Dustin Hoffman

1937-

Biography: life and films

Dustin Hoffman is an American actor and producer whose birth name is Dustin Lee Hoffman. He was born in Los Angeles, California, USA on 8th August 1937.

His best films as an actor include Franklin J. Schaffner's Papillon (1973), John Schlesinger's crime-thriller Marathon Man (1976), Volker Schlöndorff's Death of a Salesman (1985), Barry Levinson's Rain Man (1988) and Mark Osborne's comedy Kung Fu Panda (2008), and whose best work as a film director include Straight Time (1978) and Quartet (2012).

Dustin Hoffman has so far appeared in 51 films, directed 2 films and scripted 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Barry Levinson (4 films), Ulu Grosbard (2), Robert Benton (2), Marc Forster (2), John Schlesinger (2) and Brad Silberling (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (25 films), comedy (14), Thriller (10), comedy-drama (8), romance (5), crime-thriller (5), Fantasy (5), comedy-romance (4), history (3), Documentary (3), Biography (3), Animation (3) and War (2).

Our average rating for Dustin Hoffman over all films is: 3.4

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

The Graduate (1967) [a]

The Tiger Makes Out (1967) [a]

Un Dollaro per 7 vigliacchi (1968) [a]

John and Mary (1969) [a]

Midnight Cowboy (1969) [a]

Little Big Man (1970) [a]

Straw Dogs (1971) [a]

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971) [a]

Alfredo, Alfredo (1972) [a]

Papillon (1973) [a]

Lenny (1974) [a]

All the President's Men (1976) [a]

Marathon Man (1976) [a]

Straight Time (1978) [a,d]

Agatha (1979) [a]

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) [a]

Tootsie (1982) [a]

Death of a Salesman (1985) [a]

Ishtar (1987) [a]

Rain Man (1988) [a]

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) [a]

Family Business (1989) [a]

Billy Bathgate (1991) [a]

Hook (1991) [a]

Hero (1992) [a]

Jonas in the Desert (1994) [a]

Outbreak (1995) [a]

American Buffalo (1996) [a]

Sleepers (1996) [a]

Mad City (1997) [a]

Wag the Dog (1997) [a]

Sphere (1998) [a]

The Furies (1999) [w]

Moonlight Mile (2002) [a]

The Weather Underground (2002) [a]

Confidence (2003) [a]

Runaway Jury (2003) [a]

Finding Neverland (2004) [a]

I Heart Huckabees (2004) [a]

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) [a]

Meet the Fockers (2004) [a]

Racing Stripes (2005) [a]

The Lost City (2005) [a]

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) [a]

Stranger Than Fiction (2006) [a]

The Holiday (2006) [a]

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) [a]

Belonging (2008) [a]

Kung Fu Panda (2008) [a]

Last Chance Harvey (2008) [a]

The Tale of Despereaux (2008) [a]

Little Fockers (2010) [a]

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) [a]

Quartet (2012) [d]

The Program (2015) [a]

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) [a]



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