Mark Hoffman

Detective Lieutenant at the police department specializing in serial killers
Jigsaw killer

His father left when he was just a kid. His mother tried to raise them alone but she died when Mark was 16. Stuck with a 10 year old sister, Mark didn't want either of them to go into foster care. He started working while in school to support both of them. Mark Hoffman was a young man and the loving brother of Angelina Acomb, who was his only family and therefore the person he cared about most. When he joined the Metropolitan Police Department, he did everything in his power to serve justice and over the years acquired a good and respected reputation. He acted loyal towards his colleagues and was even willing to break the law if he felt that it was necessary to protect his department. When his sister was 23 she dated an abusive man who ended up brutally murdering her. He walked free and that's what pushed Mark to revenge. Mark changed after his sister's death. He blamed himself for not being able to protect her. He had a breakdown when he saw her body.

Mark has a dry sense of humor. He is often described as being cold but that's just his personality. He doesn't like being vulnerable and showing too much emotion is vulnerability. He is deathly loyal to those he loves. It's very difficult to work your way into his heart but if you do he would do absolutely anything for you. He likes reading but he works long hours and is definitely a workaholic. He is a detective so he is good at noticing details and making connections. He solves murders easily. He is a good manipulator and easily gets people to believe him. He sometimes cracks dry jokes or sarcastic remarks. He hates Amanda Young and James Gordon. He sometimes feels bad for his victims but he knows he got himself inti this situation. He is an excellent engineer and is very good with his hands. After his sister was killed, Hoffman suffered a mental breakdown, resulting in severe depression as well as a drinking problem. As his mental state worsened over time, he began to show relatively obvious signs of sociopathy to the point that he even used lethal violence against suspects and criminals. Hoffman's personality became monotonous and apathetic to the suffering of others. He appeared to harden himself to the outside world, burying himself in his work and simply going through the motions rather than passionately fighting for others who had been wronged like he once had. Hoffman rarely talked to people about matters that were not related to work. Despite this, Hoffman still acted as a hard-working officer and lost nothing of his colleagues' respect for him. He still is the same person deep down. The good emotional and hardworking man. But he doesn't let the world see that anymore.

Reading, exercising, making traps

Dark brown hair. Olive skin. Blue eyes. Full lips. beefy. 6'2.