After finishing high school and earning his
Abitur, Hoffmann had an internship in a hotel and took acting lessons. He spent two years in the US, during which time he worked in the television series
Dynasty. His first role in German television was in 1993, in the series
Auto Fritze on
ARD. In 1994, he had a role in a
soap opera,
Die Fallers. In January 1996, he quit the show. Hoffmann died on 16 January 1997 in
Berlin, at the age of 26. The cause of death was
suicide. == References ==