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