Dustin Hoffman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

186

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-08-08 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

  • داستين هوفمان
  • 더스틴 호프먼
  • ダスティン・ホフマン
  • Дастин Хоффман
  • ดัสติน ฮอฟแมน
  • 德斯汀·荷夫曼
  • Dustin Lee Hoffman
  • Ντάστιν Λι Χόφμαν
  • Ντάστιν Χόφμαν
  • Дастін Гоффман

Dustin Hoffman

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

Kung Fu Panda
7.3%

Kung Fu Panda

Jun 4, 2008

The Simpsons
8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

Kung Fu Panda 2
7.0%

Kung Fu Panda 2

May 25, 2011

Rain Man
7.8%

Rain Man

Dec 12, 1988

Kung Fu Panda 3
6.9%

Kung Fu Panda 3

Jan 23, 2016

Hook
6.8%

Hook

Apr 10, 1991

The Holiday
7.1%

The Holiday

Dec 8, 2006

Meet the Fockers
6.2%

Meet the Fockers

Dec 22, 2004

Finding Neverland
7.3%

Finding Neverland

Oct 17, 2004

Sleepers
7.6%

Sleepers

Oct 18, 1996

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Acting

The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman as Himself
Lucca Mortis as Jacob
Riff Raff
Megalopolis
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
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon as Self
2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight 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
Mr. Saturday Night
2020
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... as Self
2020
Disclosure as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
2019
Into the Labyrinth as Dottor Green
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
2019
Hal as Self
2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee as Self (archive footage)
2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) as Harold Meyerowitz
2017
Spielberg as Self
2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone as Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
2016
Medici: Masters of Florence as Giovanni de' Medici
2016
Mike Nichols: An American Master as Self
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3 as Shifu (voice)
2016
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll as Shifu / Warrior (voice)
2015
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century as Self - Actor
2015
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2015
The Program as Bob Hamman
2015
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot as Mr. Hoppy
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Led Zeppelin Played Here as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Cobbler as Abraham Simkin
2014
Boychoir as Master Carvelle
2014
Chef as Riva
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013
All the President's Men Revisited as Self
2012
Casting By as Self (Archival Footage)
2012
La Classe américaine as Self
2012
Close Up as Self (archive footage)
2012
Finding Your Roots as Self
2012
Luck as Chester Bernstein
2011
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters as Shifu (voice)
2011
Paul Williams Still Alive as Self (archive footage)
2011
Kung Fu Panda 2 as Shifu (voice)
2010
Little Fockers as Bernie Focker
2010
Kung Fu Panda Holiday as Shifu (voice)
2010
Barney's Version as Izzy Panofsky
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story as Narrator
2009
Against the Tide as Narrator
2009
Dustin!
2008
Last Chance Harvey as Harvey Shine
2008
The Tale of Despereaux as Roscuro (voice)
2008
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben as Self
2008
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five as Shifu (voice)
2008
Visual Acoustics as Himself/Narrator
2008
Kung Fu Panda as Shifu (voice)
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium as Mr. Edward Magorium
2007
Trumbo as Self / Interviewee
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
The Holiday as Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
2006
Rachael Ray
2006
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as Giuseppe Baldini
2006
Stranger Than Fiction as Professor Jules Hilbert
2006
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" as Self
2006
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film as Self
2005
Earth to America as Self
2005
The Reichen Show as Self
2005
The Lost City as Meyer Lansky
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
2005
Racing Stripes as Tucker (voice)
2004
Meet the Fockers as Bernie Focker
2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as The Critic (uncredited)
2004
Finding Neverland as Charles Frohman
2004
I ♥ Huckabees as Bernard Jaffe
2003
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies as Host
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
Confidence as Winston King
2003
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut as Self (archive footage)
2003
Runaway Jury as Wendell Rohr
2003
The Shakespeare Sessions
2002
Moonlight Mile as Ben Floss
2002
Liberty's Kids as Benedict Arnold
2002
The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney as Self
2002
V Graham Norton as Self
2001
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self - Narrator
2001
Tuesday as voice
2001
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' as Self
2001
Big Brother's Little Brother as Self
2001
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' as Self
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Guide #1
1999
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc as Joan's conscience
1999
Tato's Argentina as Arturo Puig
1999
The Devil's Arithmetic as Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
1999
The Directors
1999
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Self
1998
Sphere as Dr. Norman Goodman
1998
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
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
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1995
MADtv as Self
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
1995
Outbreak as Sam Daniels
1994
Jonas in the Desert as Himself
1993
La Classe américaine as Peter (archive footage)
1993
Aretha Franklin: Duets as Self
1992
Hero as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
1992
Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
1992
Coucou c'est nous ! as Self
1992
HBO First Look
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
'The Graduate' at 25 as Self
1991
A Wish for Wings That Work as Milquetoast (voice)
1991
Billy Bathgate as Dutch Schultz
1991
Hook as Captain James Hook / Captain Crochet (voice)
1990
The Earth Day Special as Every Lawyer
1990
Dick Tracy as Mumbles
1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey as Self
1989
The Simpsons 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
1988
This Morning as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1987
Ishtar as Chuck Clarke
1986
American Masters as Self
1986
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ as Self / Willy Loman
1985
Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman
1985
Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984
Terror in the Aisles as Babe (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Tootsie as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self
1982
The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self
1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self (archive footage)
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer as Ted Kramer
1979
Agatha as Wally Stanton
1978
Straight Time as Max Dembo
1977
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back as Self
1976
Marathon Man as Babe
1976
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People as Self
1976
All the President's Men as Carl Bernstein
1976
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' as Self
1975
Lost in the Garden of the World as Self
1974
Lenny as Lenny Bruce
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self
1974
Free to Be… You and Me as Self (scenes deleted)
1973
Papillon as Louis Dega
1973
The Magnificent Rebel as Self
1972
Alfredo, Alfredo as Alfredo
1971
On Location: Dustin Hoffman as Self
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
V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1971
The Point as Narrator / Father (first telecast)
1970
Little Big Man as Jack Crabb
1970
Treffpunkte as Self
1970
Arthur Penn: The Director as Himself
1969
John and Mary as John
1969
Midnight Cowboy as Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
1969
The Crowd Around the Cowboy as Self
1968
Madigan's Millions as Jason Fister
1968
The New Cinema
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 as J.J. Semmons
1966
Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
1962
The Nurses as Larson
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self (archive footage)
1961
The Defenders as Robert Burke
1961
The Defenders as Buddy
1958
Naked City as Lester Stenton
1958
Naked City as Finney
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956
Tony Awards as Self
1953
The Oscars as Self
1952
Today as Self

Crew

2015
Brooklyn as Thanks

Directing

2012
Quartet as Director

Production

2019
Into the Labyrinth as Executive Producer
2012
Quartet as Executive Producer
2012
Luck as Producer
1999
The Devil's Arithmetic as Executive Producer
1999
A Walk on the Moon as Producer
1998
Tarzan and the Lost City as Producer
1979
Agatha as Producer
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