Dustin Hoffman

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    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

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1937-08-08
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 25.3
  • info Birth Place Los Angeles, California, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Dustin Hoffman

7.3

Finding Neverland

2004-10-17

6.9

Hook

1991-04-10

7.7

All the President's Men

1976-04-09

7.8

Rain Man

1988-12-12

7.2

Straw Dogs

1971-11-25

7.3

Stranger Than Fiction

2006-09-09

7

Wag the Dog

1997-12-25

7.4

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006-09-13

6.2

Sphere

1998-02-13

6.2

Meet the Fockers

2004-12-22

6.3

I ♥ Huckabees

2004-09-10

6.1

The Tale of Despereaux

2008-12-18

7.3

Marathon Man

1976-10-08

7.6

Sleepers

1996-10-18

6.4

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999-10-27

5.7

Family Business

1989-12-06

6.2

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

2007-11-14

7.5

Midnight Cowboy

1969-05-25

4.2

Madigan's Millions

1968-05-30

7

Mr. Saturday Night

2021-11-13

6.3

Hero

1992-10-02

6.3

Confidence

2003-04-25

7.6

Little Big Man

1970-12-23

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There's Only One Paul McCartney

2002-06-02

7.9

Papillon

1973-12-16

6.4

Moonlight Mile

2002-09-09

7

Runaway Jury

2003-01-16

5.5

American Buffalo

1996-09-13

6.3

Agatha

1979-02-09

7.2

Straight Time

1978-03-18

6.6

Outbreak

1995-03-10

7

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

2003-03-08

7.6

Kramer vs. Kramer

1979-12-07

7.3

Kung Fu Panda

2008-06-04

7

Death of a Salesman

1985-08-16

6.2

Mad City

1997-11-07

7.3

Tootsie

1982-12-17

7.2

Lenny

1974-11-10

5.8

Billy Bathgate

1991-11-01

4.6

Ishtar

1987-05-15

6.2

The Lost City

2005-09-03

0

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

1980-01-04

7.7

The Graduate

1967-12-21

6

John and Mary

1969-12-14

6.8

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

2008-11-08

7.7

La Classe américaine

1993-12-31

6.3

Last Chance Harvey

2008-12-25

9

Close Up

2012-09-30

7.4

Visual Acoustics

2008-06-22

7

Barney's Version

2010-10-26

8

Led Zeppelin Played Here

2014-10-11

5.7

Little Fockers

2010-12-21

7.1

Kung Fu Panda 2

2011-05-25

6.8

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

1999-01-01

5.6

The Magnificent Rebel

1973-01-01

6.9

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

2010-11-26

6.2

A Wish for Wings That Work

1991-12-18

6.5

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

2011-12-12

7.1

Casting By

2012-11-01

4.7

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

1971-06-15

8

Aretha Franklin: Duets

1993-05-09

6

Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story

2010-01-01

6.2

Alfredo, Alfredo

1972-09-22

7

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016-01-23

2

Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'

1976-01-01

7

Against the Tide

2009-09-09

6.8

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

2023-07-30

6.4

All the President's Men Revisited

2013-04-21

7.2

Chef

2014-05-08

5.9

The Cobbler

2014-09-11

7

The Shakespeare Sessions

2003-01-01

8.5

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995-06-05

7.5

PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation

2022-06-09

0

The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman

0

Lucca Mortis

6.4

The Program

2015-09-16

8.3

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

2017-12-04

6.1

Free to Be… You and Me

1974-03-11

7.2

Kung Fu Panda 4

2024-03-02

0

Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies

2003-10-01

6.8

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

2015-01-02

4

Megalopolis

2024-09-25

8

Earth to America

2005-11-20

0

Dustin!

2009-01-01

6.8

Boychoir

2014-09-04

0

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

2005-03-01

5.9

Racing Stripes

2005-01-06

6.7

Trumbo

2007-09-10

0

Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon

2022-09-06

8

Night of 100 Stars II

1985-03-10

10

Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back

1977-12-07

8

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

2001-10-07

6.3

Mike Nichols: An American Master

2016-01-29

6.8

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

2016-01-05

6.5

The Meyerowitz Stories

2017-10-13

0

The New Cinema

1968-01-01

8.6

The Earth Day Special

1990-04-22

4.7

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004-07-13

5.2

Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"

2006-02-28

7.1

The Point

1971-02-02

6.6

Hal

2019-03-28

7.1

The Holiday

2006-12-08

10

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

2003-03-11

0

Arthur Penn: The Director

1970-01-18

0

Tuner

4.6

The Tiger Makes Out

1967-08-18

7.2

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1989-12-01

0

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben

2008-12-16

6.9

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999-03-28

7

The Star Wagon

1966-10-20

0

The Journey of the Fifth Horse

1966-10-14

7.7

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016-11-04

7.6

Spielberg

2017-10-05

5.5

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

2008-02-05

5.5

Tuesday

2001-09-04

6

'The Graduate' at 25

1992-01-01

6.2

Dick Tracy

1990-04-05

0

The Crowd Around the Cowboy

1969-01-01

0

Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

2006-02-21

6.3

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

1990-01-19

6

The Making of 'Tootsie'

1982-01-01

0

On Location: Dustin Hoffman

1971-12-31

7

Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

2015-10-17

6.4

Into the Labyrinth

2019-10-30

5.5

Jonas in the Desert

1994-01-01

6.5

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

2001-08-28

0

The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People

1976-10-06

6.7

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002-08-16

5.4

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

2015-10-04

7

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

3

Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory

1998-01-01

0

Lost in the Garden of the World

1975-06-02

6.9

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004-12-16

6.7

Earth and the American Dream

1992-10-01

6.8

Paul Williams Still Alive

2011-09-11

4.2

Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

2001-02-20

7.4

Tato's Argentina

1999-04-07

5.8

La Classe américaine

2012-10-05

8

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019-10-12

7.5

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...

2020-12-28

7

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010-05-05

0

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

1986-06-23

5.4

As They Made Us

2022-04-08

6.5

Sam & Kate

2022-11-11

6

Night of 100 Stars

1982-03-08

5.7

This Morning

1988-10-03

8.1

The Simpsons

1989-12-17

5.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003-09-08

6.4

The Daily Show

1996-07-22

5.8

Today

1952-01-14

5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988-09-05

5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992-05-25

5.3

Naked City

1958-09-30

8.1

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000-10-15

6.9

MADtv

1995-10-14

7.4

Liberty's Kids

2002-09-02

5.7

ABC Stage 67

1966-09-14

5

The Nurses

1962-09-27

5.2

The Directors

1999-01-01

5

V Graham Norton

2002-05-06

6.2

The Defenders

1961-09-16

6.2

The Defenders

1961-09-16

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

5.8

Big Brother's Little Brother

2001-05-29

6.7

Luck

2012-01-29

6.9

American Masters

1986-06-23

5.3

Naked City

1958-09-30

5.5

Wetten, dass..?

1981-02-14

4.9

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

6.3

Finding Your Roots

2012-03-24

7.8

Medici: Masters of Florence

2016-10-18

5

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

7.2

The Graham Norton Show

2007-02-22

4.4

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014-12-21

6

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971-05-09

4.8

The Reichen Show

2005-11-11

5.1

Rachael Ray

2006-09-18

0

Spécial cinéma

1974-09-25

3.5

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

1966-01-25

7.6

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

2022-07-14

5

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

6.5

Coucou c'est nous !

1992-09-22

6.5

Champs-Elysées

1982-01-16

8

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

1998-06-23

0

Treffpunkte

1970-05-26

4.9

HBO First Look

1992-06-12

5

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

6.8

Golden Globe Awards

1944-01-20

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