Name
Dustin Hoffman
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1937-08-08 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
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- 2004 Finding Neverland as Charles Frohman
- 1991 Hook as Captain Hook
- 1976 All the President's Men as Carl Bernstein
- 1988 Rain Man as Raymond Babbitt
- 1971 Straw Dogs as David Sumner
- 2006 Stranger Than Fiction as Professor Jules Hilbert
- 1997 Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss
- 2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as Giuseppe Baldini
- 1998 Sphere as Dr. Norman Goodman
- 2004 Meet the Fockers as Bernie Focker
- 2004 I ♥ Huckabees as Bernard Jaffe
- 2008 The Tale of Despereaux as Roscuro (voice)
- 1976 Marathon Man as Thomas 'Babe' Levy
- 1996 Sleepers as Danny Snyder
- 1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc as Joan's conscience
- 1989 Family Business as Vito McMullen
- 2007 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium as Mr. Edward Magorium
- 1969 Midnight Cowboy as Ratso
- 1968 Madigan's Millions as Jason Fister
- 1992 Hero as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
- 2003 Confidence as Winston King
- 1970 Little Big Man as Jack Crabb
- 2002 There's Only One Paul McCartney as Self
- 1973 Papillon as Louis Dega
- 2002 Moonlight Mile as Ben Floss
- 2003 Runaway Jury as Wendell Rohr
- 1996 American Buffalo as Walt 'Teach' Teacher
- 1979 Agatha as Wally Stanton
- 1978 Straight Time as Max Dembo
- 1995 Outbreak as Sam Daniels
- 2003 Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut as Self (archive footage)
- 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer as Ted Kramer
- 2008 Kung Fu Panda as Master Shifu (voice)
- 1985 Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman
- 1997 Mad City as Max Brackett
- 1982 Tootsie as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
- 1974 Lenny as Lenny Bruce
- 1991 Billy Bathgate as Dutch Schultz
- 1987 Ishtar as Chuck Clarke
- 2005 The Lost City as Meyer Lansky
- 1980 The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 The Graduate as Ben Braddock
- 1969 John and Mary as John
- 2008 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five as Shifu (voice)
- 1993 La Classe américaine as Peter (archive footage)
- 2008 Last Chance Harvey as Harvey Shine
- 2012 Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 Visual Acoustics as Self - Narrator
- 2010 Barney's Version as Izzy Panofsky
- 2014 Led Zeppelin Played Here as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 Little Fockers as Bernie Focker
- 2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 as Master Shifu (voice)
- 1999 Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
- 1973 The Magnificent Rebel as Self
- 2010 Kung Fu Panda Holiday as Shifu (voice)
- 2011 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters as Shifu (voice)
- 1971 Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? as Georgie Soloway
- 1993 Aretha Franklin: Duets as Self
- 2010 Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story as Narrator (voice)
- 1972 Alfredo, Alfredo as Alfredo
- 2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 as Shifu (voice)
- 1976 Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' as Self
- 2009 Against the Tide as Narrator
- 2023 Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback as Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
- 2013 All the President's Men Revisited as Self
- 2014 Chef as Riva
- 2014 The Cobbler as Abraham Simkin
- 2003 The Shakespeare Sessions
- 1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 2022 PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
- 1970 The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman as Self
- Soon Tower Stories as Jacob
- 2015 The Program as Bob Hamman
- 1974 Free to Be… You and Me as Self (scenes deleted)
- 2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 as Shifu (voice)
- 2003 Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies as Host
- 2015 Roald Dahl's Esio Trot as Mr. Hoppy
- 2024 Megalopolis as Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
- 2005 Earth to America as Self
- 2009 Dustin!
- 2015 Boychoir as Master Carvelle
- 2005 Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 Racing Stripes as Tucker (voice)
- 2007 Trumbo as Self - Interviewee
- 2022 Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon as Self
- 1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1977 Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back as Self
- 2001 Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self - Narrator
- 2016 Mike Nichols: An American Master as Self
- 2016 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll as Shifu / Warrior (voice)
- 2017 The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) as Harold Meyerowitz
- 1968 The New Cinema as Self
- 1990 The Earth Day Special as Every Lawyer
- 2006 Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" as Self
- 1971 The Point as Narrator / Father (voice)
- 2019 Hal as Self
- 2006 The Holiday as Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
- 2003 Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen as Self / Ben Floss
- 1970 Arthur Penn: The Director as Self
- 2026 Tuner as Harry Horowitz
- 1967 The Tiger Makes Out as Hap
- 1989 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben as Self
- 1999 The Devil's Arithmetic as Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
- 1966 The Star Wagon as Hanus Wicks
- 1966 The Journey of the Fifth Horse as Zoditch
- 2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone as Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
- 2017 Spielberg as Self
- 2008 A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
- 2001 Tuesday as voice
- 1992 'The Graduate' at 25 as Self
- 1990 Dick Tracy as Mumbles
- 1969 The Crowd Around the Cowboy as Self
- 2006 Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film as Self
- 1990 Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey as Self
- 1982 The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
- 1971 On Location: Dustin Hoffman as Self
- 2015 Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century as Self - Actor
- 2019 Into the Labyrinth as Dottor Green
- 1994 Jonas in the Desert as Self
- 2001 Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' as Self
- 1976 The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People as Self
- 1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
- 1975 Lost in the Garden of the World as Self
- 2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as The Critic (uncredited)
- 1992 Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 2001 Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' as Self
- 2012 La Classe américaine as Self
- 2019 Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- 2020 Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... as Self
- 2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1986 Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ as Self / Willy Loman
- 2022 As They Made Us as Eugene
- 2022 Sam & Kate as Bill
- 1982 Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 2004 After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
- 2025 Twiggy as Self
- 2013 Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection as Shifu (Voice)
- 2026 The Revisionist
- 2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982 Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning as Self
- Soon Franz Kline - Remembered as Self
- 1982 Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky as Self
- 2017 Steve McQueen: American Icon as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 Megadoc as Self
- 2026 Diamond as Dr. Harry Kleiman
- 2018 Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
- 2002 Heart of the Festival as Self (archive footage)
- 2026 TOVAH as Self
- 1992 The Graduate at 25 as Himself
- 2004 The Best of So Graham Norton as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 Dick Smith Make Up Artist as Self
- 1988 This Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Bergstrom (voice)
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 3 episodes )
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Lester Stenton
- 2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 1 episode ) as Guide #1
- 1995 MADtv ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Liberty's Kids ( 40 episodes ) as Benedict Arnold (voice)
- 1966 ABC Stage 67 ( 1 episode ) as J.J. Semmons
- 1962 The Nurses ( 98 episodes ) as Larson
- 1999 The Directors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 V Graham Norton ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Robert Burke
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Buddy
- 1953 The Oscars ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 2001 Big Brother's Little Brother ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Luck ( 9 episodes ) as Chester Bernstein
- 1986 American Masters ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Finney
- 1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 Finding Your Roots ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Medici: Masters of Florence ( 8 episodes ) as Giovanni de' Medici
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1971 V.I.P. Schaukel ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 The Reichen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 Rachael Ray ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Spécial cinéma ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 Goldene Kamera ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight ( 42 episodes ) as Shifu (voice)
- 1992 Coucou c'est nous ! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Champs-Elysées ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1970 Treffpunkte ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 HBO First Look ( 1 episode )
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 2024 Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy ( 1 episode ) as Lenny Bruce (archive footage)
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 1987 Sacrée soirée ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2006 Close Up ( 1 episode ) as Self - Interviewee
- 1971 Film '72 ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1966 NET Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Zoditch
- 1966 NET Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Hanus Wicks
