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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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 8, 1937
Age
89 years old
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Popularity Score
3.8
Filmography
Tuner
Harry Horowitz
2026Movie
The Revisionist
2026Movie
Diamond
Dr. Harry Kleiman
2026Movie
TOVAH
Self
2026Movie
Twiggy
Self
2025Movie
Megadoc
Self
2025Movie
Kung Fu Panda 4
Shifu (voice)
2024Movie
Megalopolis
Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
2024Movie
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Lenny Bruce (archive footage)
2024TV
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
2023Movie
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
2022Movie
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
2022Movie
As They Made Us
Eugene
2022Movie
Sam & Kate
Bill
2022Movie
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Shifu (voice)
2022TV
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Self
2020Movie
Hal
Self
2019Movie
Into the Labyrinth
Dottor Green
2019Movie
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019Movie
Into the Labyrinth
Executive Producer
2019Movie
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018Movie
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Harold Meyerowitz
2017Movie
Spielberg
Self
2017Movie
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Self (archive footage)
2017Movie
Kung Fu Panda 3
Shifu (voice)
2016Movie
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
2016Movie
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Shifu / Warrior (voice)
2016Movie
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
2016Movie
Medici: Masters of Florence
Giovanni de' Medici
2016TV
The Program
Bob Hamman
2015Movie
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mr. Hoppy
2015Movie
Boychoir
Master Carvelle
2015Movie
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Self - Actor
2015Movie
Brooklyn
Thanks
2015Movie
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self (archive footage)
2014Movie
Chef
Riva
2014Movie
The Cobbler
Abraham Simkin
2014Movie
All the President's Men Revisited
Self
2013Movie
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Shifu (Voice)
2013Movie
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012Movie
La Classe américaine
Self
2012Movie
Luck
Chester Bernstein
2012TV
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012TV
Quartet
Director
2012Movie
Quartet
Executive Producer
2012Movie
Luck
Producer
2012TV
Kung Fu Panda 2
Master Shifu (voice)
2011Movie
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Shifu (voice)
2011Movie
Barney's Version
Izzy Panofsky
2010Movie
Little Fockers
Bernie Focker
2010Movie
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Shifu (voice)
2010Movie
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Narrator (voice)
2010Movie
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010Movie
Against the Tide
Narrator
2009Movie
Dustin!
2009Movie
The Tale of Despereaux
Roscuro (voice)
2008Movie
Kung Fu Panda
Master Shifu (voice)
2008Movie
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Shifu (voice)
2008Movie
Last Chance Harvey
Harvey Shine
2008Movie
Visual Acoustics
Self - Narrator
2008Movie
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Self
2008Movie
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
2008Movie
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Mr. Edward Magorium
2007Movie
Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
2007Movie
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007TV
Stranger Than Fiction
Professor Jules Hilbert
2006Movie
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Giuseppe Baldini
2006Movie
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Self
2006Movie
The Holiday
Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
2006Movie
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Self
2006Movie
Rachael Ray
2006TV
Close Up
Self - Interviewee
2006TV
The Lost City
Meyer Lansky
2005Movie
Earth to America
Self
2005Movie
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005Movie
Racing Stripes
Tucker (voice)
2005Movie
The Reichen Show
Self
2005TV
Finding Neverland
Charles Frohman
2004Movie
Meet the Fockers
Bernie Focker
2004Movie
I ♥ Huckabees
Bernard Jaffe
2004Movie
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Critic (uncredited)
2004Movie
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2004Movie
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
2004Movie
Confidence
Winston King
2003Movie
Runaway Jury
Wendell Rohr
2003Movie
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Self (archive footage)
2003Movie
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003Movie
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
Host
2003Movie
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Ben Floss
2003Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003TV
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
2002Movie
Moonlight Mile
Ben Floss
2002Movie
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002Movie
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002Movie
Liberty's Kids
Benedict Arnold (voice)
2002TV
V Graham Norton
Self
2002TV
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self - Narrator
2001Movie
Tuesday
voice
2001Movie
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
2001Movie
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Self
2001Movie
Big Brother's Little Brother
Self
2001TV
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Guide #1
2000TV
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Joan's conscience
1999Movie
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999Movie
The Devil's Arithmetic
Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
1999Movie
The Directors
Self
1999TV
A Walk on the Moon
Producer
1999Movie
The Devil's Arithmetic
Executive Producer
1999Movie
Sphere
Dr. Norman Goodman
1998Movie
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
1998Movie
Tarzan and the Lost City
Producer
1998Movie
Wag the Dog
Stanley Motss
1997Movie
Mad City
Max Brackett
1997Movie
Sleepers
Danny Snyder
1996Movie
American Buffalo
Walt 'Teach' Teacher
1996Movie
The Daily Show
Self
1996TV
Outbreak
Sam Daniels
1995Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
1995Movie
MADtv
Self
1995TV
Jonas in the Desert
Self
1994Movie
La Classe américaine
Peter (archive footage)
1993Movie
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
1993Movie
Hero
Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
1992Movie
'The Graduate' at 25
Self
1992Movie
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992Movie
The Graduate at 25
Himself
1992Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Coucou c'est nous !
Self
1992TV
HBO First Look
1992TV
Hook
Captain Hook
1991Movie
Billy Bathgate
Dutch Schultz
1991Movie
The Earth Day Special
Every Lawyer
1990Movie
Dick Tracy
Mumbles
1990Movie
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Self
1990Movie
Family Business
Vito McMullen
1989Movie
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Narrator (voice)
1989Movie
The Simpsons
Mr. Bergstrom (voice)
1989TV
Rain Man
Raymond Babbitt
1988Movie
This Morning
Self
1988TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988TV
Ishtar
Chuck Clarke
1987Movie
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987TV
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Self / Willy Loman
1986Movie
American Masters
Self
1986TV
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
1985Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985Movie
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984TV
Tootsie
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
1982Movie
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
1982Movie
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982Movie
Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
Self
1982Movie
Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
Self
1982Movie
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982TV
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981TV
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
1980Movie
Agatha
Wally Stanton
1979Movie
Kramer vs. Kramer
Ted Kramer
1979Movie
Agatha
Producer
1979Movie
Straight Time
Max Dembo
1978Movie
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Self
1977Movie
All the President's Men
Carl Bernstein
1976Movie
Marathon Man
Thomas 'Babe' Levy
1976Movie
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Self
1976Movie
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Self
1976Movie
Lost in the Garden of the World
Self
1975Movie
Lenny
Lenny Bruce
1974Movie
Free to Be… You and Me
Self (scenes deleted)
1974Movie
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974TV
Papillon
Louis Dega
1973Movie
The Magnificent Rebel
Self
1973Movie
Alfredo, Alfredo
Alfredo
1972Movie
Straw Dogs
David Sumner
1971Movie
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Georgie Soloway
1971Movie
The Point
Narrator / Father (first telecast)
1971Movie
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
Self
1971Movie
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971TV
Film '72
Self
1971TV
Little Big Man
Jack Crabb
1970Movie
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
Self
1970Movie
Arthur Penn: The Director
Self
1970Movie
Treffpunkte
Self
1970TV
Midnight Cowboy
Ratso
1969Movie
John and Mary
John
1969Movie
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
Self
1969Movie
Madigan's Millions
Jason Fister
1968Movie
The New Cinema
Self
1968Movie
The Graduate
Ben Braddock
1967Movie
The Tiger Makes Out
Hap
1967Movie
The Star Wagon
Hanus Wicks
1966Movie
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Zoditch
1966Movie
ABC Stage 67
J.J. Semmons
1966TV
NET Playhouse
Zoditch
1966TV
The Nurses
Larson
1962TV
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962TV
The Defenders
Robert Burke
1961TV
The Mike Douglas Show
Self (archive footage)
1961TV
Naked City
Lester Stenton
1958TV
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Today
Self
1952TV
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944TV
Tower Stories
Jacob
—Movie
Franz Kline - Remembered
Self
—Movie