Dustin Hoffman
Biography
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. Actor Robert De Niro described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human". At a young age Hoffman knew he wanted to study in the arts, and entered into the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music; later he decided to go into acting, for which he trained at the Pasadena Playhouse in Los Angeles. His first theatrical performance was 1961's A Cook for Mr. General as Ridzinski. During that time he appeared in several guest roles on television shows like Naked City and The Defenders. He then starred in the 1966 off-Broadway play Eh? where his performance garnered him both a Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award. His breakthrough role was as Benjamin Braddock in Mike Nichols' critically acclaimed and iconic film The Graduate (1967), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. His next role was "Ratso" Rizzo in John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969), in which he acted alongside Jon Voight; they both received Oscar nominations, and the film went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. He gained success in the 1970s playing roles that shaped the craft of his acting, crossing genres effortlessly in the western Little Big Man (1970), the prison drama Papillon (1973), playing a controversial and groundbreaking comedian in Bob Fosse's Lenny (1975), Marathon Man alongside Laurence Olivier (1976), and as Carl Bernstein investigating the Watergate scandal in All the President's Men (1976). In 1979, Hoffman starred in the family drama Kramer vs. Kramer alongside Meryl Streep. They both received Academy Awards for their performances. After a three-year break from films, Hoffman returned in Sydney Pollack's show business comedy Tootsie (1982) about a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman and reprised the role a year later in a television film earning a Primetime Emmy Award. In 1987 he starred alongside Warren Beatty in Elaine May's comedy Ishtar. He won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the autistic savant Ray Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man, co-starring Tom Cruise. In 1989, he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for playing Shylock in a stage performance of The Merchant of Venice. In the 1990s, he made appearances in such films as Warren Beatty's action comedy adaptation Dick Tracy (1990), Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as Captain Hook, medical disaster Outbreak (1995), legal crime drama Sleepers (1996), and the satirical black comedy Wag the Dog (1997) alongside Robert De Niro.
Known For
Charles Frohman
Finding Neverland
Captain Hook
Hook
Carl Bernstein
All the President's Men
Raymond Babbitt
Rain Man
David Sumner
Straw Dogs
Professor Jules Hilbert
Stranger Than Fiction
Stanley Motss
Wag the Dog
Giuseppe Baldini
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Dr. Norman Goodman
Sphere
Bernie Focker
Meet the Fockers
Bernard Jaffe
I ♥ Huckabees
Roscuro (voice)
The Tale of Despereaux
Babe
Marathon Man
Danny Snyder
Sleepers
Joan's conscience
Joan of Arc
Vito McMullen
Family Business
Mr. Edward Magorium
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
Midnight Cowboy
Jason Fister
Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi
Mr. Saturday Night
Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
Hero
Winston King
Confidence
Jack Crabb
Little Big Man
Self
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Louis Dega
Papillon
Ben Floss
Moonlight Mile
Wendell Rohr
Runaway Jury
Walt 'Teach' Teacher
American Buffalo
Wally Stanton
Agatha
Max Dembo
Straight Time
Sam Daniels
Outbreak
Self (archive footage)
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Ted Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda
Willy Loman
Death of a Salesman
Max Brackett
Mad City
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Tootsie
Lenny Bruce
Lenny
Dutch Schultz
Billy Bathgate
Chuck Clarke
Ishtar
Meyer Lansky
The Lost City
Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Ben Braddock
The Graduate
John
John and Mary
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Peter (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Harvey Shine
Last Chance Harvey
Self (archive footage)
Close Up
Himself/Narrator
Visual Acoustics
Izzy Panofsky
Barney's Version
Self (archive footage)
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Bernie Focker
Little Fockers
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 2
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Self
El Rebelde Magnífico
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Milquetoast (voice)
A Wish for Wings That Work
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Self (Archival Footage)
Casting By
Georgie Soloway
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Self
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Narrator (voice)
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Alfredo
Alfredo, Alfredo
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 3
Self
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Narrator
Against the Tide
Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self
All the President's Men Revisited
Riva
Chef
Abraham Simkin
The Cobbler
The Shakespeare Sessions
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Himself
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
Jacob
Lucca Mortis
Bob Hamman
The Program
Self (archive footage)
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self (scenes deleted)
Free to Be… You and Me
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
Host
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
Mr. Hoppy
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
Megalopolis
Self
Earth to America
Dustin!
Master Carvelle
Boychoir
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Tucker (voice)
Racing Stripes
Self - Interviewee
Trumbo
Self
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Self - Narrator
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Shifu / Warrior (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Harold Meyerowitz
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Self
The New Cinema
Every Lawyer
The Earth Day Special
Chuck Clarke (archive footage)
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Self
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Narrator / Father (first telecast)
The Point
Self
Hal
Dustin Hoffman
The Holiday
Self / Ben Floss
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self
Arthur Penn: The Director
Tuner
Hap
The Tiger Makes Out
Narrator (voice)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Self
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
The Devil's Arithmetic
Hanus Wicks
The Star Wagon
Zoditch
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Self
Spielberg
Self
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
voice
Tuesday
Self
'The Graduate' at 25
Mumbles
Dick Tracy
Self
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
Self
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Self
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Self
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
Self - Actor
Arthur Miller – Ein ehrgeiziges Herz
Dottor Green
L'uomo del labirinto
Self
Jonas in the Desert
Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Self (archive footage)
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Self (archive footage)
Warren Beatty, une obsession hollywoodienne
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Self
Lost in the Garden of the World
The Critic (uncredited)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Reader (voice)
Earth and the American Dream
Self (archive footage)
Paul Williams Still Alive
Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Arturo Puig
La Argentina de Tato
Self
La Classe américaine
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self / Willy Loman
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Eugene
As They Made Us
Bill
Sam & Kate
Self
Night of 100 Stars
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
Self
Twiggy
Shifu (Voice)
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
The Revisionist
Self (uncredited archive footage: 1975 BBC interview)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
150
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-08-08
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
داستين هوفمان