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.

Megalopolis
Nush 'The Fixer' Berman
2024

Kung Fu Panda 4
Shifu (voice)
2024

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)
2023

Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
2022

PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)
2022

Mr. Saturday Night
2021

Hal
Self
2019

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self (archive footage)
2017

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Harold Meyerowitz
2017

Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
2016

Kung Fu Panda 3
Shifu (voice)
2016

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Shifu / Warrior (voice)
2016

The Program
Bob Hamman
2015

Boychoir
Master Carvelle
2015

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mr. Hoppy
2015

Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self (archive footage)
2014

The Cobbler
Abraham Simkin
2014

Chef
Riva
2014

All the President's Men Revisited
Self
2013

Casting By
Self (Archival Footage)
2012

Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Shifu (voice)
2011

Kung Fu Panda 2
Shifu (voice)
2011

Little Fockers
Bernie Focker
2010

Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Shifu (voice)
2010

Barney's Version
Izzy Panofsky
2010

Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Narrator (voice)
2010

Against the Tide
Narrator
2009

Dustin!
2009

Last Chance Harvey
Harvey Shine
2008

The Tale of Despereaux
Roscuro (voice)
2008

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Shifu (voice)
2008

Visual Acoustics
Himself/Narrator
2008

Kung Fu Panda
Shifu (voice)
2008

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Mr. Edward Magorium
2007

Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
2007

The Holiday
Dustin Hoffman
2006

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Giuseppe Baldini
2006

Stranger Than Fiction
Professor Jules Hilbert
2006

Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Self
2006

Earth to America
Self
2005

The Lost City
Meyer Lansky
2005

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
2005

Racing Stripes
Tucker (voice)
2005

Meet the Fockers
Bernie Focker
2004

Finding Neverland
Charles Frohman
2004

I ♥ Huckabees
Bernard Jaffe
2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Chuck Clarke (archive footage)
2004
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
Host
2003

Confidence
Winston King
2003

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Ben Floss
2003

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Self (archive footage)
2003

Runaway Jury
Wendell Rohr
2003
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003

Moonlight Mile
Ben Floss
2002

There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
2002

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self - Narrator
2001

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Joan's conscience
1999

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999

Sphere
Dr. Norman Goodman
1998

Wag the Dog
Stanley Motss
1997

Mad City
Max Brackett
1997

Sleepers
Danny Snyder
1996

American Buffalo
Walt 'Teach' Teacher
1996

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
1995

Outbreak
Sam Daniels
1995

La Classe américaine
Peter (archive footage)
1993

Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
1993

Hero
Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
1992

A Wish for Wings That Work
Milquetoast (voice)
1991

Billy Bathgate
Dutch Schultz
1991

Hook
Captain Hook
1991

The Earth Day Special
Every Lawyer
1990

Family Business
Vito McMullen
1989

Rain Man
Raymond Babbitt
1988

Ishtar
Chuck Clarke
1987

Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
1985

Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985

Tootsie
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
1982

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
1980

Kramer vs. Kramer
Ted Kramer
1979

Agatha
Wally Stanton
1979

Straight Time
Max Dembo
1978

Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Self
1977

Marathon Man
Babe
1976

All the President's Men
Carl Bernstein
1976

Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Self
1976

Lenny
Lenny Bruce
1974

Free to Be… You and Me
Self (scenes deleted)
1974

Papillon
Louis Dega
1973

The Magnificent Rebel
Self
1973

Alfredo, Alfredo
Alfredo
1972

Straw Dogs
David Sumner
1971

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Georgie Soloway
1971

The Point
Narrator / Father (first telecast)
1971

The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
Himself
1970

Little Big Man
Jack Crabb
1970

Arthur Penn: The Director
Self
1970

John and Mary
John
1969

Midnight Cowboy
Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
1969

Madigan's Millions
Jason Fister
1968

Tower Stories
Jacob

The New Cinema
Self
1968

The Graduate
Ben Braddock
1967
Tuner

Twiggy
Self
2025

Sam & Kate
Bill
2022

As They Made Us
Eugene
2022

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Self
2020

Into the Labyrinth
Dottor Green
2019

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019

Spielberg
Self
2017

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
2016

Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Self - Actor
2015

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2015

And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Shifu (Voice)
2013

La Classe américaine
Self
2012

Paul Williams Still Alive
Self (archive footage)
2011

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Self
2008

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
2008

Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Self
2006

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Critic (uncredited)
2004
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2004

The Kid Stays in the Picture
Self (archive footage)
2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (uncredited archive footage: 1975 BBC interview)
2002

Tuesday
voice
2001

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
2001

Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Self
2001

Tato's Argentina
Arturo Puig
1999

The Devil's Arithmetic
Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)
1999

Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")
1998

Jonas in the Desert
Self
1994

Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992

'The Graduate' at 25
Self
1992

Dick Tracy
Mumbles
1990

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Self
1990

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Narrator (voice)
1989

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Self / Willy Loman
1986

Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
Himself
1982

Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
1982
Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
Self
1982

The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Self
1976

Lost in the Garden of the World
Self
1975

On Location: Dustin Hoffman
Self
1971

The Crowd Around the Cowboy
Self
1969

The Tiger Makes Out
Hap
1967

The Star Wagon
Hanus Wicks
1966

The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Zoditch
1966
The Revisionist

Franz Kline - Remembered
Himself

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Lenny Bruce (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2024

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Shifu (voice) · (42 episodes)
2022

Steve McQueen: American Icon
Self (archive footage)
2017

Medici: Masters of Florence
Giovanni de' Medici · (8 episodes)
2016

Finding Your Roots
Self · (1 episode)
2012

Luck
Chester Bernstein · (9 episodes)
2012

I Could Never Be Your Woman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2007

Rachael Ray
(1 episode)
2006
Close Up
Self - Interviewee · (1 episode)
2006

The Reichen Show
Self · (1 episode)
2005

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2003

Liberty's Kids
Benedict Arnold (voice) · (40 episodes)
2002

V Graham Norton
Self · (1 episode)
2002

Big Brother's Little Brother
Self · (1 episode)
2001

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Guide #1 · (1 episode)
2000

The Directors
Self · (1 episode)
1999

The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996

MADtv
Self · (1 episode)
1995

Coucou c'est nous !
Self · (1 episode)
1992

HBO First Look
(1 episode)
1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(3 episodes)
1992

The Simpsons
Mr. Bergstrom (voice) · (1 episode)
1989

This Morning
Self · (1 episode)
1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
1988

Sacrée soirée
Self · (2 episodes)
1987

American Masters
Self · (1 episode)
1986
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984

Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
1982

Wetten, dass..?
Self · (1 episode)
1981

Spécial cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
1974
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self · (2 episodes)
1971
Treffpunkte
Self · (1 episode)
1970

ABC Stage 67
J.J. Semmons · (1 episode)
1966

The Nurses
Larson · (98 episodes)
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1961

The Defenders
Robert Burke · (1 episode)
1961

The Defenders
Buddy · (1 episode)
1961

Naked City
Lester Stenton · (1 episode)
1958

Naked City
Finney · (1 episode)
1958

Tony Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1956

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1956

Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
1956

The Oscars
Self · (6 episodes)
1953

Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (2 episodes)
1944

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (4 episodes)
1944

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1944

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · (1 episode)
1944

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner/Presenter · (1 episode)
1944