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.
Movies (143)
Tuner
2026
Diamond
2026
TOVAH
2026
Megadoc
2025
Twiggy
2025
Megalopolis
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
Sam & Kate
2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2022
As They Made Us
2022
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
Into the Labyrinth
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
Hal
2019
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
Spielberg
2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon
2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
2015
The Program
2015
Boychoir
2015
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014
The Cobbler
2014
Chef
2014
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
2013
All the President's Men Revisited
2013
La Classe américaine
2012
Close Up
2012
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
Little Fockers
2010
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010
Barney's Version
2010
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Against the Tide
2009
Dustin!
2009
Last Chance Harvey
2008
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008
Visual Acoustics
2008
Kung Fu Panda
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
Trumbo
2007
The Holiday
2006
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
2006
Earth to America
2005
The Lost City
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
Racing Stripes
2005
Meet the Fockers
2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
Finding Neverland
2004
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
Confidence
2003
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
2003
Runaway Jury
2003
Moonlight Mile
2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
Tuesday
2001
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Sphere
1998
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
1998
Wag the Dog
1997
Mad City
1997
Sleepers
1996
American Buffalo
1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Outbreak
1995
Jonas in the Desert
1994
La Classe américaine
1993
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
Hero
1992
Earth and the American Dream
1992
'The Graduate' at 25
1992
The Graduate at 25
1992
Billy Bathgate
1991
Hook
1991
Dick Tracy
1990
The Earth Day Special
1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
Family Business
1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
Rain Man
1988
Ishtar
1987
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986
Death of a Salesman
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Tootsie
1982
Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
Agatha
1979
Straight Time
1978
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
1977
Marathon Man
1976
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
1976
All the President's Men
1976
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
1976
Lost in the Garden of the World
1975
Lenny
1974
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
Papillon
1973
The Magnificent Rebel
1973
Alfredo, Alfredo
1972
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
1971
Straw Dogs
1971
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
1971
The Point
1971
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
1970
Little Big Man
1970
Arthur Penn: The Director
1970
John and Mary
1969
Midnight Cowboy
1969
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
1969
Madigan's Millions
1968
The New Cinema
1968
The Graduate
1967
The Tiger Makes Out
1967
The Star Wagon
1966
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
1966
Tower Stories
Franz Kline - Remembered
TV Shows (45)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
Medici: Masters of Florence
2016
Finding Your Roots
2012
Luck
2012
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Rachael Ray
2006
The Reichen Show
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Liberty's Kids
2002
V Graham Norton
2002
Big Brother's Little Brother
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The Directors
1999
The Daily Show
1996
MADtv
1995
Coucou c'est nous !
1992
HBO First Look
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Simpsons
1989
This Morning
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Sacrée Soirée
1987
American Masters
1986
Champs-Elysées
1982
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Spécial cinéma
1974
ABC Stage 67
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Nurses
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
Naked City
1958
Naked City
1958
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
The Oscars
1953
Today
1952
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944