| Dustin Hoffman  AKA Dustin Lee Hoffman
Born: 8-Aug-1937
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Rain Man, The Graduate Dustin Hoffman has been a celebrity since he was seduced by Anne Bancroft in The Graduate in 1967.
After dropping out of college, he studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse, and briefly shared an apartment with another unknown actor, Gene Hackman. They sometimes played poker with other underemployed actors, including Robert Duvall.
Hoffman practices method acting, and is widely considered a pain in the ass to work with. He is renowned for his big ego and in-depth character research, and for demands of directors, suggestions for co-stars and scriptwriters, endless ideas for plot revisions, and numerous fights with studio executives. Director Sydney Pollack won an Oscar for directing Hoffman in Tootsie, but said "I'd give it up, if I could have back the nine months of my life I spent with Dustin Hoffman making it".
Then again, he has won dozens of awards for acting, for his work on Broadway, off Broadway, on TV, and of course in the movies. His better films include Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Lenny, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, Wag the Dog, and I Heart Huckabees.
Father: Harvey Hoffman (set designer, Columbia Studios)
Mother: Lillian Gold (d. Jun-1990)
Brother: Ronald Hoffman (lawyer, economist)
Wife: Anne Byrne (ballerina; m. 3-May-1969, div. 1980, two daughters)
Daughter: Karina Hoffman (clothing executive)
Daughter: Jenna Byrne (stepdaughter; photographer; b. 15-Oct-1970)
Wife: Lisa Gottsegen (lawyer; m. 1980, four children)
Son: Jacob "Jake" Hoffman (actor, King of the Corner; b. 20-Mar-1981)
Daughter: Rebecca Hoffman (b. 17-Mar-1983)
Son: Maxwell Hoffman (b. 30-Aug-1984)
Daughter: Alexandra Hoffman
High School: Los Angeles High School, Los Angeles, CA
University: Santa Monica College (dropped out 1956)
amfAR National Council
John Kerry for President
Obama for America
Oscar for Best Actor 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer
Oscar for Best Actor 1989 for Rain Man
Golden Globe 1968 Most Promising Newcomer, Male for The Graduate
Golden Globe 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer
Golden Globe 1983 for Tootsie
Golden Globe 1986 for Death of a Salesman
Golden Globe 1989 for Rain Man
Emmy 1986 for Death of a Salesman
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1999
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Depression, Marijuana
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Kung Fu Panda (15-May-2008) [VOICE]
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (15-Nov-2007)
Stranger Than Fiction (9-Sep-2006)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (7-Sep-2006)
The Lost City (3-Sep-2005)
Racing Stripes (14-Jan-2005) [VOICE]
Meet the Fockers (16-Dec-2004)
I Heart Huckabees (10-Sep-2004)
Finding Neverland (4-Sep-2004)
Runaway Jury (9-Oct-2003)
Confidence (20-Jan-2003)
Moonlight Mile (9-Sep-2002)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (18-Oct-1999)
Sphere (13-Feb-1998)
Wag the Dog (25-Dec-1997)
Mad City (10-Oct-1997)
Sleepers (18-Oct-1996)
American Buffalo (12-Sep-1996)
Outbreak (10-Mar-1995)
Hero (2-Oct-1992)
Hook (11-Dec-1991)
Billy Bathgate (1-Nov-1991)
Dick Tracy (15-Jun-1990)
Family Business (13-Dec-1989)
Rain Man (12-Dec-1988)
Ishtar (15-May-1987)
Death of a Salesman (14-Sep-1985)
Tootsie (17-Dec-1982)
Kramer vs. Kramer (19-Dec-1979)
Agatha (9-Feb-1979)
Straight Time (18-Mar-1978)
Marathon Man (6-Oct-1976)
All the President's Men (7-Apr-1976)
Lenny (10-Nov-1974)
Papillon (16-Dec-1973)
Alfredo, Alfredo (4-Aug-1972)
Straw Dogs (29-Dec-1971)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (15-Jun-1971)
The Point (1971)
Little Big Man (14-Dec-1970)
John and Mary (14-Dec-1969)
Midnight Cowboy (25-May-1969)
The Graduate (21-Dec-1967)
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