Dustin Hoffman

Actor | Producer | Soundtrack

Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who ...

Born: August 8, 1937

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Filmography

Known For

Rain Man Raymond Babbitt (1988)
Tootsie Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (1982)
Midnight Cowboy Ratso (1969)
Known For

The Graduate Ben Braddock (1967)
Actor

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Harold (2017)
Medici: Masters of Florence Giovanni (2016)
Kung Fu Panda 3 Shifu (2016)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll Shifu / Warrior (2016)
The Program Bob Hamman (2015)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Mr. Hoppy (2015)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot: Deleted Scenes Mr. Hoppy (2014)
The Cobbler Abraham Simkin (2014)
Boychoir Carvelle (2014)
Chef Riva (2014)
Luck Chester Bernstein (2011-2012)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters Shifu (2011)
Kung Fu Panda 2 Shifu (2011)
Little Fockers: Deleted Scenes Bernie Focker (2011)
Little Fockers Bernie Focker (2010)
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Shifu (2010)
Barney's Version Izzy Panofsky (2010)
The Tale of Despereaux Roscuro (2008)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five Shifu (2008)
Last Chance Harvey Harvey Shine (2008)
Belonging Narrator (2008)
Kung Fu Panda Shifu (2008)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer (2007)
The Holiday Dustin Hoffman (2006)
Stranger Than Fiction Professor Jules Hilbert (2006)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Giuseppe Baldini (2006)
Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry's Guide #1 (2005)
The Lost City Meyer Lansky (2005)
Racing Stripes Tucker (2005)
A Series of Unfortunate Events The Critic (2004)
Meet the Fockers Bernie Focker (2004)
I Heart Huckabees Bernard (2004)
Finding Neverland Charles Frohman (2004)
Runaway Jury Wendell Rohr (2003)
Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776 Benedict Arnold (2002-2003)
Confidence King (2003)
Moonlight Mile Ben Floss (2002)
Tuesday (2001)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc The Conscience (1999)
Sphere Norman (1998)
Wag the Dog Stanley Motss (1997)
Mad City Brackett (1997)
American Buffalo Teach (1996)
Sleepers Danny Snyder (1996)
Outbreak Sam Daniels (1995)
Hero Bernie LaPlante (1992)
A Wish for Wings That Work Milquetoast the Cross-Dressing Cockroach (1991)
Hook Captain Hook (1991)
Billy Bathgate Dutch Schultz (1991)
The Simpsons Mr. Bergstrom (1991)
Dick Tracy Mumbles (1990)
The Earth Day Special Every Lawyer (1990)
Family Business Vito (1989)
Rain Man Raymond Babbitt (1988)
Ishtar Chuck Clarke (1987)
Death of a Salesman William 'Willy' Loman (1985)
Tootsie Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (1982)
Kramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer (1979)
Agatha Wally Stanton (1979)
Straight Time Max Dembo (1978)
Marathon Man Babe (1976)
All the President's Men Carl Bernstein (1976)
Lenny Lenny Bruce (1974)
Papillon Louis Dega (1973)
Alfredo, Alfredo Alfredo Sbisà (1972)
Straw Dogs David Sumner (1971)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Georgie Soloway (1971)
The Point Narrator / Father (First Telecast) (1971)
Little Big Man Jack Crabb (1970)
John and Mary John (1969)
Midnight Cowboy Ratso (1969)
Sunday Father A 'Sunday Father' (1969)
Premiere Arthur Greene (1968)
Madigan's Millions Jason Fister (1968)
The Graduate Ben Braddock (1967)
The Tiger Makes Out Hap (1967)
ABC Stage 67 J.J. Semmons (1967)
A Christmas Masque The Dragon (1966)
The Star Wagon Hanus Wicks (1966)
The Journey of the Fifth Horse Zoditch (1966)
The Doctors and the Nurses Larson (1965)
The Defenders Buddy (1962-1965)
Actor

Naked City Finney (1961-1963)
Soundtrack

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
Quick Reviews with Maverick (2017)
Welcome to the Basement (2015-2016)
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
The Simpsons (1991)
Ishtar (1987)
Tootsie (1982)
Soundtrack

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)
Producer

Luck (2011-2012)
The Furies (1999)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
A Walk on the Moon (1999)
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
Agatha (1979)
Producer

Straight Time (1978)
Director

Quartet (2012)
Director

Straight Time (1978)
Archive footage

1968: The Year That Changed America (2018)
Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018)
Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018)
Entertainment Tonight (2009-2017)
20/20 (2017)
Blow up (2016)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
That's So... (2016)
Democracy Now! (2016)
Welcome to the Basement (2015-2016)
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (2015)
I Am Steve McQueen (2014)
The Greatest 80s Movies (2014)
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
60 Minutes (2005-2013)
Special Collector's Edition (2010-2013)
The Graham Norton Show (2008-2013)
3615 Usul (2012)
Casting By (2012)
Paul Williams Still Alive (2011)
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2010)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009)
Eiga no tatsujin 2: End Credits (2009)
This Morning (2009)
Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep (2008)
Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008)
President Hollywood (2008)
5 Second Movies (2008)
Shine: Geoffrey Rush - Golden Globe Acceptance Speech (2008)
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008)
20 to 1 (2007)
Memoirs of a Cigarette (2007)
Constantine's Sword (2007)
Penélope, camino a los Oscar (2007)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006)
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006)
Rumor Has It... (2005)
80s (2005)
Cinema mil (2005)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
The Best of 'So Graham Norton' (2004)
The Award Show Awards Show (2003)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
The Weather Underground (2002)
Straw Dogs: Susan George (2002)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
Shylock (2001)
Hollywood Remembers Dustin Hoffman (2000)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000)
Biography (2000)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
From Washington to Hollywood ...And Back (1998)
Antes de ser famosos (1998)
Before They Were Famous (1997)
Comic Relief (1997)
Parkinson: The Interviews (1996)
Empire of the Censors (1995)
Imágenes prohibidas (1994)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
La classe américaine (1993)
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992)
The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991)
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson (1987)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981)
The Mike Douglas Show (1976)
America at the Movies (1976)
Archive footage

Hollywood Remembers (2000)
Memories of 1970-1991 (1991)
Miscellaneous Crew

Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (2010)

Awards

Did You Know

As of 2008, he and Philip Seymour Hoffman are the only two winners of best actor in a leading role at the Oscars to share a last name. Philip won for Capote (2005) and Dustin won for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Rain Man (1988).

Quotes

Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.

Trademark

He is famous for taking a wide range of difficult roles, such as a crippled street hustler in Midnight Cowboy (1969); an actor pretending to be a woman in Tootsie (1982), an autistic person in Rain Man (1988) and a Captain Pirate in Hook (1991).

Star Sign

Leo

Personal Details

Born

Dustin Lee Hoffman
August 8, 1937
Los Angeles, California, USA

Height:

5' 5¾" (1.67 m)

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