Dustin Hoffman

88 years old Los Angeles, California, USA

Dustin Lee Hoffman 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.

Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 Twiggy (2025) Self -
2 Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) Shifu (voice) 6.6
3 Megalopolis (2024) Nush 'The Fixer' Berman 4
4 Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023) Benjamin Braddock (archive footage) 7
5 Sam & Kate (2022) Bill 6
6 As They Made Us (2022) Eugene -
7 Into the Labyrinth (2019) Dottor Green -
8 Hal (2019) Self -
9 Spielberg (2017) Self 6.9
10 The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) Harold Meyerowitz 6.6
11 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016) Carl Bernstein (archive footage) -
12 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2016) Shifu / Warrior (voice) 6.4
13 Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) Shifu (voice) 7.3
14 Boychoir (2015) Master Carvelle 5.5
15 Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) Mr. Hoppy 7.5
16 The Program (2015) Bob Hamman 7
17 Chef (2014) Riva 7.3
18 The Cobbler (2014) Abraham Simkin 6.1
19 All the President's Men Revisited (2013) Self -
20 Quartet (2012) Director / Writer 6.6
21 Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Oscars 2012 		Shifu (voice) 7.2
22 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011) Shifu (voice) 5
23 Barney's Version (2010)
Oscars 2011 		Izzy Panofsky 7.1
24 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) -
25 Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010) Shifu (voice) 6.6
26 Little Fockers (2010) Bernie Focker 5.6
27 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) Shifu (voice) 6.6
28 Last Chance Harvey (2008) Harvey Shine 6.9
29 The Tale of Despereaux (2008) Roscuro (voice) 6.5
30 Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Oscars 2009 		Shifu (voice) 7.4
31 Trumbo (2007) Self - Interviewee -
32 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) Mr. Edward Magorium 6.7
33 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) Giuseppe Baldini 7.5
34 Stranger Than Fiction (2006) Professor Jules Hilbert 7.7
35 The Holiday (2006) Dustin Hoffman (uncredited) 7.1
36 Racing Stripes (2005) Tucker (voice) 5.3
37 The Lost City (2005) Meyer Lansky 7
38 Meet the Fockers (2004) Bernie Focker 6.2
39 Finding Neverland (2004)
Oscars 2005 		Charles Frohman 7.3
40 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Oscars 2005 		The Critic (uncredited) 6.9
41 I ♥ Huckabees (2004) Bernard Jaffe 7
42 Confidence (2003) Winston King 7.3
43 Runaway Jury (2003) Wendell Rohr 6.9
44 Moonlight Mile (2002) Ben Floss 7.3
45 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Joan's conscience 6.7
46 The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited) -
47 Sphere (1998) Dr. Norman Goodman 6.8
48 Wag the Dog (1997)
Oscars 1998 		Stanley Motss 7.2
49 Mad City (1997) Max Brackett 6.3
50 American Buffalo (1996) Walt 'Teach' Teacher -
51 Sleepers (1996) Danny Snyder 7.5
52 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) Self -
53 Outbreak (1995) Sam Daniels 6.7
54 La Classe américaine (1993) Peter (archive footage) 6
55 Hero (1992) Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante 6.5
56 Billy Bathgate (1991) Dutch Schultz 5.5
57 Hook (1991) Captain Hook 7.3
58 Dick Tracy (1990) Mumbles 6.7
59 Family Business (1989) Vito McMullen 6.3
60 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) Narrator (voice) 7
61 Rain Man (1988) Raymond Babbitt 7.9
62 Ishtar (1987) Chuck Clarke 2.3
63 Death of a Salesman (1985) Willy Loman 7.7
64 Tootsie (1982) Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels 6.8
65 Agatha (1979) Wally Stanton -
66 Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Ted Kramer 7.8
67 Straight Time (1978) Max Dembo 6.5
68 Marathon Man (1976) Thomas 'Babe' Levy 7.4
69 All the President's Men (1976) Carl Bernstein 7.7
70 Lenny (1974) Lenny Bruce 7.5
71 Papillon (1973) Louis Dega 6.9
72 Alfredo, Alfredo (1972) Alfredo 4
73 Straw Dogs (1971) David Sumner 6.8
74 The Point (1971) Narrator / Father (first telecast) -
75 Little Big Man (1970) Jack Crabb 7.2
76 John and Mary (1969) John -
77 Midnight Cowboy (1969) Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo 8.1
78 The Graduate (1967) Ben Braddock 7.7