Marco Hofschneider

Marco Hofschneider (born 18 October 1969 in Berlin ) is a German actor.

Known worldwide, Marco Hofschneider in 1990 with his film debut as a Hitler Youth Salomon by Agnieszka Holland. This was followed by German cinema ( and Others 1999 Dolphins and 2003 Luther ) and TV movies ( title Hero 008 - Agent wider Willen, Steffen in mother at 16, Oliver in whores lucky, Benno in love fire) as well as series like Tatort, Wolff's Turf, The smart ones, A Case for Two, Police 110, alarm for Cobra 11, SOKO Leipzig). In parallel, theater roles, including in Cordula Trantows productions of Romeo and Juliet (as Romeo ) and The Seagull (as Kostya ).

Since the mid 1990 Marco Hofschneider mainly engaged in international productions. So he was in the thriller DNA - The Island of Dr. Moreau ( 1996) Marlon Brando's favorite son M'Ling. He played the title role of Philippe Leclerc at the side of Robin Givens in Foreign Student ( Bitter Sweet Kisses ), the Edouard porpoises next to Louise Marleau in Le Mirage, opposite Gary Oldman the Karl van Beethoven Ludwig van B. - Immortal Beloved, the Hans in Modern Vampire, the vampire alongside Julie Delpy, his partner from Europa Europa, in Les dents de ma mère and Simon in the horror film Urban Legends 2 ( 2000). In the U.S. TV he established himself with guest roles in Seven Days and Chicken Soup for the Soul. For the BBC, he played the 2007 Klaus Fuchs in the series Nuclear Secrets.

His brother René Hofschneider ( born 1960 ) also worked as an actor.