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Dustin Hoffman
Actor, Director, Producer
Born August 8, 1937 (85 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | As They Made Us · as Eugene |
| 2022 | PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation · as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Disclosure · as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Into the Labyrinth · as Dottor Green |
| 2018 | Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Ben Braddock |
| 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories · as Harold Meyerowitz |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2016 | Becoming Mike Nichols · as Ben Braddock |
| 2016 | Mike Nichols: An American Master · as Unknown |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll · as Shifu / Warrior (voice) |
| 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone · as Carl Bernstein (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Medici (TV Series) · as Giovanni de' Medici |
| 2015 | The Program · as Bob Hamman |
| 2015 | Esio Trot · as Mr. Hoppy |
| 2014 | Chef · as Riva |
| 2014 | The Cobbler · as Abraham Simkin |
| 2014 | I Am Steve McQueen · as Louis Dega (in 'Papillon') |
| 2014 | Boychoir · as Master Carvelle |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Michael Dorsey |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2011 | Luck (TV Series) · as Chester Bernstein |
| 2011 | Little Fockers: Deleted Scenes · as Bernie Focker |
| 2010 | Little Fockers · as Bernie Focker |
| 2010 | Barney's Version · as Izzy Panofsky |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2009 | Against the Tide · as Narrator |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey · as Harvey Shine |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux · as Roscuro (voice) |
| 2008 | Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda Awesome Secrets (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2007 | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium · as Mr. Edward Magorium |
| 2006 | Stranger Than Fiction · as Professor Jules Hilbert |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer · as Giuseppe Baldini |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It... · as Benjamin Braddock |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes · as Tucker (voice) |
| 2005 | The Lost City · as Meyer Lansky |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers · as Bernie Focker |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland · as Charles Frohman |
| 2004 | A Series of Unfortunate Events · as The Critic (uncredited) |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as actor |
| 2004 | I Heart Huckabees · as Bernard Jaffe |
| 2004 | Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Pitchman - for Volkswagon |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury · as Wendell Rohr |
| 2003 | Confidence · as Winston King |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids (TV Series) · as Benedict Arnold |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile · as Ben Floss |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Guide #1 |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich · as Willy Loman |
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc · as The Conscience |
| 1999 | Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years · as Unknown |
| 1998 | Sphere · as Dr. Norman Goodman |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog · as Stanley Motss |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1997 | Mad City · as Max Brackett |
| 1996 | Sleepers · as Danny Snyder |
| 1996 | American Buffalo · as Walt 'Teach' Teacher |
| 1995 | Outbreak · as Sam Daniels |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine · as Peter (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Hero · as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Hook · as Captain James S. Hook |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate · as Dutch Schultz |
| 1991 | A Wish for Wings That Work · as Milquetoast (voice) |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy · as Mumbles |
| 1989 | Family Business · as Vito McMullen |
| 1989 | Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Mr. Bergstrom (voice) |
| 1988 | Rain Man · as Raymond Babbitt |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Ishtar · as Chuck Clarke |
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman · as Willy Loman |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Babe (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Tootsie · as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer · as Ted Kramer |
| 1979 | Agatha · as Wally Stanton |
| 1978 | Straight Time · as Max Dembo |
| 1976 | All the President's Men · as Carl Bernstein |
| 1976 | Marathon Man · as Thomas Babbington "Babe" Levy |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Benjamin Braddock |
| 1974 | Lenny · as Lenny Bruce |
| 1973 | Papillon · as Louis Dega |
| 1972 | Alfredo, Alfredo · as Alfredo |
| 1971 | Straw Dogs · as David Sumner |
| 1971 | The Point · as Narrator / Father (first telecast) |
| 1970 | Little Big Man · as Jack Crabb |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy · as Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo |
| 1969 | John and Mary · as John |
| 1968 | Madigan's Millions · as Jason Fister |
| 1967 | The Graduate · as Ben Braddock |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Finney |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |