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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 8, 1937
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- داستين هوفمان
- 더스틴 호프먼
- ダスティン・ホフマン
- ดัสติน ฮอฟแมน
- 德斯汀·荷夫曼
- Dustin Lee Hoffman
- Ντάστιν Λι Χόφμαν
- داستین هافمن
Dustin Hoffman
2.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.4
Self
Megadoc
2025
8.0
Harry Horowitz
Tuner
2025
7.9
Self
Twiggy
2025
0.0
Lenny Bruce (archive footage)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
5.2
Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
Megalopolis
2024
7.0
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
6.5
Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
6.3
Bill
Sam & Kate
2022
0.0
Self
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
7.5
Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
Credits
Megadoc
as Self
2025
7.4
Tuner
as Harry Horowitz
2025
8.0
Twiggy
as Self
2025
7.9
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Lenny Bruce (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Megalopolis
as Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
2024
5.2
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Shifu (voice)
2024
7.0
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
2023
6.5
Sam & Kate
as Bill
2022
6.3
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
as Self
2022
0.0
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as Shifu (voice)
2022
7.5
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
2022
7.5
As They Made Us
as Eugene
2022
5.2
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
as Self
2020
7.4
Into the Labyrinth
as Dottor Green
2019
6.4
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
6.5
Hal
as Self
2019
6.5
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Harold Meyerowitz
2017
6.5
Spielberg
as Self
2017
7.6
Steve McQueen: American Icon
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.0
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
2016
7.6
Medici: Masters of Florence
as Giovanni de' Medici
2016
7.7
Mike Nichols: An American Master
as Self
2016
6.3
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Shifu (voice)
2016
6.9
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
as Shifu / Warrior (voice)
2016
6.8
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
as Self - Actor
2015
7.5
The Program
as Bob Hamman
2015
6.4
Boychoir
as Master Carvelle
2015
6.8
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
as Mr. Hoppy
2015
6.7
Led Zeppelin Played Here
as Self (archive footage)
2014
8.0
The Cobbler
as Abraham Simkin
2014
5.9
Chef
as Riva
2014
7.1
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
as Shifu (Voice)
2013
8.0
All the President's Men Revisited
as Self
2013
6.7
La Classe américaine
as Self
2012
6.5
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
9.5
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
6.4
Luck
as Chester Bernstein
2012
6.7
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
as Shifu (voice)
2011
6.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
as Shifu (voice)
2011
7.1
Little Fockers
as Bernie Focker
2010
5.7
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
as Shifu (voice)
2010
7.0
Barney's Version
as Izzy Panofsky
2010
7.0
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
as Narrator (voice)
2010
6.0
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
6.6
Against the Tide
as Narrator
2009
7.0
Dustin!
2009
0.0
Last Chance Harvey
as Harvey Shine
2008
6.3
The Tale of Despereaux
as Roscuro (voice)
2008
6.1
🎬
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
as Self
2008
0.0
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
as Shifu (voice)
2008
6.7
Visual Acoustics
as Self - Narrator
2008
7.4
Kung Fu Panda
as Shifu (voice)
2008
7.3
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
2008
6.0
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
as Mr. Edward Magorium
2007
6.2
Trumbo
as Self - Interviewee
2007
6.6
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Holiday
as Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
2006
7.1
Rachael Ray
2006
5.1
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Giuseppe Baldini
2006
7.4
Stranger Than Fiction
as Professor Jules Hilbert
2006
7.3
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
as Self
2006
5.2
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
as Self
2006
0.0
🎬
Close Up
as Self - Interviewee
2006
10.0
Earth to America
as Self
2005
8.0
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
4.8
The Lost City
as Meyer Lansky
2005
6.1
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2005
10.0
Racing Stripes
as Tucker (voice)
2005
5.9
Meet the Fockers
as Bernie Focker
2004
6.3
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as The Critic (uncredited)
2004
6.8
Finding Neverland
as Charles Frohman
2004
7.3
I ♥ Huckabees
as Bernard Jaffe
2004
6.3
🎬
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2004
0.0
🎬
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
as Host
2003
0.0
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Confidence
as Winston King
2003
6.3
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
as Self / Ben Floss
2003
8.8
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
as Self (archive footage)
2003
7.0
Runaway Jury
as Wendell Rohr
2003
6.9
🎬
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
7.0
Moonlight Mile
as Ben Floss
2002
6.3
Liberty's Kids
as Benedict Arnold (voice)
2002
7.6
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
2002
0.0
V Graham Norton
as Self
2002
5.0
🎬
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
0.0
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self - Narrator
2001
8.0
Tuesday
as voice
2001
5.5
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
as Self
2001
6.5
Big Brother's Little Brother
as Self
2001
5.8
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
as Self
2001
4.2
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Guide #1
2000
8.0
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as Joan's conscience
1999
6.4
The Devil's Arithmetic
as Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
1999
6.8
The Directors
as Self
1999
5.8
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
6.8
Sphere
as Dr. Norman Goodman
1998
6.1
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
1998
5.7
Wag the Dog
as Stanley Motss
1997
6.9
Mad City
as Max Brackett
1997
6.2
Sleepers
as Danny Snyder
1996
7.6
American Buffalo
as Walt 'Teach' Teacher
1996
5.4
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
MADtv
as Self
1995
7.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
1995
7.8
Outbreak
as Sam Daniels
1995
6.6
Jonas in the Desert
as Self
1994
5.5
La Classe américaine
as Peter (archive footage)
1993
7.6
Aretha Franklin: Duets
as Self
1993
8.0
Hero
as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
1992
6.3
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
6.7
Coucou c'est nous !
as Self
1992
6.5
HBO First Look
1992
4.9
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
'The Graduate' at 25
as Self
1992
6.0
A Wish for Wings That Work
as Milquetoast (voice)
1991
6.1
Billy Bathgate
as Dutch Schultz
1991
5.7
Hook
as Captain Hook
1991
6.8
The Earth Day Special
as Every Lawyer
1990
6.3
Dick Tracy
as Mumbles
1990
6.1
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
as Self
1990
6.6
The Simpsons
as Mr. Bergstrom (voice)
1989
8.0
Family Business
as Vito McMullen
1989
5.7
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
as Narrator (voice)
1989
6.9
Rain Man
as Raymond Babbitt
1988
7.8
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Ishtar
as Chuck Clarke
1987
4.5
American Masters
as Self
1986
7.4
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
as Self / Willy Loman
1986
0.0
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
1985
6.9
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
Tootsie
as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
1982
7.2
Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
as Self
1982
0.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
🎬
Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
as Self
1982
0.0
🎬
The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
1982
6.0
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
5.3
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
1980
4.0
Kramer vs. Kramer
as Ted Kramer
1979
7.6
Agatha
as Wally Stanton
1979
6.1
Straight Time
as Max Dembo
1978
7.1
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
as Self
1977
8.7
Marathon Man
as Thomas 'Babe' Levy
1976
7.2
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
as Self
1976
0.0
All the President's Men
as Carl Bernstein
1976
7.7
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
as Self
1976
2.0
Lost in the Garden of the World
as Self
1975
0.0
Lenny
as Lenny Bruce
1974
7.3
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (scenes deleted)
1974
6.7
Papillon
as Louis Dega
1973
7.8
The Magnificent Rebel
as Self
1973
5.6
Alfredo, Alfredo
as Alfredo
1972
6.1
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
as Self
1971
0.0
Straw Dogs
as David Sumner
1971
7.2
🎬
Film '72
as Self
1971
4.7
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
as Georgie Soloway
1971
4.6
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
The Point
as Narrator / Father (first telecast)
1971
6.9
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
as Self
1970
0.0
Little Big Man
as Jack Crabb
1970
7.5
🎬
Treffpunkte
as Self
1970
0.0
Arthur Penn: The Director
as Self
1970
0.0
John and Mary
as John
1969
5.8
Midnight Cowboy
as Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
1969
7.5
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
as Self
1969
0.0
Madigan's Millions
as Jason Fister
1968
3.7
The New Cinema
as Self
1968
0.0
The Graduate
as Ben Braddock
1967
7.6
The Tiger Makes Out
as Hap
1967
4.6
The Star Wagon
as Hanus Wicks
1966
7.0
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
as Zoditch
1966
0.0
ABC Stage 67
as J.J. Semmons
1966
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Nurses
as Larson
1962
4.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self (archive footage)
1961
5.4
The Defenders
as Robert Burke
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Buddy
1961
5.9
Naked City
as Lester Stenton
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Finney
1958
5.5
Tony Awards
as Self
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Today
as Self
1952
5.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
1944
7.2
🎬
The Revisionist
N/A
0.0
🎬
Diamond
N/A
0.0
Lucca Mortis
as Jacob
N/A
0.0
Franz Kline - Remembered
as Self
N/A
0.0