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  1. Dustin Hoffman. Actor: Tootsie. Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, and went to Santa Monica City College, where he dropped out after a year due to bad grades. But...

  2. Dustin Lee Hoffman was born on August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, the younger of two sons of Harry Hoffman (1908–1987) and Lillian (née Gold; 1909–1982). His father worked as a prop supervisor (set decorator) at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furniture salesman.Hoffman was named after stage and silent screen actor Dustin Farnum. He has an elder brother Ronald, who is a lawyer and economist.

  3. Dustin Hoffman. Actor: Tootsie. Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, and went to Santa Monica City College, where he dropped out after a year due to bad grades. But...

  4. Nov 20, 2012 · Dustin Hoffman's Career in Film. Conventional wisdom dictates that film actors traditionally fall into two key archetypes: one is the often anonymous but highly-regarded character actor; the other is the movie star, who can sell a film on the strength of their name and sheer force of their charisma.

  5. 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.

  6. Jul 5, 2024 · Dustin Hoffman, acclaimed American actor known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable types. He helped usher in a tradition of average-looking leading men. His movies included The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, All the President’s Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, and Rain Man.

  7. Dustin Hoffman at Cannes. American actor Dustin Hoffman began his career by appearing in an episode of Naked City in 1961. His first theatrical performance was 1961's Shmem needs a shink as Ridzinski. Following several guest appearances on television, he starred in the 1966 play Eh?; his performance garnered him both a Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award. Hoffman made his film debut in 1967 when he appeared in the comedy The Tiger Makes Out.In the same year, his breakthrough role as ...

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  9. Feb 22, 2024 · Dustin Hoffman proved he still had what it took to come out with performances to match his greatest work from the 1970s as Harold Meyerowitz in Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories.Harold was a retired Bard College art professor whose sons, played by Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler, were both damaged by his neglectful parenting and ego-driven inflating sense of pride.

  10. Dec 18, 2023 · Dustin Hoffman is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished actors of all time. Winning a multitude of awards across his seven-decade-spanning career in film, theatre and television, the actor is considered to be one of the best to ever grace the screen.