Dustin Hoffman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 8, 1937 (age 89)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
Tower Stories
Movie · as Jacob
Franz Kline - Remembered
Movie · as Self
Tuner
Movie · as Harry Horowitz
The Revisionist
Movie
Diamond
Movie · as Dr. Harry Kleiman
TOVAH
Movie · as Self
Hook: Never, Never Ending
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Twiggy
Movie · as Self
Megadoc
Movie · as Self
Kung Fu Panda 4
Movie · as Shifu (voice)
Megalopolis
Movie · as Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV · as Lenny Bruce (archive footage) · 1 ep
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Movie · as Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Movie
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Movie · as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Movie · as Self
As They Made Us
Movie · as Eugene
Sam & Kate
Movie · as Bill
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
TV · as Shifu (voice) · 42 eps
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Movie · as Self
Hal
Movie · as Self
Into the Labyrinth
Movie · as Dottor Green
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie · as Self
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Movie
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Movie · as Harold Meyerowitz
Spielberg
Movie · as Self
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kung Fu Panda 3
Movie · as Shifu (voice)
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Movie · as Self
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Movie · as Shifu / Warrior (voice)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Movie · as Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
Medici: Masters of Florence
TV · as Giovanni de' Medici · 8 eps
The Program
Movie · as Bob Hamman
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Movie · as Mr. Hoppy
Boychoir
Movie · as Master Carvelle
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Movie · as Self - Actor
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Chef
Movie · as Riva
The Cobbler
Movie · as Abraham Simkin
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
All the President's Men Revisited
Movie · as Self
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Movie · as Shifu (voice)
Close Up
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Movie · as Self
Luck
TV · as Chester Bernstein · 9 eps
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kung Fu Panda 2
Movie · as Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Movie · as Shifu (voice)
Barney's Version
Movie · as Izzy Panofsky
Little Fockers
Movie · as Bernie Focker
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Movie · as Shifu (voice)
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Against the Tide
Movie · as Narrator
Dustin!
Movie
The Tale of Despereaux
Movie · as Roscuro (voice)
Kung Fu Panda
Movie · as Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Movie · as Shifu (voice)
Last Chance Harvey
Movie · as Harvey Shine
Visual Acoustics
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Movie · as Self
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Movie · as Self
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Movie · as Mr. Edward Magorium
Trumbo
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Stranger Than Fiction
Movie · as Professor Jules Hilbert
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Movie · as Giuseppe Baldini
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Movie · as Self
The Holiday
Movie · as Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Movie · as Self
Grampa & Julie: Shark Hunters
Movie · as Grampa
Rachael Ray
TV · 1 ep
Close Up
TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep
The Lost City
Movie · as Meyer Lansky
Earth to America
Movie · as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Racing Stripes
Movie · as Tucker (voice)
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Finding Neverland
Movie · as Charles Frohman
Meet the Fockers
Movie · as Bernie Focker
I ♥ Huckabees
Movie · as Bernard Jaffe
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Movie · as The Critic (uncredited)
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
Movie
The Best of So Graham Norton
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Confidence
Movie · as Winston King
Runaway Jury
Movie · as Wendell Rohr
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Shakespeare Sessions
Movie
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
Movie · as Host
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Movie · as Self / Ben Floss
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Movie · as Self
Moonlight Mile
Movie · as Ben Floss
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heart of the Festival
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Liberty's Kids
TV · as Benedict Arnold (voice) · 40 eps
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Tuesday
Movie · as voice
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Movie · as Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Movie · as Self
Big Brother's Little Brother
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Guide #1 · 1 ep
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Movie · as Joan's conscience
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Movie
The Devil's Arithmetic
Movie · as Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
The Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sphere
Movie · as Dr. Norman Goodman
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Movie · as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
Wag the Dog
Movie · as Stanley Motss
Mad City
Movie · as Max Brackett
Sleepers
Movie · as Danny Snyder
American Buffalo
Movie · as Walt 'Teach' Teacher
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Outbreak
Movie · as Sam Daniels
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jonas in the Desert
Movie · as Self
La Classe américaine
Movie · as Peter (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Movie · as Self
Hero
Movie · as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
'The Graduate' at 25
Movie · as Self
Earth and the American Dream
Movie · as Reader (voice)
The Graduate at 25
Movie · as Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 3 eps
Coucou c'est nous !
TV · as Self · 1 ep
HBO First Look
TV · 1 ep
Hook
Movie · as Captain Hook
Billy Bathgate
Movie · as Dutch Schultz
The Earth Day Special
Movie · as Every Lawyer
Dick Tracy
Movie · as Mumbles
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Movie · as Self
Family Business
Movie · as Vito McMullen
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons
TV · as Mr. Bergstrom (voice) · 1 ep
Rain Man
Movie · as Raymond Babbitt
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Ishtar
Movie · as Chuck Clarke
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Movie · as Self / Willy Loman
American Masters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Death of a Salesman
Movie · as Willy Loman
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tootsie
Movie · as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Movie · as Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
Movie · as Self
Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
Movie · as Self
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Agatha
Movie · as Wally Stanton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Movie · as Ted Kramer
Straight Time
Movie · as Max Dembo
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
All the President's Men
Movie · as Carl Bernstein
Marathon Man
Movie · as Thomas 'Babe' Levy
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Movie · as Self
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Movie · as Self
Dick Smith Make Up Artist
Movie · as Self
Lost in the Garden of the World
Movie · as Self
Lenny
Movie · as Lenny Bruce
Free to Be… You and Me
Movie · as Self (scenes deleted)
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Papillon
Movie · as Louis Dega
The Magnificent Rebel
Movie · as Self
Alfredo, Alfredo
Movie · as Alfredo
Straw Dogs
Movie · as David Sumner
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Movie · as Georgie Soloway
The Point
Movie · as Narrator / Father (voice)
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
Movie · as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Film '72
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Little Big Man
Movie · as Jack Crabb
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
Movie · as Self
Arthur Penn: The Director
Movie · as Self
Treffpunkte
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Midnight Cowboy
Movie · as Ratso
John and Mary
Movie · as John
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
Movie · as Self
Madigan's Millions
Movie · as Jason Fister
The New Cinema
Movie · as Self
The Graduate
Movie · as Ben Braddock
The Tiger Makes Out
Movie · as Hap
The Star Wagon
Movie · as Hanus Wicks
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Movie · as Zoditch
ABC Stage 67
TV · as J.J. Semmons · 1 ep
NET Playhouse
TV · as Zoditch, Hanus Wicks · 1 ep
The Nurses
TV · as Larson · 98 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Defenders
TV · as Robert Burke, Buddy · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as Lester Stenton, Finney · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · 2 eps