| Dustin Hoffman  AKA Dustin Lee Hoffman
Born: 8-Aug-1937
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Graduate Dustin Hoffman has been a celebrity since he was seduced by Anne Bancroft in The Graduate in 1967.
After dropping out of college, he studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse, and briefly shared an apartment with another unknown actor, Gene Hackman. They sometimes played poker with other underemployed actors, including Robert Duvall.
Hoffman practices method acting, and is widely considered a pain in the ass to work with. He is renowned for his big ego and in-depth character research, and for demands of directors, suggestions for co-stars and scriptwriters, endless ideas for plot revisions, and numerous fights with studio executives. Director Sydney Pollack won an Oscar for directing Hoffman in Tootsie, but said "I'd give it up, if I could have back the nine months of my life I spent with Dustin Hoffman making it".
Then again, he has won dozens of awards for acting, for his work on Broadway, off Broadway, on TV, and of course in the movies. His better films include Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Lenny, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, Wag the Dog, and I Heart Huckabees.
Father: Harvey Hoffman (set designer, Columbia Studios)
Mother: Lillian Gold (d. Jun-1990)
Brother: Ronald Hoffman (lawyer, economist)
Wife: Anne Byrne (ballerina; m. 3-May-1969, div. 1980, two daughters)
Daughter: Karina Hoffman (clothing executive)
Daughter: Jenna Byrne (stepdaughter; photographer; b. 15-Oct-1970)
Wife: Lisa Gottsegen (lawyer; m. 1980, four children)
Son: Jacob "Jake" Hoffman (actor, King of the Corner; b. 20-Mar-1981)
Daughter: Rebecca Hoffman (b. 17-Mar-1983)
Son: Maxwell Hoffman (b. 30-Aug-1984)
Daughter: Alexandra Hoffman
High School: Los Angeles High School, Los Angeles, CA
University: Santa Monica College (dropped out 1956)
amfAR National Council
John Kerry for President
Obama for America
Oscar for Best Actor 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer
Oscar for Best Actor 1989 for Rain Man
Golden Globe 1968 Most Promising Newcomer, Male for The Graduate
Golden Globe 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer
Golden Globe 1983 for Tootsie
Golden Globe 1986 for Death of a Salesman
Golden Globe 1989 for Rain Man
Emmy 1986 for Death of a Salesman
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1999
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Depression, Marijuana, Cancer
TELEVISION
Luck Chester Bernstein (2011-)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Quartet (9-Sep-2012)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (21-May-2017)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (23-Jan-2016) [VOICE]
The Program (13-Sep-2015)
The Cobbler (11-Sep-2014)
Chef (7-Mar-2014)
Birth of the Living Dead (18-Oct-2013) · Himself
Kung Fu Panda 2 (26-May-2011) · Shifu [VOICE]
Little Fockers (22-Dec-2010) · Bernie Focker
Barney's Version (10-Sep-2010) · Izzy Panofsky
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (25-Jul-2010) · Narrator
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (5-May-2010) · Himself
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010) · Himself
The Tale of Despereaux (19-Dec-2008) · Roscuro [VOICE]
Last Chance Harvey (8-Nov-2008)
Visual Acoustics (22-Jun-2008) · Himself
Kung Fu Panda (15-May-2008) [VOICE]
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (15-Nov-2007)
Trumbo (10-Sep-2007) · Himself
Constantine's Sword (24-Jun-2007) · Himself
Stranger Than Fiction (9-Sep-2006)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (7-Sep-2006)
The Lost City (3-Sep-2005)
Racing Stripes (14-Jan-2005) · Tucker [VOICE]
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (17-Dec-2004)
Meet the Fockers (16-Dec-2004) · Bernie Focker
I Heart Huckabees (10-Sep-2004) · Bernard
Finding Neverland (4-Sep-2004)
Runaway Jury (9-Oct-2003) · Wendell Rohr
Confidence (20-Jan-2003) · King
Moonlight Mile (9-Sep-2002) · Ben Floss
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (18-Oct-1999)
Sphere (13-Feb-1998) · Norman
Wag the Dog (25-Dec-1997) · Stanley Motss
Mad City (10-Oct-1997)
Sleepers (18-Oct-1996) · Danny Snyder
American Buffalo (12-Sep-1996)
Outbreak (10-Mar-1995) · Sam Daniels
Hero (2-Oct-1992) · Bernie Laplante
Hook (11-Dec-1991) · Capt. Hook
Billy Bathgate (1-Nov-1991) · Dutch Schultz
Dick Tracy (15-Jun-1990) · Mumbles
Family Business (13-Dec-1989) · Vito
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) · Narrator [VOICE]
Rain Man (12-Dec-1988) · Raymond Babbitt
Ishtar (15-May-1987) · Chuck Clarke
Death of a Salesman (14-Sep-1985) · Willy Loman
Tootsie (17-Dec-1982) · Michael Dorsey
Kramer vs. Kramer (19-Dec-1979) · Ted Kramer
Agatha (9-Feb-1979)
Straight Time (18-Mar-1978) · Max Dembo
Marathon Man (6-Oct-1976) · Babe
All the President's Men (7-Apr-1976) · Carl Bernstein
Lenny (10-Nov-1974) · Lenny Bruce
Papillon (16-Dec-1973) · Louis Dega
Alfredo, Alfredo (4-Aug-1972)
Straw Dogs (29-Dec-1971)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (15-Jun-1971)
The Point (1971)
Little Big Man (14-Dec-1970) · Jack Crabb
John and Mary (14-Dec-1969) · John
Midnight Cowboy (25-May-1969) · Ratso
Madigan's Millions (30-May-1968) · Jason Fister
The Graduate (21-Dec-1967) · Benjamin Braddock
The Tiger Makes Out (18-Aug-1967)
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