Profile
Dustin Hoffman
Actor
Male
Born
Aug 8, 1937
Age
75
Hometown
Los Angeles
Other Names
Dustin Lee Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters. He first drew critical praise for the play Eh?, for which he won… Read More
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Romance
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Lisa GottsegenMarried 1980
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Anne ByrneMarried 1969 - 1980
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Anne Byrne HoffmanFling 1969 - 1980
Family
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Dustin Hoffman
Age 75
parents
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Harry HoffmanFather
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Lillian GoldMother
siblings
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Ronald HoffmanBrother
children
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Jenna ByrneDaughter, Age 42
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Rebecca HoffmanDaughter, Age 30
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Max HoffmanSon, Age 28
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Alexandra HoffmanDaughter, Age 25
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British Tourists Angry At £54 Ice Cream Bill Sky News Sky NewsGoogle News - 13 days ago
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Marlo Thomas: The Curious History Of Women Who 'Passed' As Men In Pursuit Of A DreamThe Huffington Post - May 03, 2013
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Actors Have Feelings, TooHuffington Post - Apr 24, 2013
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Pat Gallagher: Kevin Bacon On Marriage, 'The Following' And His Greatest FearHuffington Post - Apr 22, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1937
Birth
Born on August 8, 1937.
TEENAGE
1955
17 Years Old
He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955 and enrolled at Santa Monica College with the intention of studying medicine, leaving after a year to join the Pasadena Playhouse.
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TWENTIES
1960
22 Years Old
In 1960, Hoffman was cast in a role in an Off-Broadway production and followed with a walk-on role in a Broadway production in 1961.
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1966
28 Years Old
His first critical success was in Eh? by Henry Livings, which had its US premiere at the Circle in the Square Downtown on October 16, 1966.
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Hoffman made his theatrical film debut in The Tiger Makes Out in 1967, alongside Eli Wallach.
THIRTIES
1968
30 Years Old
In December 1968, Hoffman returned to Broadway to appear in the title role of Murray Schisgal and John Sebastian's musical Jimmy Shine.
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Just a few weeks after leaving the production, Hoffman's next major film, Midnight Cowboy, premiered in theatres across the United States on May 25, 1969.
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FORTIES
1980
42 Years Old
He married attorney Lisa Hoffman (née Gottsegen) in October 1980; they have four children – Jacob Edward (born March 20, 1981), Rebecca Lillian (b.
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1984
46 Years Old
In 1984, Hoffman starred as Willy Loman in the Broadway revival of the 1949 Arthur Miller play, Death of a Salesman, Hoffmann and Beatty were unaffected by the flop, and Ishtar became a cult film.
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FIFTIES
1991
53 Years Old
In 1991, Hoffman voiced substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom in The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Substitute", under the pseudonym Sam Etic.
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1996
58 Years Old
Following that, he appeared in the 1996 revenge-drama/legal-thriller Sleepers (1996) with Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, and Kevin Bacon.
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1997
59 Years Old
In 1997, Hoffman starred opposite John Travolta in the Costa Gavras film Mad City and gained his seventh Academy Award nomination for his performance in Wag The Dog, in a role that allowed Hoffman the chance to work with both Robert De Niro and Denis Leary.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2004
66 Years Old
Seven years after his nomination for Wag the Dog, Hoffman got a second opportunity to perform again with Robert De Niro, co-starring with Barbra Streisand and Ben Stiller in the 2004 comedy Meet the Fockers, a sequel to Meet the Parents (2000).
Hoffman won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance.
2007
69 Years Old
In 2007, he was featured in an advertising campaign for Australian telecommunications company Telstra's Next G network, appeared in the 50 Cent video "Follow My Lead" as a psychiatrist, and played the title character in the family film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.
2008
70 Years Old
In 2008, although he was reluctant to perform in an animated film, Hoffman had a prominent role as Shifu in the acclaimed film Kung Fu Panda, which was praised in part for his comedic chemistry with Jack Black (whom he tutored in acting for an important scene) and his character's poignantly complex relationship with the story's villain.
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He appeared in Little Fockers, the critically panned yet hugely commercially successful 2010 sequel to Meet the Fockers.
2011
73 Years Old
In 2011, Hoffman reprised his role as Shifu in the commercially and critically successful animated film Kung Fu Panda 2. Hoffman starred in the HBO horse-racing drama Luck, as a man involved in activities such as bookmaking and casino operations. Luck was cancelled in March 2012 after three horses died on set.
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