Dustin Hoffman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 8, 1937 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Credits
- 198
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
Filmography
Hook: Never, Never Ending
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Revisionist
2026Movie
Tuner
2026Movie
Harry Horowitz
Diamond
2026Movie
Dr. Harry Kleiman
TOVAH
2026Movie
Self
Megadoc
2025Movie
Self
Twiggy
2025Movie
Self
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024TV
Lenny Bruce (archive footage)
Megalopolis
2024Movie
Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024Movie
Shifu (voice)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023Movie
Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
Sam & Kate
2022Movie
Bill
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022Movie
Self
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022TV
Shifu (voice)
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2022Movie
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
As They Made Us
2022Movie
Eugene
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020Movie
Self
Into the Labyrinth
2019Movie
Dottor Green
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019Movie
Self
Hal
2019Movie
Self
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018Movie
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017Movie
Harold Meyerowitz
Spielberg
2017Movie
Self
Steve McQueen: American Icon
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016Movie
Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016Movie
Self
Medici: Masters of Florence
2016TV
Giovanni de' Medici
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016Movie
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016Movie
Shifu / Warrior (voice)
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
2015Movie
Self - Actor
The Program
2015Movie
Bob Hamman
Boychoir
2015Movie
Master Carvelle
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015Movie
Mr. Hoppy
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Cobbler
2014Movie
Abraham Simkin
Chef
2014Movie
Riva
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
2013Movie
Shifu (voice)
All the President's Men Revisited
2013Movie
Self
La Classe américaine
2012Movie
Self
Close Up
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Finding Your Roots
2012TV
Self
Luck
2012TV
Chester Bernstein
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011Movie
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011Movie
Shifu (voice)
Little Fockers
2010Movie
Bernie Focker
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010Movie
Shifu (voice)
Barney's Version
2010Movie
Izzy Panofsky
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
2010Movie
Narrator (voice)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Against the Tide
2009Movie
Narrator
Dustin!
2009Movie
Last Chance Harvey
2008Movie
Harvey Shine
The Tale of Despereaux
2008Movie
Roscuro (voice)
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
2008Movie
Self
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008Movie
Shifu (voice)
Visual Acoustics
2008Movie
Self - Narrator
Kung Fu Panda
2008Movie
Shifu (voice)
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008Movie
Self
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007Movie
Mr. Edward Magorium
Trumbo
2007Movie
Self - Interviewee
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
The Holiday
2006Movie
Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
Stranger Than Fiction
2006Movie
Professor Jules Hilbert
Rachael Ray
2006TV
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006Movie
Giuseppe Baldini
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006Movie
Self
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
2006Movie
Self
Close Up
2006TV
Self - Interviewee
Earth to America
2005Movie
Self
The Reichen Show
2005TV
Self
The Lost City
2005Movie
Meyer Lansky
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Racing Stripes
2005Movie
Tucker (voice)
Meet the Fockers
2004Movie
Bernie Focker
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004Movie
The Critic (uncredited)
Finding Neverland
2004Movie
Charles Frohman
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
I ♥ Huckabees
2004Movie
Bernard Jaffe
Parkinson
2004TV
Self - Guest
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2004Movie
Runaway Jury
2003Movie
Wendell Rohr
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
2003Movie
Host
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Confidence
2003Movie
Winston King
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003Movie
Self / Ben Floss
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003Movie
Moonlight Mile
2002Movie
Ben Floss
Liberty's Kids
2002TV
Benedict Arnold (voice)
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002Movie
Self
V Graham Norton
2002TV
Self
Heart of the Festival
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001Movie
Self - Narrator
Tuesday
2001Movie
voice
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001Movie
Self
Big Brother's Little Brother
2001TV
Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001Movie
Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000TV
Guide #1
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999Movie
Joan's conscience
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999Movie
Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999Movie
The Directors
1999TV
Self
Sphere
1998Movie
Dr. Norman Goodman
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
1998Movie
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
Wag the Dog
1997Movie
Stanley Motss
Mad City
1997Movie
Max Brackett
Sleepers
1996Movie
Danny Snyder
American Buffalo
1996Movie
Walt 'Teach' Teacher
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
MADtv
1995TV
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995Movie
Self
Outbreak
1995Movie
Sam Daniels
Jonas in the Desert
1994Movie
Self
La Classe américaine
1993Movie
Peter (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993Movie
Self
Hero
1992Movie
Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
Earth and the American Dream
1992Movie
Reader (voice)
Coucou c'est nous !
1992TV
Self
HBO First Look
1992TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
'The Graduate' at 25
1992Movie
Self
The Graduate at 25
1992Movie
Himself
Billy Bathgate
1991Movie
Dutch Schultz
Hook
1991Movie
Captain Hook
Dick Tracy
1990Movie
Mumbles
The Earth Day Special
1990Movie
Every Lawyer
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990Movie
Self
The Simpsons
1989TV
Mr. Bergstrom (voice)
Family Business
1989Movie
Vito McMullen
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989Movie
Narrator (voice)
Rain Man
1988Movie
Raymond Babbitt
This Morning
1988TV
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
Sacrée soirée
1987TV
Self
Ishtar
1987Movie
Chuck Clarke
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986Movie
Self / Willy Loman
American Masters
1986TV
Self
Death of a Salesman
1985Movie
Willy Loman
Night of 100 Stars II
1985Movie
Self
Goldene Kamera
1984TV
Self
Tootsie
1982Movie
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
1982Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982Movie
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982Movie
Self
Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
1982Movie
Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981TV
Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980Movie
Self (archive footage)
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979Movie
Ted Kramer
Agatha
1979Movie
Wally Stanton
Straight Time
1978Movie
Max Dembo
The South Bank Show
1978TV
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
1977Movie
Self
Marathon Man
1976Movie
Thomas 'Babe' Levy
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
1976Movie
Self
All the President's Men
1976Movie
Carl Bernstein
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
1976Movie
Self
Dick Smith Make Up Artist
1976Movie
Self
Lost in the Garden of the World
1975Movie
Self
Lenny
1974Movie
Lenny Bruce
Spécial cinéma
1974TV
Self
Free to Be… You and Me
1974Movie
Self (scenes deleted)
Papillon
1973Movie
Louis Dega
The Magnificent Rebel
1973Movie
Self
Alfredo, Alfredo
1972Movie
Alfredo
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
1971Movie
Self
Straw Dogs
1971Movie
David Sumner
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
1971Movie
Georgie Soloway
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971TV
Self
The Point
1971Movie
Narrator / Father (voice)
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
1970Movie
Self
Little Big Man
1970Movie
Jack Crabb
Treffpunkte
1970TV
Self
Arthur Penn: The Director
1970Movie
Self
John and Mary
1969Movie
John
Midnight Cowboy
1969Movie
Ratso
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
1969Movie
Self
Madigan's Millions
1968Movie
Jason Fister
The New Cinema
1968Movie
Self
The Graduate
1967Movie
Ben Braddock
The Tiger Makes Out
1967Movie
Hap
The Star Wagon
1966Movie
Hanus Wicks
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
1966Movie
Zoditch
NET Playhouse
1966TV
Zoditch, Hanus Wicks
ABC Stage 67
1966TV
J.J. Semmons
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Nurses
1962TV
Larson
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self (archive footage)
The Defenders
1961TV
Robert Burke, Buddy
Naked City
1958TV
Lester Stenton, Finney
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Today
1952TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Tower Stories
Movie
Jacob
Franz Kline - Remembered
Movie
Self