Dustin Hoffman
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.
Acted in
Twiggy
2025
Megalopolis
2024
as Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Shifu (voice)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
as Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
Sam & Kate
2022
as Bill
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
as Self
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
as Shifu (voice)
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2022
as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
As They Made Us
2022
as Eugene
Mr. Saturday Night
2021
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
as Self
Into the Labyrinth
2019
as Dottor Green
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
Hal
2019
as Self
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Spielberg
2017
as Self
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
as Harold Meyerowitz
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
as Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
Medici: Masters of Florence
2016
as Giovanni de' Medici
Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016
as Self
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
as Shifu (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016
as Shifu / Warrior (voice)
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
2015
as Self - Actor
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Program
2015
as Bob Hamman
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
as Mr. Hoppy
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Cobbler
2014
as Abraham Simkin
Boychoir
2014
as Master Carvelle
Chef
2014
as Riva
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
All the President's Men Revisited
2013
as Self
Casting By
2012
as Self (Archival Footage)
La Classe américaine
2012
as Self
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
Luck
2012
as Chester Bernstein
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011
as Shifu (voice)
Paul Williams Still Alive
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
as Shifu (voice)
Little Fockers
2010
as Bernie Focker
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010
as Shifu (voice)
Barney's Version
2010
as Izzy Panofsky
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
2010
as Narrator
Against the Tide
2009
as Narrator
Dustin!
2009
Last Chance Harvey
2008
as Harvey Shine
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
as Roscuro (voice)
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
2008
as Self
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008
as Shifu (voice)
Visual Acoustics
2008
as Himself/Narrator
Kung Fu Panda
2008
as Shifu (voice)
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008
as Self
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
as Mr. Edward Magorium
Trumbo
2007
as Self - Interviewee
The Holiday
2006
as Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
as Giuseppe Baldini
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
as Professor Jules Hilbert
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006
as Self
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
2006
as Self
Earth to America
2005
as Self
The Lost City
2005
as Meyer Lansky
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self
Racing Stripes
2005
as Tucker (voice)
Meet the Fockers
2004
as Bernie Focker
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
as The Critic (uncredited)
Finding Neverland
2004
as Charles Frohman
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Bernard Jaffe
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004
as Chuck Clarke (archive footage)
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2004
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
2003
as Host
Confidence
2003
as Winston King
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003
as Self / Ben Floss
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Runaway Jury
2003
as Wendell Rohr
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
Moonlight Mile
2002
as Ben Floss
Liberty's Kids
2002
as Benedict Arnold
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
as Self (archive footage)
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
as Self
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self - Narrator
Tuesday
2001
as voice
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001
as Self
Big Brother's Little Brother
2001
as Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001
as Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Guide #1
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
as Joan's conscience
Tato's Argentina
1999
as Arturo Puig
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
as Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
The Directors
1999
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
as Self
Sphere
1998
as Dr. Norman Goodman
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
1998
as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
Wag the Dog
1997
as Stanley Motss
Mad City
1997
as Max Brackett
Sleepers
1996
as Danny Snyder
American Buffalo
1996
as Walt 'Teach' Teacher
MADtv
1995
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Outbreak
1995
as Sam Daniels
Jonas in the Desert
1994
as Self
La Classe américaine
1993
as Peter (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
as Self
Hero
1992
as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
HBO First Look
1992
'The Graduate' at 25
1992
as Self
A Wish for Wings That Work
1991
as Milquetoast (voice)
Billy Bathgate
1991
as Dutch Schultz
Hook
1991
as Captain Hook
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Every Lawyer
Dick Tracy
1990
as Mumbles
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Mr. Bergstrom (voice)
Family Business
1989
as Vito McMullen
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Rain Man
1988
as Raymond Babbitt
Ishtar
1987
as Chuck Clarke
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986
as Self / Willy Loman
American Masters
1986
as Self
Death of a Salesman
1985
as Willy Loman
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Tootsie
1982
as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982
as Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
as Ted Kramer
Agatha
1979
as Wally Stanton
Straight Time
1978
as Max Dembo
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
1977
as Self
Marathon Man
1976
as Babe
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
1976
as Self
All the President's Men
1976
as Carl Bernstein
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
1976
as Self
Lost in the Garden of the World
1975
as Self
Lenny
1974
as Lenny Bruce
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
as Self (scenes deleted)
Papillon
1973
as Louis Dega
The Magnificent Rebel
1973
as Self
Alfredo, Alfredo
1972
as Alfredo
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
1971
as Self
Straw Dogs
1971
as David Sumner
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
1971
as Georgie Soloway
The Point
1971
as Narrator / Father (first telecast)
Little Big Man
1970
as Jack Crabb
Arthur Penn: The Director
1970
as Self
John and Mary
1969
as John
Midnight Cowboy
1969
as Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
1969
as Self
Madigan's Millions
1968
as Jason Fister
The New Cinema
1968
as Self
The Graduate
1967
as Ben Braddock
The Tiger Makes Out
1967
as Hap
The Star Wagon
1966
as Hanus Wicks
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
1966
as Zoditch
ABC Stage 67
1966
as J.J. Semmons
The Nurses
1962
as Larson
The Defenders
1961
as Robert Burke
The Defenders
1961
as Buddy
Naked City
1958
as Lester Stenton
Naked City
1958
as Finney
Tony Awards
1956
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
as Himself
Lucca Mortis
as Jacob
