Dustin Hoffman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman at the 1989 Academy Awards Born Dustin Lee Hoffman August 8, 1937 (1937-08-08) (age 71) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1967–present Spouse(s) Anne Byrne (1969 ─ 1980) Lisa Gottsegen (1980 ─ present) [show]Awards won Academy Awards Best Actor 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer 1988 Rain Man BAFTA Awards Best Newcomer 1969 The Graduate Best Actor 1970 John and Mary ; Midnight Cowboy 1984 Tootsie Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries/Movie 1986 Death of a Salesman Golden Globe Awards Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor 1968 The Graduate Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer 1989 Rain Man Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1983 Tootsie Best Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie 1986 Death of a Salesman Cecil B. DeMille Award 1997 Lifetime Achievement Other awards NYFCC Award for Best Actor 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Honorary Golden Berlin Bear 1989 Lifetime Achievement Career Golden Lion 1996 Lifetime Achievement AFI Life Achievement Award 1999 Lifetime Achievement Dustin Lee Hoffman[1] (born August 8, 1937)[1] is a two-time Oscar-, six-time Golden Globe-, three-time BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning American actor. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 Major roles 3 Personal life 4 Filmography and awards 5 References 6 External links [edit] Early life Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California,[1] the son of Lillian (née Gold), a jazz pianist, and Harry Hoffman, who worked as a prop supervisor/set decorator at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furniture salesman.[2][3] His brother, Ronald, is a lawyer and economist. Hoffman's family was Jewish, although he did not have a religious upbringing.[4][5] He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955. [edit] Career [edit] Early career Hoffman began acting at the Pasadena Playhouse with Gene Hackman. After two years at the playhouse, Hackman headed for New York City, and Hoffman soon followed. He worked a series of odd jobs, including coat checking at restaurants, working in the typing department of the city Yellow Pages directory, and stringing Hawaiian leis, while getting the occasional bit television role. To support himself, he left acting briefly to teach. He worked as a professional fragrance tester for Maxwell House. He also did the occasional television commercial. An often-replayed segment on programs that explore actors' early work is a clip showing Hoffman touting the Volkswagen Fastback. In 1960, Hoffman landed a role in an off-Broadway production and followed with a walk-on role in a Broadway production in 1961. Hoffman then studied at the famed Actors Studio and became a dedicated method actor. Through the early and mid-1960s, Hoffman made appearances in television shows and movies, including Naked City, The Defenders and Hallmark Hall of Fame. Hoffman made his theatrical film debut in The Tiger Makes Out in 1967, alongside Eli Wallach. Between acting jobs, Hoffman also made ends meet by teaching acting at a community college night school, and by directing off-broadway and community theater productions. In 1967, immediately after wrapping up principal filming on The Tiger Makes Out, Hoffman flew from New York City to Fargo, North Dakota, where he directed a production of William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life for the Emma Herbst Community Theatre. The $1,000 he received for the eight-week contract was all he had to hold him over until the funds from the movie materialized. [edit] Major roles Hoffman in France (1985)In 1966, Mike Nichols began casting The Graduate. Negotiations with Warren Beatty and Robert Redford fell through, and Hoffman auditioned for the role. Before Hoffman, Charles Grodin had also been in consideration for the role but, according to one anecdote, refused to work for the amount offered. Hoffman had been set to play the role of Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in Mel Brooks' 1968 movie The Producers, but dropped out when he landed the role of Benjamin Braddock, opposite Anne Bancroft. The film began production in March 1967. Hoffman received an Academy Award nomination for his performance. After the success of this film, another Hoffman film, Madigan's Millions, shot before The Graduate, was released on the tail of the actor's newfound success. It was considered a failure at the box office. Hoffman's next role was Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy. Hoffman received his second Oscar nomination for Midnight Cowboy, while the film won the Best Picture honor. This was followed by his role in Little Big Man, where he played Jack Crabb, who ages from teenager to a 121-year-old man in the film. The film was widely praised by critics, but was overlooked for an award except for a supporting nomination for Chief Dan George. Hoffman continued to appear in major films over the next few years. Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, Straw Dogs, and Papillon were followed by Lenny in 1974, for which Hoffman received his third nomination for Best Actor in seven years. Hoffman talks to extras on the set of Lenny in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1974)Less than two years after the Watergate scandal, Hoffman and Robert Redford starred as Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, respectively, in All the President's Men. Hoffman next starred in Marathon Man, a film based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, opposite Laurence Olivier. Hoffman's next roles were not as successful. He opted out of directing Straight Time but starred as a thief. His next film, Michael Apted's Agatha, was opposite Vanessa Redgrave starring as Agatha Christie. Hoffman's next starred in Robert Benton's Kramer vs. Kramer as workaholic Ted Kramer whose wife unexpectedly leaves him and he must raise their son alone. Hoffman starred alongside Meryl Streep in the film, which earned Hoffman his first Academy Award. The film also received the Best Picture honor, as well as Supporting Actress (Streep) and Director. In Tootsie, Hoffman portrays Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who finds himself dressing up as a woman to land a role on a soap opera. His co-star was Jessica Lange. Tootsie earned ten Academy Award nominations, including Hoffman's fifth nomination. Hoffman then turned to television in the role of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, for which he won the 1985 Emmy Award for Outstanding lead actor in a TV movie or miniseries. He would also go on to win a Golden Globe for the same performance. Hoffman's largest film failure was Elaine May's Ishtar, with Warren Beatty. The film received almost completely negative reviews from critics and was nominated for three Razzie awards. James House, who later became a country music artist, served as Hoffman's vocal coach in the film.[6] In director Barry Levinson's Rain Man, Hoffman starred as an autistic savant, opposite Tom Cruise. Levinson, Hoffman and Cruise worked for two years on the film, and his performance garnered Hoffman his second Academy Award. Upon accepting, Hoffman stated softly to his fellow nominees that it was okay if they didn't vote for him because "I didn't vote for you guys either."[citation needed] After Rain Man, Hoffman appeared with Sean Connery and Matthew Broderick in Family Business. The film did relatively poorly with the critics and at the box office. In 1991, Hoffman voiced substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom in the The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Substitute", under the pseudonym Sam Etic. As a reference to this episode, on the episode portraying the Itchy & Scratchy movie, Lisa says that Dustin Hoffman has a cameo but doesn't use his real name. Throughout the 1990s, Hoffman appeared in many large, studio films, such as Dick Tracy, Hero and the ill-fated Billy Bathgate. Hoffman also played the title role of Captain Hook in Steven Spielberg's Hook, earning a Golden Globe nomination; in this movie, Hoffman's costume was so heavy that he had to wear an air-conditioned suit under it. Hoffman played the lead role in Outbreak, alongside Rene Russo, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Donald Sutherland. Following that, he appeared in Sleepers with Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, and Kevin Bacon. He starred opposite John Travolta in the Costa Gavras vehicle Mad City. It was in the mid-1990s that Hoffman starred in — and was deeply involved in the production of — David Mamet's American Buffalo, one of the very few "pure art projects" he is known for, and an early effort of film editor Kate Sanford. Hoffman gained his seventh Academy Award nomination for his role in Wag The Dog. He next appeared in Barry Levinson's adaptation of Sphere, opposite Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Queen Latifah and Liev Schreiber. Hoffman next appeared in Moonlight Mile, followed by Confidence opposite Edward Burns, Andy Garcia and Rachel Weisz. Hoffman would finally have a chance to work with Gene Hackman, in Gary Fleder's Runaway Jury, an adaptation of John Grisham's bestselling novel. More recently, Hoffman played theater owner Charles Frohman in the J. M. Barrie biopic Finding Neverland, costarring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. In director David O. Russell's I Heart Huckabees, Hoffman appeared opposite Lily Tomlin as an existential detective team. Hoffman co-starred with Barbra Streisand, Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller in 2004's Meet the Fockers, the sequel to Meet the Parents. Hoffman won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance. He was featured in cameo roles in Andy Garcia's The Lost City and on the final episode of HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm's fifth season. In 2006, Hoffman appeared in Stranger than Fiction, played the perfumer Giuseppe Baldini in Tom Tykwer's film Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and had a cameo in the 2006 film The Holiday. In 2007, he was featured in an advertising campaign for Australian telecommunications company Telstra's Next G network,[7] 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. In 2008, although he was reluctant to perform in an animated film, Hoffman had a prominent role in the acclaimed film Kung Fu Panda, which was praised in part for his comedic chemistry with Jack Black and his character's complex relationship with the story's villain. He next voiced Roscuro in The Tale of Despereaux and played the title character in Last Chance Harvey. [edit] Personal life with Gottsegen (left), and Jake Hoffman (right), at Los Angeles Fashion Week (2007)Hoffman married Anne Byrne in May 1969.[8] The couple had two children, Karina and Jenna (Jenna was Byrne's daughter from a previous relationship). They divorced in 1980.[8] He married attorney Lisa Gottsegen in October 1980; they had four children — Jacob, Maxwell, Rebecca and Alexandra. Hoffman also has two grandchildren. In an interview, he said that all of his children have had bar or bat mitzvahs and that he is a more observant Jew now than when he was younger; He also lamented that he is not fluent in Hebrew.[citation needed] In 1970 Hoffman and Byrne were living in Greenwich Village in a building next door to the townhouse destroyed by members of The Weatherman when they detonated a bomb in the buildings basement killing three people. In the 2002 documentary The Weather Underground, Hoffman can be seen standing in the street during the aftermath of the explosion.[9] A political liberal, Hoffman has long supported the Democratic Party and Ralph Nader.[10] Robert Duvall was a roommate of Hoffman's during their struggling actor years in New York City. Duvall and Hoffman tease each other on the matter of acting training, as Duvall was trained by Sanford Meisner whereas Hoffman was brought up on Lee Strasberg's method acting[citation needed]. Hoffman is good friends with actor Gene Hackman, who was also friends with Duvall during their years as starving actors[citation needed]. [edit] Filmography and awards Year Film Role Other notes 1967 The Tiger Makes Out Hap The Graduate Benjamin Braddock BAFTA Award; Golden Globe; Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor 1968 Madigan's Millions Jason Fister 1969 Sunday Father A 'Sunday Father' short subject Midnight Cowboy 'Ratso' Rizzo BAFTA Award; Nominated - Golden Globe; Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor John and Mary John BAFTA Award (combined with Midnight Cowboy) Nominated - Golden Globe 1970 Little Big Man Jack Crabb Nominated - BAFTA Award 1971 On Location: Dustin Hoffman Himself short subject Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Georgie Soloway Straw Dogs David Sumner 1972 Alfredo, Alfredo Alfredo Sbisà 1973 Papillon Louis Dega 1974 Lenny Lenny Bruce Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor; Nominated - Golden Globe 1976 The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People Himself short subject All the President's Men Carl Bernstein Nominated - BAFTA Award (with Marathon Man) Marathon Man Babe Levy Nominated - BAFTA Award (with All the President's Men) Nominated - Golden Globe 1978 Straight Time Max Dembo also producer 1979 Agatha Wally Stanton Kramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer Academy Award for Best Actor; Golden Globe; Nominated - BAFTA Award 1982 Tootsie Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels BAFTA Award; Golden Globe; Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor 1985 Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Emmy Award; Golden Globe 1986 Private Conversations Himself documentary 1987 Ishtar Chuck Clarke 1988 Rain Man Raymond Babbitt Academy Award for Best Actor; Golden Globe; Nominated - BAFTA Award 1989 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Narrator documentary Family Business Vito McMullen 1990 Dick Tracy Mumbles 1991 Billy Bathgate Dutch Schultz Hook Capt. Hook Nominated - Golden Globe 1992 Hero Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante 1992 Horton Hears a Who! Narrator 1993 La Classe américaine Peter in archive footage only 1994 Jonas in the Desert Himself documentary 1995 Outbreak Colonel Sam Daniels 1996 American Buffalo Walt 'Teach' Teacher Sleepers Danny Snyder 1997 Golden Globes - Cecil B. DeMille Award Mad City Max Brackett Wag the Dog Stanley Motss Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor; Nominated - Golden Globe 1998 Sphere Dr. Norman Goodman 1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc The Conscience 2001 Tuesday Narrator short subject Goldwyn Narrator documentary 2002 Moonlight Mile Ben Floss 2003 The Shakespeare Sessions Himself documentary Confidence Winston King Runaway Jury Wendell Rohr 2004 Freedom2speak v2.0 Himself - Actor, USA documentary Finding Neverland Charles Frohman I ♥ Huckabees Bernard Meet the Fockers Bernie Focker Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Critic uncredited 2005 Racing Stripes Tucker voice The Lost City Meyer Lansky 2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Giuseppe Baldini Stranger than Fiction Professor Jules Hilbert The Holiday Himself uncredited 2007 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer 2008 Kung Fu Panda Master Shifu voice The Tale of Despereaux Roscuro voice Last Chance Harvey Harvey Shine Nominated - Golden Globe 2010 Kung Fu Panda 2 Master Shifu (voice) pre-production [edit] References ^ a b c According to the State of California (CA Birth Index). At Family Tree Legends. Retrieved 2008-01-23. ^ Yahoo movies biography. ^ Film Reference.com biography. ^ Bernard, Sarah (2007-11-18). "The Tortoise and the Whoopee Cushion". New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/guides/holidays/gifts/2007/40990/. Retrieved on 22 November 2007. ^ Hoffman's Jewish return. Ynet.com. 19 November 2006. ^ James House Biography: OLDIES.Com ^ O'Sullivan, Matt. "Rap for Telstra over ad promise", Sydney Morning Herald, August 27, 2007. ^ a b Dustin Hoffman at Tribute.ca. Retrieved 2008-01-23. ^ Paglia, Camille (November 12, 2008). "Obama surfs through". Salon. http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/11/12/palin/index1.html. "..the 2002 documentary "The Weather Underground"... the news footage of the Greenwich Village townhouse destroyed in 1970 by bomb-making gone wrong in the basement still has enormous impact. Standing in the chaotic street, actor Dustin Hoffman, who lived next door, seems like Everyman at the apocalypse.". ^ "Dustin Hoffman's Federal Campaign Contribution Report". Newsmeat. http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Dustin_Hoffman.php. Retrieved on January 23, 2008. [edit] External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman at the Internet Movie Database Dustin Hoffman at the Internet Broadway Database Dustin Hoffman video interview at stv.tv, December 2007 Awards and achievements Preceded by Jon Voight for Coming Home Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer Succeeded by Robert De Niro for Raging Bull Preceded by Dudley Moore for Arthur Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1983 for Tootsie Succeeded by Michael Caine for Educating Rita Preceded by Harvey Fierstein for Torch Song Trilogy Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 1983-1984 for Death of a Salesman Succeeded by John Lithgow for Requiem for a Heavyweight Preceded by Michael Douglas for Wall Street Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1989 for Rain Man Succeeded by Tom Cruise for Born on the Fourth of July Preceded by Robert Wise AFI Life Achievement Award 1999 Succeeded by Harrison Ford [show]v • d • eAcademy Award for Best Actor Maximilian Schell (1961) · Gregory Peck (1962) · Sidney Poitier (1963) · Rex Harrison (1964) · Lee Marvin (1965) · Paul Scofield (1966) · Rod Steiger (1967) · Cliff Robertson (1968) · John Wayne (1969) · George C. Scott (1970) · Gene Hackman (1971) · Marlon Brando (1972) · Jack Lemmon (1973) · Art Carney (1974) · Jack Nicholson (1975) · Peter Finch (1976) · Richard Dreyfuss (1977) · Jon Voight (1978) · Dustin Hoffman (1979) · Robert De Niro (1980) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete List · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001-present) [show]v • d • eAcademy Award for Best Actor Henry Fonda (1981) · Ben Kingsley (1982) · Robert Duvall (1983) · F. Murray Abraham (1984) · William Hurt (1985) · Paul Newman (1986) · Michael Douglas (1987) · Dustin Hoffman (1988) · Daniel Day-Lewis (1989) · Jeremy Irons (1990) · Anthony Hopkins (1991) · Al Pacino (1992) · Tom Hanks (1993) · Tom Hanks (1994) · Nicolas Cage (1995) · Geoffrey Rush (1996) · Jack Nicholson (1997) · Roberto Benigni (1998) · Kevin Spacey (1999) · Russell Crowe (2000) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete List · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001-present) [show]v • d • ePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie Anthony Hopkins (1976) · Hal Holbrook (1976) · Ed Flanders (1977) · Christopher Plummer (1977) · Fred Astaire (1978) · Michael Moriarty (1978) · Peter Strauss (1979) · Powers Boothe (1980) · Anthony Hopkins (1981) · Mickey Rooney (1982) · Tommy Lee Jones (1983) · Laurence Olivier (1984) · Richard Crenna (1985) · Dustin Hoffman (1986) · James Woods (1987) · Jason Robards (1988) · James Woods (1989) · Hume Cronyn (1990) · John Gielgud (1991) · Beau Bridges (1992) · Robert Morse (1993) · Hume Cronyn (1994) · Raúl Juliá (1995) · Alan Rickman (1996) · Armand Assante (1997) · Gary Sinise (1998) · Stanley Tucci (1999) · Jack Lemmon (2000) Complete list: (1952-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present) Persondata NAME Hoffman, Dustin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1937 PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles, California DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman" Categories: 1937 births | Actors Studio alumni | American film actors | American Jews | American stage actors | American vegetarians | BAFTA winners (people) | Best Actor Academy Award winners | Best Drama Actor Golden Globe (film) winners | Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners | Best Miniseries or Television Movie Actor Golden Globe winners | California actors | Drama Desk Award winners | Jewish actors | Living people | Obie Award recipients | Royal Shakespeare Company members