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Dustin Hoffman
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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March 2nd, 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Shifu (voice) | 7 | |
July 30th, 2023 | Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback | Benjamin Braddock (archive footage) | 6.5 | |
June 9th, 2022 | PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
January 23rd, 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Shifu (voice) | 6.9 | |
September 16th, 2015 | The Program | Bob Hamman | 6.4 | |
October 11th, 2014 | Led Zeppelin Played Here | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
September 11th, 2014 | The Cobbler | Abraham Simkin | 5.9 | |
May 8th, 2014 | Chef | Riva | 7.1 | |
April 21st, 2013 | All the President's Men Revisited | Self | 7 | |
September 30th, 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 9.5 | |
December 12th, 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Shifu (voice) | 6.5 | |
May 25th, 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Master Shifu (voice) | 7.1 | |
December 21st, 2010 | Little Fockers | Bernie Focker | 5.7 | |
November 26th, 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Shifu (voice) | 7 | |
October 26th, 2010 | Barney's Version | Izzy Panofsky | 7 | |
July 25th, 2010 | Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story | Narrator (voice) | 6 | |
September 9th, 2009 | Against the Tide | Narrator | 7 | |
December 25th, 2008 | Last Chance Harvey | Harvey Shine | 6.3 | |
December 18th, 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Roscuro (voice) | 6.1 | |
November 8th, 2008 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five | Shifu (voice) | 6.8 | |
June 22nd, 2008 | Visual Acoustics | Self - Narrator | 7.4 | |
June 4th, 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Master Shifu (voice) | 7.3 | |
November 16th, 2007 | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Mr. Edward Magorium | 6.3 | |
November 10th, 2006 | Stranger Than Fiction | Professor Jules Hilbert | 7.3 | |
September 13th, 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Giuseppe Baldini | 7.4 | |
September 3rd, 2005 | The Lost City | Meyer Lansky | 6.2 | |
December 22nd, 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Bernie Focker | 6.3 | |
October 29th, 2004 | Finding Neverland | Charles Frohman | 7.3 | |
September 10th, 2004 | I ♥ Huckabees | Bernard Jaffe | 6.3 | |
October 1st, 2003 | Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies | Host | TBD | |
April 25th, 2003 | Confidence | Winston King | 6.3 | |
March 8th, 2003 | Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
January 16th, 2003 | Runaway Jury | Wendell Rohr | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 2003 | The Shakespeare Sessions | TBD | 8.5 | |
September 9th, 2002 | Moonlight Mile | Ben Floss | 6.3 | |
June 2nd, 2002 | There's Only One Paul McCartney | Self | 8 | |
October 27th, 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Joan's conscience | 6.4 | |
January 1st, 1999 | Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years | TBD | 7.2 | |
February 13th, 1998 | Sphere | Dr. Norman Goodman | 6.1 | |
December 25th, 1997 | Wag the Dog | Stanley Motss | 6.9 | |
November 7th, 1997 | Mad City | Max Brackett | 6.3 | |
October 18th, 1996 | Sleepers | Danny Snyder | 7.6 | |
September 13th, 1996 | American Buffalo | Walt 'Teach' Teacher | 5.4 | |
June 5th, 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 8 | |
March 10th, 1995 | Outbreak | Sam Daniels | 6.6 | |
December 31st, 1993 | La Classe américaine | Peter (archive footage) | 7.6 | |
May 9th, 1993 | Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self | 8.3 | |
October 2nd, 1992 | Hero | Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante | 6.3 | |
November 1st, 1991 | Billy Bathgate | Dutch Schultz | 5.8 | |
April 10th, 1991 | Hook | Captain Hook | 6.8 | |
December 6th, 1989 | Family Business | Vito McMullen | 5.7 | |
December 12th, 1988 | Rain Man | Raymond Babbitt | 7.8 | |
May 15th, 1987 | Ishtar | Chuck Clarke | 4.6 | |
August 16th, 1985 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | 6.9 | |
December 17th, 1982 | Tootsie | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels | 7.2 | |
January 4th, 1980 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage) | 4 | |
December 7th, 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Ted Kramer | 7.6 | |
February 9th, 1979 | Agatha | Wally Stanton | 6.1 | |
March 18th, 1978 | Straight Time | Max Dembo | 7.2 | |
October 8th, 1976 | Marathon Man | Thomas 'Babe' Levy | 7.2 | |
April 9th, 1976 | All the President's Men | Carl Bernstein | 7.7 | |
January 1st, 1976 | Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' | Self | 3.3 | |
November 10th, 1974 | Lenny | Lenny Bruce | 7.3 | |
March 11th, 1974 | Free to Be… You and Me | Self (scenes deleted) | 6.9 | |
December 16th, 1973 | Papillon | Louis Dega | 7.8 | |
January 1st, 1973 | The Magnificent Rebel | Self | 5.6 | |
September 22nd, 1972 | Alfredo, Alfredo | Alfredo | 6.2 | |
November 25th, 1971 | Straw Dogs | David Sumner | 7.2 | |
June 15th, 1971 | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | Georgie Soloway | 4.8 | |
December 30th, 1970 | The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman | Self | TBD | |
December 23rd, 1970 | Little Big Man | Jack Crabb | 7.5 | |
December 14th, 1969 | John and Mary | John | 5.9 | |
May 25th, 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Ratso | 7.5 | |
May 30th, 1968 | Madigan's Millions | Jason Fister | 4.6 | |
December 21st, 1967 | The Graduate | Ben Braddock | 7.6 | |
TBD | Tower Stories | Jacob | TBD | |
May 22nd, 2026 | Tuner | Harry Horowitz | 6 | |
May 19th, 2026 | Diamond | TBD | TBD | |
January 26th, 2026 | TOVAH | Self | TBD | |
September 19th, 2025 | Megadoc | Self | 6.7 | |
March 7th, 2025 | Twiggy | Self | 7.7 | |
September 25th, 2024 | Megalopolis | Nush 'The Fixer' Berman | 5.2 | |
November 11th, 2022 | Sam & Kate | Bill | 6.3 | |
September 6th, 2022 | Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon | Self | TBD | |
April 8th, 2022 | As They Made Us | Eugene | 5.2 | |
December 28th, 2020 | Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... | Self | 7.4 | |
October 30th, 2019 | Into the Labyrinth | Dottor Green | 6.4 | |
October 12th, 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | 6.5 | |
March 28th, 2019 | Hal | Self | 6.6 | |
March 1st, 2018 | Hollywood: No Sex, Please! | TBD | 5.5 | |
October 13th, 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Harold Meyerowitz | 6.5 | |
October 5th, 2017 | Spielberg | Self | 7.6 | |
September 29th, 2017 | Steve McQueen: American Icon | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
November 4th, 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Carl Bernstein (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
October 26th, 2016 | Mike Nichols: An American Master | Self | 6.3 | |
January 5th, 2016 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Shifu / Warrior (voice) | 6.9 | |
October 17th, 2015 | Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century | Self - Actor | 7.5 | |
March 27th, 2015 | Boychoir | Master Carvelle | 6.8 | |
January 2nd, 2015 | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Mr. Hoppy | 6.7 | |
August 27th, 2013 | Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection | Shifu (Voice) | 8 | |
October 5th, 2012 | La Classe américaine | Self | 6.5 | |
May 5th, 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 6.6 | |
January 1st, 2009 | Dustin! | TBD | TBD | |
December 16th, 2008 | Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben | Self | TBD | |
February 5th, 2008 | A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' | Self | 6 | |
September 10th, 2007 | Trumbo | Self - Interviewee | 6.7 | |
December 5th, 2006 | The Holiday | Dustin Hoffman (uncredited) | 7.1 | |
February 28th, 2006 | Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" | Self | 5.2 | |
February 21st, 2006 | Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film | Self | TBD | |
November 20th, 2005 | Earth to America | Self | 7.7 | |
March 1st, 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 10 | |
January 6th, 2005 | Racing Stripes | Tucker (voice) | 5.9 | |
December 16th, 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | The Critic (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
January 1st, 2004 | After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later | TBD | TBD | |
March 11th, 2003 | Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen | Self / Ben Floss | 8.8 | |
April 16th, 2002 | Heart of the Festival | Self (archive footage) | 6.5 | |
April 2nd, 2002 | Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 8 | |
October 7th, 2001 | Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self - Narrator | 8.5 | |
September 4th, 2001 | Tuesday | voice | 6.8 | |
August 28th, 2001 | Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' | Self | 7.3 | |
February 20th, 2001 | Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' | Self | 5 | |
March 28th, 1999 | The Devil's Arithmetic | Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
January 1st, 1998 | Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory | Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners") | 6.8 | |
January 1st, 1994 | Jonas in the Desert | Self | 6.4 | |
October 1st, 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 6.7 | |
January 1st, 1992 | 'The Graduate' at 25 | Self | 6 | |
January 1st, 1992 | The Graduate at 25 | Himself | TBD | |
June 15th, 1990 | Dick Tracy | Mumbles | 6.2 | |
April 22nd, 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Every Lawyer | 6.5 | |
January 19th, 1990 | Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey | Self | 7.2 | |
December 1st, 1989 | Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | Narrator (voice) | 6.9 | |
June 23rd, 1986 | Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ | Self / Willy Loman | TBD | |
March 10th, 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 8 | |
November 29th, 1982 | Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning | Self | TBD | |
March 8th, 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 6.8 | |
January 1st, 1982 | The Making of 'Tootsie' | Self | 6 | |
January 1st, 1982 | Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky | Self | TBD | |
December 7th, 1977 | Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back | Self | 8.5 | |
October 6th, 1976 | The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People | Self | 7 | |
June 2nd, 1975 | Lost in the Garden of the World | Self | TBD | |
December 31st, 1971 | On Location: Dustin Hoffman | Self | 8 | |
February 2nd, 1971 | The Point | Narrator / Father (first telecast) | 6.8 | |
January 18th, 1970 | Arthur Penn: The Director | Self | 9 | |
January 1st, 1969 | The Crowd Around the Cowboy | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 1968 | The New Cinema | Self | TBD | |
August 18th, 1967 | The Tiger Makes Out | Hap | 5 | |
October 20th, 1966 | The Star Wagon | Hanus Wicks | 7 | |
October 14th, 1966 | The Journey of the Fifth Horse | Zoditch | 7 | |
TBD | The Revisionist | TBD | TBD | |
TBD | Franz Kline - Remembered | Self | TBD |