Dustin Hoffman
Acting
Born: August 8, 1937 (age 89) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
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
2008
The Simpsons
1989
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
Rain Man
1988
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
Hook
1991
The Holiday
2006
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
Meet the Fockers
2004
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
Sleepers
1996
Finding Neverland
2004
Photos (12)
Movies (86)
Kung Fu Panda
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 3
Shifu (voice)
Finding Neverland
Charles Frohman
Meet the Fockers
Bernie Focker
Kung Fu Panda 4
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 2
Shifu (voice)
The Holiday
Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
Tuner
Harry Horowitz
The Graduate
Ben Braddock
Runaway Jury
Wendell Rohr
Midnight Cowboy
Ratso
Kramer vs. Kramer
Ted Kramer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Giuseppe Baldini
Sleepers
Danny Snyder
Hook
Captain Hook
Rain Man
Raymond Babbitt
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Critic (uncredited)
Last Chance Harvey
Harvey Shine
Outbreak
Sam Daniels
All the President's Men
Carl Bernstein
The Cobbler
Abraham Simkin
Little Fockers
Bernie Focker
Sphere
Dr. Norman Goodman
Megalopolis
Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
Barney's Version
Izzy Panofsky
The Tale of Despereaux
Roscuro (voice)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Joan's conscience
Straw Dogs
David Sumner
Racing Stripes
Tucker (voice)
Marathon Man
Thomas 'Babe' Levy
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Shifu (voice)
Stranger Than Fiction
Professor Jules Hilbert
Hero
Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
Little Big Man
Jack Crabb
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Harold Meyerowitz
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mr. Hoppy
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Shifu (voice)
Chef
Riva
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Shifu (voice)
Wag the Dog
Stanley Motss
The Program
Bob Hamman
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Shifu / Warrior (voice)
Papillon
Louis Dega
Straight Time
Max Dembo
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
Mad City
Max Brackett
Boychoir
Master Carvelle
Family Business
Vito McMullen
Billy Bathgate
Dutch Schultz
Tootsie
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Mr. Edward Magorium
Confidence
Winston King
I ♥ Huckabees
Bernard Jaffe
Into the Labyrinth
Dottor Green
Dick Tracy
Mumbles
As They Made Us
Eugene
Alfredo, Alfredo
Alfredo
Ishtar
Chuck Clarke
Moonlight Mile
Ben Floss
Agatha
Wally Stanton
John and Mary
John
The Lost City
Meyer Lansky
Lenny
Lenny Bruce
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
The Earth Day Special
Every Lawyer
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Shifu (voice)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Georgie Soloway
Madigan's Millions
Jason Fister
Diamond
Dr. Harry Kleiman
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Narrator (voice)
La Classe américaine
Peter (archive footage)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Sam & Kate
Bill
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
The Tiger Makes Out
Hap
The Point
Narrator / Father (voice)
American Buffalo
Walt 'Teach' Teacher
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Narrator (voice)
The Star Wagon
Hanus Wicks
Tuesday
voice
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Against the Tide
Narrator
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Zoditch
Dustin!
2009
TV Shows (19)
The Simpsons
Mr. Bergstrom (voice) · 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Guide #1 · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
3 eps
The South Bank Show
1 eps
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Shifu (voice) · 42 eps
Naked City
Lester Stenton · 1 eps
Naked City
Finney · 1 eps
The Defenders
Robert Burke · 1 eps
The Defenders
Buddy · 1 eps
Medici: Masters of Florence
Giovanni de' Medici · 8 eps
Rachael Ray
1 eps
The Nurses
Larson · 98 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
NET Playhouse
Zoditch · 1 eps
NET Playhouse
Hanus Wicks · 1 eps
Liberty's Kids
Benedict Arnold (voice) · 40 eps
ABC Stage 67
J.J. Semmons · 1 eps
Luck
Chester Bernstein · 9 eps
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Lenny Bruce (archive footage) · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (87)
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 4 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self · 1 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 1 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
American Masters
Self · 1 eps
Big Brother's Little Brother
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 6 eps
Finding Your Roots
Self · 1 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
Coucou c'est nous !
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Directors
Self · 1 eps
This Morning
Self · 1 eps
MADtv
Self · 1 eps
Spielberg
Self
The Devil's Arithmetic
Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
TOVAH
Self
Twiggy
Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self - Narrator
Visual Acoustics
Self - Narrator
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Megadoc
Self
'The Graduate' at 25
Self
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Self (archive footage)
Earth to America
Self
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Free to Be… You and Me
Self (scenes deleted)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Self (archive footage)
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self (archive footage)
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
Hal
Self
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Ben Floss
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
All the President's Men Revisited
Self
Lost in the Garden of the World
Self
The Graduate at 25
Himself
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Self
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Self / Willy Loman
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
Jonas in the Desert
Self
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Self - Actor
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Self
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Self
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
Self
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
Self
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Self
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Self
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Self
The New Cinema
Self
The Magnificent Rebel
Self
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
Self
La Classe américaine
Self
Arthur Penn: The Director
Self
Dick Smith Make Up Artist
Self
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
Self
