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Dustin Hoffman

Actor

Dustin Hoffman

  • Born: 8 August 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $50 million

Dustin Hoffman is a versatile American actor known for his roles in films such as 'The Graduate', 'Rain Man', and 'Tootsie'. His career spans over five decades, earning him critical acclaim and a reputation for intense character portrayals. Hoffman's distinct…

About Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman is a versatile American actor known for his roles in films such as 'The Graduate', 'Rain Man', and 'Tootsie'. His career spans over five decades, earning him critical acclaim and a reputation for intense character portrayals. Hoffman's distinct voice and ability to embody complex characters have made him a prominent figure in both drama and comedy genres.

Born
8 August 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
Known for
Acting
Height
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Spouses
Anne Byrne (1980-1989)
Children
6 children: Jenna, Karina, Ali, Rebecca, Jake, and Max
Parents
Harry Hoffman, Lillian Hoffman
Estimated net worth
$50 million

Fun facts about Dustin Hoffman

  • Hoffman was initially rejected for the role of Benjamin Braddock in 'The Graduate' due to his age.
  • He has a passion for cooking and has even participated in charity cooking events.

Famous Dustin Hoffman quotes

“I'm not a hero. I'm just a guy who has a lot of problems.”
Rain Man, 1988
“I have a lot of experience with failure.”
Tootsie, 1982
“You’re not a bad person. You’re just a bad actor.”
Wag the Dog, 1997

Dustin Hoffman: coming up

  • Hook: Never, Never Ending (Movie, Self (archive footage))17 November 2026

Credits and dates: TMDB.

Dustin Hoffman filmography

Cast (207)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026Hook: Never, Never Ending MovieSelf (archive footage)
2026The Revisionist MovieUnknown character1.0
2026Tuner MovieHarry Horowitz7.6
2026Diamond MovieDr. Harry Kleiman5.7
2026TOVAH MovieSelf
2025Megadoc MovieSelf6.7
2025Twiggy MovieSelf7.6
2024Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy TVLenny Bruce (archive footage)
2024Megalopolis MovieNush 'The Fixer' Berman5.1
2024Kung Fu Panda 4 MovieShifu (voice)7.0
Show 197 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2023Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback MovieBenjamin Braddock (archive footage)6.5
2022Sam & Kate MovieBill6.3
2022Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon MovieSelf
2022Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight TVShifu (voice)7.5
2022PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation MovieMichael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)7.5
2022As They Made Us MovieEugene5.3
2020Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... MovieSelf7.4
2019Into the Labyrinth MovieDottor Green6.3
2019Alan Pakula: Going for Truth MovieSelf6.5
2019Hal MovieSelf6.6
2018Hollywood: No Sex, Please! MovieUnknown character5.5
2017The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) MovieHarold Meyerowitz6.5
2017Spielberg MovieSelf7.5
2017Steve McQueen: American Icon MovieSelf (archive footage)7.0
2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone MovieCarl Bernstein (archive footage)7.4
2016Mike Nichols: An American Master MovieSelf6.3
2016Medici: Masters of Florence TVGiovanni de' Medici7.7
2016Kung Fu Panda 3 MovieShifu (voice)6.9
2016Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll MovieShifu / Warrior (voice)6.9
2015Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century MovieSelf - Actor7.5
2015The Program MovieBob Hamman6.4
2015Boychoir MovieMaster Carvelle6.8
2015Roald Dahl's Esio Trot MovieMr. Hoppy6.7
2014Led Zeppelin Played Here MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2014The Cobbler MovieAbraham Simkin5.9
2014Chef MovieRiva7.1
2013Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection MovieShifu (voice)8.0
2013All the President's Men Revisited MovieSelf7.0
2012La Classe américaine MovieSelf6.5
2012Close Up MovieSelf (archive footage)9.5
2012Finding Your Roots TVSelf6.5
2012Luck TVChester Bernstein6.7
2011Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters MovieShifu (voice)6.5
2011Kung Fu Panda 2 MovieShifu (voice)7.1
2010Little Fockers MovieBernie Focker5.7
2010Kung Fu Panda Holiday MovieShifu (voice)7.0
2010Barney's Version MovieIzzy Panofsky7.0
2010Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story MovieNarrator (voice)6.0
2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff MovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)6.6
2009Against the Tide MovieNarrator7.0
2009Dustin! MovieUnknown character
2008Last Chance Harvey MovieHarvey Shine6.3
2008The Tale of Despereaux MovieRoscuro (voice)6.2
2008Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben MovieSelf
2008Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five MovieShifu (voice)6.8
2008Visual Acoustics MovieSelf - Narrator7.4
2008Kung Fu Panda MovieShifu (voice)7.3
2008A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' MovieSelf6.0
2007Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium MovieMr. Edward Magorium6.3
2007Trumbo MovieSelf - Interviewee6.7
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf7.2
2006The Holiday MovieDustin Hoffman (uncredited)7.1
2006Stranger Than Fiction MovieProfessor Jules Hilbert7.3
2006Rachael Ray TVUnknown character5.1
2006Perfume: The Story of a Murderer MovieGiuseppe Baldini7.4
2006Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" MovieSelf5.2
2006Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film MovieSelf
2006Close Up TVSelf - Interviewee10.0
2005Earth to America MovieSelf7.7
2005The Reichen Show TVSelf4.8
2005The Lost City MovieMeyer Lansky6.2
2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2005Racing Stripes MovieTucker (voice)6.0
2004Meet the Fockers MovieBernie Focker6.3
2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events MovieThe Critic (uncredited)6.8
2004Finding Neverland MovieCharles Frohman7.3
2004The Best of So Graham Norton MovieSelf (archive footage)
2004I ♥ Huckabees MovieBernard Jaffe6.3
2004Parkinson TVSelf - Guest7.0
2004After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later MovieUnknown character
2003Runaway Jury MovieWendell Rohr7.0
2003Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies MovieHost
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show TVSelf5.6
2003Confidence MovieWinston King6.3
2003Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen MovieSelf / Ben Floss8.8
2003Mantrap - Straw Dogs: The Final Cut MovieSelf (archive footage)7.0
2003The Shakespeare Sessions MovieUnknown character8.5
2002Moonlight Mile MovieBen Floss6.3
2002Liberty's Kids TVBenedict Arnold (voice)7.7
2002There's Only One Paul McCartney MovieSelf8.0
2002V Graham Norton TVSelf5.3
2002Heart of the Festival MovieSelf (archive footage)6.7
2002Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film MovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)8.0
2001Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies MovieSelf - Narrator8.5
2001Tuesday Movievoice6.8
2001Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' MovieSelf7.3
2001Big Brother's Little Brother TVSelf6.0
2001Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' MovieSelf5.0
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm TVGuide #18.1
1999The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc MovieJoan's conscience6.4
1999The Devil's Arithmetic MovieSelf (Introduces Film) (uncredited)6.8
1999The Directors TVSelf6.1
1999Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years MovieUnknown character7.4
1998Sphere MovieDr. Norman Goodman6.1
1998Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory MovieSelf - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")6.8
1997Wag the Dog MovieStanley Motss6.9
1997Mad City MovieMax Brackett6.2
1996Sleepers MovieDanny Snyder7.6
1996American Buffalo MovieWalt 'Teach' Teacher5.4
1996The Daily Show TVSelf6.4
1995MADtv TVSelf7.1
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies MovieSelf8.0
1995Outbreak MovieSam Daniels6.6
1994Jonas in the Desert MovieSelf6.4
1993La Classe américaine MoviePeter (archive footage)7.6
1993Aretha Franklin: Duets MovieSelf8.3
1992Hero MovieBernard 'Bernie' Laplante6.3
1992Earth and the American Dream MovieReader (voice)6.7
1992Coucou c'est nous ! TVSelf7.2
1992HBO First Look TVUnknown character5.5
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TVUnknown character5.3
1992The Graduate at 25 MovieHimself
1992'The Graduate' at 25 MovieSelf6.0
1991Billy Bathgate MovieDutch Schultz5.8
1991Hook MovieCaptain Hook6.8
1990Dick Tracy MovieMumbles6.2
1990The Earth Day Special MovieEvery Lawyer6.1
1990Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey MovieSelf7.2
1989The Simpsons TVMr. Bergstrom (voice)8.0
1989Family Business MovieVito McMullen5.7
1989Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt MovieNarrator (voice)6.9
1988Rain Man MovieRaymond Babbitt7.7
1988This Morning TVSelf5.2
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark TVSelf - Guest5.6
1987Sacrée soirée TVSelf5.7
1987Ishtar MovieChuck Clarke4.6
1986American Masters TVSelf7.0
1986Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ MovieSelf / Willy Loman
1985Death of a Salesman MovieWilly Loman6.9
1985Night of 100 Stars II MovieSelf6.8
1984Goldene Kamera TVSelf5.7
1982Tootsie MovieMichael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels7.2
1982Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning MovieSelf
1982Night of 100 Stars MovieSelf5.8
1982Champs-Elysées TVSelf6.8
1982The Making of 'Tootsie' MovieSelf6.0
1982Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky MovieSelf
1981Wetten, dass..? TVSelf5.6
1980The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's MovieSelf (archive footage)4.0
1979Kramer vs. Kramer MovieTed Kramer7.6
1979Agatha MovieWally Stanton6.1
1978Straight Time MovieMax Dembo7.1
1978The South Bank Show TVUnknown character5.6
1977Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back MovieSelf8.5
1976Marathon Man MovieThomas 'Babe' Levy7.2
1976The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People MovieSelf7.0
1976All the President's Men MovieCarl Bernstein7.7
1976Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' MovieSelf3.3
1976Dick Smith Make Up Artist MovieSelf
1975Lost in the Garden of the World MovieSelf
1974Lenny MovieLenny Bruce7.3
1974Spécial cinéma TVSelf9.5
1974Free to Be… You and Me MovieSelf (scenes deleted)6.8
1973Papillon MovieLouis Dega7.8
1973The Magnificent Rebel MovieSelf5.6
1972Alfredo, Alfredo MovieAlfredo6.3
1971On Location: Dustin Hoffman MovieSelf8.0
1971Straw Dogs MovieDavid Sumner7.1
1971Film '72 TVSelf5.1
1971Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? MovieGeorgie Soloway4.9
1971V.I.P. Schaukel TVSelf8.0
1971The Point MovieNarrator / Father (voice)6.8
1970The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman MovieSelf
1970Little Big Man MovieJack Crabb7.4
1970Treffpunkte TVSelf
1970Arthur Penn: The Director MovieSelf9.0
1969John and Mary MovieJohn5.9
1969Midnight Cowboy MovieRatso7.5
1969The Crowd Around the Cowboy MovieSelf
1968Madigan's Millions MovieJason Fister4.0
1968The New Cinema MovieSelf
1967The Graduate MovieBen Braddock7.6
1967The Tiger Makes Out MovieHap5.0
1966The Star Wagon MovieHanus Wicks7.0
1966The Journey of the Fifth Horse MovieZoditch7.0
1966NET Playhouse TVHanus Wicks7.3
1966NET Playhouse TVZoditch7.3
1966ABC Stage 67 TVJ.J. Semmons6.8
1962The Merv Griffin Show TVSelf6.8
1962The Nurses TVLarson5.8
1961The Mike Douglas Show TVSelf (archive footage)5.8
1961The Defenders TVRobert Burke6.3
1961The Defenders TVBuddy6.3
1958Naked City TVFinney5.7
1958Naked City TVLester Stenton5.7
1956Tony Awards TVSelf - Nominee / Presenter
1956Tony Awards TVSelf - Presenter
1956Tony Awards TVSelf
1953The Oscars TVSelf7.1
1952Today TVSelf5.6
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Nominee / Presenter7.0
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Presenter7.0
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Winner7.0
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Nominee7.0
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient7.0
TBATower Stories MovieJacob
TBAFranz Kline - Remembered MovieSelf

Crew (9)

YearTitleRoleRating
2019Into the Labyrinth MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.3
2015Brooklyn MovieThanks · Crew7.3
2012Quartet MovieDirector · Directing6.5
2012Quartet MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.5
2012Luck TVProducer · Production6.7
Show 4 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
1999The Devil's Arithmetic MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.8
1999A Walk on the Moon MovieProducer · Production6.1
1998Tarzan and the Lost City MovieProducer · Production4.3
1979Agatha MovieProducer · Production6.1

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Questions about Dustin Hoffman

What are some of Dustin Hoffman's most notable films?

Dustin Hoffman is known for iconic films such as 'The Graduate', 'Rain Man', 'Tootsie', and 'Midnight Cowboy'. His diverse roles have garnered him significant acclaim throughout his career.

Has Dustin Hoffman won any Oscars?

Yes, Dustin Hoffman has won two Academy Awards for Best Actor. He received them for 'Kramer vs. Kramer' in 1980 and 'Rain Man' in 1989.

What was Dustin Hoffman's first film?

Dustin Hoffman's first film was 'The Tiger Makes Out', released in 1967. However, he gained fame with 'The Graduate' in 1967.

How many children does Dustin Hoffman have?

Dustin Hoffman has six children: Jenna, Karina, Ali, Rebecca, Jake, and Max. He has been married twice.

What is Dustin Hoffman's estimated net worth?

Dustin Hoffman's estimated net worth is around $50 million. His wealth comes from his successful acting career and various projects in film and theater.

What is a defining characteristic of Dustin Hoffman's acting style?

Dustin Hoffman is known for his intense preparation and commitment to character. He often immerses himself deeply into roles, bringing authenticity to his performances.

What awards has Dustin Hoffman received throughout his career?

In addition to his two Oscars, Dustin Hoffman has received numerous awards, including multiple Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA Award for his performances in various films.

What genres does Dustin Hoffman typically work in?

Dustin Hoffman has worked in a variety of genres, including drama, comedy, and thriller. His versatility allows him to tackle diverse roles effectively.