Actor

Dustin Hoffman

August 8, 1937 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. Actor Robert De Niro described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human". At a young age Hoffman knew he wanted to study in the arts, and entered into the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music; later he decided to go into acting, for which he trained at the Pasadena Playhouse in Los Angeles. His first theatrical performance was 1961's A Cook for Mr. General as Ridzinski. During that time he appeared in several guest roles on television shows like Naked City and The Defenders.

Notable work

7.3
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
as Master Shifu (voice)
8
The Simpsons (1989)
as Mr. Bergstrom (voice)
7.1
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
as Master Shifu (voice)
7.8
Rain Man (1988)
as Raymond Babbitt
6.9
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
as Shifu (voice)
6.8
Hook (1991)
as Captain Hook
7.1
The Holiday (2006)
as Dustin Hoffman (uncredited)
6.8
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
as The Critic (uncredited)
6.3
Meet the Fockers (2004)
as Bernie Focker
7.4
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
as Giuseppe Baldini
7.6
Sleepers (1996)
as Danny Snyder
7.3
Finding Neverland (2004)
as Charles Frohman

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