Peripheral.

Personal life

Hoflin was born in Stockholm, Sweden

Hoflin began a relationship with his Neighbours co-star Natalie Blair in 2008. The pair currently live together in Los Angeles. They married on 4 January 2013 in Warburton, Victoria. Blair and Hoflin welcomed their first child, a son, on 29 July 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark) Aidan (8 years) Feature film
1990 Breakaway (aka Escape from Madness) Geoffrey Feature film
2003 Swimming Upstream Harold Fingleton Jr. Feature film
2003 Cadet, TheThe Cadet Sam Short film
2005 Stranded Cam Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Flying Doctors, TheThe Flying Doctors James Fraser TV series, episode: "A Little Miracle"
1992 Good Vibrations Donovan TV miniseries
1994 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Bindy TV series, episode: "Qwrk Lands on His Feet"
1994 Law of the Land Joe Rankin TV series, episode: "The Last Run"
1994–97 Ocean Girl Jason Bates TV series
1998 State Coroner Andy Riordan TV series, episode: "Watershed"
2000 Flipper Robie T V series, episode: "The Inquiry"
2000 Lost World, TheThe Lost World Gideon TV series, episode: "The Chosen One"
2000 Eugénie Sandler P.I. Peter Mitchell TV series, episodes: "1.3", "1.4"
2001 Head Start Patrick Gormley TV series
2002 All Saints Keiran Sharkey TV series, episode: "M For Memory"
2004 Blue Heelers Scott Drummond TV series, episode: "Running Scared"
2004 McLeod's Daughters Paul Kendall TV series, 2 episodes: "Every Breath You Take", "My Brother's Keeper"
2007–08 Neighbours Oliver Barnes TV series
2010 Big Love First Son TV series, episode: "Blood Atonement"
2010 NCIS: Los Angeles Former Navy Lt. Lance Talbot TV series, episode: "Disorder"
2011 Love Begins Jake Weller TV film
2011 Neighbours Oliver Barnes TV series, episodes: "1.6116", "1.6117"
2011 RCVR Lohman TV series, episode: "Little Green Men"
2012 Alcatraz Tommy Madsen Recurring role
2012 Beauty Inside, TheThe Beauty Inside Alex #9 TV series, episode: "Hello My Name Is Alex"
2012 Major Crimes Special Agent Goodwin TV series, episode: "Long Shot"
2012 NCIS Randall J. Kersey TV series, episode: "Shell Shock: Parts 1 & 2"
2013 Criminal Minds Chad Dumont TV series, episode: "Alchemy"
2013 Touch William Norburg TV series
2014 Crossbones Charlie Rider TV series
2015 Hawaii Five-0 Frank Simpson TV series, episode: "Nanahu"
2015 Supernatural Eldon Styne TV series, 2,episodes: "Dark Dynasty", "The Prisoner"
2015 American Crime Mark Skokie TV series
2016 Mad Dogs Johan TV series, 2 episodes: "Xtabai", "Needles"
2016 NCIS: New Orleans Daniel Nolan TV series, episode: "If It Bleeds, It Leads"
2016 Once Upon a Time Zeus TV series, episode: "Last Rites"
2017 Z: The Beginning of Everything F. Scott Fitzgerald
2017 Supergirl Rick Malverne TV series, episode: "Alex"
2018 Bosch Detective Doug Rooker TV series
2018 God Friended Me Charles Cole TV series, episode: "17 Years"
2022 The Peripheral Daniel TV series

See also

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