David Hoffman was born in Philadelphia and grew up on U.S. Army bases. He was classically trained as an actor at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (H.S. Diploma) and Boston University (BFA).
After college he trained at The Groundlings School in Los Angeles and joined the Sunday Company in 2006 and the Main Company in 2008. At Groundlings he wrote and performed hundreds of original sketches and improvs. At the same time, David began appearing in TV commercials (including several Super Bowl ads) and guest starring in numerous films and TV shows including Bridesmaids, 2 Broke Girls, and a regular role on the improvised Western series Quick Draw.
In 2014, he was cast as the lead in the UK sitcom I Live with Models for two seasons. He played a hand model named Tommy who lived in an apartment with "real" models. He followed that up with guest appearances in the U.S. on Modern Family, Bones, and Castle. in 2017 he played a volatile writer for Johnny Carson in the series There's... Johnny!
in 2019, David began playing Doug in Liberty Mutual's "Limu Emu & Doug" campaign.
As a writer, David wrote multiple episodes of Mike Tyson Mysteries, forty episodes of a webseries called George Washington is Here to Help, featuring himself as George Washington, trying to help America through the pandemic. He also created an animated series about his childhood called Army Brat.
I grew up on Army bases, shuffling between divorced parents. That sounds like a hilarious premise for a show, right?
I made an animated series of some of my childhood stories called “Army Brat” and you can watch it on my website!
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#ChildHoodMemoirs
Ever wonder what Limu & Doug are like behind the scenes? Do you wanna see some old commercials you might recognize me from? Get all that and more on my Commercials page! #OldSuperBowlCommercials
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I’ve had an exciting career in TV & Film. I’ve played a blind date on “Modern Family,” I’ve been slimed on Nickelodeon, I held a puppy in “Bridesmaids,” I played a killer on “Bones,” I got fired by Tony Danza in “There’s Johnny” and I was the lead of a UK sitcom called “I Live with Models.” #LegendaryCareer