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.
Movie | Lucca Mortis | Jacob | 2025 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Shifu (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
Movie | Megalopolis | 2024-09-25 | |
Movie | Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback | Benjamin Braddock (archive footage) | 2023-07-30 |
Movie | Becoming Al Pacino | Himself (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
Movie | As They Made Us | Eugene | 2022-04-08 |
Movie | Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon | Self | 2022-09-06 |
Movie | Sam & Kate | Bill | 2022-11-11 |
Series | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Shifu (voice) | 2022-07-14 |
Movie | PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage) | 2022-06-09 |
Movie | Mr. Saturday Night | 2021-11-13 | |
Movie | Disclosure | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage) | 2020-06-19 |
Movie | Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... | Self | 2020-12-28 |
Movie | Hal | Self | 2019-03-28 |
Movie | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | 2019-10-12 |
Movie | Into the Labyrinth | Dottor Green | 2019-10-30 |
Movie | Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-04 |
Movie | The Meyerowitz Stories | Harold Meyerowitz | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Shifu / Warrior (voice) | 2016-01-05 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Shifu (voice) | 2016-01-23 |
Movie | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Carl Bernstein (archive footage) | 2016-11-04 |
Series | Medici: Masters of Florence | Giovanni de' Medici | 2016-10-18 |
Movie | Mike Nichols: An American Master | Self | 2016-01-29 |
Movie | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Mr. Hoppy | 2015-01-02 |
Movie | Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2015-10-04 |
Movie | The Program | Bob Hamman | 2015-09-16 |
Movie | Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century | Self - Actor | 2015-10-17 |
Movie | Chef | Riva | 2014-05-08 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Boychoir | Master Carvelle | 2014-09-04 |
Movie | Led Zeppelin Played Here | Self (archive footage) | 2014-10-11 |
Movie | The Cobbler | Abraham Simkin | 2014-09-11 |
Movie | All the President's Men Revisited | Self | 2013-04-21 |
Series | Luck | Chester Bernstein | 2012-01-29 |
Series | Finding Your Roots | Self | 2012-03-24 |
Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
Movie | Casting By | Self (Archival Footage) | 2012-11-01 |
Movie | La Classe américaine | Self | 2012-10-05 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Shifu (voice) | 2011-05-25 |
Movie | Paul Williams Still Alive | Self (archive footage) | 2011-09-11 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Shifu (voice) | 2011-12-12 |
Movie | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2010-05-05 |
Movie | Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story | Narrator | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Shifu (voice) | 2010-11-26 |
Movie | Little Fockers | Bernie Focker | 2010-12-21 |
Movie | Barney's Version | Izzy Panofsky | 2010-10-26 |
Movie | Dustin! | Unknown | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Against the Tide | Narrator | 2009-09-09 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda | Shifu (voice) | 2008-06-04 |
Movie | Visual Acoustics | Himself/Narrator | 2008-06-22 |
Movie | A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' | Self | 2008-02-05 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five | Shifu (voice) | 2008-11-08 |
Movie | The Tale of Despereaux | Roscuro (voice) | 2008-12-18 |
Movie | Last Chance Harvey | Harvey Shine | 2008-12-25 |
Movie | Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben | Self | 2008-12-16 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Trumbo | Self / Interviewee | 2007-09-10 |
Movie | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Mr. Edward Magorium | 2007-11-14 |
Movie | Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film | Self | 2006-02-21 |
Movie | Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" | Self | 2006-02-28 |
Movie | The Holiday | Dustin Hoffman (uncredited) | 2006-12-08 |
Series | Rachael Ray | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
Movie | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Giuseppe Baldini | 2006-09-13 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Professor Jules Hilbert | 2006-09-09 |
Movie | The Lost City | Meyer Lansky | 2005-09-03 |
Movie | Racing Stripes | Tucker (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Self | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | Earth to America | Self | 2005-11-20 |
Movie | I ♥ Huckabees | Bernard Jaffe | 2004-09-10 |
Movie | Finding Neverland | Charles Frohman | 2004-10-17 |
Movie | Meet the Fockers | Bernie Focker | 2004-12-22 |
Movie | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | The Critic (uncredited) | 2004-12-16 |
Movie | The Shakespeare Sessions | 2003-01-01 | |
Movie | Runaway Jury | Wendell Rohr | 2003-01-16 |
Movie | Confidence | Winston King | 2003-04-25 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut | Self (archive footage) | 2003-03-08 |
Series | V Graham Norton | Unknown | 2002-05-06 |
Movie | There's Only One Paul McCartney | Self | 2002-06-02 |
Series | Liberty's Kids | Benedict Arnold | 2002-09-02 |
Movie | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-16 |
Movie | Moonlight Mile | Ben Floss | 2002-09-09 |
Movie | Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' | Self | 2001-02-20 |
Series | Big Brother's Little Brother | Unknown | 2001-05-29 |
Movie | Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' | Self | 2001-08-28 |
Movie | Tuesday | voice | 2001-09-04 |
Movie | Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self - Narrator | 2001-10-07 |
Series | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Guide #1 | 2000-10-15 |
Movie | Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years | 1999-01-01 | |
Series | The Directors | Unknown | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Tato's Argentina | Arturo Puig | 1999-04-07 |
Movie | The Devil's Arithmetic | Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited) | 1999-03-28 |
Movie | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Joan's conscience | 1999-10-27 |
Movie | Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory | Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners") | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Sphere | Dr. Norman Goodman | 1998-02-13 |
Series | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Self | 1998-06-23 |
Movie | Wag the Dog | Stanley Motss | 1997-12-25 |
Movie | Mad City | Max Brackett | 1997-11-07 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | American Buffalo | Walt 'Teach' Teacher | 1996-09-13 |
Movie | Sleepers | Danny Snyder | 1996-10-18 |
Movie | Outbreak | Sam Daniels | 1995-03-10 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
Movie | Jonas in the Desert | Himself | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self | 1993-05-09 |
Movie | La Classe américaine | Peter (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
Movie | 'The Graduate' at 25 | Self | 1992-01-01 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
Movie | Hero | Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante | 1992-10-02 |
Series | Coucou c'est nous ! | Self | 1992-09-22 |
Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1992-06-12 |
Movie | Hook | Captain Hook | 1991-04-10 |
Movie | A Wish for Wings That Work | Milquetoast (voice) | 1991-12-18 |
Movie | Billy Bathgate | Dutch Schultz | 1991-11-01 |
Movie | The Earth Day Special | Every Lawyer | 1990-04-22 |
Movie | Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey | Self | 1990-01-19 |
Movie | Dick Tracy | Mumbles | 1990-04-05 |
Movie | Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | Narrator (voice) | 1989-12-01 |
Movie | Family Business | Vito McMullen | 1989-12-06 |
Series | The Simpsons | Mr. Bergstrom (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Series | This Morning | Self | 1988-10-03 |
Movie | Rain Man | Raymond Babbitt | 1988-12-12 |
Movie | Ishtar | Chuck Clarke | 1987-05-15 |
Series | American Masters | Self | 1986-06-23 |
Movie | Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ | Self / Willy Loman | 1986-06-23 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
Movie | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | 1985-08-16 |
Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Babe (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | The Making of 'Tootsie' | Interviewee | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Tootsie | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels | 1982-12-17 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Series | Champs-Elysées | Self | 1982-01-16 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Movie | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage) | 1980-01-04 |
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart | Himself | 1980-03-16 |
Movie | Kramer vs. Kramer | Ted Kramer | 1979-12-07 |
Movie | Agatha | Wally Stanton | 1979-02-09 |
Movie | Straight Time | Max Dembo | 1978-03-18 |
Movie | Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back | Self | 1977-12-07 |
Movie | Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' | Self | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | Marathon Man | Babe | 1976-10-08 |
Movie | All the President's Men | Carl Bernstein | 1976-04-09 |
Movie | The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People | Self | 1976-10-06 |
Movie | Lost in the Garden of the World | Himself | 1975-06-02 |
Movie | Lenny | Lenny Bruce | 1974-11-10 |
Movie | Free to Be… You and Me | Self (scenes deleted) | 1974-03-11 |
Movie | Papillon | Louis Dega | 1973-12-13 |
Movie | The Magnificent Rebel | Self | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | Alfredo, Alfredo | Alfredo | 1972-09-22 |
Movie | The Point | Narrator / Father (first telecast) | 1971-02-02 |
Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 1971-05-09 |
Movie | Straw Dogs | David Sumner | 1971-11-25 |
Movie | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | Georgie Soloway | 1971-06-15 |
Movie | On Location: Dustin Hoffman | Self | 1971-12-31 |
Movie | Arthur Penn: The Director | Himself | 1970-01-18 |
Movie | Little Big Man | Jack Crabb | 1970-12-14 |
Series | Treffpunkte | Self | 1970-05-26 |
Movie | The Crowd Around the Cowboy | Unknown | 1969-01-01 |
Movie | Midnight Cowboy | Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo | 1969-05-25 |
Movie | John and Mary | John | 1969-12-14 |
Movie | The New Cinema | Self | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Madigan's Millions | Jason Fister | 1968-05-30 |
Movie | The Tiger Makes Out | Hap | 1967-08-18 |
Movie | The Graduate | Ben Braddock | 1967-12-21 |
Series | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966-01-25 |
Series | ABC Stage 67 | Unknown | 1966-09-14 |
Movie | The Journey of the Fifth Horse | Zoditch | 1966-10-14 |
Movie | The Star Wagon | Hanus Wicks | 1966-10-20 |
Series | The Nurses | Larson | 1965-09-27 |
Series | The Nurses | Larson | 1962-09-27 |
Series | The Defenders | Buddy | 1961-09-16 |
Series | Naked City | Finney | 1958-09-30 |
Series | Tony Awards | Himself - Presenter | 1956-04-01 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |