Dustin Hoffman is known for his role as Benjamin "Ben" Braddock in the movie "The Graduate (1967)", as Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo in "Midnight Cowboy (1969)", as Jack Crabb in "Little Big Man (1970)", as Louis Dega in "Papillon (1973)", as Carl Bernstein in "All the President's Men (1976)", as Thomas Babington "Babe" Levy in "Marathon Man (1976)", as Ted Kramer in "Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)", as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels in "Tootsie (1982)", as Raymond "Ray" Babbitt in "Rain Man (1988)", as Vito McMullen in "Family Business (1989)", as Captain James Hook in "Hook (1991)", as Colonel Sam Daniels in "Outbreak (1995)", as Dr. Norman Goodman in "Sphere (1998)", as Mr. Edward Magorium in "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)" and as Bernie Focker in "Meet the Fockers (2004)" and "Little Fockers (2010)".
Some other movies he appeared in are "The Journey of the Fifth Horse (1966)", "The Star Wagon (1966)", "John and Mary (1969)", "Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)", "Straw Dogs (1971)", "Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)", "Lenny (1974)", "Straight Time (1978)", "Agatha (1979)", "Death of a Salesman (1985)", "Ishtar (1987)", "Dick Tracy (1990)", "Billy Bathgate (1991)", "Hero (1992)", "Sleepers (1996)", "American Buffalo (1996)", "Mad City (1997)", "Wag the Dog (1997)", "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)", "Moonlight Mile (2002)", "Confidence (2003)", "Runaway Jury (2003)", "Finding Neverland (2004)", "I Heart Huckabees (2004)", "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)", "The Lost City (2005)", "The Holiday (2006)", "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)", "Stranger Than Fiction (2006)", "Last Chance Harvey (2008)", "Barney's Version (2010)", "Chef (2014)", "Boychoir (2014)", "The Cobbler (2014)", "Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)", "The Program (2015)", "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)" and "Into the Labyrinth (2019)".
He played Chester Bernstein on the HBO TV show "Luck (2011-2012)".
Some other TV shows he appeared on are "Naked City", "The Defenders", "The Doctors and the Nurses", "ABC Stage 67", "Premiere" and "Medici: Masters of Florence".
He was the voice of Shifu in the "Kung Fu Panda" movies.
Dustin Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for his role as Ted Kramer in the movie "Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)", and for his role as Raymond Babbitt in "Rain Man (1988)".
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Reply by bratface
on August 8, 2020 at 7:47 PM
I was never a fan & it truly annoyed me when people would compare him with Al Pacino, who IMHO was far & away superior to Hoffman.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on August 11, 2020 at 2:27 AM
I really respect Dustin's acting. He and Pacino were both somewhat ordinary-looking guys in their heyday - a time when it was just fine for an actor to be ordinary-looking. IMO, Pacino's greater accolades are deserved. I wouldn't go so far as to say that Al is "superior" to Hoffman.