GEOFFREY SOFFER
TALENT MANAGER & PRODUCER
New York | Los Angeles
GEOFFREY SOFFER
TALENT MANAGER & PRODUCER
New York | Los Angeles
Geoffrey Soffer guides and represents a boutique roster of leading stage and screen actors and creators. His strong relationships throughout the global entertainment industry, along with passion, focus, and dedication to the career objectives of each client defines his work.
ABOUT
Geoffrey Soffer is an independent talent manager and producer in New York and Los Angeles. He brings over a decade of experience as a studio executive and casting director of stage and screen to an exclusive roster of actors and their creative pursuits throughout all areas of the entertainment industry.
Geoff began his career working in artistic development and casting at Roundabout Theater Company and productions on and off Broadway and regionally. He spent nearly a decade in Primetime Casting at Disney & ABC Studios working on pilots and miniseries, before becoming casting director of the groundbreaking series “Ugly Betty” starring America Ferrera. With director Michael Urie he produced both the feature comedy He's Way More Famous Than You (Gravitas/Warner Bros), and the digital comedy series "What's Your Emergency" written by and starring Halley Feiffer and Ryan Spahn. As partner at Soffer/Namoff Entertainment for a decade, he was an executive producer of the film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s acclaimed musical The Last Five Years, directed by Richard LaGravenese, and co-produced the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof directed by Bartlett Sher.
Geoff got started in the entertainment industry at the age of 11 when he attended an open call and was cast by Tara Rubin and Richard Jay-Alexander as "Gavroche" for the First National Tour of the original production of Les Miserables in 1988. He continued studying and performing professionally throughout his teens and early 20's before finding inspiration behind the scenes.
He has been an adjunct faculty member and continues to be a guest lecturer at many top drama schools in the United States and London. He balances his time between New York and Los Angeles with his husband and their rescue dog, La Boheme.
