Hofheimer was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Brooklyn, New York at the age of one. He began acting at a young age. His first film role was in the 1994 version of Lassie. He has appeared in other feature films such as Boys, Fathers' Day, Music of the Heart, Black Hawk Down and The Village. In 2008 Hofheimer Produced, Directed, Wrote and Edited a short film, Baggage.