Dustin Hoffman Biography (1937-)

Full name, Dustin Lee Hoffman; born August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Harry (a set decorator and furniture salesman) and Lillian (a jazz pianist;maiden name, Gold) Hoffman; married Anne Byrne (a ballet dancer), May 3, 1969 (divorced, 1980); married Lisa Gottsegen, October 21, 1980; children: (first marriage) Karina (stepdaughter), Jenna (an actress and photographer); (second marriage) Jacob, Rebecca, Max, Alexandra. Addresses: Office: c/o Punch Productions, 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 222, Los Angeles, CA 90049; c/o Neverland Production Office, Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Middlesex TW17 0QD, England.; Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., BeverlyHills, CA 90212; Endeavor, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: c/o Firm, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 212, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Wolf-Kasteler & Associates, 335 N. Maple Dr., Suite351, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Contact: c/o 31054 Broadbeach Rd., Malibu, CA90265; c/o 335 N. Maple Dr., Suite 351, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer, writer
Birth Details: August 8, 1937; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Hap, The Tiger Makes Out, Columbia, 1967
Ben Braddock, The Graduate, Embassy, 1967
Jack Fisher, Madigan's Millions (also known as El millon de Madigan, Madigan's Million, and Un dollaro per 7 vigliacci), American International, 1968
John, John and Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy, United Artists, 1969
Jack Crabb, Little Big Man, National General, 1970
Georgie Soloway, Who Is Harry Kellerman, and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things about Me?, National General, 1971
David Sumner, Straw Dogs, Cinerama, 1971
Title role, Alfredo, Alfredo, Paramount, 1973
Louis Dega, Papillon, Allied Artists, 1973
Lenny Bruce (title role), Lenny, United Artists, 1974
Carl Bernstein, All the President's Men, Warner Bros., 1976
Thomas Babington "Babe" Levy, Marathon Man, Paramount, 1976
Max Dembo, Straight Time, Cinerama, 1978
Wally Stanton, Agatha, Warner Bros., 1979
Ted Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer, Columbia, 1979
Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels, Tootsie, Columbia, 1982
(In archive footage) Thomas Levy (segment Marathon Man), Terrorin the Aisles (also known as Time for Terror), 1984
Private Conversations, 1986
Chuck Clark, Ishtar, Columbia, 1987
Raymond Babbitt, Rain Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Vito McMullen, Family Business, TriStar, 1989
Mumbles, Dick Tracy, Buena Vista, 1990
Captain James Hook (title role), Hook, TriStar, 1991
Dutch Schultz, Billy Bathgate, Buena Vista, 1991
Bernie LaPlante, Hero (also known as Accidental Hero), Columbia, 1992
(In archive footage) Peter, La class americaine (also known as Le grand detournement), 1993
Himself, Jonas in the Desert, 1994
Himself, Midnight Cowboy Revisited, 1994
Colonel Sam Daniels, M.D., Outbreak, Warner Bros., 1995
Walt "Teach" Teacher, American Buffalo, Samuel Goldwyn, 1996
Danny Snyder, Sleepers, Warner Bros., 1996
Max Brackett, Mad City, Warner Bros., 1997
Stanley Motss, Wag the Dog, New Line Cinema, 1997
Dr. Norman Goodman, Sphere, Warner Bros., 1998
(In archive footage) Himself/Shylock, Shylock, 1999
Himself, Film-Fest DVD: Issue 1-Sundance, 1999
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Willy Loman, Being John Malkovich, USA Films, 1999
The conscience, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (also known as Joan of Arc and Jeanne d'Arc), Columbia, 1999
Voice, Tuesday (animated short film), 2001
Himself, Finding the Truth: The Making of "Kramer vs. Kramer," 2001
Himself, The Directors: Wolfgang Petersen, Wellsprung Media, 2001
(Uncredited; in archive footage) The Kid Stays in the Picture, USAFilms, 2002
Ben Floss, Moonlight Mile, Buena Vista, 2002
King, Confidence, 2003
Wendell Rohr, The Runaway Jury, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
Film Work
Director and producer, Straight Time, Cinerama, 1978
Producer, A Walk on the Moon, Miramax, 1999
Producer, The Furies, 1999
Television Appearances
Series
Voice of Benedict Arnold, Liberty's Kids (also known as LibertyKid), PBS, 2002
Miniseries
Host of introductory segments, Strokes of Genius, 1984
Himself, 30 Years of Billy Connolly, 1998
Movies
Narrator/father, The Point, ABC, 1971
Milquetoast the cross-dressing cockroach, A Wish for Wings That Work, 1991
(Uncredited) Presenter, The Devil's Arithmetic, Showtime, 1999
Pilots
Arthur Greene, Higher and Higher, Attorneys at Law, CBS, 1968
Interviewee, New York at the Movies, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
Specials
Marlo Thomas and Friends in Free to Be ... You and Me, ABC, 1974
Bette Midler--Ol' Red Hair Is Back, NBC, 1977
Night of 100 Stars, 1982
TV's Censored Bloopers, 1984
The Night of 100 Stars II, 1985
Private Conversations: On the Set of "Death of a Salesman," (alsoknown as Private Conversations: The Making of the Television Adaptation of"Death of a Salesman" with Dustin Hoffman), PBS, 1985
Willy Loman, Death of a Salesman (also known as Der Tod eines Handlungreisenden), CBS, 1985
Himself, The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson, 1987
The 3rd Annual Hollywood Insider Academy Awards Special, USA Network, 1989

Narrator, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, HBO, 1989
Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special, ABC, 1990
Oprah: Behind the Scenes, ABC, 1992
Himself, Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration, ABC, 1992
In a New Light, ABC, 1992
In a New Light '93, ABC, 1993
Himself, Aretha Franklin: Duets, Fox, 1993
Voice, Earth and the American Dream, HBO, 1993
Comic Relief VI, HBO, 1994
Inside the Academy Awards, 1995
The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg, NBC, 1995
The First Hundred Years: A Celebration of American Movies, HBO, 1995
Himself, The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood, 1996
Interviewee, Gene Hackman: Portrait of an Artist, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
Himself, AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies, CBS, 1998
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th, CBS, 1998
Host, Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory: 75 Years of Award Winners, TNT, 1998
Honoree, A Salute to Dustin Hoffman (also known as The 27th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Dustin Hoffman),1999
Himself, AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars, CBS, 1999
Interviewee, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, History Channel, 1999
Himself, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000
A Home for the Holidays with Mariah Carey, CBS, 2001
Narrator, Goldwyn, PBS, 2001
Interviewee, Dustin Hoffman: First in His Class, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music, TNT and The WB, 2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand, Fox, 2001
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Himself, Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film, 2002
(Uncredited) Himself, Inside the Playboy Mansion, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
Himself, There's Only One Paul McCartney, BBC, 2002
Himself, 75 Years of the Academy Awards: An Unofficial History, BBC, 2003
Awards Presentations
The 23rd Tony Awards, 1969
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards, 1980
The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1989
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990
The 44th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1990
Presenter, The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991
Presenter, Walt Disney Presents the American Teacher Awards, The Disney Channel, 1992
Presenter, The 65th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1993
The 68th Annual Academy Awards, 1996
The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards, 1997
Presenter, The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards, 1998
The 70th Annual Academy Awards, 1998
Presenter, The 13th Annual American Comedy Awards, Fox, 1999
Presenter, Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year 2000, CBS, 2000
Himself, The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2000
Himself, The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001
Presenter, The 2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2001
Presenter, The 7th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2001
Keynote speaker, AFI Awards 2001, CBS, 2002
Himself, The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2002
Himself, The 45th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 2003
Himself, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
Episodic
"Sweet Prince of Delancey Street," Naked City, ABC, 1961
Robert Burke, "The Voices of Death," The Defenders, 1962
"Barefoot on a Bed of Coals," Naked City, ABC, 1963
"A Matter of Law and Disorder," The Defenders, CBS, 1965
"The Heroine," The Doctors and the Nurses (also known as The Nurses), CBS, 1965
"The Star Wagon," N.E.T. Playhouse, National Educational Television (now PBS), 1966
Zoditch, "The Journey of the Fifth Horseman," N.E.T. Playhouse, National Educational Television (now PBS), 1966
"The Trap of Solid Gold," ABC Stage '67, ABC, 1967
Champlin on Film, syndicated, 1989
(As Sam Etic) Voice of Mr. Bergstrom, "Lisa's Substitute," The Simpsons, Fox, 1991
"Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey," American Masters, PBS, 1992
The Entertainment Business, Bravo, 1998
Himself, Talk Soup, E! Entertainment Television, 1998
Himself, "Today Is a Good Day: Remembering Chief Dan George," Life andTimes, CBC, 1999
Late Show with David Letterman, 1999
Himself, Mad TV, Fox, 2001
Himself, "Wetten dass ... ? aus Leipzig," Wetten, dass ... ?, 2002
Himself/Jonny Regan, V Graham Norton, Channel 4, 2002, 2003
Himself, Festival Pass with Chris Gore, 2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2003
Television Work
Executive producer, Death of a Salesman (special), CBS, 1985
Executive producer, Devil's Arithmetic (movie), Showtime, 1999
Stage Appearances
Ridzinski, A Cook for Mr. General, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1961
Clov, Endgame, Theatre Company of Boston, Boston, MA, 1964
Dunlavin, The Quare Fellow, Theatre Company of Boston, 1964
C. Couch (Babboon), In the Jungle of Cities, Theatre Company of Boston, 1964
Nicholas Trilestski, A Country Scandal, Theatre Company of Boston,1964
Ben, The Dumbwaiter, Theatre Company of Boston, 1964
Bert Hudd, The Room, Theatre Company of Boston, 1964
Pozzo, Waiting for Godot, Theatre Company of Boston, 1964
Zapo, Picnic on the Battlefield, Theatre Company of Boston, 1964
Hugo, Dirty Hands, Theatre Company of Boston, 1964
Peter, The Cocktail Party, Theatre Company of Boston, 1964
Frankie, Three Men on a Horse, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1964
Immanuel, Harry, Noon and Night, American Place Theatre, New YorkCity, 1966
Zoditch, The Journey of the Fifth Horse, American Place Theatre, 1966
Title role, "The Old Jew," Max, "Reverberations," and Jax, "Fragments," Fragments (triple-bill), Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA, 1966
Valentine Bross, Eh?, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1966
Title role, Jimmy Shine, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1968
Willy Loman, Death of a Salesman, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1984
The Night of 100 Stars II, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1985
Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1989, then 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1989-1990
Also appeared on Broadway in The Subject Was Roses; appeared off-Broadway in A View from the Bridge.
Stage Work
Director, Jimmy Shine, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1968
Director, All over Town, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1974
Coproducer, Death of a Salesman, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1984
RECORDINGS
Albums
Young Ben, Death of a Salesman, Caedmon, 1968
WRITINGS
Television Specials
Additional written material, Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special, ABC, 1990
Songs
Wrote "Shooting the Breeze."

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Brode, Douglas, The Films of Dustin Hoffman, Citadel Press, 1988
Dworkin, Susan, Making Tootsie: A Film Study with Dustin Hoffman and Sydney Pollack, NewMarket Press, 1983
Lenburg, Jeff, Dustin Hoffman, Hollywood's Anti-Hero, St. Martin'sPress, 1983
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000

Periodicals

American Film, December, 1988, p. 20
Entertainment Weekly, March 4, 1994, p. 46; fall, 1996, p. 69
New York Times, December 16, 1979; December 21, 1982; December 10,1989
New York Times Magazine, March 18, 1984
People Weekly, January 17, 1983; May 25, 1987; March 20, 1995, p.144; March 16, 1998, p. 138
Rolling Stone, February 3, 1983
Saturday Review, January/February, 1986
Time, December 3, 1979
World Press Review, April, 1997, p. 37

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