Dustin Hoffman
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
The Simpsons
Mr. Bergstrom (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Guide #1
Kung Fu Panda 4
Shifu (voice)
Tony Awards
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Kung Fu Panda
Shifu (voice)
Rain Man
Raymond Babbitt
The Holiday
Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
Naked City
Lester Stenton
Naked City
Finney
Kung Fu Panda 2
Shifu (voice)
Finding Your Roots
Self
The Graduate
Ben Braddock
Sphere
Dr. Norman Goodman
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Shifu (voice)
The Point
Narrator / Father (first telecast)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Giuseppe Baldini
The Defenders
Robert Burke
The Defenders
Buddy
Medici: Masters of Florence
Giovanni de' Medici
American Masters
Self
The Oscars
Self
Kung Fu Panda 3
Shifu (voice)
Chef
Riva
Tuner
Harry Horowitz
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Critic (uncredited)
Meet the Fockers
Bernie Focker
The Program
Bob Hamman
Big Brother's Little Brother
Self
Racing Stripes
Tucker (voice)
American Buffalo
Walt 'Teach' Teacher
Hal
Self
Straight Time
Max Dembo
Moonlight Mile
Ben Floss
Tootsie
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Lenny
Lenny Bruce
Hook
Captain Hook
The Tale of Despereaux
Roscuro (voice)
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
Family Business
Vito McMullen
Twiggy
Self
HBO First Look
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Shifu (voice)
Sleepers
Danny Snyder
Free to Be… You and Me
Self (scenes deleted)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Shifu / Warrior (voice)
Sam & Kate
Bill
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Mr. Edward Magorium
The Lost City
Meyer Lansky
Dick Tracy
Mumbles
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Shifu (voice)
The Devil's Arithmetic
Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
Hero
Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
Diamond
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Megalopolis
Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
Wag the Dog
Stanley Motss
A Wish for Wings That Work
Milquetoast (voice)
Little Big Man
Jack Crabb
Papillon
Louis Dega
Boychoir
Master Carvelle
As They Made Us
Eugene
Last Chance Harvey
Harvey Shine
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Narrator (voice)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Ted Kramer
Ishtar
Chuck Clarke
Into the Labyrinth
Dottor Green
Agatha
Wally Stanton
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self (archive footage)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Georgie Soloway
Barney's Version
Izzy Panofsky
Billy Bathgate
Dutch Schultz
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Joan's conscience
Outbreak
Sam Daniels
Earth to America
Self
Spielberg
Self
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Self
Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
Self
The Tiger Makes Out
Hap
La Classe américaine
Self
Luck
Chester Bernstein
Jonas in the Desert
Self
Little Fockers
Bernie Focker
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
ABC Stage 67
J.J. Semmons
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Narrator (voice)
I ♥ Huckabees
Bernard Jaffe
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
Liberty's Kids
Benedict Arnold (voice)
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
La Classe américaine
Peter (archive footage)
The Nurses
Larson
All the President's Men Revisited
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Finding Neverland
Charles Frohman
The Revisionist
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Harold Meyerowitz
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Self / Willy Loman
All the President's Men
Carl Bernstein
John and Mary
John
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Self (archive footage)
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Self
Midnight Cowboy
Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
The Directors
Self
Lost in the Garden of the World
Self
Visual Acoustics
Self - Narrator
The Cobbler
Abraham Simkin
Stranger Than Fiction
Professor Jules Hilbert
Runaway Jury
Wendell Rohr
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Shifu (voice)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mr. Hoppy
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Ben Floss
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
Self
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
Marathon Man
Thomas 'Babe' Levy
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Shifu (Voice)
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Self
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Self
The Magnificent Rebel
Self
'The Graduate' at 25
Self
Tuesday
voice
Straw Dogs
David Sumner
Arthur Penn: The Director
Self
Film '72
Self
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The New Cinema
Self
Against the Tide
Narrator
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
Megadoc
Self
MADtv
Self
Confidence
Winston King
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Self
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Lenny Bruce (archive footage)
The Star Wagon
Hanus Wicks
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
Madigan's Millions
Jason Fister
Mad City
Max Brackett
The Earth Day Special
Every Lawyer
The Shakespeare Sessions
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
Close Up
Self - Interviewee
Alfredo, Alfredo
Alfredo
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self - Narrator
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Self
Tower Stories
Jacob
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Self - Actor
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Self (archive footage)
Franz Kline - Remembered
Self
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
Self
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Zoditch
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Self
Dustin!
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
Self
The Daily Show
Self
Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self (archive footage)
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
Host
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Wetten, dass..?
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Sacrée Soirée
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
Goldene Kamera
Self
The Reichen Show
Self
V Graham Norton
Self
Rachael Ray
Coucou c'est nous !
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
Today
Self
This Morning
Self
Treffpunkte
Self