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Dustin Hoffman

Acting
Known For

87 Years Old

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.

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA on 8th August 1937

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I Could Never Be Your Woman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Marathon Man
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Chester Bernstein
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Death of a Salesman
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Ishtar
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Lenny
Lenny Bruce
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Narrator (voice)
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Twiggy
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Hal
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Earth to America
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Paul Williams Still Alive
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American Buffalo
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Earth and the American Dream
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
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Mike Nichols: An American Master
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Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Shifu (Voice)
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Close Up
Self - Interviewee
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Steve McQueen: American Icon
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The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self (archive footage)
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A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
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John and Mary
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Free to Be… You and Me
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
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The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Zoditch
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Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
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Aretha Franklin: Duets
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Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
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La Classe américaine
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All the President's Men Revisited
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Mr. Saturday Night
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Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self (archive footage)
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Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Self
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Alfredo, Alfredo
Alfredo
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Jonas in the Desert
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
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Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Self - Actor
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Tower Stories
Jacob
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Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
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Self (uncredited archive footage: 1975 BBC interview)
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Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Self
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Tato's Argentina
Arturo Puig
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PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
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A Wish for Wings That Work
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The Star Wagon
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Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Self
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Lost in the Garden of the World
Self
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The Crowd Around the Cowboy
Self
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Against the Tide
Narrator
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There's Only One Paul McCartney
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Tuner
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Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
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The Tiger Makes Out
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The Magnificent Rebel
Self
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Visual Acoustics
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Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Self
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The New Cinema
Self
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Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Ben Floss
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Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Self
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The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Self
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Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Self
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Dustin!
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Arthur Penn: The Director
Self
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Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Self (archive footage)
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On Location: Dustin Hoffman
Self
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Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
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After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self - Narrator
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The Revisionist
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The Shakespeare Sessions
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Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
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The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
Himself
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Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
Self
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Tuesday
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Franz Kline - Remembered
Himself
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Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
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The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
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'The Graduate' at 25
Self
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Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
Himself