Erwin Eduardo Hoffmann-Alarcon (born 23 August 1956) is a Bolivian
actor and theater director who has performed in such films as
Geronimo: An American Legend, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee,
Cheyenne Warrior and The Last Winter. The nickname "Pato" was given to
him as a child. Hoffmann was named the 1999 Indian Celebrity of the
Year. He was born in La Paz, Bolivia to Bolivian parents of Aymara,
Quechua, Spanish, and German heritage. Hoffmann's family moved to New
York City when he was four years old. He thereafter spent the
formative years of his childhood and youth alternating between the
United States and Bolivia, and more briefly in Mexico.After the
success of Dances With Wolves, agents were looking for Native American
talent and signed on Hoffmann. His acting career in the U.S., Canada,
Australia and Bolivia includes 13 feature films; over 30 episodes of
television in series, mini-series, cartoons and soap operas; and
numerous plays and readings with reputable theatre companies. His
first significant role in a big budget feature film was The Dreamer in
Geronimo: An American Legend. Next, he co-starred in the romantic film
Cheyenne Warrior as Hawk, a Cheyenne warrior, who is nursed back to
health by a pregnant, widowed Rebecca Carver (played by Kelly
Preston). In 2006, Hoffmann portrayed the character Lee Means in The
Last Winter, playing opposite Ron Perlman.Hoffmann has been
specifically chosen for several roles throughout his acting career to
include his role of Lee in The Last Winter, and was asked by Valerie
Red-Horse to play her leading man in the film Naturally Native. The
film Naturally Native was produced and financed entirely by the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, and contains one of
the sexiest Native American love scenes between Hoffmann and
Red-Horse.Hoffmann is bilingual in Spanish and English, and
conversational in Portuguese. He has performed roles in those
languages as well as Cheyenne, Apache, Sioux, Creek, Zuni, Aztec and
Quechua, demonstrating extraordinary linguistic abilities.
actor and theater director who has performed in such films as
Geronimo: An American Legend, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee,
Cheyenne Warrior and The Last Winter. The nickname "Pato" was given to
him as a child. Hoffmann was named the 1999 Indian Celebrity of the
Year. He was born in La Paz, Bolivia to Bolivian parents of Aymara,
Quechua, Spanish, and German heritage. Hoffmann's family moved to New
York City when he was four years old. He thereafter spent the
formative years of his childhood and youth alternating between the
United States and Bolivia, and more briefly in Mexico.After the
success of Dances With Wolves, agents were looking for Native American
talent and signed on Hoffmann. His acting career in the U.S., Canada,
Australia and Bolivia includes 13 feature films; over 30 episodes of
television in series, mini-series, cartoons and soap operas; and
numerous plays and readings with reputable theatre companies. His
first significant role in a big budget feature film was The Dreamer in
Geronimo: An American Legend. Next, he co-starred in the romantic film
Cheyenne Warrior as Hawk, a Cheyenne warrior, who is nursed back to
health by a pregnant, widowed Rebecca Carver (played by Kelly
Preston). In 2006, Hoffmann portrayed the character Lee Means in The
Last Winter, playing opposite Ron Perlman.Hoffmann has been
specifically chosen for several roles throughout his acting career to
include his role of Lee in The Last Winter, and was asked by Valerie
Red-Horse to play her leading man in the film Naturally Native. The
film Naturally Native was produced and financed entirely by the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, and contains one of
the sexiest Native American love scenes between Hoffmann and
Red-Horse.Hoffmann is bilingual in Spanish and English, and
conversational in Portuguese. He has performed roles in those
languages as well as Cheyenne, Apache, Sioux, Creek, Zuni, Aztec and
Quechua, demonstrating extraordinary linguistic abilities.
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