Dustin Hoffman Bio | Wiki
Dustin Hoffman is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. Dustin is the recipient of numerous awards including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and four British Academy Film Awards among others.
Moreover, he has received numerous honors including the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012. Actor Robert De Niro described him as “an actor with the everyman’s face who embodied the heartbreakingly human”.
Dustin Hoffman Age
Dustin was born on August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is 85 years old.
Dustin Hoffman Height
He is a man of short stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Apptox. 1.67 m).
Dustin Hoffman Family
He was born in Los Angeles, California, to his parents Harry Hoffman and Lillian. Dustin is the younger of two sons including his brother Ronald. His father worked as a prop supervisor at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furniture salesman.
He was named after stage and silent screen actor Dustin Farnum. Dustin’ elder brother Ronald is a lawyer and economist. He is Jewish, from an Ashkenazi Jewish family of immigrants from Kyiv, Ukraine, and Iași, Romania.
Dustin Hoffman Wife
After meeting in 1963, Dustin married Anne Byrne in May 1969. He adopted Karina, Byrne’s child from a previous marriage, and with Byrne had a daughter Jenna. The couple divorced in 1980. After the separation, he began seeing Lisa Gottsegen, their families have had a relationship together growing up.
She was finishing her Juris Doctor degree, and the couple married in October 1980. They have four children: Jacob Edward, Rebecca Lillian, Maxwell Geoffrey, and Alexandra Lydia “Ali”. Dustin has two grandchildren.
In an interview, he said that all of his children from his second marriage had bar or bat mitzvahs and that he is a more observant Jew now than when he was younger. He has also lamented that he is not fluent in Hebrew.
Dustin Hoffman Education
He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955 and enrolled at Santa Monica College with the intention of studying medicine. Later, Dustin decided to become an actor, leaving the next year to join the Pasadena Playhouse. He also studied with Lee Strasberg and has stated that he did not study with either Sanford Meisner or Stella Adler.
Dustin Hoffman Movies
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Stranger than Fiction (2006)
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Barney’s Version (2009)
Little Fockers (2010)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
As They Made Us (2022)
Sam & Kate (2022)
Megalopolis (2024)
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
Dustin Hoffman As Hook
He played the title role of Captain Hook in Steven Spielberg’s Hook (also 1991). Dustin earned a Golden Globe nomination, and the narrator in Dr. Seuss Video Classics: Horton Hears a Who! (also 1992); in Hook, his costume was so heavy that he had to wear an air-conditioned suit under it.
Dustin Hoffman The Graduate
He was cast as the male lead in the movie The Graduate (1967). Dustin played the character of Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate who has an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father’s law partner. This was Dustin’s first major role, and he received an Academy Award nomination for it but lost to Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night.
His performance in The Graduate which prompted them to be hailed on the cover of the February 27, 1969, Time magazine as stars of their generation. He was paid $20,000 for his role in The Graduate but netted just $4,000 after taxes and living expenses.
Dustin Hoffman Rain Man | Tom Cruise
Dustin starred as an autistic savant, opposite Tom Cruise in director Barry Levinson’s Rain Man (1988). Levinson, Dustin, and Cruise worked for two years on the film, and Dustin’s performance gained him his second Academy Award. In preparation for the part, he spent two years befriending autistic people, which included taking them bowling and to fast food restaurants. “It fed my obsession”, he has stated.
Dustin Hoffman In Tootsie
In Tootsie (1982), Dustin portrays Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who finds himself dressing up as a woman to land a role in a soap opera. His co-star was Jessica Lange. Tootsie earned ten Academy Award nominations, including Hoffman’s fifth nomination.
Dustin Hoffman Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Dustin’s estimated net worth is $100 million.
How Tall Is Dustin Hoffman
He is a man of short stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Apptox. 1.67 m).
How Old Is Dustin Hoffman
He is 85 years old. Dustin was born on August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, United States.