Dustin Hoffman
Acting
Born: Aug 08, 1937
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tale of Despereaux | Roscuro (voice) | 2008 | 6.146 |
| Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Mr. Edward Magorium | 2007 | 6.252 |
| Stranger Than Fiction | Professor Jules Hilbert | 2006 | 7.287 |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Giuseppe Baldini | 2006 | 7.4 |
| Finding Neverland | Charles Frohman | 2004 | 7.318 |
| Meet the Fockers | Bernie Focker | 2004 | 6.254 |
| I ♥ Huckabees | Bernard Jaffe | 2004 | 6.295 |
| Confidence | Winston King | 2003 | 6.269 |
| Runaway Jury | Wendell Rohr | 2003 | 6.938 |
| There's Only One Paul McCartney | Self | 2002 | 8.0 |
| Moonlight Mile | Ben Floss | 2002 | 6.31 |
| The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Joan's conscience | 1999 | 6.41 |
| Sphere | Dr. Norman Goodman | 1998 | 6.129 |
| Wag the Dog | Stanley Motss | 1997 | 6.941 |
| Sleepers | Danny Snyder | 1996 | 7.6 |
| American Buffalo | Walt 'Teach' Teacher | 1996 | 5.419 |
| Outbreak | Sam Daniels | 1995 | 6.564 |
| Hero | Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante | 1992 | 6.31 |
| Hook | Captain Hook | 1991 | 6.84 |
| Family Business | Vito McMullen | 1989 | 5.692 |
| Rain Man | Raymond Babbitt | 1988 | 7.75 |
| Agatha | Wally Stanton | 1979 | 6.102 |
| Straight Time | Max Dembo | 1978 | 7.168 |
| All the President's Men | Carl Bernstein | 1976 | 7.661 |
| Marathon Man | Thomas 'Babe' Levy | 1976 | 7.182 |
| Papillon | Louis Dega | 1973 | 7.825 |
| Straw Dogs | David Sumner | 1971 | 7.168 |
| Little Big Man | Jack Crabb | 1970 | 7.446 |
| Midnight Cowboy | Ratso | 1969 | 7.517 |
| Madigan's Millions | Jason Fister | 1968 | 4.571 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1937 |
| From | Los Angeles, California, … |