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Dustin Hoffman

Also known as Dustin Lee Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

AI overview

Dustin Hoffman is an American actor born in 1937 who became one of Hollywood's most prominent and acclaimed performers. He is widely regarded as one of the most important actors in cinema history due to his versatile roles in influential films and his impact on modern acting.

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Dustin Hoffman is indexed among the 87 entries in Vinony's Best Actor collection. It also appears in American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Within Vinony's link graph, Dustin Hoffman is referenced by 2,200 other articles, and connects out to Golden Globes, Broadway theatre and Academy Awards.

It sits within the topics 1937 births, 20th-century American male actors and 21st-century American male actors.

Its subject is documented across 93 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Born: 1937
Works: 6

Top works

Kramer vs. Kramer
Jimmy Shine
All over town
Midnight cowboy
Full circle

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Active from: 1967

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 296
Total plays: 1,049

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“Sam's like a fight trainer. He shapes you up, he psyches you, he draws everything out of you. He's subtle, though, yet baroque, and I want to get into that baroqueness. Like the other day, during a scene in which I was supposed to be answering the door and registering surprise. Well, it was the end of the day and I wasn't acting very surprised, so he smashes a beer bottle behind me, right out of camera range. I mean, Christ, I nearly jumped out of my skin. But he got what he wanted.”
“The plight of the actor, even if he's a star, is the plight of the women's movement. They're saying the same thing to us: get into bed, give me a good time, then give me something to eat, go get the laundry, be a good girl.”

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Wikidata facts

Image: Dustin Hoffman Cannes 2017.jpg
Height: 165

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Commons category: Dustin Hoffman
date of birth: 1937-08-08
start of work period: 1967-00-00
name in native language: Dustin Lee Hoffman

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Encyclopedic overview

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. As one of the key leading man actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. Among his numerous accolades are two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. He was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012.

Hoffman studied at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music before he decided to go into acting, for which he trained at the Pasadena Playhouse. He made his film debut with the black comedy The Tiger Makes Out (1967). He went on to receive two Academy Awards for Best Actor playing a man going through a divorce in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and an autistic savant in Rain Man (1988). He was Oscar-nominated for The Graduate (1967), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Lenny (1974), Tootsie (1982), and Wag the Dog (1997). Other notable roles include in Little Big Man (1970), Straw Dogs (1971), Papillon (1973), Marathon Man (1976), All the President's Men (1976), Ishtar (1987), Dick Tracy (1990), Hook (1991) and Chef (2014).

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