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person_profile-Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman Age: 87

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Aug 08, 1937

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Dustin Hoffman

    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.

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Dustin Hoffman

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Filmography of

Dustin Hoffman

Found 125 Movies in total

Twiggy

Actor

... 2025

... 2025

... 2024

Kung Fu Panda 4

Master Shifu (voice) ( Actor )

... 2024

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

Benjamin Braddock (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Sam & Kate

Bill ( Actor )

... 2022

PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation

Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

As They Made Us

Eugene ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2021

Disclosure

Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Into the Labyrinth

Dottor Green ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2019

... 2019

Hal

Self ( Actor )

... 2019

... 2017

... 2017

Spielberg

Self ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2016

Kung Fu Panda 3

Shifu (voice) ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2015

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

The Program

Bob Hamman ( Actor )

... 2015

Boychoir

Master Carvelle ( Actor )

... 2015

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

Mr. Hoppy ( Actor )

... 2015

Led Zeppelin Played Here

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

The Cobbler

Abraham Simkin ( Actor )

... 2014

Chef

Riva ( Actor )

... 2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

... 2013

... 2013

Casting By

Self (Archival Footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2012

Close Up

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Paul Williams Still Alive

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2011

Kung Fu Panda 2

Shifu (voice) ( Actor )

... 2011

Little Fockers

Bernie Focker ( Actor )

... 2010

Barney's Version

Izzy Panofsky ( Actor )

... 2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2010

Against the Tide

Narrator ( Actor )

... 2009

Last Chance Harvey

Harvey Shine ( Actor )

... 2008

The Tale of Despereaux

Roscuro (voice) ( Actor )

... 2008

Visual Acoustics

Himself/Narrator ( Actor )

... 2008

Kung Fu Panda

Shifu (voice) ( Actor )

... 2008

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Mr. Edward Magorium ( Actor )

... 2007

Trumbo

Self / Interviewee ( Actor )

... 2007

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2007

The Holiday

Dustin Hoffman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2006

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Giuseppe Baldini ( Actor )

... 2006

Stranger Than Fiction

Professor Jules Hilbert ( Actor )

... 2006

Earth to America

Self ( Actor )

... 2005

The Lost City

Meyer Lansky ( Actor )

... 2005

Racing Stripes

Tucker (voice) ( Actor )

... 2005

Meet the Fockers

Bernie Focker ( Actor )

... 2004

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Critic (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2004

Finding Neverland

Charles Frohman ( Actor )

... 2004

I ♥ Huckabees

Bernard Jaffe ( Actor )

... 2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

Chuck Clarke (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

Confidence

Winston King ( Actor )

... 2003

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2003

Runaway Jury

Wendell Rohr ( Actor )

... 2003

Moonlight Mile

Ben Floss ( Actor )

... 2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2002

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

Self - Narrator ( Actor )

... 2001

... 1999

Tato's Argentina

Arturo Puig ( Actor )

... 1999

The Devil's Arithmetic

Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited) ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1999

Sphere

Dr. Norman Goodman ( Actor )

... 1998

Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory

Himself - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners") ( Actor )

... 1998

Wag the Dog

Stanley Motss ( Actor )

... 1997

Mad City

Max Brackett ( Actor )

... 1997

Sleepers

Danny Snyder ( Actor )

... 1996

American Buffalo

Walt 'Teach' Teacher ( Actor )

... 1996

Outbreak

Sam Daniels ( Actor )

... 1995

Jonas in the Desert

Himself ( Actor )

... 1994

La Classe américaine

Peter (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1993

Hero

Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante ( Actor )

... 1992

Earth and the American Dream

Reader (voice) ( Actor )

... 1992

Billy Bathgate

Dutch Schultz ( Actor )

... 1991

Hook

Captain Hook ( Actor )

... 1991

The Earth Day Special

Every Lawyer ( Actor )

... 1990

Dick Tracy

Mumbles ( Actor )

... 1990

Family Business

Vito McMullen ( Actor )

... 1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1989

Rain Man

Raymond Babbitt ( Actor )

... 1988

Ishtar

Chuck Clarke ( Actor )

... 1987

Death of a Salesman

Willy Loman ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Terror in the Aisles

Babe (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1984

Tootsie

Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels ( Actor )

... 1982

Night of 100 Stars

Self ( Actor )

... 1982

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1980

Kramer vs. Kramer

Ted Kramer ( Actor )

... 1979

Agatha

Wally Stanton ( Actor )

Producer

... 1979

Straight Time

Max Dembo ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1977

Marathon Man

Babe ( Actor )

... 1976

All the President's Men

Carl Bernstein ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1975

Lenny

Lenny Bruce ( Actor )

... 1974

Free to Be… You and Me

Self (scenes deleted) ( Actor )

... 1974

Papillon

Louis Dega ( Actor )

... 1973

Alfredo, Alfredo

Alfredo ( Actor )

... 1972

Straw Dogs

David Sumner ( Actor )

... 1971

The Point

Narrator / Father (first telecast) ( Actor )

... 1971

Little Big Man

Jack Crabb ( Actor )

... 1970

John and Mary

John ( Actor )

... 1969

Midnight Cowboy

Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo ( Actor )

... 1969

Madigan's Millions

Jason Fister ( Actor )

... 1968

The Graduate

Ben Braddock ( Actor )

... 1967

The Tiger Makes Out

Hap ( Actor )

... 1967

The Star Wagon

Hanus Wicks ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1966