Dustin Hoffman
Acting
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
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movieTuner
2026
Harry Horowitz
movieTOVAH
2026
Self
movieMegadoc
2025
Self
movieTwiggy
2025
Self
tvStand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
Lenny Bruce (archive footage)
movieMegalopolis
2024
Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
movieKung Fu Panda 4
2024
Shifu (voice)
movieReinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
tvKung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
Shifu (voice)
moviePRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2022
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
movieAs They Made Us
2022
Eugene
movieInto the Labyrinth
2019
Dottor Green
movieHal
2019
Self
movieThe Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
Harold Meyerowitz
movieSteve McQueen: American Icon
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieAll Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
tvMedici: Masters of Florence
2016
Giovanni de' Medici
movieKung Fu Panda 3
2016
Shifu (voice)
movieKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016
Shifu / Warrior (voice)
movieArthur Miller: A Man of His Century
2015
Self - Actor
movieThe Program
2015
Bob Hamman
movieBoychoir
2015
Master Carvelle
movieRoald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
Mr. Hoppy
movieLed Zeppelin Played Here
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Cobbler
2014
Abraham Simkin
movieChef
2014
Riva
movieClose Up
2012
Self (archive footage)
tvLuck
2012
Chester Bernstein
movieKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011
Shifu (voice)
movieKung Fu Panda 2
2011
Master Shifu (voice)
movieLittle Fockers
2010
Bernie Focker
movieKung Fu Panda Holiday
2010
Shifu (voice)
movieBarney's Version
2010
Izzy Panofsky
movieJews and Baseball: An American Love Story
2010
Narrator (voice)
movieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieAgainst the Tide
2009
Narrator
movieLast Chance Harvey
2008
Harvey Shine
movieThe Tale of Despereaux
2008
Roscuro (voice)
movieKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008
Shifu (voice)
movieVisual Acoustics
2008
Self - Narrator
movieKung Fu Panda
2008
Master Shifu (voice)
movieMr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
Mr. Edward Magorium
movieTrumbo
2007
Self - Interviewee
movieThe Holiday
2006
Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
movieStranger Than Fiction
2006
Professor Jules Hilbert
moviePerfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
Giuseppe Baldini
Close Up
2006
Self - Interviewee
movieThe Lost City
2005
Meyer Lansky
movieNos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieRacing Stripes
2005
Tucker (voice)
movieMeet the Fockers
2004
Bernie Focker
movieLemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
The Critic (uncredited)
movieFinding Neverland
2004
Charles Frohman
movieI ♥ Huckabees
2004
Bernard Jaffe
movieConfidence
2003
Winston King
movieMoonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003
Self / Ben Floss
movieMantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieRunaway Jury
2003
Wendell Rohr
movieMoonlight Mile
2002
Ben Floss
tvLiberty's Kids
2002
Benedict Arnold (voice)
movieHeart of the Festival
2002
Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieGoldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
Self - Narrator
movieTuesday
2001
voice
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Guide #1
movieThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
Joan's conscience
movieThe Devil's Arithmetic
1999
Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
movieSphere
1998
Dr. Norman Goodman
movieWarner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
1998
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
movieWag the Dog
1997
Stanley Motss
movieMad City
1997
Max Brackett
movieSleepers
1996
Danny Snyder
movieAmerican Buffalo
1996
Walt 'Teach' Teacher
tvMADtv
1995
Self
movieOutbreak
1995
Sam Daniels
movieLa Classe américaine
1993
Peter (archive footage)
movieHero
1992
Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
movieEarth and the American Dream
1992
Reader (voice)
movieThe Graduate at 25
1992
Himself
movieBilly Bathgate
1991
Dutch Schultz
movieHook
1991
Captain Hook
movieDick Tracy
1990
Mumbles
movieThe Earth Day Special
1990
Every Lawyer
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Mr. Bergstrom (voice)
movieFamily Business
1989
Vito McMullen
movieCommon Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
Narrator (voice)
movieRain Man
1988
Raymond Babbitt
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieIshtar
1987
Chuck Clarke
moviePrivate Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986
Self / Willy Loman
movieDeath of a Salesman
1985
Willy Loman
movieTootsie
1982
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
movieThe Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
Self (archive footage)
movieKramer vs. Kramer
1979
Ted Kramer
movieAgatha
1979
Wally Stanton
movieStraight Time
1978
Max Dembo
movieMarathon Man
1976
Thomas 'Babe' Levy
movieAll the President's Men
1976
Carl Bernstein
movieLenny
1974
Lenny Bruce
movieFree to Be… You and Me
1974
Self (scenes deleted)
moviePapillon
1973
Louis Dega
movieAlfredo, Alfredo
1972
Alfredo
movieStraw Dogs
1971
David Sumner
movieThe Point
1971
Narrator / Father (first telecast)
movieLittle Big Man
1970
Jack Crabb
movieMadigan's Millions
1968
Jason Fister
movieThe Graduate
1967
Ben Braddock
movieThe Star Wagon
1966
Hanus Wicks
tvNET Playhouse
1966
Zoditch / Hanus Wicks
tvABC Stage 67
1966
J.J. Semmons
tvThe Nurses
1962
Larson
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Defenders
1961
Robert Burke / Buddy
tvNaked City
1958
Lester Stenton / Finney
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvToday
1952
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner / Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
movieTower Stories
Jacob
Production7
movieInto the Labyrinth
2019
Executive Producer
movieQuartet
2012
Executive Producer
tvLuck
2012
Producer
movieThe Devil's Arithmetic
1999
Executive Producer
movieA Walk on the Moon
1999
Producer
movieAgatha
1979
Producer
Crew1
movieBrooklyn
2015
Thanks
Directing1
movieQuartet
2012
Director