Dustin Hoffman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-08-08 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Dustin 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 sho...

Acting

2004

Finding Neverland

as Charles Frohman

1991

Hook

as Captain Hook

1976

All the President's Men

as Carl Bernstein

1988

Rain Man

as Raymond Babbitt

1971

Straw Dogs

as David Sumner

2006

Stranger Than Fiction

as Professor Jules Hilbert

1997

Wag the Dog

as Stanley Motss

2006

1998

Sphere

as Dr. Norman Goodman

2004

Meet the Fockers

as Bernie Focker

2004

I ♥ Huckabees

as Bernard Jaffe

2008

The Tale of Despereaux

as Roscuro (voice)

1976

1996

Sleepers

as Danny Snyder

2007

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

as Mr. Edward Magorium

1989

Family Business

as Vito McMullen

1969

Midnight Cowboy

as Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo

1968

Madigan's Millions

as Jason Fister

1992

Hero

as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante

2003

Confidence

as Winston King

1970

Little Big Man

as Jack Crabb

1973

Papillon

as Louis Dega

2002

Moonlight Mile

as Ben Floss

2003

Runaway Jury

as Wendell Rohr

1996

American Buffalo

as Walt 'Teach' Teacher

1979

Agatha

as Wally Stanton

1978

Straight Time

as Max Dembo

1995

Outbreak

as Sam Daniels

2003

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

as Self (archive footage)

1979

Kramer vs. Kramer

as Ted Kramer

2008

Kung Fu Panda

as Shifu (voice)

1985

Death of a Salesman

as Willy Loman

1997

Mad City

as Max Brackett

1982

Tootsie

as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

1974

Lenny

as Lenny Bruce

1991

Billy Bathgate

as Dutch Schultz

1987

Ishtar

as Chuck Clarke

2005

The Lost City

as Meyer Lansky

1967

The Graduate

as Ben Braddock

1969

1993

La Classe américaine

as Peter (archive footage)

2008

Last Chance Harvey

as Harvey Shine

2012

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Visual Acoustics

as Himself/Narrator

2010

Barney's Version

as Izzy Panofsky

2014

Led Zeppelin Played Here

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Little Fockers

as Bernie Focker

2011

Kung Fu Panda 2

as Shifu (voice)

2010

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

as Shifu (voice)

1991

A Wish for Wings That Work

as Milquetoast (voice)

2012

Casting By

as Self (Archival Footage)

1972

2016

Kung Fu Panda 3

as Shifu (voice)

2009

Against the Tide

as Narrator

2023

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

as Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)

2014

Chef

as Riva

2014

The Cobbler

as Abraham Simkin

2022

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

as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)

-

2015

The Program

as Bob Hamman

1974

Free to Be… You and Me

as Self (scenes deleted)

2024

Kung Fu Panda 4

as Shifu (voice)

2015

2024

Megalopolis

as Nush 'The Fixer' Berman

2005

2015

Boychoir

as Master Carvelle

2005

Racing Stripes

as Tucker (voice)

2007

Trumbo

as Self - Interviewee

2001

2016

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

as Shifu / Warrior (voice)

1968

1990

The Earth Day Special

as Every Lawyer

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

as Chuck Clarke (archive footage)

1971

The Point

as Narrator / Father (first telecast)

2019

Hal

as Self

2006

The Holiday

as Dustin Hoffman

1999

The Devil's Arithmetic

as Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)

1966

The Star Wagon

as Hanus Wicks

2017

Spielberg

as Self

2001

Tuesday

as voice

1990

Dick Tracy

as Mumbles

2019

Into the Labyrinth

as Dottor Green

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1998

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

as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")

1992

2011

Paul Williams Still Alive

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Tato's Argentina

as Arturo Puig

2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022

2022

Sam & Kate

as Bill

2025

Twiggy

as Self

2002

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

as Self (uncredited archive footage: 1975 BBC interview)

2017

Steve McQueen: American Icon

as Self (archive footage)

2007

I Could Never Be Your Woman

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

2019

Into the Labyrinth

as Executive Producer

2012

Quartet

as Director

1999

2012

Quartet

as Executive Producer

1979

Agatha

as Producer

2015

Brooklyn

as Thanks

1999

The Devil's Arithmetic

as Executive Producer

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