Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor who has had an active career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He first drew critical praise for the 1966 Off-Broadway play Eh? for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakout movie role as Ben Braddock in the 1967 film The Graduate. After the success of this film, Hoffman's career has largely been focused in cinema with only sporadic returns to television and the stage. Some of his more important films are Midnight Cowboy (1969), Little Big Man (1970), Lenny (1974), All the President's Men (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Tootsie (1982), Rain Man (1988), Hook (1991), Sleepers (1996), Wag the Dog (1997), and Last Chance Harvey (2008).
Hoffman married Anne Byrne in May 1969. The couple had two children, Karina (b. 1966) and Jenna (b. 15 October 1970). Karina is adopted. The couple divorced in 1980. He married attorney Lisa Gottsegen in October 1980; they have four children ?? Jacob Edward (b. 20 March 1981), Rebecca (b. 17 March 1983), Maxwell Geoffrey (b. 30 August 1984), and Alexandra Lydia (b. 27 October 1987). Hoffman also has two grandchildren. In an interview, he said that all of his children had bar or bat mitzvahs and that he is a more observant Jew now than when he was younger; he also lamented that he is not fluent in Hebrew.[citation needed]
In 1970, Hoffman and Byrne were living in Greenwich Village in a building next door to the townhouse destroyed by members of The Weatherman when they detonated a bomb in the building's basement, killing three people. In the 2002 documentary The Weather Underground, Hoffman can be seen standing in the street during the aftermath of the explosion.
A political liberal, Hoffman has long supported the Democratic Party and Ralph Nader. In 1997, he was one of a number of Hollywood stars and executives to sign an open letter to then-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, published as a newspaper advertisement in the International Herald Tribune, which protested the treatment of Scientologists in Germany.
Robert Duvall was a roommate of Hoffman's during their struggling actor years in New York City. Duvall and Hoffman tease each other on the matter of acting training, as Duvall was trained by Sanford Meisner whereas Hoffman was brought up on Lee Strasberg's method acting[citation needed]. Hoffman is still good friends with actor Gene Hackman, who was also friends with Duvall during their years as starving actors[citation needed]. His nicknames include Dusty and DHoff.
Respected for his versatility, Hoffman has won two Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, and an Emmy Award.
Hoffman's other Best Actor nominations are:
THE GRADUATE (67)
MIDNIGHT COWBOY (69)
LENNY (74)
TOOTSIE (82)
Dustin Hoffman's other credits include:
THE TIGER MAKES OUT
MADIGAN'S MILLIONS
SUNDAY FATHER
JOHN & MARY
LITTLE BIG MAN
WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN...?
STRAW DOGS
ALFREDO, ALFREDO
PAPILLON
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
MARATHON MAN
STRAIGHT TIME
AGATHA
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
ISHTAR
FAMILY BUSINESS
DICK TRACY
BILLY BATHGATE
HOOK
HERO
OUTBREAK
AMERICAN BUFFALO
SLEEPERS
MAD CITY
WAG THE DOG
SPHERE
THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC
TUESDAY
MOONLIGHT MILE
CONFIDENCE
FINDING NEVERLAND
RACING STRIPES
THE LOST CITY
MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM
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