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Dustin Hoffman
Actor, Producer, DirectorBorn August 8, 1937 (87 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.
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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| 2024 | Megalopolis · as Nush 'the Fixer' Berman |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2023 | Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback · as Benjamin Braddock (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Sam & Kate · as Bill |
| 2022 | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (TV Series) · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2022 | PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation · as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | As They Made Us · as Eugene |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | Disclosure · as Michael Dorsey |
| 2019 | Into the Labyrinth · as Dottor Green |
| 2018 | Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Ben Braddock |
| 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories · as Harold Meyerowitz |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Becoming Mike Nichols · as Ben Braddock |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll · as Shifu / Warrior (voice) |
| 2015 | The Program · as Bob Hamman |
| 2015 | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot · as Mr. Hoppy |
| 2014 | I Am Steve McQueen · as Louis Dega (in 'papillon') |
| 2014 | The Cobbler · as Abraham Simkin |
| 2014 | Boychoir · as Master Carvelle |
| 2014 | Chef · as Riva |
| 2014 | MasterClass (TV Series) |
| 2012 | Kung Fu Panda: Awesome Secrets Collection · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2011 | Luck (TV Series) · as Chester Bernstein |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Michael Dorsey |
| 2011 | Little Fockers: Deleted Scenes · as Bernie Focker |
| 2010 | Barney's Version · as Izzy Panofsky |
| 2010 | Little Fockers · as Bernie Focker |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2010 | Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Against the Tide · as Narrator |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey · as Harvey Shine |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux · as Roscuro (voice) |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2008 | Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep · as Ted Kramer |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda · as Shifu (voice) |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Raymond Babbitt |
| 2007 | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium · as Mr. Edward Magorium |
| 2007 | Memoirs of a Cigarette · as Benjamin Braddock |
| 2006 | Stranger Than Fiction · as Professor Jules Hilbert |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer · as Giuseppe Baldini |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Michael Dorsey |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It... · as Benjamin Braddock |
| 2005 | The Lost City · as Meyer Lansky |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes · as Tucker (voice) |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers · as Bernie Focker |
| 2004 | A Series of Unfortunate Events · as The Critic (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland · as Charles Frohman |
| 2004 | I Heart Huckabees · as Bernard Jaffe |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as Chuck Clarke (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Pitchman - For Volkswagon |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury · as Wendell Rohr |
| 2003 | Confidence · as Winston King |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile · as Ben Floss |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids (TV Series) · as Benedict Arnold (voice) |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Guide #1 |
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc · as Joan's Conscience |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich · as Willy Loman |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | Sphere · as Dr. Norman Goodman |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog · as Stanley Motss |
| 1997 | Mad City · as Max Brackett |
| 1996 | Sleepers · as Danny Snyder |
| 1996 | American Buffalo · as Walt 'teach' Teacher |
| 1995 | Outbreak · as Sam Daniels |
| 1993 | La classe américaine · as Peter (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | Hero · as Bernard 'bernie' Laplante |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream · as Reader (voice) |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | A Wish for Wings That Work · as Milquetoast (voice) |
| 1991 | Hook · as Captain Hook |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate · as Dutch Schultz |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy · as Mumbles |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special · as Every Lawyer |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Mr. Bergstrom (voice) |
| 1989 | Family Business · as Vito Mcmullen |
| 1989 | Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | Rain Man · as Raymond Babbitt |
| 1987 | Ishtar · as Chuck Clarke |
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman · as Willy Loman |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Thomas 'babe' Levy |
| 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 | Marathon Man · as Babe |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Benjamin Braddock |
| 1976 | All the President's Men · as Carl Bernstein |
| 1974 | Lenny · as Lenny Bruce |
| 1973 | Papillon · as Louis Dega |
| 1972 | Alfredo, Alfredo · as Alfredo |
| 1971 | Straw Dogs · as David Sumner |
| 1971 | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? · as Georgie Soloway |
| 1971 | The Point · as Narrator / Father (first Telecast) |
| 1970 | Little Big Man · as Jack Crabb |
| 1969 | John and Mary · as John |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy · as Enrico "ratso" Rizzo |
| 1968 | Madigan's Millions · as Jason Fister |
| 1967 | The Graduate · as Ben Braddock |
| 1967 | The Tiger Makes Out · as Hap |
| 1966 | The Star Wagon · as Hanus Wicks |
| 1966 | The Journey of the Fifth Horse · as Zoditch |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as J.j. Semmons |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Hanus Wicks |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Larson |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Buddy |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Finney |