Dustin Hoffman's biography

Dustin Hoffman is 85 years old film actor born at Los Angeles. He was born on Sunday 8th of August 1937. According to year of birth 1937 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 8th of August means he is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.He was married 2 times.

Dustin Hoffman's spouse

He is married to Lisa Gottsegen

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be film actor. You can know him also as film director, voice actor, character actor, stage actor, film producer, theatrical producer. He is recently known as television actor.

Dustin Hoffman's family

Dustin Hoffman's spouse

She is known as entrepreneur. His spouse was born on Wednesday 1st of September 1954 in Los Angeles.

Dustin Hoffman's ex spouses

Anne Byrne Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman and Anne Byrne Hoffman have been together. She is known as actor. His ex spouse was born on Tuesday 28th of September 1943 in Chappaqua.

Dustin Hoffman's schools

We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Santa Monica College, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Los Angeles High School.

Dustin Hoffman's career

His main focus is to be film actor. You could see him also in Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, Death of a Salesman and many more. He is also a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Awards and competitions

Dustin Hoffman's Awards

In 1993 he, together with Anne Bancroft, accepted the Oscar for "Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium", on behalf of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony.
He was nominated for the 1990 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "The Merchant of Venice".
He appeared in three Best Picture Academy Award winners: Midnight Cowboy (1969), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Rain Man (1988).
While presenting the Cecil B. DeMille award to Warren Beatty in 2007, he mentioned that during the movie montage of Beatty's films Ishtar (1987) was completely ignored, and as a joke he announced that Ishtar 2 was on the works.

Dustin Hoffman's Rankings

In October 1997, he was ranked #41 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
His performance as "Ratso" Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy (1969) is ranked #7 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
His performance as Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in Tootsie (1982) is ranked #33 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
His performance as Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in Tootsie (1982) is ranked #39 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
His performance as "Ratso" Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy (1969) is ranked #33 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Dustin Hoffman's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor for work The Graduate in 1967
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor

What Dustin Hoffman has done for a first time

He met actor Gene Hackman in their first month at Pasadena Playhouse and had several classes with him. Hackman failed out after three months and moved to New York to try his luck as a stage actor.
He was Warner Brothers' first consideration for "The Penguin" in Batman Returns (1992).
He has six children: Jenna Byrne and Karina Hoffman-Birkhead (born 1966 - adopted) with his first wife Anne Byrne Hoffman; Jake Hoffman, Rebecca Hoffman, Max Hoffman and Alexandra Hoffman with his second wife Lisa Gottsegen.
His first wife Anne Byrne was a ballet dancer.

Dustin Hoffman's quotes

We all believe what we read. I read how Tom Cruise and I were two big egos holding up shooting. I know that isn't true - but if I wasn't making a movie with him and I just picked up the paper, I'd believe it. That's interesting, isn't it?
I got into acting so that I could meet girls. Pretty girls came later. First, I wanted to start off with someone with two legs, who'd smile at me and look soft.
I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.
If a lot of dogs are on the beach, the first thing they do is smell each other's ass. The information that's gotten somehow makes pacifists out of all of them. I've thought, 'If only we smelled each other's asses, there wouldn't be any war.'
Stardom equals freedom. It's the only equation that matters.
I grew up thinking a movie star had to be like Rock Hudson or Tab Hunter, certainly nobody in any way like me.
God knows I've done enough crap in my life to grow a few flowers.
A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.
One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.
[About his new film Stranger Than Fiction (2006)] "I'm really proud of it, and I've only said that about three times during my career."
[About acting] "You get caught off-guard during a take. Your mind goes wild and it just comes out 'Waaa, you talking to me!' "
I'm sixty-eight, I cry every chance I can.
Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.
I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well.
[on working with Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)] She's an ox when it comes to acting. She eats words for breakfast. Working with her is like playing tennis with Chris Evert -- she keeps trying to hit the perfect ball.
[on Mike Nichols] He makes you feel kind of like a kite. He lets you go ahead and you do your thing. And then when you're finished he pulls you in by the string. But at least you've had the enjoyment of the wind.
On filming Kramer vs. Kramer (1979): What makes divorce happen is that you can't be in the same space any more, for whatever reason - but the love stays. And that's the killer. That's where the vehemence and anger and rage comes from.
On meeting Gene Hackman at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts: They kicked him out after three months because he had no talent.
[on choosing a profession where he felt secure in failure:] It's very painful for us to feel we deserve a life. That's the toughest thing. That we deserve to have a life. That can take a lifetime.
[on Meryl Streep]: She's extraordinarily hardworking, to the extent that she's obsessive. I think that she thinks about nothing else but what she's doing.
[1974] The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty and no better than a beauty contest.
[on the financial success of 'All the President's Men'] The reason for the success of this picture is that Hoffman's back and Redford's got him. It's what the public always wanted: that beautiful WASP finally wound up with a nice Jewish boy.
[Glancing at his Oscar for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)] He has no genitalia and he's holding a sword. I'd like to thank my mother and father for not practicing birth control.
[on his role of Dorothy in Tootsie (1982)] I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast-feed.
I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.
[when asked by a 60 Minutes (1968) interviewer what he would like his tombstone to say] I'd like to thank my parents. Without them I couldn't have gotten this far.
I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation, I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am.
[on the 1970s] We didn't know it was the golden age of movies when we were there.
I was the first one to be asked to do Rambo, but it was a little too much violence.

Dustin Hoffman's body shape

Lets describe how Dustin Hoffman looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.

Dustin Hoffman