Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

  • Born: 1937-8-8
  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
  • Height: 5' 5¾" (1.67 m)
  • Profession: Actor, director, producer
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: "The Graduate", "Midnight Cowboy", "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Rain Man"
  • Dustin Hoffman (Dustin Hoffman), born on August 8, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actor and director.
    In 1967, he starred in the drama film " The Graduate ", and won the 25th American Film Golden Globe Award for Best New Actor and Fortieth Oscar Award for Best Actor Nomination [1]  . In 1980, he played the role of Ted Kramer in " Kramer vs. Kramer " and won him the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Actor [2]  . In 1989, he starred in autistic patients in the drama " Rain Man ", and won the Best Actor Award at the 61st Academy Awards for this film [3]  , and won the Berlin International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award in the same year. [4]  . In 1996, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Academy of Film and Television [5]  . In 1997, Hoffman starred in the comedy " Wag the Dog ", and was nominated for Best Actor at the 70th Academy Awards for his performance in the film [6]  . In 2002, Hoffman starred in the movie " Moonlight Mile " with Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal . In 2008, for the animated film "" OPortugal " was dubbed [7]  and won the Hollywood Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award [8] in the same year   . In 2017, he won the 27th Gotham Independent Film Awards Special Honor Award [9]  .
    In 2009, Dustin Hoffman was awarded the "Knightly Medal of Art and Literature of the French Republic" by the French government . [10]  In 2016, he dubbed the animated film " OPortugal3 ".

    Early Experience

    Hoffman is Jewish   . Hoffman was influenced by his parents who liked the art of film. He liked to imitate and perform since he was a child. Mother loves art and likes to watch movies. She believes that her son can become a movie star. His father wanted to train him to be a pianist. He received good music training since he was a child, and then sent him to Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Santamaunia City University to study piano, but his father firmly opposed him to be an actor.
    In a performance celebrating Christmas, he successfully played a small role. For this reason, he gave up half of his studies and went to the Passatina Academy of Drama to learn acting   .

    Performing Experience

    In 1965, 28-year-old Dustin Hoffman played some small roles on off-Broadway and TV stations. By chance, director Mike Nichols saw Hoffman who was performing in the play "The Fifth Horse" and was impressed by his acting skills. Under the cultivation of Nichols, Dustin Hoffman began to enter the film world   .
    In 1967, Hoffman starred in " The Graduate " directed by Mike Nichols as Benjamin, interpreting the confusion of fresh graduates entering the society, and with this film won the 22nd British Academy of Film Awards as the most promising newcomer starring Award, the 25th American Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor, and nominated Fortieth Oscar Award for Best Actor . 
    In 1969, he co-starred with JohnVaught in the feature film " Midnight Cowboy ", playing a poor pauper. In 1970, based on his performance in this film, he was nominated for the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Actor   .
    In 1971, he played a playwright who fought to protect his homeland in Straw Dogs directed by Sam Peckinpah .
    In 1974, he played Lenni Bruce in the biography "Leni Biography". In 1975, the film was nominated for the 47th Academy Awards for Best Actor   . In 1976, he played a student who escaped the imprisonment of the Nazis in the " Diamond Thunderbolt " directed by John Schlesinger . On April 4 of the same year, he starred in the thriller " All the President's Men ", in which he played a reporter who revealed the truth about the Nixon Watergate incident.
    In 1979, Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep co-starred in the romance film " Kramer vs. Kramer ", as an advertising clerk who only knew his job but ignored his family. With this film, he won the 52nd Oscar Award for Best Actor And the best actor award at the 37th American Film Golden Globe Awards, the film tells the story of a single-parent family's child Billy and his father, Mr. Kramer, who depended on each other for their lives and finally returned to their mother   .
    In 1982, starred in the feature film " Tootsie ", as a grumpy actor, nominated for the best actor at the 55th Academy Awards , and won the 40th American Film Golden Globe Award for Best Musical Comedy Actor Award, British Academy Award Actor Award.
    In 1985, Dustin Hoffman starred in the drama " Death of a Salesman " adapted from the stage play of the same name   .
    In 1988, Dustin Hoffman and Thomas Cruise Mapother IV starred in the feature film " Rain Man ", playing an autistic patient Raymond. In order to play this role, Dustin Hoffman spent a year with a "Rain Man" "Life, carefully observe his manners, actions, and words   . In 1989, Dustin Hoffman won the Best Actor Award at the 61st Academy Awards  andBest Actor Award   .
    In 1990, he played the villain in the police film " Dick Tracy ". In 1991, he co-starred with Robin McLaurim Williams and Julia Roberts in the adventure film " Hook " directed by Steven Allan Spielberg .
    In 1995, he co-starred in the horror film "Extreme Panic" with Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman . For this role, Dustin Hoffman read a lot of books on viruses and epidemiology   . In 1996, Dustin Hoffman received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Academy of Film and Television   .
    In 1997, Hoffman starred in the comedy " Wag the Dog " and was nominated for the best actor at the 70th Academy Awards  . In the same year, he starred in the historical biographical film " The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc " directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Anderson Jovovich . In 2002, Hoffman co- starred in the movie " Moonlight Mile " with Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal .
    In 2004, Hoffman starred in the biographical film " Finding Neverland " as a stage producer, and starred in the comedy film " Meet The Fockers ". In 2007, Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Hershlag starred in the comedy movie " Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium "   . In 2008, Dustin Hoffman dubbed the animation " OPortugal "   .
    In 2009, Dustin Hoffman was awarded the "Knightly Medal of Arts and Letters of the French Republic" by the French government   . And by virtue of the dubbing in " OPortugal " won The Annie Awards Best Animated Film Dubbing Award   .
    In 2011, Hoffman dubbed the animation " OPortugal2 ". In 2012, Hoffman directed his debut " Quartet ". In 2014, he starred in the comedy " The Cobbler " as a struggling shoemaker and as a restaurant owner in " Chef " directed by Jon Favreau .
    In 2016, Hoffman dubbed the animation " OPortugal3 "   .

    Personal Life

    On May 4, 1969, Dustin Hoffman married Anne Byrne Hoffman and gave birth to two daughters, Karina and Jenna. On October 6, 1980, he divorced Anne Byrne Hoffman. On October 12, 1980, Dustin Hoffman married lawyer Lisa Gottsagan and had four more children: Jacob, Max, Rebecca and Alexander   .

    Character Evaluation

    Dustin Hoffman is a renowned film acting master. Although he is only 1.66 meters tall and looks mediocre, but with his extraordinary acting skills, he has created many vivid and different screen images with changing costumes and faces. He is especially good at modeling small characters and enjoys the "chameleon" in Hollywood. Good name.  
    Dustin Hoffman became a hit when he was 30 years old when he performed "The Graduate", and he was considered a late bloomer.  
    Dustin Hoffman's ugly appearance, short stature, and many limitations in his acting career, but his hard work, strength and luck have earned him six Oscar nominations.  
    Extended Reading

    Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five quotes

    • Po: I guess it's easier to laugh at someone than to have someone laugh at you, right?

    • Young Monkey: You saved me, why?

      Oogway: Mmm, Monkey. You have shown me great skills. But I also sense in you great pain.