Dustin Hoffman

At 86 years old, Dustin Hoffman has this physical status:

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker.

He is known for his diverse portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally fragile characters.

He has received numerous awards, including two Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award), four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, and two Emmy Awards.

In 1999, Hoffman was given the AFI Life Achievement Award and in 2012, the Kennedy Center Honors Award was given. Hoffmann first received critical acclaim for his role in the play Eh? for which he received a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award.

Benjamin Braddock appeared in The Graduate, a critically acclaimed and classic film role (1967).

Hoffman's career has largely focused on the cinema, with occasional returns to television and to the stage.

Hoffman's films include Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Lenny, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, Hook, and Wag the Dog.

He made his directorial debut with Quartet in 2012, and he's also done voice work for the Kung Fu Panda film series and The Tale of Despereaux.

Early life and education

Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 8, 1937, the second son of Harry Hoffman (1908-1977) and Lillian (née Gold; 1909–1982). Before becoming a furniture salesman, his father served as a prop supervisor (set decorator).

Dustin Farnum, a stage and silent screen actor, was honoured with Hoffman after being named. Ronald, his older brother, who is both a lawyer and economist, is a lawyer and economist. Hoffman is Jewish, from an Ashkenazi Jewish family immigrant from Kyiv, Ukraine (then a part of the Russian Empire), and Iași, Romania. In the Russian Empire, the family's surname was spelled ман (Goikhman) (Goikhman).

His upbringing was nondenominational, and he has said, "I don't have any recall of celebrating holidays that were Jewish" and that he had "realized" he was Jewish at the age of 10.

Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955 and attended Santa Monica College with the intention of studying medicine. But after deciding to be an actor and joining the Pasadena Playhouse next year, his aunt Pearl warned him, "You can't be an actor." You are not well-looking enough." He has also worked with Lee Strasberg and has confirmed that he did not study with Sanford Meisner or Stella Adler.

Hoffmann aspired to be a classical pianist, having studied piano for a large portion of his youth and college. He took an acting class at Santa Monica College, which he thought would be straightforward and "caught the acting bug." "I just wasn't born in music," he says. I didn't have an ear." He spent the next ten years as an actor, being unemployed, and looking for any open acting roles, a lifestyle he later adopted in the comedy film Tootsie. Together with Bette Midler, Hoffman composed a song titled "Shooting the Breeze."

Gene Hackman, a future Academy Award-winning actor, appeared at the Pasadena Playhouse for his first acting appearance. Hackman left for New York City after two years, with Hoffman following shortly. Hoffman, Hackman, and Robert Duvall lived together in the 1960s, although neither of them concentrated on acting jobs. "The suggestion that any of us would do well in films was ridiculous," Hackman claims. We just wanted to work.' Hoffman's appearance—Duvall described him as Barbra Streisand in drag—made him uncastable, according to Vanity Fair later. Hoffmann received occasional television parts, including commercials, but he had to leave acting to teach briefly during this period.

He stayed at Actors Studio and became a dedicated method actor. Hoffman was in 1960 and was cast in an off-Broadway production as well as a small role in his Broadway debut, A Cook for Mr. General (1961). I appeared in Write Me A Murder's summer stock production in Madison, Ohio, and served as an assistant director to Ulu Grosbard on The Days and Nights of Beebee Fenstermaker off-Broadway's Sheridan Square Playhouse. In 1964, Hoffman appeared in Three Men on a Horse at Princeton's McCarter Theatre, and in 1965, in Off-Broadway's Harry, Noon, and Night with Joel Grey, Hoffman appeared in Three Men on a Horse, as well as Night with Joel Grey. Grosbard and Hoffman reunited for a 1965 film of Death of a Salesman starring Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock, with Hoffman playing Bernard. He was assistant director for Grosbard's 1965 off-Broadway production A View from the Bridge starring Robert Duvall and Jon Voight, and in late 1965, stage managed and appeared in Grosbard's The Subject Was Roses on Broadway. Hoffman's "sharply outlined and vivid" performance in Off-Broadway's The Journey of the Fifth Horse in April 1966 was followed by another critical success in the play Eh? by Henry Livings, which had its U.S. premiere in the Square Theatre on October 16, 1966. Sidney W. Pink, a designer and 3D-movie pioneer, discovered Hoffman in one of his off-Broadway appearances and starred him in Madigan's Millions. Hoffman appeared on television shows and films, including Naked City, The Defenders, and Hallmark Hall of Fame in the early and mid-1960s.

Hoffman made his film debut in 1967's The Tiger Makes Out alongside Eli Wallach. Hoffman moved from New York City to Fargo, North Dakota, where he directed William Gibson's Two for the Seesaw and William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life. He was paid $1,000 for the eight-week deal but he had to hold him over until the movie came.

Director Mike Nichols auditioned Hoffman for a lead role in the Broadway musical The Apple Tree in 1966, but he turned down because he couldn't sing well enough and gave Alan Alda the opportunity. However, Nichols was so impressed with Hoffman's overall performance that he portrayed him as the male lead in the film The Graduate (1967). Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate who has an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's law partner, portrayed him. This was Hoffman's first big role, and he received an Academy Award nomination for it, but In the Heat of the Night, he lost to Rod Steiger.

Although Life magazine joked that "if Dustin Hoffman's face was his fortune, he'd be committed to a life of poverty" The Graduate was a huge box office hit for Embassy Pictures, making Hoffman a major new star at the same time. The film received near-unanimous praise. Hoffman was described in the Time magazine as "a symbol of youth" who represented "a new breed of actors." Hoffman's character made conventional good looks on film, according to the film's screenwriter, Buck Henry, who claims that Hoffman's character made conventional good looks no longer necessary on screen:

Hoffman's popularity as an actor inspired his colleagues, who told him, "You were the last one I knew to make it" after his debut as an actor. "newspapers around the country were drowned with thousands of letters from fans," biographer Jeff Lenburg said, with one example published in The New York Times: "I identified with Ben." ... I had pictured him as a spiritual brother. As I am, he was uncertain about his destiny and where he is located in the world. It's a film one digs rather than intellectually comprehends.

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Hoffman was described as "a new generation of actors," according to Turner Classic Movies analyst Rob Nixon. Hoffman is credited with breaking "the traditional movie actor's mold" and bringing a new sense of humor, ethnicity, and the desire to dive into more complicated, even unpleasant characters." "In The Graduate, he created a lasting impression on Hoffman's career, making him an overnight sensation and sending him on the road to become one of our best actors and most respected actors."

Hoffman, on the other hand, praises director Mike Nichols for putting a large risk in putting him in jeopardy: "I don't know of another instance of a director in the midst of his fame": "I don't know of another instance of a director with a name like me." It took a lot of courage to get to this point."

When he previously worked with Elaine May in Nichols' comedy team, critic Sam Kashner noticed significant similarities between Hoffman's appearance and that of Nichols. "Just close your eyes and you'll hear a Mike Nichols—Elaine May routine in any number of scenes." "Dustin" picked up all the Nichols habits, which he used in the story, Buck Henry later discovered. Mike makes those little sounds, according to him.

Hoffman turned down most of the film roles offered to him after completing The Graduate, preferring to return to New York and continue performing in live theater. He returned to Broadway to appear in Jimmy Shine's title role. Hoffman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Hoffman was paid $20,000 for his role in The Graduate, but after taxes and living expenses, he only netted $4,000. Hoffman applied for New York State unemployment insurance, making $55 a week while living in a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan's West Village. He was then given the opportunity in Midnight Cowboy (1969), which he partially because many commentators were incorrect about his acting range and the variety of characters he could portray. "It was the direct comparison between his preppy role in The Graduate" and Ratso Rizzo" that appealed to Hoffman, according to Peter Biskind. 'I had become concerned,' recalls Hoffman, 'I was not a character actor in The Graduate's reviews. I like to think of myself as a character actor.' It threw me off. Some of the stuff in the newspaper was revolting." Critics believed that director Mike Nichols was lucky in selecting a standard actor with average acting ability to play Benjamin Braddock.

The same John Schlesinger, who would direct Midnight Cowboy and was looking for lead actors, had the same appearance. "He seemed unable to comprehend the fact that he was acting," Hoffman's role as a button-down college graduate and track actor was so convincing to Schlesinger, "he seemed unable to accept that he was acting." Hoffman met the director, who had never met him, in Times Square as a homeless man, wearing a dirty raincoat, his hair slicked back, and with an unshavened face. "I've only seen you in the context of The Graduate, but you'll do fine," Schlesinger said.

In May 1969, Midnight Cowboy premiered in theaters around the country. Hoffman received his second Oscar nomination for his role, and the film received Best Picture Award for his acting. The Library of Congress had classified the film as "culturally, historically, or visually significant" in 1994 and then selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Hoffman's portrayal of Hoffman as a hero is regarded as a major achievement by Biskind.

Hoffman appeared in Peter Yates' romantic drama film John and Mary co-starred Mia Farrow in 1969. He was given the Best Actor award by the British Academy Film Academy in 1970 for his role in the film, but the film received mixed critiques. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Motion Picture The film was released shortly after Farrow's appearance in Roman Polanski's Baby (1968) and Hoffman's appearance in The Graduate, which earned them to be recognized on the front page of the Time magazine as stars of their generation.

This was followed by his role in Little Big Man (1970), in which Jack Crabb, his character, ages from a teen to a 121-year-old man. Critics generally lauded the film, but Chief Dan George was passed over for an award except for a supporting nomination. Over the next two years, Hoffmann will continue to appear in major films. Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Protesting About Me? Straw Dogs (also 1971), and Papillon (1973) p. 71 (1971) Straw Dogs (also 1971). He returned to Broadway in 1974 and was in charge of All Over Town.

Hoffman went on to appear in Lenny (1974), for which he was once more selected for Best Actor. Lenny was based on the life of stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce, who died at the age of 40 and was known for his youthful, free-style, and critical style of comedy, which mixed politics, faith, sex, and vulgarity. Hoffmann's chances were high that he would be nominated for his role, particularly after his appearance in Midnight Cowboy. Katharine Lowry, a film critic, claims that director Bob Fosse "never gave him a chance" to go far enough into creating the character. "We never knew what, other than the medications he took, made him tick like a time bomb," she says.

However, author Paul Gardner's "directing Lenny, his most ambitious venture, had exhausted Fosse physically and mentally exhausted Fosse. With shooting days often lasting ten to twelve hours, it turned his life inside out."

Hoffman initially turned down the role: "I didn't think the script was strong enough, and I wasn't sure I was the one to play the role." When considering the role, Lenny Bruce's autobiography and an examination of films with Bruce performing stand-up to live audiences. "I began to feel an affinity with him," the playboy acknowledged, "I soon realized that there was a lot of Lenny Bruce in me." My wife was also worried about it.... Since he was so spontaneous, I knew I'd have to rely on my own spontaneity. I loved his guts... An actor always strives to get a sense of intimacy... It occurred to me that if I had known him, I would have wanted us to be friends... and I love provocateurs. Judith Crist, a film critic, praised Hoffman for the film's ultimate success:

Lenny was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.

Both the President's Men (1976) was released less than two years after the Watergate affair, and it starred Hoffman and Robert Redford as the true-life journalists, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, respectively. Hoffman and Redford play Washington Post reporters who break into a break-in at the Watergate Hotel and end up investigating a political mystery that reaches all the way to the presidency based on true events. Hoffman's role in the film, as in previous ones (as Lenny Bruce), was radically different from his predecessor's (as Lenny Bruce), but both men, Bruce and Bernstein, protested institutional abuses and the common tendency for society to ignore such abuses. "As Lenny Bruce in Lenny (1974), Hoffman plays a martyr to the cause of establishment imperialism, while "All the President's Men" portrays a reporter exposed presidential graftuence.

The film, according to Vincent Canby of The New York Times, was described as a " spellbinding detective story." "The strength of the film," he said, was "the almost day-to-day record of Bernstein and Woodward's investigation." Hoffman and Redford's characters were ranked No. 93 in order of appearance. On AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains list, 27 Heroes, while Entertainment Weekly named All the President's Men as one of the 25 "Powerful Political Thrillers" in the country's 100th year.

Hoffmann appeared in Marathon Man (1976), a film based on William Goldman's book of the same name starring Laurence Olivier and Roy Scheider. In 1969, it's producer, John Schlesinger, directed Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy. Author Gene D. Phillips' book "Schlesinger's thriller" plays Babe Levy, a part-time long-distance runner and graduate student who is now being pursued by a fugitive Nazi, who is now referred to as "Schlesinger's tragedy." Hoffman did not sleep for days at a time and let his body become disorganized and unhealthy, placing him in the mood of someone under extreme emotional distress.

"What if someone close to you was something completely different from what you expected," Goldman writes about his novel. Hoffman believes that his brother (Roy Scheider) is a businessman, but the truth is that he is a spy who has been involved with the Nazi, Szell." However, Hoffman recalls a serious disagreement with Goldman, who also wrote the screenplay, about how the story ends:

Hoffman's following roles were also fruitful. He opted out of directing Straight Time (1978), but he appeared as a robber. Agatha Christie, Michael Apted's (1979), was directed by Vanessa Redgrave as Agatha Christie, focusing on the author's missing eleven days. Timothy Dalton, then partner of Vanessa Redgrave and later actor in James Bond films, appeared in Archie Christie. Dalton's depiction of cold indifference to his wife provided a superb contrast to Hoffman's portrayal of warmth, humour, and sympathy. Both romantic and comedic moments were present in the film, but the overall plot mirrored one of Christie's detective novels in a saneful manner. Agatha was generally well received by critics, especially in the United Kingdom, and the company maintains an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Meryl Styep and directed by Robert Benton co-starred Kramer (1979) and directed by Robert Benton. Hoffmann appeared in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). The film tells the tale of a married couple's divorce and its effect on everyone concerned, including the couple's teenage son. Hoffman received his first Academy Award, as well as Best Supporting Actress (Streep), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Hoffman had to change his mindset from being a "desensitized advertising art director" to "responsive and worried daddy" after his wife (Streep) walked out on him and their six-year-old son, Billy. Hoffman, who was on the onset of the film, was also going through his own divorce after a ten-year marriage. Hoffman said, "Giving myself permission not only to be present but also to be a father was a kind of epiphany for me at the time, because I could get to work through my hours." ... Playing a father brought me closer to being a father. That's really sad to say." The role also reminded him of his own love of children in general:

Benton's directing has been lauded by Hoffman, who praises him for instilling the emotional depth behind many scenes: "Perfect directors make you emotional." Robert Benton's analysis of Kramer vs. Kramer got me emotional. He was working so hard on me. "I can't give it to you, I haven't got it" when I didn't think I could do a scene again. "Okay, this is yours," then gringled say. That's what he told you — get him one."

Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who finds himself dressing as a woman in Tootsie (1982), is depicted as a male in a soap opera. Jessica Lange co-starred in his film Jessica Lange. Tootsie received ten Academy Award nominations, including Hoffman's fifth nomination.

Hoffman's role under Sydney Pollack's direction "a steady bombardment of opposites—edgy first funny, romantic then realistic, soft than quivering." Hoffman's character "embodies vulnerability and enthusiasm in a perfect way," according to film critic David Denby. He has the ability to make everything seem threatening, and so viewers are incredibly protective of him and root for him." Hoffman's acting was more difficult than necessary, but not because he was not given the rehearsal time Pollack promised:

Gary Oldman, a fellow actor, revealed that the former made remarks toward a "very influential" company figure who told him that he was unable to find work in Hollywood after Tootsie. Hoffman, along with Paul Newman and Al Pacino, became a Major Donor for The Mirror Theater Ltd in 1983, matching Laurance Rockefeller's grant. As Lee's then daughter-in-law Sabra Jones, the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Mirror, the men were inspired to invest by their association with Lee Strasberg.

Willy Loman appeared in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman in 1984. He reprised his role in the same television series for which he received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and a Golden Globe in 1985.

Hoffman first read the play at the age of 16, but today considers it a lot like his own: "It was a blueprint of my family." "I was the loser, the flunky," says Biff, a high-school varsity football player. "He has been obsessed with the play," Hoffman says throughout his career: "They learned Arthur Miller was his neighbor in Connecticut, and they began to worry about it in earnest." Hoffman's account left a lasting emotional impression on him from the day he first read it:

Hoffman rehearsed for three weeks with the play's original actor, Lee J. Cobb, and recalls his appearance on stage: "I'll never forget that period in my life." It was so vivid and threatening to see Lee J. Cobb's sixteen-inch guns as Willy. How I feel about what I saw on that stage!" Hoffman "has been training like a boxer" for the position that so stifled Cobb that he had to be replaced after four months," Brenner says. Elia Kazan, who Hoffman calls "the right director" and "the best there ever was," directed the original play. ...I would have done something to have worked with Kazan."

Elaine May's Ishtar (1987), co-starring Warren Beatty, who also produced it, was Hoffman's worst film fail. Hoffman and Beatty are two down-and-out singer-songwriters who fly to Morocco for a nightclub set-up and become involved in foreign intrigue. A large part of the film was shot in Africa. The film suffered with serious production issues, mainly due to its $55 million price, and received mainly critical feedback. Hoffman and Beatty, on the other hand, loved the film's last cut and defended it. The flop did not affect Hoffman and Beatty, and Ishtar became a cult film. Quentin Tarantino, for one, has listed it as one of his favorite films, partially due to Paul Williams' comedic lyrics.

Hoffman describes why he loves the film:

Rain Man (1988), director Barry Levinson's sequel, featured Hoffman as an autistic savant opposite Tom Cruise. Levinson, Hoffman, and Cruise spent two years on the film, and Hoffman's performance earned him his second Academy Award. "Deep inside, Rain Man is about how autistic we all are," Hoffman says. Hoffman spent two years befriending autistic people, including taking them bowling and to fast food restaurants in preparation for the role. He has said, "It fed my obsession."

Hoffman was a member of Columbia University, but he began working at the New York Psychiatric Institute when he was 21 years old. "It was a great journey for me," he said. "I had longed to get into a jail or a mental institution throughout my life." ... I wanted to know why human behavior, which was so evident, was so public. "All the things that the majority of us were feeling and stopping up were coming from these people." Raymond Babbitt, a high-functioning autistic savant but also a person who criticised David Denby as "a strangely shuttered genius," was used to help him develop the character. For Raymond, Hoffman created certain character traits. "Hoffman, who is now older and smaller, has begun a small shuffling walk for Raymond with a shoulder bent," Denby said. His eyes aren't in touch with anyone else's, and he flattens his voice to a dry nasal bark."

Rain Man received four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Hoffman, and Best Director for Barry Levinson. Levinson, who worked closely with Hoffman for two years on filming, shared some thoughts about his acting abilities:

After Rain Man, Hoffman appeared in Family Business (1989), directed by Sidney Lumet. Vito (Hoffman), a middle-aged man attempting to establish a lucrative career, and his "hopelessly corrupt but charming father" Jesse (Connery). Critics were generally unimpressed by the book, although individual performances were lauded, especially Connery's.

Some industry journalists thought Connery and Hoffman would not work well together as close family members because of their diverse acting styles and nationalities. "To the surprise of many," Connery biographers Lee Pfeiffer and Lisa Philips write, "the two heroes have an immediate rapport and chemistry that extends to film." "Sean is extremely disciplined, and Dustin is incredibly improvisational," Lumet said, all over the place with his lines. I had no idea where it would end up, but Sean encountered Dustin improvisation for improvisation, and a great deal of richness and humor came out of it."

In 1991, Hoffman played substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom in The Simpsons' "Lisa's Subtute," under the pseudonym Sam Etic. Dustin Hoffman appeared in this episode but did not use his real name in the episode referring to this episode.

Hoffman appeared in many big studio films during the 1990s, including Dick Tracy (1990) (where his Ishtar co-star Beatty plays the titular role), Heroes (1992) and Billy Bathgate (1991) co-starring Nicole Kidman (who was nominated for a Golden Globe). In Steven Spielberg's Hook (also 1991), earning a Golden Globe nomination and the narrator in Dr. Seuss Video Classics, Horton Hears a Who! Hoffman's costume in Hook was so heavy that he had to wear an air-conditioned suit under it.

Hoffman was one of the leading protagonists of Outbreak (1995), as Rene Russo, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Donald Sutherland. Hoffman, a medical doctor who discovers a new Ebola-like virus in an infected monkey, carries it to the United States from Africa. Hoffman is trying to prevent the virus from spreading and finding a vaccine before it becomes a global pandemic with no cure. It was one of the films that was produced by Punch Productions, his production company.

Critics Roger Ebert calls the film "one of the greatest scare stories of our time," with the belief that deep in the uncharted rain forests, deadly diseases lurk, and that, if they ever leave their jungle homes and enter the human bloodstream, a new plague will be present, similar to those that we've never seen." Hoffman is credited by critic David Denby with giving the movie much of its thriller-like quality:

He appeared in the 1996 revenge drama/legal thriller Sleepers (1996) starring Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, and Kevin Bacon.

Hoffman appeared in—and was instrumental in—David Mamet's American Buffalo (also 1996) and an early attempt at film editor Kate Sanford in the mid-1990s. Hoffman starred opposite John Travolta in the Costa Gavras film Mad City in 1997.

Hoffman received his seventh Academy Award nomination for his role in Wag The Dog (1997), a role that allowed Hoffman the opportunity to collaborate with both Robert De Niro and Denis Leary. The film is directed and directed by Barry Levinson, who also directed Hoffman in Rain Man in 1988.

The tale unfolds a few days before a presidential election, in Washington, D.C., where a celebrity spin doctor (De Niro) distracts the electorate from a sex scandal by using a Hollywood film director (Hoffman) to stage a fake war with Albania. According to several, Hoffman, as a caricature of real life producer Robert Evans, "gives the kind of witty debut that is sure to win awards, particularly because its mixture of love and murderous parody is so precise." According to Janet Maslin, Stanley (Hoffman) holds business meetings in tennis clothes or in robe and slippers.

He appeared in another Barry Levinson film, the science fiction psychological thriller, Sphere (1998), opposite Sharon Stone.

Hoffman was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and he recalls the emotional impact that the award brought on him.

Hoffman appeared in Moonlight Mile (2002), followed by Confidence (2003) opposite Edward Burns, Andy Garca, and Rachel Weisz. Hoffmann finally had the opportunity to work with Gene Hackman in Gary Fleder's Runaway Jury (also 2003), an extension of John Grisham's best-selling book.

In the J. M. Barrie historical fantasia Finding Neverland (2004), Hoffman costarring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, Hoffman played theater owner Charles Frohman. Hoffman appeared in director David O. Russell's I Heart Huckabees (also 2004) as an existential detective team member. Punch Productions Corporation signed a first glance at The Walt Disney Studios in 2001.

Hoffman had a second shot at Wag the Dog in 2004, a sequel to Meet the Parents (2000), seven years after his nomination for Wag the Dog. Hoffman received the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance in 2005. He starred a horse in Racing Stripes in 2005 and appeared in cameo roles in Andy Garca's The Lost City and on the final episode of HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm's fifth season. Hoffman appeared in Stranger than Fiction (2006) as Giuseppe Baldini, the perfumer in Tom Tykwer's film Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (also 2006).

He was featured in an advertising campaign for Australian telecommunications company Telstra's Next Generation network, "Follow My Lead" as a psychiatrist and appeared in the British family film "Wollow My Lead," for which he was nominated for a BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film Awards 2007. Even if he was hesitant to appear in an animated feature film in 2008, he had previously appeared in a version of The Point! Hoffman also appeared in an episode of The Simpsons as Shifu, which was praised in part for his comedic chemistry with Jack Black (whom he helped with an important scene) and his character's ambiguous relationship with the story's villain. He earned the Annie Award for Voice Acting in an animated Feature for Kung Fu Panda and has continued to play in the franchise's subsequent film productions outside of the franchise's television series. In The Tale of Despereaux, he appeared Roscuro for the first time.

Hoffman, as the title character in Last Chance Harvey, starred Emma Thompson in the story of two lonely people who develop a friendship over the course of three days. Hoffman, director Joel Hopkins, was both a perfectionist and self-critical: "He often wanted to try things stripped down because less is better." Every little detail is worrying."

He appears in Little Fockers, the critically praised yet financially lucrative 2010 sequel to Meet the Fockers. However, his character in the previous series plays a much smaller part.

Hoffman reprised his role as Master Shifu in the commercially and critically acclaimed animated film Kung Fu Panda 2. The film has an approval rating of 81% based on 169 reviews and an average rating of 6.9/10 on the review website Rotten Tomatoes. "The storyline arc may be a bit familiar to fans of the original, but Kung Fu Panda 2 has plenty action, comedy, and visual glam for to compensate," the site's critical consensus says. The film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." The film was a financial success, earning more money than the previous film, Kung Fu Panda. At the global Box Office, the film grossed $666 million. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

At Audible.com, Hoffman's audiobook recording of Jerzy Kosinski's Being There was published in 2012. Hoffman played a key role in betting and casino operations on HBO's Luck, as a man in charge of bookmaking and casino operations. In March 2012, luck was called off after three horses died on set.

Hoffman made his directorial debut with Quartet in 2012, starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, Billy Connolly, and Michael Gambon. The BBC comedy-drama premiered at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, where critics gave it laudable praise. "It's sweet, delicate, and predictable to a fault," the film is told fresh by Rotten Tomatoes, earning an 80%, with the critical consensus reading, "It's sweet, tender, and predictable to a fault," the ensemble's harsh message makes Quartet too difficult to stomach." Smith was nominated for the Golden Globe for her appearance.

Hoffman appeared in Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, a BBC television film adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book adapted by Richard Curtis and co-starring Judi Dench in 2015. Hoffman was recognized with the Emmy Award for Best Actor by an Actor.

Hoffman appeared in Noah Baumbach's Netflix film The Meyerowitz Stories starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel, and Emma Thompson. On May 21, 2017, the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. With the consensus reading, "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) follows the family's life through writer-director Noah Baumbach's bittersweet lens and the remarkable cast's efforts.

Hoffman was honoured with the Gotham Awards Tribute in 2017 alongside Sofia Coppola, Nicole Kidman, and Edward Lachman. Elizabeth Marvel introduced Hoffman.

Hoffman would return to Broadway in Scott Rudin's revival of Our Town as the Stage Manager in 2020. Hoffman's last appearance on stage was 30 years ago in Death of a Salesman (1989). Broadway theaters remained closed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In As They Made Us directed by Mayim Bialik, Hoffman appeared alongside Candice Bergen, Dianna Agron, and Simon Helberg, and Sam & Kate, directed by Darren Le Gallo, began filming in February 2022. He appeared in MGM studio Louis B Mayer as co-founder in September 2021. Filming will begin in 2021.

Hoffman appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis in October 2022.

Personal life

When Hoffman and his coworker and close friend Robert Duvall were "obsessed with sex," he and the actor and close friend Robert Duvall were "obsessed with sex." "As acting students, there were always a few models." One comes up to you and says, "Hi," as if you've never met her, although you've been imagining her in bed with her for six months. "I'd like to do a scene with you," the singer says, and she chooses a love scene, and it's "Yes!" That happened to me and Bobby. We were looking for classes with women as we were adherents to our craft.

Hoffman married Anne Byrne in May 1969 after meeting in 1963. Karina (b.) was adopted by him. (born October 15, 1970) Byrne's child from a previous marriage, and Byrne had daughter Jenna. Hoffman and Byrne were living in Greenwich Village, 1970, in a building next door to a townhouse that was then unintentionally detonated in the townhouse's basement, killing three people. Hoffman can be seen standing in the streets during the disaster's aftermath in the 2002 documentary The Weather Underground. In 1980, the couple wed in a divorce.

He began to see Lisa Gottsegen and their families' families having a flourishing relationship together after Hoffman's divorce. She was completing her Juris Doctor degree and the couple married in October 1980. They have four children: Jacob Edward (born March 20, 1981), Rebecca Lillian (b. ), and Rebecca Lillian (b. 81). Maxwell Geoffrey (born August 30, 1984) and Alexandra Lydia "Ali" (born October 27, 1987). Hoffman has two grandchildren.

In a interview, he said that none of his children from his second marriage had bar or bat mitzvahs and that he is a more observant Jew today than when he was younger. He has also expressed disappointment in that he is not fluent in Hebrew.

Hoffman, a liberal, has long endorsed the Democratic Party and Ralph Nader. He was one of a number of Hollywood celebrities and executives to sign an open letter sent by then-German chancellor Helmut Kohl condemning Scientologists' treatment in Germany, which was published as a newspaper advertisement in the International Herald Tribune.

In 2013, Hoffman was successfully treated for cancer.

In 2017, seven people were charged with sexual assault or assault. Hoffman made derogatory jokes and remarks around her while working as an intern on a television show Death of a Salesman's death and begged her to give him foot massages. Hoffman said an apology to the 17-year-old intern who denied bullying but said wrongdoing" had "the utmost respect for women and expressed regret" that "what I may have done may have put her in a difficult situation." It is not representative of who I am." Meryl Streep had reported that Hoffman groped her breast during their first meeting, according to the online publication Slate in 2017. However, a representative for Meryl Streep replied to Slate that it was not an accurate representation of their 1979 meeting. "There was an offence, and Dustin apologized for it," a Streep's spokesperson said. And Meryl accepted it." While filming a scene in Kramer vs. Kramer, Steffiep has also referred to an event where Hoffman slapped her—rather than pantomiming a slap.

During the 20th anniversary screening of Wag the Dog at the 92nd Street Y in December 2017, comedian John Oliver unexpectedly interrogated Hoffman about the allegations. "It't reflective of who I am," Oliver said. It's the same thing that makes me pisse me off," says the author. "Do you know how that sounds like a dismissal?" Hoffman said he was blindsided by the line of doubting, remarking, "You've handled the situation better than anyone else" could have. I'm guilty. I'm guilty because someone has pleaded guilty. You press a button. I'm a hunter. This and that, and it isn't accurate."

Hoffman has not replied to the other six charges by speaking out.

Bill Murray, a co-star with Hoffman on Tootsie (1982) and The Lost City (2005), defended him, saying, "I heard what happened to him, and Dustin Hoffman is a really nice guy." He's wild, a Borscht Belt flirtat, has lived his whole life. (But) He's a really sweet guy. Chevy Chase and Liam Neeson were among the comedians who came out in support.

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