In 2016, Hofmann was cast as Jonas Kahnwald in Dark, a science fiction thriller released on Netflix on 1 December 2017. He was presented with a European Shooting Stars Award at Berlinale 2017 by the European Film Promotion organisation.

Erwa, based on the 1998 bestselling novel The Centre of the World by Andreas Steinhöfel.

In 2016 Hofmann played Phil in Centre of My World ( German: Die Mitte der Welt), a coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Jakob M. At the 2016 German Film Awards, he received with the Special Prize Jaeger-LeCoultre Homage to German Cinema presented to honour the work of German actors in international films. His first international role as a German prisoner of war in the Danish-German co-production Land of Mine ( Danish: Under sandet) earned him the Best Supporting Actor prize at Denmark's Bodil Awards in 2016. His role as Wolfgang in the 2015 film Sanctuary (German: Freistatt) directed by Marc Brummund earned him the 2015 Bavarian Film Prize as Best Newcomer Actor and the 2016 German Actors Award (Deutscher Schauspielerpreis) in the newcomer category. Beginning on 24 October 2013 Hofmann appeared in the comedy The Nearly Perfect Man (German: Der fast perfekte Mann). In 2013, Hofmann played a guest-starring role in an episode of the television series Stolberg. The sequel to Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huck Finn ( German: Die Abenteuer des Huck Finn), was released on 20 December 2012 in German cinemas. Along with Leon Seidel, who played the role of Huck Finn, he sang on the soundtrack of the film in the song, 'Barfuß Gehen' ('Going Barefoot'). Hofmann's first cinematic leading role was the titular Tom Sawyer in director Hermine Huntgeburth's 2011 German film adaptation of the classic Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In 2010 he performed in Wilsberg and Alarm for Cobra 11.

He also appeared in the television film Tod in Istanbul. In 2009 Hofmann guest-starred in legal comedy-drama Danni Lowinski and television series Der verlorene Vater. He was subsequently represented by Agentur Schwarz. After two and a half years at Servicezeit, he decided to become an actor and applied to an acting agency. He appeared in a section of the programme, Die Ausflieger, which tested family recreational activities. His first experience in front of the camera was for Servicezeit, an evening magazine programme on WDR Fernsehen television network. Hofmann was born in the Bensberg district of Bergisch Gladbach and grew up in Cologne.

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