Dustin Hoffman
Born August 08, 1937 (Age: 88)
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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.
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
TOVAH
2026
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as Self
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Age: 88
Megadoc
2025
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as Self
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Age: 88
Megalopolis
2024
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as Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
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Age: 87
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
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as Shifu (voice)
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Age: 86
Into the Labyrinth
2019
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as Dottor Green
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Age: 82
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
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as Harold Meyerowitz
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Age: 80
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
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as Shifu (voice)
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Age: 78
The Program
2015
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as Bob Hamman
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Age: 78
Boychoir
2015
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as Master Carvelle
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Age: 77
The Cobbler
2014
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as Abraham Simkin
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Age: 77
Chef
2014
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as Riva
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Age: 76
La Classe américaine
2012
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as Self
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Age: 75
Close Up
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 75
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
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as Shifu (voice)
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Age: 73
Little Fockers
2010
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as Bernie Focker
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Age: 73
Barney's Version
2010
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as Izzy Panofsky
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Age: 73
Last Chance Harvey
2008
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as Harvey Shine
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Age: 71
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
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as Roscuro (voice)
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Age: 71
Kung Fu Panda
2008
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as Shifu (voice)
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Age: 70
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
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as Mr. Edward Magorium
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Age: 70
The Holiday
2006
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as Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
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Age: 69
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
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as Professor Jules Hilbert
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Age: 69
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
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as Giuseppe Baldini
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Age: 69
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006
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as Self
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Age: 68
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
2006
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as Self
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Age: 68
Earth to America
2005
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as Self
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Age: 68
The Lost City
2005
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as Meyer Lansky
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Age: 68
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Racing Stripes
2005
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as Tucker (voice)
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Age: 67
Meet the Fockers
2004
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as Bernie Focker
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Age: 67
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
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as The Critic (uncredited)
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Age: 67
Finding Neverland
2004
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as Charles Frohman
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Age: 67
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
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as Bernard Jaffe
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Age: 67
No Image
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2004
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as
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Age: 66
Confidence
2003
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as Winston King
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Age: 65
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003
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as Self / Ben Floss
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Age: 65
Runaway Jury
2003
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as Wendell Rohr
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Age: 65
Moonlight Mile
2002
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as Ben Floss
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Age: 65
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
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as Self
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Age: 64
No Image
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 64
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
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as Joan's conscience
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Age: 62
Sphere
1998
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as Dr. Norman Goodman
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Age: 60
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
1998
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as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
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Age: 60
Wag the Dog
1997
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as Stanley Motss
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Age: 60
Mad City
1997
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as Max Brackett
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Age: 60
Sleepers
1996
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as Danny Snyder
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Age: 59
American Buffalo
1996
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as Walt 'Teach' Teacher
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Age: 59
Outbreak
1995
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as Sam Daniels
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Age: 57
La Classe américaine
1993
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as Peter (archive footage)
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Age: 56
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
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as Self
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Age: 55
Hero
1992
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as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
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Age: 55
Earth and the American Dream
1992
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as Reader (voice)
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Age: 55
'The Graduate' at 25
1992
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as Self
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Age: 54
Billy Bathgate
1991
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as Dutch Schultz
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Age: 54
Hook
1991
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as Captain Hook
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Age: 53
The Earth Day Special
1990
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as Every Lawyer
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Age: 52
Dick Tracy
1990
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as Mumbles
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Age: 52
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
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as Self
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Age: 52
Family Business
1989
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as Vito McMullen
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Age: 52
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 52
Rain Man
1988
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as Raymond Babbitt
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Age: 51
Ishtar
1987
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as Chuck Clarke
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Age: 49
Death of a Salesman
1985
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as Willy Loman
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Age: 48
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 47
Tootsie
1982
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as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
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Age: 45
Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
1982
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as Self
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Age: 45
No Image
Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
1982
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as Self
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Age: 44
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 42
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
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as Ted Kramer
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Age: 42
Agatha
1979
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as Wally Stanton
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Age: 41
Straight Time
1978
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as Max Dembo
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Age: 40
Marathon Man
1976
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as Thomas 'Babe' Levy
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Age: 39
All the President's Men
1976
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as Carl Bernstein
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Age: 38
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
1976
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as Self
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Age: 38
Lenny
1974
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as Lenny Bruce
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Age: 37
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
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as Self (scenes deleted)
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Age: 36
Papillon
1973
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as Louis Dega
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Age: 36
The Magnificent Rebel
1973
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as Self
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Age: 35
Alfredo, Alfredo
1972
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as Alfredo
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Age: 35
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
1971
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as Self
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Age: 34
Straw Dogs
1971
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as David Sumner
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Age: 34
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
1970
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as Self
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Age: 33
Little Big Man
1970
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as Jack Crabb
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Age: 33
John and Mary
1969
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as John
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Age: 32
Midnight Cowboy
1969
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as Ratso
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Age: 31
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
1969
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as Self
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Age: 31
The New Cinema
1968
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as Self
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Age: 30