Christian Hoff

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Christian Hoff
Christian Hoff (right) in 2006
Born	April 21, 1968 (1968-04-21) (age 40) San Francisco, California U.S.

Christian Hoff (born April 21, 1968 in San Francisco, California) is an Tony Award-winning American actor. He is married to the actress Melissa Hoff and together they have three children: Eli, Erika and Elizabeth.

1 Early life
2 Career
- 2.1 Theater roles
- 2.2 Screen roles
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Early life

After he was born, his dad moved him to San Diego, California where he began his career in theater at San Diego Junior Theater when he was eight years old. He played Winthrop in "The Music Man" when he was nine or ten years old.

[edit] Career

Since then he's been in numerous television, big screen and Broadway shows. Most recently, he's had a guest role as Marty on ABC's soap opera, "All My Children". He was also in many regional productions. He has also guest starred on Law and Order: Criminal Intent.

He currently stars in the original cast production of Jersey Boys which opened at the August Wilson theater on Broadway in 2005. His dynamic portrayal of Tommy DeVito, one of the founding members of Four Seasons musical group, won him the "Best Featured Actor in a Musical" Tony award in 2006. The hit show continues to sell out for months in advance.

Hoff holds the world record for "Most Character Voices in an Audio Book" for Tell Me How You Love the Picture, based on the career of movie producer Ed Feldman. In it, he performs 241 separate voices.^[1]

“The most impressive of the group is Christian Hoff as Tommy DeVito, who started it all. As much a hoodlum as a musician, DeVito could easily be seen as a mere thug, but Hoff has a tough charm that makes him grittily appealing.” - Daily News review.

[edit] Theater roles

Jersey Boys (Tommy DiVito, Original Cast Album) 2006 Tony Award / Best Featured Actor in a Musical
The Who's Tommy (Pinball Lad, Original Cast Album)
Jesus Christ Superstar (King Herod)
George M! (George M. Cohan)
The Will Rogers Follies (Will Rogers)

[edit] Screen roles

All My Children
ER
Evening Shade
JAG
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Millennium
Party of Five
Richie Rich (the voice of Richie Rich)
The Commish
Quincy, M.E.
Quantum Leap
Who's the Boss?

Preceded by Dan Fogler for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical 2006 for Jersey Boys	Succeeded by John Gallagher Jr. for Spring Awakening