Dustin Hoffman
Acting
Dustin Lee Hoffman 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.
Media of
Dustin Hoffman
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Filmography of
Dustin Hoffman
Self
... 2025
Harry Horowitz
... 2025
Self
... 2025
Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
... 2024
Shifu (voice)
... 2024
Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
... 2023
Bill
... 2022
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
... 2022
Eugene
... 2022
... 2020
Dottor Green
... 2019
... 2019
Self
... 2019
Self (archive footage)
... 2017
Harold Meyerowitz
... 2017
Self
... 2017
Self (archive footage)
... 2017
Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
... 2016
... 2016
Shifu (voice)
... 2016
Shifu / Warrior (voice)
... 2016
Self - Actor
... 2015
Bob Hamman
... 2015
Master Carvelle
... 2015
Mr. Hoppy
... 2015
Self (archive footage)
... 2014
Abraham Simkin
... 2014
Riva
... 2014
Shifu (Voice)
... 2013
... 2013
Self (Archival Footage)
... 2012
Self
... 2012
Self (archive footage)
... 2012
Shifu (voice)
... 2011
Self (archive footage)
... 2011
Shifu (voice)
... 2011
Bernie Focker
... 2010
Shifu (voice)
... 2010
Izzy Panofsky
... 2010
Narrator (voice)
... 2010
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 2010
Narrator
... 2009
... 2009
Harvey Shine
... 2008
Roscuro (voice)
... 2008
... 2008
Shifu (voice)
... 2008
Self - Narrator
... 2008
Shifu (voice)
... 2008
... 2008
Mr. Edward Magorium
... 2007
Self - Interviewee
... 2007
Dustin Hoffman
... 2006
Giuseppe Baldini
... 2006
Professor Jules Hilbert
... 2006
Self
... 2005
Meyer Lansky
... 2005
... 2005
Tucker (voice)
... 2005
Bernie Focker
... 2004
The Critic (uncredited)
... 2004
Charles Frohman
... 2004
Bernard Jaffe
... 2004
... 2003
Winston King
... 2003
Self / Ben Floss
... 2003
Self (archive footage)
... 2003
Wendell Rohr
... 2003
... 2003
Ben Floss
... 2002
... 2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 2002
Self - Narrator
... 2001
voice
... 2001
... 2001
... 2001
Joan's conscience
... 1999
Arturo Puig
... 1999
Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
... 1999
... 1999
Dr. Norman Goodman
... 1998
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
... 1998
Stanley Motss
... 1997
Max Brackett
... 1997
Danny Snyder
... 1996
Walt 'Teach' Teacher
... 1996
... 1995
Sam Daniels
... 1995
Self
... 1994
Peter (archive footage)
... 1993
... 1993
Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
... 1992
Reader (voice)
... 1992
Self
... 1992
Milquetoast (voice)
... 1991
Dutch Schultz
... 1991
Captain Hook
... 1991
Every Lawyer
... 1990
Mumbles
... 1990
... 1990
Vito McMullen
... 1989
Narrator (voice)
... 1989
Raymond Babbitt
... 1988
Chuck Clarke
... 1987
Self / Willy Loman
... 1986
Willy Loman
... 1985
... 1985
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
... 1982
... 1982
Self
... 1982
... 1982
... 1982
Self (archive footage)
... 1980
Ted Kramer
... 1979
Wally Stanton
... 1979
Max Dembo
... 1978
... 1977
Thomas 'Babe' Levy
... 1976
... 1976
Carl Bernstein
... 1976
... 1975
Lenny Bruce
... 1974
Self (scenes deleted)
... 1974
Louis Dega
... 1973
... 1973
Alfredo
... 1972
... 1971
David Sumner
... 1971
... 1971
Narrator / Father (first telecast)
... 1971
... 1970
Jack Crabb
... 1970
... 1970
John
... 1969
Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
... 1969
... 1969
Jason Fister
... 1968
Self
... 1968
Ben Braddock
... 1967
... 1967
Hanus Wicks
... 1966
Zoditch
... 1966
Jacob
