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.
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.
He has performed roles in those languages as well as Cheyenne, Apache, Sioux, Creek, Zuni, Aztec and Quechua, demonstrating extraordinary linguistic abilities.
[citation needed] As a director, Pato Hoffmann’s credits include Georges Bizet's opera Carmen; the musicals Rent, Cats, Les Misérables, and Oliver; and a half dozen plays in Spanish by Latin American authors.
He served as production consultant and acting coach on the award-winning play The Vagina Monologues and the feature length video Autonomía.