Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Acting
Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Known for
Acting
Born
1937-08-08
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Dustin Lee Hoffman
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 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.
★7.1
MOVIE2026
Tuner
as Harry Horowitz
★7.0
MOVIE2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Shifu (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE2008
Kung Fu Panda
as Master Shifu (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
as Master Shifu (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Shifu (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE2006
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Giuseppe Baldini
★6.2
MOVIE1990
Dick Tracy
as Mumbles
★7.7
MOVIE1976
All the President's Men
as Carl Bernstein
★6.8
MOVIE1991
Hook
as Captain Hook
★7.6
MOVIE1996
Sleepers
as Danny Snyder
★7.8
MOVIE1988
Rain Man
as Raymond Babbitt
★7.1
MOVIE2006
The Holiday
as Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
★7.6
MOVIE1967
The Graduate
as Ben Braddock
★6.3
MOVIE2004
Meet the Fockers
as Bernie Focker
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Chef
as Riva
★7.5
MOVIE1969
Midnight Cowboy
as Ratso
★6.6
MOVIE1995
Outbreak
as Sam Daniels
★6.8
MOVIE2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as The Critic (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1998
Sphere
as Dr. Norman Goodman
★5.2
MOVIE2024
Megalopolis
as Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
★5.9
MOVIE2014
The Cobbler
as Abraham Simkin
★6.2
MOVIE2008
The Tale of Despereaux
as Roscuro (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2003
Runaway Jury
as Wendell Rohr
★7.8
MOVIE1973
Papillon
as Louis Dega
★5.9
MOVIE2005
Racing Stripes
as Tucker (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE1999
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as Joan's conscience
★5.7
MOVIE2010
Little Fockers
as Bernie Focker
★7.6
MOVIE1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
as Ted Kramer
★6.8
MOVIE2008
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
as Shifu (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
as Shifu (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1982
Tootsie
as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
★7.3
MOVIE2004
Finding Neverland
as Charles Frohman
★6.3
MOVIE2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
as Mr. Edward Magorium
★7.3
MOVIE2006
Stranger Than Fiction
as Professor Jules Hilbert
MOVIE2026
TOVAH
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Spielberg
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE1971
Straw Dogs
as David Sumner
★6.4
MOVIE2019
Into the Labyrinth
as Dottor Green
★6.5
MOVIE2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Harold Meyerowitz
★6.5
MOVIE2011
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
as Shifu (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE1992
Hero
as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
★7.2
MOVIE1976
Marathon Man
as Thomas 'Babe' Levy
★7.1
MOVIE1978
Straight Time
as Max Dembo
★6.1
MOVIE1990
The Earth Day Special
as Every Lawyer
★6.9
MOVIE2016
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
as Shifu / Warrior (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2002
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
★6.9
MOVIE1997
Wag the Dog
as Stanley Motss
★6.4
MOVIE2015
The Program
as Bob Hamman
★7.4
MOVIE1970
Little Big Man
as Jack Crabb
★6.9
MOVIE1985
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
★6.3
MOVIE2004
I ♥ Huckabees
as Bernard Jaffe
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Last Chance Harvey
as Harvey Shine
★5.8
MOVIE1991
Billy Bathgate
as Dutch Schultz
★5.7
MOVIE1989
Family Business
as Vito McMullen
★7.6
MOVIE1993
La Classe américaine
as Peter (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2015
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
as Mr. Hoppy
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Confidence
as Winston King
★5.5
MOVIE2018
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Barney's Version
as Izzy Panofsky
★5.9
MOVIE1969
John and Mary
as John
★6.3
MOVIE2002
Moonlight Mile
as Ben Floss
★5.8
MOVIE1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1997
Mad City
as Max Brackett
★6.5
MOVIE2025
Megadoc
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1999
The Devil's Arithmetic
as Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1973
The Magnificent Rebel
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2015
Boychoir
as Master Carvelle
★7.3
MOVIE2001
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
★7.4
MOVIE2008
Visual Acoustics
as Self - Narrator
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Mike Nichols: An American Master
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2012
La Classe américaine
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2005
The Lost City
as Meyer Lansky
★6.5
MOVIE2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE1993
Aretha Franklin: Duets
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2022
As They Made Us
as Eugene
★6.7
MOVIE1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE1974
Lenny
as Lenny Bruce
★7.0
MOVIE2026
Diamond
★4.6
MOVIE1987
Ishtar
as Chuck Clarke
★6.8
MOVIE1974
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (scenes deleted)
★8.0
MOVIE2014
Led Zeppelin Played Here
as Self (archive footage)
★6.7
MOVIE2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1966
The Star Wagon
as Hanus Wicks
★7.4
MOVIE2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE2013
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
as Shifu (Voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2019
Hal
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
★6.4
MOVIE1994
Jonas in the Desert
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1968
Madigan's Millions
as Jason Fister
★8.0
MOVIE1971
On Location: Dustin Hoffman
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2022
Sam & Kate
as Bill
★4.8
MOVIE1971
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
as Georgie Soloway
★8.5
MOVIE2003
The Shakespeare Sessions
★9.5
MOVIE2012
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2025
Twiggy
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2005
Earth to America
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon
as Self (archive footage)
★6.1
MOVIE1979
Agatha
as Wally Stanton
★5.0
MOVIE1967
The Tiger Makes Out
as Hap
★8.0
MOVIE2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE2013
All the President's Men Revisited
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1971
The Point
as Narrator / Father (first telecast)
★7.4
MOVIE2020
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1972
Alfredo, Alfredo
as Alfredo
★1.0
MOVIE2026
The Revisionist
★5.4
MOVIE1996
American Buffalo
as Walt 'Teach' Teacher
★7.2
MOVIE1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2006
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2007
Trumbo
as Self - Interviewee
MOVIE2003
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
as Host
★6.0
MOVIE1982
The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
MOVIE1968
The New Cinema
as Self
MOVIETBA
Franz Kline - Remembered
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1992
The Graduate at 25
as Himself
★5.0
MOVIE2001
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2009
Against the Tide
as Narrator
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
MOVIE1986
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
as Self / Willy Loman
★8.8
MOVIE2003
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
as Self / Ben Floss
★8.5
MOVIE2001
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self - Narrator
★7.5
MOVIE2022
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE2003
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIETBA
Tower Stories
as Jacob
★6.0
MOVIE1992
'The Graduate' at 25
as Self
MOVIE1982
Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
as Self
MOVIE1969
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Tuesday
as voice
★9.0
MOVIE1970
Arthur Penn: The Director
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1966
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
as Zoditch
★7.4
MOVIE1999
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
MOVIE2008
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
as Self
MOVIE2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
as Self
MOVIE1982
Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2010
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2009
Dustin!
MOVIE2004
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
★7.5
MOVIE2015
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
as Self - Actor
★6.0
MOVIE2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
★8.5
MOVIE1977
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
as Self
MOVIE1975
Lost in the Garden of the World
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
★3.3
MOVIE1976
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1976
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
as Self
MOVIE1970
The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
as Self
MOVIE2006
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
as Self