Dustin Hoffman

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AKA:
Dustin Lee Hoffman
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
08/08/1937
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California
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biography
Dustin Hoffman emerged as a key figure in the “Hollywood Renaissance” of the 1960s and ‘70s, personifying a new generation of anti-heroes in “The Graduate” (1967), “Midnight Cowboy” (1969), and “All The President’s Men” (1974). The Strasberg-trained actor was known for unrelenting dedication to his craft in some of the big screen’s most demanding roles, earning an Oscar nomination for playing an actor in drag who unwittingly becomes a female role model in “Tootsie” (1982), and for his portrayal of an autistic savant in “Rain Man” (1988), which finally won him a long overdue statue. As the Continued
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Cast
2009
Roscuro
2008
Shifu
2008
Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer
2007
Giuseppe Baldini
2006
Professor Jules Hilbert
2006
Meyer Lansky
2006
Bernie Focker
2004
Charles Frohman
2004
Bernard Jaffe
2004
Wendall Rohr
2003
The King
2003
Ben Floss
2002
Producer
1999
Dr Norman Goodman
1998
Stanley Motss
1998
Max Brackett
1997
Teach
1996
(TV Show)
1991-1991
Mr. Bergstrom
1991
Mumbles
1990
Raymond Babbitt
1988
Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels
1982
Babe Levy
1976
Carl Bernstein
1976
Lenny Bruce
1974
Alfredo
1972
Ratso
1969
Benjamin Braddock
1967
Danny Snyder
Dega
Chuck Clarke
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milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Worked as an attendant in a psychiatric hospital, as a waiter, a dishwasher, a typist, a Times Square headline crier during a newspaper strike and as a toy salesman at Macy's
1960 
Stage debut, "Yes Is For a Very Young Man" at Sarah Lawrence College
1961 
Broadway stage debut, "A Cook For Mr. General"
1961 
TV acting debut, "Sweet Prince of Delancey Street" episode of "Naked City"
1964 
Joined the Theatre Company of Boston and appeared in "Endgame", "The Quare Fellow", "In the Jungle of Cities" and other plays
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