Dustin Hoffman filmography

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. ^[1] 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 Benjamin "Ben" Braddock, the title character in Mike Nichols' comedy-drama The Graduate , led to Hoffman achieving star status and his first Academy Award nomination. ^[2] He then acted in the play Jimmy Shine as the eponymous character and the comedy film Madigan's Millions (both 1968). In 1969, he starred alongside Jon Voight in the Academy Award for Best Picture winner Midnight Cowboy , for which Hoffman was nominated a second time for the Academy Award for Best Actor. ^[2]

The 1970s saw Hoffman star in several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including the Western Little Big Man (1970), psychological thriller Straw Dogs (1971), prison film Papillon (1973) alongside Steve McQueen, Lenny (1974) about the controversial comedian Lenny Bruce, ^[3] and the political thriller All the President's Men (1976) as journalist Carl Bernstein investigating the Watergate scandal alongside Bob Woodward (played by Robert Redford). ^[4] After starring in the suspense-thriller Marathon Man (1976) and the crime drama Straight Time (1978), Hoffman starred in the 1979 drama Kramer vs. Kramer , which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the first time for his performance as Ted Kramer. ^[2]

After a three-year acting hiatus, he starred in the comedy Tootsie in 1982 as a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman – Hoffman reprised the role a year later in a television film. ^[2] 1987 saw the release of originally ill-received comedy Ishtar , in which he starred with Warren Beatty; its critical support has since grown. ^[5] He won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the autistic savant Ray Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man , co-starring Tom Cruise. ^[2] In 1989, he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for playing Shylock in a stage performance of The Merchant of Venice . ^[1] In the 1990s, he made appearances in such film as Warren Beatty's action comedy adaptation Dick Tracy (1990), Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as Captain Hook, guest starred in the 1991 "Lisa's Substitute" episode of The Simpsons , medical disaster Outbreak (1995), legal crime drama Sleepers (1996), thriller Mad City (1997), and the satirical black comedy Wag the Dog (1997) alongside Robert De Niro.

In the 2000s, he played theatrical producer Charles Frohman in Finding Neverland , co-starred in the comedy Meet the Fockers (both 2004) as Bernie Focker, the fantasy thriller Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), and played the title character in the family comedy Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007). Hoffman has acted in the Kung Fu Panda franchise since 2008 and reprised his role as Focker in Little Fockers (2010). He starred in the HBO drama series Luck , which was cancelled after one season due to animal safety concerns, and made his directorial debut in 2012 with Quartet . ^[6]

Film

Hoffman in 1968

With Bette Midler on The Bette Midler TV Special (1977)

in Death of a Salesman (1985)

Hoffman in Paris at the French premiere of Quartet , March 2013

Film credits of Dustin Hoffman

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1967	The Tiger Makes Out	Hap		[7]
	The Graduate	Benjamin Braddock		[7]
1968	Madigan's Millions	Jason Fister		[7]
1969	Sunday Father	A Sunday Father	Short film	[8]
	Midnight Cowboy	"Ratso" or Enrico Salvatore "Rico" Rizzo		[7]
	John and Mary	John		[7]
1970	Little Big Man	Jack Crabb		[7]
1971	Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?	Georgie Soloway		[7]
	Straw Dogs	David Sumner		[7]
1972	Alfredo, Alfredo	Alfredo Sbisà		[7]
1973	Papillon	Louis Dega		[7]
1974	Lenny	Lenny Bruce		[7]
1976	All the President's Men	Carl Bernstein		[7]
	Marathon Man	Thomas Babington "Babe" Levy		[7]
1978	Straight Time	Max Dembo	Also producer	[7]
1979	Agatha	Wally Stanton		[7]
	Kramer vs. Kramer	Ted Kramer		[7]
1982	Tootsie	Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels		[7]
1987	Ishtar	Chuck Clarke		[7]
1988	Rain Man	Raymond Babbitt		[7]
1989	Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt	Narrator	Documentary	[9]
	Family Business	Vito McMullen		[7]
1990	Dick Tracy	Mumbles		[7]
1991	Billy Bathgate	Dutch Schultz		[7]
	Hook	Captain James Hook		[7]
1992	Hero	Bernie LaPlante		[7]
1995	Outbreak	Colonel Sam Daniels		[7]
1996	Sleepers	Danny Snyder		[7]
	American Buffalo	Walt "Teach" Teacher		[7]
1997	Mad City	Max Brackett		[7]
	Wag the Dog	Stanley Motss		[7]
1998	Sphere	Dr. Norman Goodman		[7]
1999	A Walk on the Moon	—	Producer only	[10]
	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	The Conscience		[7]
2001	Tuesday	Unknown character	Voice; Short film	[11]
2002	Moonlight Mile	Ben Floss		[7]
2003	Confidence	Winston King		[12]
	Runaway Jury	Wendell Rohr		[12]
2004	Finding Neverland	Charles Frohman		[12]
	I Heart Huckabees	Bernard Jaffe		[12]
	Meet the Fockers	Bernie Focker		[12]
	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	The Critic	Uncredited cameo	[13]
2005	Racing Stripes	Tucker	Voice	[12]
	The Lost City	Meyer Lansky		[12]
2006	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Giuseppe Baldini		[12]
	Stranger than Fiction	Professor Jules Hilbert		[12]
	The Holiday	Himself	Uncredited cameo	[14]
2007	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Mr. Edward Magorium		[12]
2008	Kung Fu Panda	Master Shifu	Voice	[15]
	Secrets of the Furious Five		Voice; Short film	[12]
	Last Chance Harvey	Harvey Shine		[12]
	The Tale of Despereaux	Roscuro	Voice	[12]
2010	Barney's Version	Israel "Izzy" Panofsky		[12]
	Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story	Narrator	Voice; Documentary	[12]
	Little Fockers	Bernie Focker		[12]
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	Master Shifu	Voice	[16]
	Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters		Voice; Short film	[17]
2012	Quartet	—	Directorial debut	[12]
2014	Chef	Riva		[12]
	Boychoir	Carvelle		[12]
	The Cobbler	Abraham Simkin		[12]
2015	The Program	Bob Hamman		[12]
2016	Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll	Master Shifu & Warrior	Voice; Short film	[12]
	Kung Fu Panda 3	Master Shifu	Voice	[12]
2017	The Meyerowitz Stories	Harold Meyerowitz		[18]
2019	Into the Labyrinth	Doctor Green		[19]
2022	As They Made Us	Eugene		[20]
	Sam & Kate	Bill		[21]
2024	Kung Fu Panda 4	Master Shifu	Voice	[12]
	Megalopolis	Nush Berman		[12]
2025	Tuner	Harry Horowitz		[22]
TBA	Tower Stories	Jacob	Post-production	[23] [24]
	The Revisionist		Post-production	[25]

Television

Television credits of Dustin Hoffman

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1961, 1963	Naked City	Finney / Lester Stenton	2 episodes	[26]
1962, 1965	The Defenders	Buddy / Robert Burke
1965	The Nurses	Larson	Episode: "The Civil"
1966	The Journey of the Fifth Horse	Zoditch	Television film; episode of NET Playhouse
	The Star-Wagon	Hanus Wicks		[12]
1967	ABC Stage 67	J.J. Semmons	Episode: "The Trap Old Man"
1968	Premiere	Arthur Greene	Episode: "Higher and Higher, Attorneys at Law"
1971	The Point!	Narrator / Father	Voice; Television film
1985	Death of a Salesman	William "Willy" Loman	Television film	[27]
1990	The Earth Day Special	Everylawyer	Television special
1991	The Simpsons	Mr. Bergstrom	Voice; Episode: "Lisa's Substitute"; Credited as Sam Etic	[28]
	A Wish for Wings That Work	Milquetoast the Cross-Dressing Cockroach	Voice; Television special	[29]
2002–2003	Liberty's Kids	Benedict Arnold	Voice; 4 episodes	[30]
2005	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Larry's Guide #1	Episode: "The End"	[31]
2010	Kung Fu Panda Holiday	Master Shifu	Voice; Television special	[12]
2011–2012	Luck	Chester "Ace" Bernstein	9 episodes; also producer	[32]
2015	Roald Dahl's Esio Trot	Mr Henry Hoppy	Television film	[33]
2016	Medici: Masters of Florence	Giovanni de' Medici	5 episodes	[34]

Theater

Theater credits of Dustin Hoffman

Year	Title	Role	Playwright(s)	Venue	Notes	Ref(s)
1961	A Cook for Mr. General	Ridzinski	Steven Gethers	Playhouse Theatre		[35]
1964	The Subject Was Roses	Timmy Clearly	Frank D. Gilroy	Belasco Theatre	Stage manager and standby	[36]
1966	Eh?	Valentine Brose	Henry Livings	Circle in the Square Theatre		[37]
1968	Jimmy Shine	Jimmy Shine	Murray Schisgal	Brooks Atkinson Theatre		[38]
1974	All Over Town		Murray Schisgal	Booth Theatre	Director	[39]
1984	Death of a Salesman	Willy Loman	Arthur Miller	Broadhurst Theatre		[40]
1989	The Merchant of Venice	Shylock	William Shakespeare	46th Street Theatre		[41]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)
2006	"Follow My Lead"	50 Cent featuring Robin Thicke

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Dustin Hoffman

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