Dustin Hoffman

ActorProducerCrewDirector Aug 8 (age 88) Los Angeles, California, USA 1944–2026 (82 year career)

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Biography

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. …

Known For

Film

Rain Man

Raymond Babbitt

Film

Kung Fu Panda

Shifu (voice)

Film

Kung Fu Panda 2

Shifu (voice)

Film

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Giuseppe Baldini

Film

Sleepers

Danny Snyder

Film

The Graduate

Ben Braddock

Film

The Holiday

Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)

Film

Kung Fu Panda 3

Shifu (voice)

Filmography

Acting (193)

Movies (148)

Tuner

2026 Upcoming

as Harry Horowitz

May 22

Twiggy

as Self

Megadoc

as Self

Kung Fu Panda 4

as Shifu (voice)

Megalopolis

as Nush 'The Fixer' Berman

5.2

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

2023

as Benjamin Braddock (archive footage)

As They Made Us

as Eugene

Sam & Kate

as Bill

PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation

2022

as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage)

7.5

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

2022

as Self

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

as Self

Into the Labyrinth

as Dottor Green

Hal

as Self

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019

as Self

6.5

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

Spielberg

as Self

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

2017

as Harold Meyerowitz

6.5

Steve McQueen: American Icon

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016

as Shifu (voice)

6.9

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

2016

as Shifu / Warrior (voice)

6.9

Mike Nichols: An American Master

2016

as Self

6.3

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016

as Carl Bernstein (archive footage)

7.6

The Program

2015

as Bob Hamman

6.4

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

2015

as Mr. Hoppy

6.7

Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

as Self - Actor

Boychoir

as Master Carvelle

Chef

as Riva

The Cobbler

as Abraham Simkin

Led Zeppelin Played Here

2014

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

2013

as Shifu (Voice)

8.0

All the President's Men Revisited

2013

as Self

7.0

Close Up

2012

as Self (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

as Self

Kung Fu Panda 2

as Shifu (voice)

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

as Shifu (voice)

Little Fockers

as Bernie Focker

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

as Shifu (voice)

Barney's Version

as Izzy Panofsky

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.6

Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story

as Narrator (voice)

Against the Tide

as Narrator

Dustin!

Kung Fu Panda

as Shifu (voice)

The Tale of Despereaux

2008

as Roscuro (voice)

6.1

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

as Shifu (voice)

Last Chance Harvey

as Harvey Shine

Visual Acoustics

as Self - Narrator

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

2008

as Self

6.0

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben

2008

as Self

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

2007

as Mr. Edward Magorium

6.2

Trumbo

2007

as Self - Interviewee

6.7

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006

as Giuseppe Baldini

7.4

The Holiday

2006

as Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)

7.1

Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

2006

as Self

Stranger Than Fiction

2006

as Professor Jules Hilbert

7.3

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

as Self

Racing Stripes

as Tucker (voice)

The Lost City

as Meyer Lansky

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

2005

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Earth to America

2005

as Self

8.0

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004

as The Critic (uncredited)

Meet the Fockers

as Bernie Focker

Finding Neverland

as Charles Frohman

I ♥ Huckabees

as Bernard Jaffe

After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later

2004

Runaway Jury

2003

as Wendell Rohr

6.9

The Shakespeare Sessions

2003

7.0

Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies

2003

as Host

Confidence

2003

as Winston King

6.3

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

2003

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

as Self / Ben Floss

Moonlight Mile

as Ben Floss

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

2002

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

There's Only One Paul McCartney

2002

as Self

Tuesday

2001

as voice

5.5

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

2001

as Self - Narrator

8.0

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

2001

as Self

4.2

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

2001

as Self

6.5

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999

as Joan's conscience

6.4

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999

as Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited)

6.8

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

1999

6.8

Sphere

1998

as Dr. Norman Goodman

6.1

Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory

1998

as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners")

Wag the Dog

as Stanley Motss

Mad City

as Max Brackett

Sleepers

as Danny Snyder

American Buffalo

as Walt 'Teach' Teacher

5.4

Outbreak

1995

as Sam Daniels

6.6

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

as Self

Jonas in the Desert

as Self

La Classe américaine

as Peter (archive footage)

7.6

Aretha Franklin: Duets

1993

as Self

8.0

Hero

1992

as Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante

6.3

Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)

'The Graduate' at 25

as Self

Hook

as Captain Hook

Billy Bathgate

as Dutch Schultz

Dick Tracy

as Mumbles

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Every Lawyer

6.3

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

as Self

Family Business

as Vito McMullen

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

as Narrator (voice)

Rain Man

as Raymond Babbitt

Ishtar

as Chuck Clarke

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

1986

as Self / Willy Loman

Death of a Salesman

1985

as Willy Loman

6.9

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky

1982

as Self

Tootsie

1982

as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

7.2

Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning

1982

as Self

The Making of 'Tootsie'

as Self

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

1980

as Self (archive footage)

Kramer vs. Kramer

as Ted Kramer

Agatha

as Wally Stanton

Straight Time

as Max Dembo

Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back

1977

as Self

8.7

All the President's Men

1976

as Carl Bernstein

7.7

Marathon Man

1976

as Thomas 'Babe' Levy

7.2

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

1976

as Self

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

1976

as Self

2.0

Lost in the Garden of the World

1975

as Self

Free to Be… You and Me

1974

as Self (scenes deleted)

Lenny

as Lenny Bruce

Papillon

as Louis Dega

The Magnificent Rebel

as Self

Alfredo, Alfredo

as Alfredo

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

as Georgie Soloway

Straw Dogs

as David Sumner

The Point

as Narrator / Father (first telecast)

6.9

On Location: Dustin Hoffman

1971

as Self

Little Big Man

1970

as Jack Crabb

7.5

Arthur Penn: The Director

1970

as Self

The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman

1970

as Self

Midnight Cowboy

as Ratso

John and Mary

as John

The Crowd Around the Cowboy

1969

as Self

The New Cinema

1968

as Self

Madigan's Millions

as Jason Fister

The Graduate

as Ben Braddock

The Tiger Makes Out

as Hap

The Star Wagon

as Hanus Wicks

The Journey of the Fifth Horse

1966

as Zoditch

Tower Stories

as Jacob

Diamond

The Revisionist

Time Out

Franz Kline - Remembered

as Self

Television (45)

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy

2024

as Lenny Bruce (archive footage)

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

2022

as Shifu (voice)

7.5

Medici: Masters of Florence

2016

as Giovanni de' Medici

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Luck

as Chester Bernstein

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Rachael Ray

Close Up

as Self - Interviewee

10.0

The Reichen Show

2005

as Self

4.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

V Graham Norton

as Self

Liberty's Kids

as Benedict Arnold (voice)

7.6

Big Brother's Little Brother

as Self

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Guide #1

The Directors

as Self

Parkinson

as Self (archive footage)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

MADtv

as Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Coucou c'est nous !

as Self

HBO First Look

The Simpsons

as Mr. Bergstrom (voice)

8.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

This Morning

as Self

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

American Masters

as Self

Goldene Kamera

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Spécial cinéma

as Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Film '72

as Self

Treffpunkte

as Self

ABC Stage 67

1966

as J.J. Semmons

6.2

The Nurses

1965

as Larson

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Nurses

as Larson

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self (archive footage)

The Defenders

as Robert Burke

Naked City

as Lester Stenton

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Oscars

as Self

Today

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Crew (9)

Movies (8)

Into the Labyrinth

Executive Producer

Brooklyn

Thanks

Quartet

Director

Quartet

Executive Producer

A Walk on the Moon

Producer

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999

Executive Producer

6.8

Tarzan and the Lost City

Producer

Agatha

Producer

Television (1)

Luck

2012

Producer

6.7