Dustin Lee Hoffman[According to the State of California (CA Birth Index). At Family Tree Legends. Retrieved 2008-01-23.] (born August 8, 1937)
is an American actor who has had an active career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He first drew critical praise for the 1966
Off-Broadway play
Eh? for which he won a
Theatre World Award and a
Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakout movie role as Ben Braddock in the 1967 film
The Graduate. After the success of this film, Hoffman's career has largely been focused in cinema with only sporadic returns to television and the stage. Some of his more important films are
Midnight Cowboy (1969),
Little Big Man (1970),
Lenny (1974),
All the President's Men (1976),
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979),
Tootsie (1982),
Rain Man (1988),
Hook (1991),
Sleepers (1996),
Wag the Dog (1997),
Meet The Fockers (2004), and
Last Chance Harvey (2008).
Respected for his versatility, Hoffman has won two
Academy Awards, six
Golden Globes, three
BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, and an
Emmy Award. Dustin Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999.
