Hans Christopher

Hans Christopher Brofeldt (born 21 February 1982) is an American actor, poet, and activist, currently residing in Venice, Los Angeles. Hans is known for numerous film and television roles, including John Baker in the movie Dreamland; Randy Weaver (his film debut) in Paramount's six-part mini-series Waco (2018); for his role of Nicholls in AMC's The Walking Dead (2021); and as John Brown in Reeling (2025), executive produced by Werner Herzog, which world premiered at the SXSW Film Festival.

Early life The son of a Swedish doctor and an American flight attendant, Hans was born February 21, 1982, in Northern California but spent the first year of his life in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles before moving to Sacramento, where he was raised. After graduating high school he attended Cal State Long Beach studying pre-med before deciding upon a career in acting.

Career Hans began his acting career doing print and commercial work while also studying acting in Los Angeles. His first film role was in a 2012 short film called The Take. Between 2012 and 2017 he appeared in a more than a dozen more short films, including Far Between, Light of Night, and Lockdown.

In 2017 he made his first television appearance guest starring as Randy Weaver in Paramount's Waco miniseries starring Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch. His first major film role was in Dreamland (2019), which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival featuring Margot Robbie and Travis Fimmel, where he played alcoholic patriarch John Baker. In 2019 he also appeared in Progeny and the upcoming The Purple Iris (directed by Arif Khan). He's also appeared in Lifetime's Model Citizen, renamed A Deadly Price for Her Pretty Face, as the monstrously abusive Nick Archer, NBC's Midnight, Texas; and Hulu's Light as a Feather. Recently Hans was seen in a 6-episode arc playing the role of Auge in the final season of TNTʼs drama series Animal Kingdom. Additionally, Hans is starring in the interactive feature, Immortality, from BAFTA award-winning director Sam Barlow, which debuted at Tribeca Film Festival and was released in August.

He appeared in the romantic heist comedy Marmalade (2024) as Officer Cambio, starring Joe Keery and Aldis Hodge, and in A24ʼ's The Curse (2023), created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, starring Emma Stone. He also appeared in Showtimeʼs American Gigolo (2022) starring Jon Bernthal, and Fox's 9-1-1 (2022). In 2024, he guest starred in CBS's FBI: Most Wanted and in 2026 in ABC's The Rookie. His most prominent role to date is John Brown in Reeling (2025), a drama directed by Yana Alliata and executive produced by Werner Herzog, which world premiered as one of eight narrative competition selections at the 2025 South by Southwest Film Festival. He also appears opposite Joe Cole and Marshawn Lynch in the action crime-thriller He Bled Neon (2026).

Filmography

Film

Television Year Title Role Notes2026 The Rookie Isak 2024 FBI: Most Wanted Aaron Quallich 2023 The Curse David Burn 2022 American Gigolo Andrew 2022 9-1-1 Kurt Engler 2022 Animal Kingdom Auge Episode 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.72021 The Walking Dead Nicholls Episode 11.32020 Light as a Feather Officer Steph Tayne Episode 2.132018 Midnight, Texas Bruce Baker Episode: "The Monster of the Week Is Patriarchy"2018 Waco Randy Weaver Episode: "Visions and Omens"

Video games Year Title Role Notes2022 Immortality John Durick