Charlie Hofheimer

Charlie Hofheimer (born April 17, 1981^[1]) is an American film, television, and theater actor. He landed his first film role as Jim Garland in the 1994 version of Lassie. He is known for his role as Abe Drexler on Mad Men. He has also made many TV guest appearances in a number of TV series.^[2]

Charlie Hofheimer
Born	(1981-04-17) April 17, 1981 (age 43) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer
Years active	1994–2019, 2024–present

Life and career

Hofheimer was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was a year old.^[3] He began acting at a young age. His first film role was in the 1994 version of Lassie. He has appeared in other feature films such as Boys, Fathers' Day, Music of the Heart, Black Hawk Down and The Village. In 2008 Hofheimer produced, directed, wrote and edited a short film, Baggage.

Hofheimer's television credits include Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Law & Order, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, Numb3rs, Medium, House M.D., and Mad Men.

Hofheimer has also starred in several theatre productions. In 1996 he played Kenny Simmonds in Minor Demons at the Currican Theatre in New York City, and then again in 1997 at the Century Theatre in New York City. In 2000 he played Ovid Bernstein and Tobias Pfeiffer II in Old Money at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in New York City. His other stage performances include Spittin' Image (as Matt) at the Forum Theatre, Ruler of my Destiny (as Hart) at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, Opelika (as Matty) at the Third Eye Repertory Company in New York City, Treasure Island (as Jim Hawkins) at the Blue Light Theatre Company in New York City and he made his Broadway debut as Jimmy in On the Waterfront.^[4]

In 1999, he graduated from New York Lab School, a small public school in New York City.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Lassie	Jim Garland
1996	Boys	John Cooke
1997	Fathers' Day	Scott Andrews
1998	Edge City	James
1999	Music of the Heart	Nick at 17
2001	Last Ball	Jim
	Black Hawk Down	CPL Jamie Smith
2002	The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald	James Powell
2004	The Village	Kevin, the young security guard
2008	Baggage		Short film (as producer, director, writer, and editor)
2009	Blur	Raymond
	Against the Current		(as associate producer)
2010	Numb	Jason
	Autopilot	Mike
2012	Would You Rather	Travis
2013	Paranoia	Richard McAllister
2019	The Mandela Effect	Brendan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	New York News		Episode: "A Question of Truth"
1996	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Jeff / Dean	2 episodes
	Law & Order	Andrew Jansson / Ben Karmel	2 episodes
1999	Trinity		Episode: "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down"
	Blue Moon	T.J. Medieros	Television film
	Now and Again	Nick	Episode: "A Girl's Life"
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jerry Dupree	Episode: "Tortured"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kevin McCallum	Episode: "A Night at the Movies"
	NCIS	Petty Officer First Class Bobby Wilkes	Episode: "High Seas"
2006	Numb3rs	Ron Allen	Episode: "The Running Man"
2007	Medium	David Channing	Episode: "Second Opinion"
	House M.D.	Mark Allmore	Episode: "97 Seconds"
2008	Eli Stone	Scott Miller	Episode: "I Want Your Sex"
	Canterbury's Law	Ethan Foster	3 episodes
	Fear Itself	Scott	Episode: "Community"
2009	Cold Case	George Sweeney	Episode: "Lotto Fever"
	Without a Trace	Chris White	Episode: "Voir Dire"
2010-2013	Mad Men	Abe Drexler	11 episodes
2012	Private Practice	Ron Nelson	4 episodes
	The Good Wife	Officer Zimmerman	Episode: "Blue Ribbon Panel"
2014	Grey's Anatomy	Jason Castor	Episode: "Do You Know?"
2015	Castle	Eric Chambers	Episode: "At Close Range"
	Turn: Washington's Spies	Lieutenant Chaffee	3 episodes
2017	24: Legacy	Ben Grimes	6 episodes
2018	Escape at Dannemora	Kenny Barrile Sr.	Miniseries, 1 episode
2019	The Man in the High Castle	Daniel Levine	Episode: "Mauvaise Foi"
2019	For All Mankind	Dennis Lambert	2 episodes

References

1. "Celebrity birthdays: April 17". Billings Gazette. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
2. "Charlie Hofheimer Biography". filmreference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
3. Watkins, Gwynne (May 30, 2013). "The Mad Men GQ+A: Charlie Hofheimer on Abe's Peggy-Induced Stab Wound". GQ. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
4. "Theatre in New York: A Brief History". musicals101.com. Retrieved August 28, 2010.

External links

• Charlie Hofheimer at IMDb
• Charlie Hofheimer at flixster