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| caption            = Hoffman at the [[2017 Cannes Film Festival]] 
| birth_name         = Dustin Lee Hoffman
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1937|8|8}}
| birth_place        = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
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| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1960–present
| party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| children           = 6, including [[Jake Hoffman (actor)|Jake]]
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{{marriage|[[Anne Byrne (actress)|Anne Byrne]]|May 1969|1980|end=divorced}} |
{{marriage|[[Lisa Hoffman|Lisa Gottsegen]]|October 1980}}
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| works              = [[Dustin Hoffman filmography|Full lists]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Dustin Hoffman|Full list]]
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'''Dustin Lee Hoffman''' (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor. As one of the key actors in the formation of [[New Hollywood]], Hoffman is known for [[Dustin Hoffman filmography|his versatile portrayals]] of [[antihero]]es and emotionally vulnerable characters. Among his [[List of awards and nominations received by Dustin Hoffman|numerous accolades]] are two [[Academy Awards]], four [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]], five [[Golden Globe Awards]], and two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] as well as a nomination for a [[Tony Award]]. He was honored with the [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award|Cecil B. DeMille Award]] in 1997, the [[AFI Life Achievement Award]] in 1999, and the [[Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honors Award]] in 2012.<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/a-listers-turn-out-for-afi-s-hoffman-tribute-1117491484/ |title=A-listers turn out for AFI's Hoffman tribute |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=February 22, 1999 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/12/26/kennedy-center-honors-david-letterman-dustin-hoffman-led-zeppelin/ |title=Kennedy Center Honors review: David Letterman, Dustin Hoffman, and others celebrated as 'difficult, demanding, passive-aggressive'|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Ken|last=Tucker|date=December 26, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref>

Hoffman studied at the [[Los Angeles Conservatory of Music]] before he decided to go into acting, for which he trained at the [[Pasadena Playhouse]]. He made his film debut with the [[black comedy]] ''[[The Tiger Makes Out]]'' (1967). He went on to receive two [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Awards for Best Actor]] playing a man going through a divorce in ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' (1979) and an [[autistic]] [[savant]] in ''[[Rain Man]]'' (1988). He was Oscar-nominated for ''[[The Graduate]]'' (1967), ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' (1969), ''[[Lenny (film)|Lenny]]'' (1974), ''[[Tootsie]]'' (1982), and ''[[Wag the Dog]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Higgins|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-flashback-dustin-hoffman-meryl-streep-first-won-oscars-kramer-kramer-1258743|title= Hollywood Flashback: Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep First Won Oscars for 'Kramer vs. Kramer' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=December 7, 2019 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Biography.com"/> Other notable roles include in ''[[Little Big Man (film)|Little Big Man]]'' (1970), ''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]'' (1973), ''[[Marathon Man (film)|Marathon Man]]'' (1976), ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' (1976), ''[[Ishtar (film)|Ishtar]]'' (1987), ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' (1990), and ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Brody |first=Richard |title=To Wish Upon Ishtar |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/to-wish-upon-ishtar |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=August 9, 2010 |access-date=May 5, 2016}}</ref>

In the 21st century, he acted in films such ''[[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]'' (2004), ''[[I Heart Huckabees]]'' (2004), and ''[[Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)|Stranger than Fiction]]'' (2006), as well as ''[[Meet the Fockers]]'' (2004) and the sequel ''[[Little Fockers]]'' (2010), ''[[The Meyerowitz Stories]]'' (2017), and ''[[Megalopolis (film)|Megalopolis]]'' (2024). Hoffman has voiced roles in ''[[The Tale of Despereaux (film)|The Tale of Despereaux]]'' (2008) and the [[Kung Fu Panda (franchise)|''Kung Fu Panda'' film series]] (2008–2024). In 2012, he made his directorial debut with ''[[Quartet (2012 film)|Quartet]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Scott |first=A. O. |date=2013-01-10 |title=A 'Rigoletto' Reunion Just Might Save the Day |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/movies/quartet-directed-by-dustin-hoffman.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Hoffman made his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut in the 1961 play ''A Cook for Mr. General''. He subsequently starred as [[Willy Loman]] in the 1984 revival of ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' and reprised the role a year later in a television film, earning a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]].<ref name="Biography.com"/> In 1989, he received a [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] nomination for his role as [[Shylock]] in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''.<ref name="Playbill"/> He has received three [[Drama Desk Award]]s, for his performances in ''[[Eh? (play)|Eh?]]'' (1967), ''[[Jimmy Shine]]'' (1969), and ''Death of a Salesman'' (1984), respectively.

==Early life and education ==
Dustin Lee Hoffman was born on August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, the younger of two sons of Harry Hoffman (1902–1990) and Lillian (née Gold; 1907–1982).<ref name="cabi">{{cite web |title=Dustin Lee Hoffman, born 08/08/1937 |url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/dustin_lee_hoffman_born_1937_1929184 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129080653/http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/dustin_lee_hoffman_born_1937_1929184 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2014 |publisher=[[California Birth Index]]}}</ref> His father worked as a prop supervisor ([[set decorator]]) at [[Columbia Pictures]] before becoming a furniture salesman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Dustin-Hoffman.html |title=Film Reference.com biography |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=March 2, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203104332/http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Dustin-Hoffman.html |archive-date=February 3, 2010}}</ref>

Hoffman was named after stage and silent screen actor [[Dustin Farnum]].<ref name="interview2"/> He has an elder brother Ronald, who is a lawyer and economist. Hoffman is [[Jews|Jewish]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Pearson |first=Michael |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/10/entertainment/dustin-hoffman-finding-your-roots-feat/index.html |title=Dustin Hoffman chokes up after discovering remarkable family story |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=March 10, 2016 |access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Vicki |last=Reid |title=Dustin Hoffman interview: Last Chance Harvey |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/5387229/Dustin-Hoffman-interview-Last-Chance-Harvey.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/5387229/Dustin-Hoffman-interview-Last-Chance-Harvey.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph |date=May 26, 2009 |access-date=May 19, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> from an [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] family of immigrants from [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]] (then a part of the Russian Empire), and [[Iași]], Romania. The family's surname was spelled Гойхман (''Goikhman'') in the [[Russian Empire]].<ref name="interview2">{{cite AV media |title='Quartet': Dustin Hoffman, Behind The Camera |first=Terry |last=Gross |author-link=Terry Gross |publisher=[[NPR|National Public Radio]] (NPR) |date=January 16, 2013 |access-date=June 24, 2014 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=168799912 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215030123/http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=168799912 |archive-date=February 15, 2015 |type=Radio broadcast}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/175744/|title=Dustin Hoffman says it's a great era for television, the worst ever for film |work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]] |date=July 8, 2015|access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name="interview">{{cite news |last=Schleier |first=Curt |title=Hollywood Legend Talks Films and Faith |url=http://forward.com/articles/168448/dustin-hoffmans-directorial-debut/?p=all |work=Forward.com |date=January 3, 2013 |access-date=April 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502014935/http://forward.com/articles/168448/dustin-hoffmans-directorial-debut/?p=all |archive-date=May 2, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="bookref1">{{cite book |last=Pogrebin |first=Abigail |author-link=Abigail Pogrebin |title=Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish |title-link=Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish |publisher=Broadway Books |date=October 2005 |isbn=0-7679-1612-3}}</ref><ref name="fdrts">''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', March 8, 2016, PBS</ref>

His upbringing was [[irreligion|nonreligious]], and he has said, "I don't have any memory of celebrating [[Jewish holidays|holidays]] growing up that were Jewish", and that he had "realized" he was Jewish at around the age of 10.<ref name="nov07">{{cite news|last=Bernard|first=Sarah|title=The Tortoise and the Whoopee Cushion|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=November 18, 2007|url=https://nymag.com/guides/holidays/gifts/2007/40990/|access-date=November 22, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121173710/http://nymag.com/guides/holidays/gifts/2007/40990/|archive-date=November 21, 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3329905,00.html ''Hoffman's Jewish return''.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513151617/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3329905,00.html |date=May 13, 2011}} Ynet.com. November 19, 2006.</ref><ref name=Pogrebin/>

Hoffman graduated from [[Los Angeles High School]] in 1955 and enrolled at [[Santa Monica College]] with the intention of studying medicine. But he decided to become an actor, and left in the following year to join the Pasadena Playhouse,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Moonchild and the Fifth Beatle|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838938,00.html|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=February 7, 1969|access-date=April 4, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211070441/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838938,00.html|archive-date=February 11, 2009}}</ref> although when he told his family about his career goal, his Aunt Pearl warned him, "You can't be an actor. You are not good-looking enough."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p314n|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131065744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p314n|url-status=dead|title=BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Dustin Hoffman|archive-date=January 31, 2017|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref name="life19671124"/> He also studied with [[Lee Strasberg]] and has stated that he did not study with either [[Sanford Meisner]] or [[Stella Adler]].<ref>{{citation|last=Kleann6160|title=Dustin Hoffman/Interview|date=December 27, 2020|url=https://vimeo.com/495094466|access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref>

Hoffman initially hoped to become a [[Piano|classical pianist]], having studied piano during much of his youth and in college. While at Santa Monica College, he also took an acting class, which he assumed would be easy, and "caught the acting bug". He recalls: "I just was not gifted in music. I did not have an ear."<ref name=AARP/> Now an aspiring actor, he spent the next 10 years doing odd jobs, being unemployed, and struggling to get any available acting roles, a lifestyle he was later to portray in the comedy film ''[[Tootsie (film)|Tootsie]]''. Hoffman composed a song called "Shooting the Breeze", alongside [[Bette Midler]] who wrote the words.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://parade.com/105811/parade/dustin-hoffman/ |title=Dustin Hoffman: 'I Wanted to Be a Jazz Pianist' |magazine=Parade |access-date=September 13, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107060100/https://parade.com/105811/parade/dustin-hoffman/ |archive-date=November 7, 2017|date=February 5, 2012}}</ref>

== Film career==

===1960–1966: Early theatre roles ===
Hoffman's first acting role was at the Pasadena Playhouse, alongside future Academy Award–winner [[Gene Hackman]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 50-Year Hoffman-Hackman History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/movies/film-the-50-year-hoffman-hackman-history.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 12, 2003|access-date=February 5, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524205930/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/movies/film-the-50-year-hoffman-hackman-history.html|archive-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref> After two years there, Hackman headed for New York City, with Hoffman soon following. Hoffman, Hackman, and [[Robert Duvall]] lived together in the 1960s, whilst all three of them focused on finding acting jobs.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Xfinity Entertainment |title=Celebrity Roommates |access-date=December 31, 2011 |url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-celebroommates/13/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517035451/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-celebroommates/13/ |archive-date=May 17, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Robert Duvall, Hollywood's No. 1 Second Lead, Breaks for Starlight |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20067777,00.html |first=Laura |last=Stevenson |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=May 9, 1977 |access-date=December 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104213721/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20067777%2C00.html |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Hackman remembers, "The idea that any of us would do well in films simply didn't occur to us. We just wanted to work".<ref name=AARP/> Hoffman's appearance—Duvall described him as [[Barbra Streisand]] in drag—and small size made him uncastable, ''Vanity Fair'' later wrote.<ref name="meryman200403">{{cite magazine|title=Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Duvall: Three Friends who Went from Rags to Riches |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/03/gene-hackman-dustin-hoffman-hollywood |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=September 16, 2018 |first=Richard |last=Meryman |date=March 2004 |publisher=[[Condé Nast]]|location=New York City}}</ref> During this period, Hoffman got occasional television bit parts, including commercials but, needing income, he briefly left acting in order to teach.

Hoffman then studied at [[Actors Studio]] and became a dedicated [[method actor]]. In 1960 Hoffman was cast in a role in an [[off-Broadway]] production and followed with a [[bit part]] in his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in production, ''A Cook for Mr. General'' (1961).<ref>{{cite web|title=Dustin Hoffman – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/dustin-hoffman-15122|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=ibdb.com}}</ref> In 1962, he appeared in Rabbit Run Theatre's summer stock production of ''[[Write Me a Murder]]'' in [[Madison, Ohio]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dustin Hoffman "Write Me a Murder" Frederick Knott 1962 Madison, Ohio Playbill {{!}} #1940689215|url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/dustin-hoffman-write-murder-frederick-1940689215|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=Worthpoint}}</ref> and served as an assistant director to [[Ulu Grosbard]] on ''[[The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker|The Days and Nights of Beebee Fenstermaker]]'' at off-Broadway's [[Sheridan Square Playhouse]]. In 1964, Hoffman appeared in ''[[Three Men on a Horse]]'' at [[Princeton University|Princeton]]'s [[McCarter Theatre]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Princeton – Weekly Bulletin 04/11/05 – McCarter at 75|url=https://pr.princeton.edu/pwb/05/0411/3b.shtml|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=pr.princeton.edu}}</ref> and in 1965, in off-Broadway's ''Harry, Noon and Night''<ref>{{cite web|title=Dustin Hoffman "Harry Noon & Night" Joel Grey 1965 FLOP {{!}} #101981416|url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/dustin-hoffman-harry-noon-night-joel-101981416|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=Worthpoint}}</ref> with [[Joel Grey]]. On June 23, 1965, he played Mendy in a practice run of [[Philip Roth]]'s abandoned off-Broadway play ''The Nice Jewish Boy'', directed by [[Gene Saks]] and co-starring [[Melinda Dillon]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Blake |title=Philip Roth: the biography |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-393-24072-6 |edition=First|location=New York, NY |pages=269}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Roth |first=Philip |title=Reading Myself and Others |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |year=1975 |pages=34}}</ref> Grosbard and Hoffman reunited for a 1965 recording of ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' starring [[Lee J. Cobb]] and [[Mildred Dunnock]], with Hoffman playing Bernard.<ref>{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Arthur |url=https://cmc.marmot.org/Record/.b2145629x |title=Death of a salesman |date=2002 |isbn=9780060501785 |access-date=October 18, 2020}}</ref> He was assistant director for Grosbard's 1965 off-Broadway production of ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'' starring Robert Duvall and [[Jon Voight]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Dustin Hoffman|url=http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/25601|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=iobdb.com}}</ref> and in late 1965 stage-managed and appeared in Grosbard's ''[[The Subject Was Roses]]'' on Broadway.<ref>{{cite web|last=The Broadway League|title=The Subject Was Roses – Broadway Play – Original {{!}} IBDB|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-subject-was-roses-3202#Replacements|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=ibdb.com}}</ref> Hoffman's "sharply outlined and vividly colored" performance in off-Broadway's ''The Journey of the Fifth Horse''<ref>{{cite web |title=Theater: Turgenev Tale – Ribman's 'Journey of the 5th Horse' Opens |date=April 22, 1966 |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/04/22/issue.html |access-date=October 18, 2020 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> in April 1966 was followed by another critical success in the play ''[[Eh? (play)|Eh?]]'', by [[Henry Livings]], which had its U.S. premiere at the [[Circle in the Square Theatre]] on October 16, 1966. [[Sidney W. Pink]], a producer and [[3D film|3D-movie]] pioneer, discovered Hoffman in one of his off-Broadway roles and cast him in ''[[Madigan's Millions]]''. Through the early and mid-1960s, Hoffman made appearances in television shows and movies, including ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'', ''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]'' and ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]''.

Hoffman starred in the 1966 [[off-Broadway]] play ''[[Eh? (play)|Eh?]]'', for which he received a [[Drama Desk Award]].<ref name="Playbill">{{cite web|title=Dustin Hoffman|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/dustin-hoffman-vault-0000015166|website=[[Playbill]]|access-date=May 5, 2016}}</ref> He made his film debut in ''[[The Tiger Makes Out]]'' in 1967, alongside [[Eli Wallach]]. In 1967, immediately after wrapping up principal filming on ''The Tiger Makes Out'', Hoffman flew from New York City to [[Fargo, North Dakota]], where he directed productions of [[William Gibson (playwright)|William Gibson]]'s ''[[Two for the Seesaw (play)|Two for the Seesaw]]'' and [[William Saroyan]]'s ''[[The Time of Your Life]]'' for the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre. The $1,000 he received for the eight-week contract was all he had to hold him over until the funds from the movie materialized.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

=== 1967–1969: ''The Graduate'' and breakthrough ===
[[File:Dustin Hoffman - Little Big Man.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|170px|Hoffman in 1968]]
Director [[Mike Nichols]] auditioned Hoffman in 1966 for a lead role in the [[Broadway musical]] ''[[The Apple Tree]]'' but rejected him because he could not sing well enough, and gave [[Alan Alda]] the part. However, Nichols was so impressed with Hoffman's overall audition that he cast him as the male lead in the movie ''[[The Graduate]]'' (1967).<ref>{{cite book |last=Shurtleff |first=Michael |title=Audition |publisher=Walker and Company |location=New York City |date=1978 |pages=9–10}}</ref> This role was that of Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate who has an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's law partner. It was Hoffman's first major role; he received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for it, but lost to [[Rod Steiger]] for ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]''.

Although [[Life (magazine)|''Life'' magazine]] joked that "if Dustin Hoffman's face were his fortune, he'd be committed to a life of poverty",<ref name="life19671124">{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA111 | title=The Graduate | magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]] | date=November 24, 1967 | access-date=February 21, 2013 | last=Zeitlin |first=David | page=111 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510020202/http://books.google.com/books?id=eEkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA71&pg=PA111 | archive-date=May 10, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> ''The Graduate'' was a gigantic box office hit for [[Embassy Pictures]], making Hoffman a major new star at the same time. The film received near-unanimous good reviews. [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] called Hoffman "a symbol of youth" who represented "a new breed of actors". The film's screenwriter, [[Buck Henry]], notes that Hoffman's character made conventional good looks no longer necessary on screen, "A whole generation changed its idea of what guys should look like.&nbsp;... I think Dustin's physical being brought a sort of social and visual change, in the same way people first thought of [[Bogart]]. They called ''him'' ugly".<ref name=Kashner/> Hoffman's success amazed friends from his early years as an actor, who told him "You were the last one I expected to make it".{{r|meryman200403}} Biographer Jeff Lenburg wrote that "newspapers across the country were deluged with thousands of letters from fans", with one example published in ''[[The New York Times]]'': "I identified with Ben.&nbsp;... I thought of him as a spiritual brother. He was confused about his future and about his place in the world, as I am. It's a film one digs, rather than understands intellectually".<ref name=Lenburg>{{cite book |last=Lenburg |first=Jeff |title=Dustin Hoffman: Hollywood's Antihero |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |location=New York City |date=1983}}</ref>{{rp|35}}

''[[Turner Classic Movies]]'' critic Rob Nixon notes that Hoffman represented "a new generation of actors". He credits Hoffman with breaking "the mold of the traditional movie star and brought to their roles a new candor, ethnicity, and eagerness to dive deep into complex, even unlikable characters."<ref name=Nixon>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18530/the-graduate#articles-reviews ''The Graduate''], ''Turner Classic Movies''</ref> Nixon expands on the significance of the film to Hoffman's career: "In ''The Graduate'', he created a lasting resonance as Ben Braddock that made him an overnight sensation and set him on the road to becoming one of our biggest stars and most respected actors.<ref name=Nixon/>" Hoffman, however, mostly credits director [[Mike Nichols]] for taking a great risk in giving him, a relative unknown, the starring role: "I don't know of another instance of a director at the height of his powers who would take a chance and cast someone like me in that part. It took tremendous courage."<ref name=Kashner>Kasher, Sam. ''Vanity Fair'', March 2008</ref>

[[File:Dustin Hoffman on the set of "Midnight Cowboy".jpg|thumb|right|170px|Hoffman on the set of ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' (1969)]]
Critic Sam Kashner observed strong similarities between Hoffman's character and that of Nichols when he previously acted with [[Elaine May]] in the comedy team of [[Nichols and May]]. "Just close your eyes and you'll hear a Mike Nichols—Elaine May routine in any number of scenes."<ref name=Kashner/><ref>{{YouTube|0x5fJzmqza8|Dialogue scene from ''The Graduate'' between Hoffman and Anne Bancroft}}</ref> [[Buck Henry]] also noticed that "Dustin picked up all these Nichols habits, which he used in the character. Those little noises he makes are straight from Mike", he says.<ref name=Kashner/> After completing ''The Graduate'' Hoffman turned down most of the film roles offered to him, preferring to go back to New York and continue performing in live theater. He returned to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] to appear in the title role of the musical ''[[Jimmy Shine]]''. Hoffman won a [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Performance."I was a theater person. That's how my friends were, too, Gene Hackman and Bobby Duvall. I wasn't going to be a movie star. I wasn't going to sell out. We wanted to be really good actors. I told them, "I'm going out to make this movie. Don't worry, I'm coming right back."<ref name=Biskind/>

Hoffman was paid $20,000 for his role in ''The Graduate'', but netted just $4,000 after taxes and living expenses. After spending that money, Hoffman filed for New York State [[unemployment benefits]], receiving $55 per week while living in a two-room apartment in the [[West Village]] of Manhattan.<ref name="sullivan19671230">{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Dan |date=December 30, 1967 |title=New-Found Stardom Worries Dustin Hoffman |page=15 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/30/archives/newfound-stardom-worries-dustin-hoffman-actor-in-the-graduate-lives.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 9, 2020}}</ref> He was then offered the lead in ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' (1969), which he accepted partly to prove many critics were wrong about his acting range and the variety of characters he could portray. [[Peter Biskind]] wrote, "it was the very contrast between his preppy character in ''The Graduate'', and Ratso Rizzo" that appealed to Hoffman. 'I had become troubled,' recalls Hoffman, 'by the reviews that I read of ''The Graduate'', that I was not a [[character actor]], which I like to think of myself as. It hurt me. Some of the stuff in the press was brutal.'"<ref name="Biskind" /> Critics assumed that director [[Mike Nichols]] got lucky by finding a typical actor with average acting ability to play the part of Benjamin Braddock.

[[John Schlesinger]], who would direct ''Midnight Cowboy'' and was seeking lead actors, held that same impression. Hoffman's performance as a button-down college graduate and track star was so convincing to Schlesinger, "he seemed unable to comprehend the fact that he was acting", notes Biskind.<ref name=Biskind/> To help the director, whom he had never met, overcome that false impression, Hoffman met him in [[Times Square]] dressed as a homeless person, wearing a dirty raincoat, his hair slicked back and with an unshaven face. Schlesinger was sold, admitting, "I've only seen you in the context of ''The Graduate'', but you'll do quite well."<ref name=Biskind/> ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' premiered in theaters across the United States in May 1969. For his acting, Hoffman received his second Oscar nomination and the film won [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. In 1994 the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the [[Library of Congress]] and selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]].<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html Films Selected to The National Film Registry, 1989–2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829144902/http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html |date=August 29, 2008 }}, Library of Congress</ref><ref>{{YouTube|jnFoaj8utio|''Midnight Cowboy'' trailer}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|AnPcKk3YO3s|''Midnight Cowboy'' winning Best Picture}}</ref> Biskind considers Hoffman's acting a major accomplishment:

{{blockquote|Midnight Cowboy makes us a gift of one of the landmark performances of movie history: Dustin Hoffman's Ratso Rizzo, with Jon Voight's Joe Buck a close second. From a cesspool of dark, foul, even taboo material,&nbsp;... it rescues a true humanism that need not hide its name.<ref name=Biskind>Biskind, Peter. [https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2010/04/midnight-revolution-200503 Midnight Revolution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128080444/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2010/04/midnight-revolution-200503 |date=January 28, 2017 }}. ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', April 2009</ref>}}
[[File:Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow - John and Mary (1969).jpg|thumb|170px|left|Hoffman with [[Mia Farrow]] on the set of ''[[John and Mary (film)|John and Mary]]'' (1969)]]

Also in 1969, Hoffman co-starred with [[Mia Farrow]] in the [[Peter Yates]]'s romantic drama film ''[[John and Mary (film)|John and Mary]]''. He received a 1970 [[British Academy Film Award]] for Best Actor for his performance in the film, although the film received mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064513/awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425073859/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064513/awards|url-status=dead|title=John and Mary – IMDb|archive-date=April 25, 2015|via=imdb.com}}</ref> He was also nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Motion Picture]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1970/all|title= Winners & Nominees 1970|website= goldenglobes.com|access-date= December 24, 2020|archive-date= December 6, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171206173214/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1970/all|url-status= dead}}</ref> The film was made soon after the success of Farrow's performance in [[Roman Polanski]]'s ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' (1968), and Hoffman's performance in ''The Graduate'', which prompted their being hailed on the cover of the February 27, 1969, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as stars of their generation.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19690207,00.html|title=Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow|magazine=Time |access-date= December 24, 2020|at=cover}}</ref>

=== 1970–1979: Film stardom and acclaim ===
This was followed by his role in [[Little Big Man (film)|''Little Big Man'']] (1970), where Jack Crabb, his character, ages from teenager to a 121-year-old man. The film was widely praised by critics, but was overlooked for an award except for a supporting nomination for [[Chief Dan George]]. Hoffman continued to appear in major films over the next few years. ''[[Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?]]'' (1971), ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (also 1971), and ''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]'' (1973). He returned to Broadway in 1974, directing ''All Over Town''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barnes|first=Clive|date=December 30, 1974|title=Stage: 'All Over Town' Proves a Zany Surprise (Published 1974)|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/30/archives/stage-all-over-town-proves-a-zany-surprise.html|access-date=October 18, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Hoffman next starred in ''[[Lenny (film)|Lenny]]'' (1974), for which he was again nominated 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 open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. Expectations were high that Hoffman would win an Oscar for his portrayal, especially after his similar role in ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''. Film critic Katharine Lowry speculates that director [[Bob Fosse]] "never gave him a chance" to go far enough into developing the character. "We never understand what, besides the drugs he injected, made him tick like a time bomb", she says.<ref>Lowry, Katharine. "Talk on the Wild Side", ''Texas Monthly'', Jan. 1975</ref>

[[File:Dustin Hoffman & Lars Jacob 1974.jpg|thumb|right|Hoffman (left) on the set of ''[[Lenny (film)|Lenny]]'' in 1974]]
However, notes author [[Paul Gardner (journalist)|Paul Gardner]], "directing ''Lenny'', his most ambitious project, exhausted Fosse emotionally and physically. It turned his life inside out", with shooting days often lasting 10 to 12 hours:<ref name=Gardner>Gardner, Paul. "Bob Fosse Off His Toes", ''New York'', December 16, 1974.</ref> "The Lenny Bruce project, based on Julian Barry's play, had gone through two studios and three scripts, and was a problem child, like Lenny himself. But Fosse wanted to do it, and he wanted Dustin Hoffman".<ref name=Gardner/> Hoffman initially turned the part down, saying: "I didn't think the script was strong enough and I wasn't sure I was the one to play the role." While considering the part, he read Lenny Bruce's autobiography and looked at films with Bruce performing stand-up to live audiences. In the same interview with ''[[Playboy]]'' he recounted: "I began to feel an affinity with him, a realization that there was a lot of Lenny Bruce in me. My wife felt it too&nbsp;... I realized that I'd have to make use of my own spontaneity because he was so spontaneous. And I admired his guts&nbsp;... That intimacy is what an actor tries to get&nbsp;... It occurred to me that if I had known him, I would have wanted us to be friends&nbsp;... and he was a provocateur, and I love to provoke."<ref name=Playboy>[[Richard Meryman|Meryman, Richard]]. "Interview with Dustin Hoffman", ''Playboy'', April 1975</ref> Movie critic [[Judith Crist]] gave Hoffman credit for the ultimate success of the film:

{{blockquote|What is important is that Bruce's routines are so artfully reconstructed, the juice of his creativity so carefully strained, that the claim to genius is justified. And for that Dustin Hoffman deserves full credit, vanishing into the Bruce persona to simply stunning effectiveness,… Hoffman captures the restlessness, the velocity of a man's mouth straining to keep pace with a jet-propelled intelligence…<ref>Crist, Judith. "Bruce Unspruced", ''New York'', November 18, 1974.</ref>}}

''Lenny'' was nominated for six [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]].<ref>{{YouTube|TqvNOq8kGB8|''Lenny'' official trailer}}</ref>

''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' (1976) was made less than two years after the [[Watergate scandal]], and starred Hoffman and [[Robert Redford]] as the real-life journalists, [[Carl Bernstein]] and [[Bob Woodward]], respectively. Based on actual events, Hoffman and Redford play ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'' reporters who uncover a break-in at the [[Watergate complex|Watergate Hotel]] and end up investigating a political scandal that reaches all the way to the presidency. The film, as earlier ones, had Hoffman take on a dramatically different character than his previous one (as Lenny Bruce), although both men, Bruce and Bernstein, set their faces against abuses of institutional power, and the tendency for society to ignore such abuses. Author James Morrison compares the two roles: "As Lenny Bruce in ''Lenny'' (1974), Hoffman plays a martyr to the cause of establishment oppression, while in ''All the President's Men'', he plays a reporter exposing presidential malfeasance."<ref>Morrison, James. ''Hollywood Reborn: Movie Stars of the 1970s'', Rutgers University Press (2010) p. 4</ref>

[[Vincent Canby]] of ''The New York Times'' described the film as "a spellbinding detective story". "The strength of the movie", he added, was "the virtually day-to-day record of the way Bernstein and Woodward conducted their investigations."<ref name=Noble>Noble, William. ''Presidential Power on Trial: From Watergate to All the President's Men'', Enslow Publishers (2009) p. 99</ref> The characters portrayed by Hoffman and Redford shared the rank of No. 27 Hero on [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains]] list, while ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked ''All the President's Men'' as one of the 25 "Powerful Political Thrillers".<ref name="ew25">{{cite magazine | title = Democracy 'n' Action: 25 Powerful Political Thrillers | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | url = https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20209601_7,00.html | access-date = September 2, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090904195139/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20209601_7,00.html | archive-date = September 4, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
[[File:Hoffman-Midler - 1977.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|left|With [[Bette Midler]] on ''The Bette Midler TV Special'' (1977)]]
Hoffman next starred in ''[[Marathon Man (film)|Marathon Man]]'' (1976), a film based on [[William Goldman]]'s [[Marathon Man (novel)|novel of the same name]], opposite [[Laurence Olivier]] and [[Roy Scheider]].<ref>{{YouTube|OK26KtN99R4|''Marathon Man'' trailer}}</ref> Its director, [[John Schlesinger]] also directed Hoffman in ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' in 1969. Described as "Schlesinger's thriller", by author [[Gene D. Phillips]], Hoffman plays the hero, Babe Levy, a part-time long-distance runner and graduate student, who suddenly finds himself being pursued by a fugitive Nazi.<ref>Phillips, Gene D. ''Major Film Directors of the American and British Cinema'', Lehigh University Press (1999) p. 236</ref> To put himself in the mindset of someone under severe emotional distress, Hoffman did not sleep for days at a time and let his body become disheveled and unhealthy. Olivier was alarmed when Hoffman turned up on set for the dental torture scene. Hoffman explained what he had done, and Olivier replied: "Dear boy! Next time try acting. It's much easier."<ref>Cerritos, Marco. "Method of Madness: Why Do Actors Insist on Method Acting?", ''First Showing'', September 13, 2010.</ref>

Goldman describes his inspiration for the novel: "What if someone close to you was something totally different from what you thought? In the story, Hoffman thinks his brother (Roy Scheider) is a businessman where the reality is that the man is a spy, who has been involved with the Nazi, Szell."<ref>Goldman, William. ''Marathon Man: A Novel'', Open Road Media (1974)</ref> However, Hoffman remembers a serious disagreement he had with Goldman, who also wrote the screenplay, about how the story ends:

{{blockquote|I was called on, as the character, to fire point-blank at the Laurence Olivier character, Dr. Szell, and kill him in that last scene. And I said that I couldn't do it. Goldman was quite upset about it, because first of all, how dare I? He wrote the book. "Your job isn't to rewrite — your job is to play it as written."&nbsp;... it got nasty. I said, "Go hire someone else."<br/>
I remember Goldman saying: "Why can't you do this? Are you such a Jew?" I said, "No, but I won't play a Jew who cold-bloodedly kills another human being."&nbsp;... And that's important to me, that I didn't shoot him in the end. Being a Jew is not losing your humanity and not losing your soul.<ref name=Pogrebin>Pogrebin, Abigail. [http://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-interviews/dustin-hoffman-finally-i-can-say-im-jewish "Dustin Hoffman: Finally, I can say I'm Jewish"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104230411/http://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-interviews/dustin-hoffman-finally-i-can-say-im-jewish |date=January 4, 2010 }}, ''The JC.com'', November 16, 2006</ref>}}

Hoffman's next roles were also successful. He opted out of directing ''[[Straight Time]]'' (1978), but starred as a thief. His next film, [[Michael Apted]]'s ''[[Agatha (film)|Agatha]]'' (1979), was with [[Vanessa Redgrave]] as [[Agatha Christie]], focussing on the missing eleven days of the author's life. The part of Archie Christie was played by [[Timothy Dalton]], then partner of [[Vanessa Redgrave]], and later to star in James Bond movies. Dalton's depiction of cold indifference to his wife produced a perfect foil to Hoffman's portrayal of warm compassion, humor and sensitivity. The film had both romantic and comic moments whilst the overall plot cleverly mirrored one of Christie's detective novels. ''[[Agatha (film)|Agatha]]'' was generally very well received by critics, especially in the UK, and maintains an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hoffman next starred in ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' (1979) co-starring [[Meryl Streep]] and directed by [[Robert Benton]]. The film tells the story of a married couple's divorce and its impact on everyone involved, including the couple's young son. Hoffman won his first [[Academy Award]], and the film also received the Best Picture honor, plus the awards for Best Supporting Actress (Streep), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film required Hoffman to change his attitude, from being a "desensitized advertising art director" into becoming a "responsive and concerned daddy" after his wife (Streep) walks out on him and their six-year-old son, Billy. Hoffman, during the making of the movie, was also going through his own divorce after a ten-year first marriage. Hoffman has said, "Giving myself permission not only to be present but to be a father was a kind of epiphany for me at that time, that I could get to through my work.&nbsp;... I got closer to being a father by playing a father. That's very painful to say."<ref name=Playboy/> The role also reminded him of his own love of children in general saying, "Children are more interesting than anything. I walk my younger child to school every day and I don't like leaving the school. I would like to sit down on those little chairs, at those little tables, and play. And a child's love is like a drug. To have a child throw his arms about you—it's instant stoned. People talk about the rush heroin gives you: I would say children give you that rush".<ref name=Playboy/>

Benton's directing has been praised by Hoffman, who credits him for inspiring the emotional level supporting many scenes: "Perfect directors make you emotional. On ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', Robert Benton made me emotional. He was pulling so hard for me. When I didn't think I could do a scene again I'd say, "I can't give it to you, I haven't got it." Then he'd just get this look on his face and roll the camera and I'd say, "Okay, this is yours." That's what he made you want to do for him—to give him one."<ref name=Orth>Orth, Maureen. "Benton vs. Benton", ''New York'', December 24, 1979</ref>

=== 1980–1989: Career expansion ===
[[File:Dustin Hoffman - Salesman.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|left|Hoffman in ''[[Death of a Salesman (1985 film)|Death of a Salesman]]'' (1985)]]
In ''[[Tootsie]]'' (1982), Hoffman portrays Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who finds himself dressing up as a woman to land a role on a [[soap opera]]. His co-star was [[Jessica Lange]]. ''[[Tootsie]]'' earned ten Academy Award nominations, including Hoffman's fifth nomination.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Under direction by [[Sydney Pollack]], Hoffman's role demanded "a steady bombardment of opposites—edgy then funny, romantic then realistic, soft then quivering."<ref>''[[Orange Coast (magazine)|Orange Coast]]'', April 1983. pp. 136–137</ref> To film critic [[David Denby]], Hoffman's character "embodies vulnerability and drive in perfect proportion. He has the knack of making everything he does seem perilous, and so audiences feel protective of him and root for him."<ref>Denby, David. ''New York'', December 27, 1982</ref> Hoffman's acting was made more difficult than necessary, however, as he was not given the rehearsal time Pollack promised, "I like to be very prepared, and I feel that the success or failure of a film is many times determined before you start principal photography. I wanted rehearsal very much. I was promised two weeks and was grieved that I didn't get it. We also followed the risky course of starting to shoot with a screenplay that wasn't completed".<ref name=AFI>[http://www.afi.com/laa/dustinhoffman/americanfilm/dof.html "Dialogue on Film"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412042957/http://www.afi.com/laa/dustinhoffman/americanfilm/dof.html |date=April 12, 2013 }}, interview with Dustin Hoffman. American Film Institute, April 1983</ref>

Fellow actor [[Gary Oldman]] reported that, during a telephone conversation with Hoffman, the latter recalled having made comments toward a "very powerful" industry figure who ensured that he was unable to find work in Hollywood for some time following ''Tootsie''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/gary-oldman-interview-chris-heath-oscar-nomination|title=The Gary Oldman Story That Almost Wasn't|last=Heath|first=Chris|author-link=Chris Heath|date=February 24, 2012|website=[[GQ]]|access-date=June 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621112402/http://www.gq.com/story/gary-oldman-interview-chris-heath-oscar-nomination|archive-date=June 21, 2017}}</ref> In 1983, Hoffman became a Major Donor for [[The Mirror Theater Ltd]], alongside [[Paul Newman]] and [[Al Pacino]], matching a grant from [[Laurance Rockefeller]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Nemy | first=Enid |author-link=Enid Nemy | title=Broadway | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=December 7, 1984 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/07/arts/broadway.html |access-date=July 7, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215111352/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/07/arts/broadway.html |archive-date=December 15, 2017 }}></ref> The men were inspired to invest by their connection with [[Lee Strasberg]], as Lee's then daughter-in-law Sabra Jones was the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Mirror.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
In 1983, Hoffman signed on to star in ''The Yellow Jersey'', which was to be a bicycle-racing drama set during the [[Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Matthews |first=Jack |date=September 19, 1986 |title=THE 12-YEAR CYCLE TO GREEN-LIGHT 'THE YELLOW JERSEY' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-19-ca-10697-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316180656/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-19-ca-10697-story.html |archive-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref> Hoffman was passionate about the project, considering several directors, firstly [[Michael Cimino]] whom he later fired due to the director's uncompromising way of working.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41WRDwAAQBAJ&q=michael+cimino+dustin+hoffman+tour+de+france&pg=PA97|last=Bennett|first=Bruce|title=Cycling and Cinema|year=2019|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=9781906897994}}pages 97-98</ref> The film's producers, however, failed to find a suitable replacement, so the film was not made.

In 1984, Hoffman starred as [[Willy Loman]] in the Broadway revival of [[Arthur Miller]]'s play ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=950ce2d81e39f933a05750c0a962948260 |last=Rich | first=Frank | author-link= Frank Rich| title=Hoffman: Death of Salesman| work= The New York Times | date=March 30, 1984| access-date= February 21, 2012}}</ref> He reprised his role in a [[Death of a Salesman (1985 film)|TV movie of the same name]], for which he won the 1985 [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Lead Actor along with a [[Golden Globe]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The baby boomer encyclopedia|last=Gitlin, Marty.|date=2011|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=978-0-313-38219-2|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|oclc=713022978}}</ref> Hoffman first read the play at the age of 16, but today considers the story much like his own: "It was a blueprint of my family. I was the loser, the flunky, and my brother, a high-school varsity football player, was Biff."<ref name=AARP>[http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-03-2009/dustin_hoffman.html "Just Dustin"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502210615/http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-03-2009/dustin_hoffman.html |date=May 2, 2014 }}, ''AARP Magazine'', March/April 2009</ref> Author [[Marie Brenner]] notes that Hoffman "has been obsessed with the play" throughout his career: "For years he has wanted to be Willy Loman; when he discovered that Arthur Miller was his neighbor in Connecticut, they began to talk about it in earnest."<ref name=Brenner>Brenner, Marie. "Rebirth of a Salesman", ''New York'', March 26, 1984. pp. 32–36</ref> For Hoffman, the story also left a deep emotional impact from the time he first read it, "I read that play, and I was just destroyed by it. It was like finding out something terrible about my family. I just shook. I felt like my family's privacy had been invaded. I couldn't even talk about it for weeks".<ref name=Brenner/> Hoffman rehearsed for three weeks with the play's original star, [[Lee J. Cobb]], and remembers seeing his stage performance: "I'll never forget that period in my life. It was so vivid, so intense, watching Lee J. Cobb and his sixteen-inch guns as Willy. God, how I think about what I saw on that stage!"<ref name=Brenner/> Brenner adds that Hoffman "has been training like a boxer for the role that so exhausted Cobb he had to be replaced after four months."<ref name=Brenner/> The original play was directed by [[Elia Kazan]], who Hoffman considers "the perfect director, the best there ever was.&nbsp;... God, I would have done ''anything'' to have worked with Kazan."<ref name=Brenner/>

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Hoffman's worst film failure was Elaine May's ''[[Ishtar (film)|Ishtar]]'' (1987), co-starring [[Warren Beatty]], who also produced it. Hoffman and Beatty play two down-and-out singer-songwriters who travel to [[Morocco]] for a nightclub gig and get caught up in foreign intrigue. Much of the movie was filmed in [[Africa]]. The film faced severe production problems, mostly related to its $55&nbsp;million cost, and received overwhelmingly negative reviews. However, Hoffman and Beatty liked the film's final cut and tried to defend it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1546217 |title=A Conversation with Dustin Hoffman |website=NPR.org |access-date=February 10, 2007 |publisher=NPR |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821223429/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1546217 |archive-date=August 21, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,316589_7%7c7005%7c0_0_,00.html |title=Warren Pieces |access-date=February 10, 2007 |date=December 20, 1991 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly }} {{Dead link|date=April 2014|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> Hoffman and Beatty were unaffected by the flop, and ''Ishtar'' became a [[cult film]]. [[Quentin Tarantino]], for one, has called it one of his favorite movies, partly due to the humorous lyrics of the songs written by [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]].<ref name=Ishtar/> Hoffman describes why he loves the film:

Next came director [[Barry Levinson|Barry Levinson's]] ''[[Rain Man]]'' (1988), where Hoffman starred as an [[autism|autistic]] [[savant syndrome|savant]], opposite [[Tom Cruise]]. Levinson, Hoffman and Cruise worked for two years on the film, and Hoffman's performance gained him his second Academy Award. Behind Hoffman's motivation for doing the film, he has said, "Deep inside, ''Rain Man'' is about how autistic we all are." In preparation for the part, Hoffman spent two years befriending autistic people, which included taking them bowling and to fast food restaurants. "It fed my obsession", he has stated.<ref>''[[Spy (magazine)|Spy]]'', March–April 1995, p. 54</ref> Hoffman worked at the [[New York Psychiatric Institute]], affiliated with [[Columbia University]], when he was 21. "It was a great experience for me", he said. "All my life I had wanted to get inside a prison or a mental hospital.&nbsp;... I wanted to get inside where behavior, human behavior, was so exposed. All the things the rest of us were feeling and stopping up were coming out of these people."<ref name=Playboy/> He used that experience to help him develop the character of Raymond Babbitt, a high-functioning autistic savant, yet a person who critic [[David Denby]] described as "a strangely shuttered genius".<ref name=Denby2>Denby, David. ''New York'', January 2, 1989, pp. 45–46</ref> Hoffman created certain character traits for Raymond. Denby noted: "Hoffman, looking suddenly older and smaller, has developed a small shuffling walk for Raymond, with shoulder bent. His eyes don't make contact with anyone else's, and he flattens his voice to a dry nasal bark."<ref name=Denby2/>

[[File:Dustin Hoffman 1989.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|Hoffman at the [[61st Academy Awards]], 1989]]
''Rain Man'' won four [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for Hoffman, and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for Barry Levinson. Having worked closely with Hoffman for two years on filming, Levinson offered some opinions about his skill as an actor:

{{blockquote|You can't define Dustin Hoffman, because he's unique. He's one of a kind and he's not one character. There is no Dustin Hoffman. He is many, many people.&nbsp;... He can do comedy and he can do drama. He has an enormous range, and yet he's still Dustin somewhere in there. He's intelligent and has a great sense of how to connect with people, because he's very interesting. On a day-to-day basis, he's like an actor who's making his first movie, with the enthusiasm and energy to want to make things happen and try things and experiment.<ref>Emery, Robert J. ''The Directors: Take Three, vol 3'', "Interview with Barry Levinson", Skyhorse Publishing (2003) p. 217</ref>}}

After ''Rain Man'', Hoffman appeared with [[Sean Connery]] and [[Matthew Broderick]] in ''[[Family Business (1989 film)|Family Business]]'' (1989), directed by [[Sidney Lumet]]. The story centers on the estrangement between Vito (Hoffman), a middle-aged man trying to succeed in a legitimate business, and his "hopelessly corrupt but charming father", Jesse (Connery). Critics were mostly not impressed with the story, although the individual performances were praised, especially Connery's.<ref name=Pfeiffer/>

Because of their different acting styles and nationalities, some industry writers thought Connery and Hoffman might not work well together as close family members. "To the surprise of many", note Connery biographers Lee Pfeiffer and Lisa Philip, "the two superstars developed an immediate rapport and chemistry that translates onto the screen." And Lumet remembered: "Sean is extremely disciplined and Dustin is very improvisational, all over the place with his lines. I didn't know where it would end up, but Sean met Dustin improvisation for improvisation, and a great deal of richness and humor came out of it."<ref name=Pfeiffer>Pfeiffer, Lee, and Philip, Lisa. ''The Films of Sean Connery'', Citadel Press (2001) p. 231</ref>

===1990–1999: Established actor ===
In 1991, Hoffman voiced substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Lisa's Substitute]]". He was credited under the pseudonym Sam Etic, a play on "Semitic".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Radvan |first1=Stephanie |title=An interview with Dustin Hoffman |url=https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/interview-dustin-hoffman/ |access-date=June 2, 2023 |work=Maxim |date=February 7, 2012}}</ref> Throughout the 1990s, Hoffman appeared in many large, studio films, such as ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' (1990) (where his ''Ishtar'' co-star Beatty plays the titular character), ''[[Hero (1992 film)|Hero]]'' (1992) and ''[[Billy Bathgate (film)|Billy Bathgate]]'' (1991) co-starring with [[Nicole Kidman]] (who was nominated for a [[Golden Globe]]). Hoffman also played the title role of [[Captain Hook]] in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'' (also 1991), earning a [[Golden Globe]] nomination, and the narrator in [[Dr. Seuss]] Video Classics: ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]'' (also 1992); in ''Hook'', Hoffman's costume was so heavy that he had to wear an air-conditioned suit under it. Hoffman played the lead role in ''[[Outbreak (1995 film)|Outbreak]]'' (1995), alongside [[Rene Russo]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Morgan Freeman]], [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] and [[Donald Sutherland]]. In the film, Hoffman is a medical doctor, serving as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps., working at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), who uncovers a newly discovered [[Ebola]]-like virus which came to the U.S. from Africa in an infected monkey. Hoffman races to stop the virus's spread and find a vaccine before it becomes a worldwide pandemic with no cure. It was one of the films that was produced by his production banner, Punch Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/dustin-hoffman|title=Dustin Hoffman|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901171353/http://variety.com/exec/dustin-hoffman/|archive-date=September 1, 2017|date=November 7, 2013}}</ref>
The movie is described by critic [[Roger Ebert]] as "one of the great scare stories of our time, the notion that deep in the uncharted rain forests, deadly diseases are lurking, and if they ever escape their jungle homes and enter the human bloodstream, there will be a new plague the likes of which we have never seen."<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Outbreak|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950310/REVIEWS/503100303|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718134344/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950310/REVIEWS/503100303|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=February 20, 2013|date=March 10, 1995}}</ref> Critic [[David Denby]] credits Hoffman with giving the movie much of its thriller-like quality:
{{blockquote|Tanks and men pour in to herd the terrified population here and there, and Dustin Hoffman, as the supersleuth Army doctor, gives such a lip-biting, anguished performance he absolves the movie of slickness. Hoffman isn't good, exactly; he's tense, edgy, and righteous, like a B-movie actor from the fifties.<ref>Denby, David. "The Lukewarm Zone", ''New York'', March 20, 1995</ref>}}

Following that, he appeared in the 1996 revenge drama/legal thriller ''[[Sleepers (film)|Sleepers]]'' (1996) with Robert De Niro, [[Brad Pitt]], [[Jason Patric]], and [[Kevin Bacon]]. In the mid-1990s, Hoffman starred in—and was deeply involved in the production of—[[David Mamet]]'s ''[[American Buffalo (film)|American Buffalo]]'' (also 1996), and an early effort of film editor Kate Sanford. In 1997, Hoffman starred opposite [[John Travolta]] in the [[Costa Gavras]] film ''[[Mad City (film)|Mad City]]''. Hoffman gained his seventh Academy Award nomination for his performance in ''[[Wag The Dog]]'' (1997), in a role that allowed Hoffman the chance to work with both [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Denis Leary]]. The movie is a [[black comedy film]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Turan | first=Kenneth | title='Wag the Dog' Is a Comedy With Some Real Bite to It | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-24-ca-1649-story.html | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | quote=A gloriously cyncial black comedy that functions as a wicked smart satire on the interlocking world of politics and show business... | date=December 24, 1997 | access-date=May 23, 2013 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306163305/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/dec/24/entertainment/ca-1649 | archive-date=March 6, 2014 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> produced and directed by [[Barry Levinson]], who also directed Hoffman in ''Rain Man'' in 1988. The story takes place a few days before a presidential election, where a Washington, D.C. spin doctor (De Niro) distracts the electorate from a sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood film producer (Hoffman) to construct a fake war with Albania. Hoffman, as a caricature of real life producer [[Robert Evans]], according to some, "gives the kind of wonderfully funny performance that is liable to win prizes, especially since its mixture of affection and murderous parody is so precise. Stanley (Hoffman) conducts business meetings in tennis clothes or in robe and slippers", notes critic [[Janet Maslin]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Maslin | first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin | title=Film Review; If The Going Gets Tough, Get A Pet Or Start A War | work=The New York Times | date=December 26, 1997 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/26/movies/film-review-if-the-going-gets-tough-get-a-pet-or-start-a-war.html | access-date=July 8, 2019 |quote=Mr. Hoffman, offering a best-case caricature of the producer Robert Evans, gives the kind of wonderfully funny performance that is liable to win prizes, especially since its mixture of affection and murderous parody is so precise. Stanley conducts business meetings in tennis clothes or in robe and slippers.}}</ref>

[[File:Dustin Hoffman in Last Chance Harvey.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Hoffman during the filming of ''[[Last Chance Harvey]]'' in 2008]]
He next appeared in another Barry Levinson film, the science fiction psychological thriller, ''[[Sphere (1998 film)|Sphere]]'' (1998), opposite [[Sharon Stone]]. In 1999, Hoffman received the [[AFI Life Achievement Award]] and recalls the emotional impact that receiving the award had on him, "There was this reel of pictures, me playing all these different roles. I had my first—and only, thank God—panic attack. What followed was depression.&nbsp;... It had to do with a central core in me, which was that I never felt I deserved success".<ref name=AARP/> Hoffman next appeared in ''[[Moonlight Mile (film)|Moonlight Mile]]'' (2002), followed by ''[[Confidence (2003 film)|Confidence]]'' (2003) opposite [[Edward Burns]], [[Andy García]] and [[Rachel Weisz]]. Hoffman finally had a chance to work with [[Gene Hackman]] in [[Gary Fleder]]'s ''[[Runaway Jury]]'' (also 2003), an adaptation of [[John Grisham]]'s bestselling novel. Hoffman played theater owner [[Charles Frohman]] in the [[J. M. Barrie]] historical fantasia ''[[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]'' (2004), costarring [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Kate Winslet]]. In director [[David O. Russell]]'s ''[[I Heart Huckabees]]'' (also 2004), Hoffman appeared opposite [[Lily Tomlin]] as an [[existentialism|existential]] detective team member. In 2001, his Punch Productions company went to a first look deal with The Walt Disney Studios.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dunkley|first=Cathy|date=November 19, 2001|title=Dustin, Dis pack Punch|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/dustin-dis-pack-punch-1117855989/|access-date=June 18, 2021|website=Variety}}</ref>

Seven years after his nomination for ''[[Wag the Dog]]'', Hoffman got another opportunity to perform again with [[Robert De Niro]], co-starring with Streisand and [[Ben Stiller]] in the 2004 comedy ''[[Meet the Fockers]]'', a sequel to ''[[Meet the Parents]]'' (2000). Hoffman won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance. In 2005, he voiced a horse in ''[[Racing Stripes]]'', and appeared in cameo roles in [[Andy García]]'s ''[[The Lost City (2005 film)|The Lost City]]'' and on the final episode of [[HBO]] sitcom ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''{{'}}s fifth season. Hoffman appeared in ''[[Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)|Stranger than Fiction]]'' (2006), played the perfumer Giuseppe Baldini in [[Tom Tykwer]]'s film ''[[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)|Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]]'' (also 2006). In 2007, he was featured in an advertising campaign for [[Australia]]n [[telecommunications]] company [[Telstra]]'s Next G network,<ref>O'Sullivan, Matt. [https://www.smh.com.au/news/business/rap-for-telstra-over-ad-promise/2007/08/24/1187462526624.html "Rap for Telstra over ad promise"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924195625/http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/rap-for-telstra-over-ad-promise/2007/08/24/1187462526624.html |date=September 24, 2015 }}, ''Sydney Morning Herald'', August 27, 2007.</ref> appeared in the [[50 Cent]] video "Follow My Lead" as a psychiatrist, and played the title character in the British family film ''[[Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium]]'' for which he was nominated for a [[BIFA for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film]] at the [[British Independent Film Awards 2007]]. In 2008, although he was reluctant to perform in an animated feature film (despite previously performing voices in a version of ''[[The Point!]]'' and in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''), Hoffman had a prominent role as [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Shifu|Shifu]] in the film ''[[Kung Fu Panda (film)|Kung Fu Panda]]'', which was praised in part for his comedic chemistry with [[Jack Black]] (whom he tutored in acting for an important scene) and his character's poignantly complex relationship with the story's villain. He later won the [[Annie Award]] for [[Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production|Voice Acting in an Animated Feature]] for his performance and has continued into the role in the franchise's subsequent filmed productions outside of the franchise's [[Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness|television series]]. He next voiced Roscuro in ''[[The Tale of Despereaux (film)|The Tale of Despereaux]]''.

As the title character in ''[[Last Chance Harvey]]'', Hoffman acted with co-star [[Emma Thompson]] in the story of two lonely people who tentatively forge a relationship over the course of three days. Director [[Joel Hopkins]] notes that Hoffman was a perfectionist and self-critical: "He often wanted to try things stripped down, because less is sometimes more. He worries about every little detail."<ref name=AARP/>

===2010–present ===
[[File: Dustin Hoffman Quartet avp 2013 2.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Hoffman in 2013]]
He appears in ''[[Little Fockers]]'', the critically panned yet financially successful 2010 sequel to ''[[Meet the Fockers]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |url=https://www.avclub.com/dustin-hoffman-hears-the-cry-of-the-multitudes-realize-1798221375 |title=Dustin Hoffman hears the cry of the multitudes, realizes there is no Little Fockers without him |newspaper=The A.V. Club |access-date=December 22, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101105157/http://www.avclub.com/articles/dustin-hoffman-hears-the-cry-of-the-multitudes-rea%2C44528/ |archive-date=November 1, 2010 }}</ref> However, his character plays a significantly smaller role than in the previous installment. In 2011, Hoffman reprised his role as Master Shifu in the commercially and critically successful animated film ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]''.<ref name="rottentomatoes.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kung_fu_panda_the_kaboom_of_doom |title = Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]| date=May 26, 2011 }}</ref> In 2012, Hoffman's audiobook recording of [[Jerzy Kosinski]]'s ''[[Being There (novel)|Being There]]'' was released at [[Audible.com]]. Hoffman starred in the [[HBO]] [[horse racing]] drama ''[[Luck (TV Series)|Luck]]'', as a man involved in [[bookmaker|bookmaking]] and casino operations. ''Luck'' was canceled in March 2012 after three horses died on set.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17364029|title=HBO cancels Dustin Hoffman drama Luck after horse death|website=[[BBC]]|date=March 15, 2012|accessdate=June 1, 2021}}</ref>

In 2012, Hoffman made his directorial debut with ''[[Quartet (2012 film)|Quartet]]'', starring [[Maggie Smith]], [[Tom Courtenay]], [[Pauline Collins]], [[Billy Connolly]], and [[Michael Gambon]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10121046.stm |title= Hoffman to take director's chair for British comedy |date= May 18, 2010 |work= BBC News |access-date= May 18, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100519201919/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10121046.stm |archive-date= May 19, 2010 |df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-10-15 |title=Hoffman sings praises of retired performers in Quartet |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19951537 |access-date=2024-01-21 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> The [[BBC Films|BBC]] comedy-drama premiered at the [[2012 Toronto Film Festival]] where it earned respectable reviews from critics.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/quartet_2012 | title=Quartet (2013)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]| date=January 11, 2013}}</ref> Smith was nominated for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Golden Globe]] for her performance.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/maggie-smith | title=Maggie Smith|website=[[Golden Globes]]}}</ref> In 2015, Hoffman starred in ''[[Roald Dahl's Esio Trot]]'', a BBC television film adaptation of [[Roald Dahl]]'s classic [[Esio Trot|novel]], adapted by [[Richard Curtis]] and co-starring [[Judi Dench]]. Hoffman received an [[44th International Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] for Best Performance by an Actor.<ref>{{cite web|first=Diana|last=Lodderhose|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/judi-dench-dustin-hoffman-shonda-rimes-international-emmy-nominations-1201826138/|title=Brazil, UK Lead Pack For International Emmy Nominations|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=September 2, 2019|date=September 26, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, he once again lent his voice to Master Shifu in the animated feature ''[[Kung Fu Panda 3]]''.

[[File:Cannes 2017 19.jpg|thumb|250px|Hoffman, [[Noah Baumbach]], [[Emma Thompson]], [[Ben Stiller]], and [[Adam Sandler]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] screening of ''[[The Meyerowitz Stories]]'' in 2017]]
In 2017, Hoffman starred in [[Noah Baumbach]]'s [[Netflix]] film ''[[The Meyerowitz Stories]]'' alongside [[Adam Sandler]], [[Ben Stiller]], [[Elizabeth Marvel]] and [[Emma Thompson]]. The film premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] on May 21, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/2018/actualites/videos/the-meyerowitz-stories-new-and-selected-by-noah-baumbach-2|title=The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) By Noah Baumbach|work=Festival de Cannes 2019 |date=May 21, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320212157/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/2018/actualites/videos/the-meyerowitz-stories-new-and-selected-by-noah-baumbach-2|archive-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> where it received a four-minute standing ovation.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Chris|last=Gardner| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-netflixs-meyerowitz-stories-gets-four-minute-standing-ovation-at-world-premiere-1006008l |title = Cannes: Netflix's 'Meyerowitz Stories' Gets Four-Minute Standing Ovation at World Premiere|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 21, 2017}}</ref> In 2017, Hoffman was honored with the [[Gotham Awards]] Tribute alongside [[Sofia Coppola]], [[Nicole Kidman]], [[Edward Lachman]]. Hoffman was introduced by [[Elizabeth Marvel]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Gordon|last=Cox| url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/gotham-awards-2017-dustin-hoffman-sofia-coppola-tributes-1202579707/ |title = Dustin Hoffman, Sofia Coppola to Receive Tributes at 2017 Gotham Awards|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date = October 4, 2017}}</ref>

In 2020, it was announced that Hoffman would make his return to the Broadway stage in [[Scott Rudin]]'s revival of ''[[Our Town]]'' as the Stage Manager. Hoffman's last appearance on stage was 30 years prior in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' in 1989. Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Broadway theaters remained shut until 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/199558/dustin-hoffman-to-star-in-broadway-revival-of-our-town-in-2021/|title= Dustin Hoffman to Star in Broadway Revival of Our Town in 2021|website= Broadway World.com|access-date= July 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/dustin-hoffman-will-star-in-broadway-revival-of-our-town|title= Dustin Hoffman Will Star in Broadway Revival of Our Town|website= [[Playbill]].com|date= July 2020|access-date= July 2, 2020}}</ref> Hoffman appeared alongside [[Candice Bergen]], [[Dianna Agron]] and [[Simon Helberg]] in ''[[As They Made Us]]'' directed by [[Mayim Bialik]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dustin-hoffman-candice-bergen-team-sick-as-they-made-us-1253372|title= Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergen Team for 'Sick as They Made Us'|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= November 8, 2019|access-date= July 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dianna-agron-joins-dustin-hoffman-candice-bergen-in-mayim-bialiks-as-sick-as-they-made-us-4156372/|title=Dianna Agron Joins Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergen in Mayim Bialik's 'As Sick as They Made Us'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=March 31, 2021|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref> He also starred alongside [[Sissy Spacek]] and his son [[Jake Hoffman (actor)|Jake Hoffman]] in Darren Le Gallo's directorial film debut ''[[Sam & Kate]]'' which began filming in February 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/dustin-hoffman-sissy-spacek-darren-le-gallos-sam-kate-cannes-market-1234773004/|title=Dustin Hoffman And Sissy Spacek To Star in Darren Le Gallo's 'Sam & Kate' – Cannes Market|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=June 10, 2021|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/11/rust-producers-dustin-hoffman-sissy-spacek-sam-kate-movie-1234880681/ 'Rust' Producer Co-Financing Dustin Hoffman & Sissy Spacek Indie Movie 'Sam & Kate']</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ho|first=Rodney|title=What's filming in Georgia in April, 2022?|date=April 15, 2022|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|url=https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/whats-filming-in-georgia-in-april-2022/BKQ22735C5AORCUX6TRUHNQ5KM/?outputType=amp|accessdate=June 21, 2022}}</ref> In September 2021, he was attached to feature comedy film ''Mr. Shaw Goes To Hollywood'' as [[MGM]] studio head, [[Louis B Mayer]]. Filming would tentatively commence fall 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/aidan-turner-dustin-hoffman-sam-neill-eileen-atkins-derek-jacobi-mr-shaw-goes-hollywood-simon-callow-1234828842/|title='Mr. Shaw Goes To Hollywood': Dustin Hoffman, Sam Neill, Eileen Atkins, Derek Jacobi, Aidan Turner & Roger Allam To Lead Golden Age Comedy — TIFF Market|work=Deadline|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=September 8, 2021|access-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref>

In October 2022, Hoffman was cast in [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s latest film, a dystopian science fiction epic ''[[Megalopolis (film)|Megalopolis]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/francis-coppola-sets-final-casting-for-epic-megalopolis-film-shooting-this-fall-in-georgia-1235134774/#comments|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|title=Francis Coppola Sets Final Casting for Epic 'Megalopolis'; Film Shooting This Fall in Georgia |date=October 4, 2022|access-date=October 4, 2022}}</ref> The film reunited Hoffman with his ''Midnight Cowboy'' costar [[Jon Voight]]. The film premiered at the [[2024 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-cannes-premiere-1235870279/|title= Francis Ford Coppola Film 'Megalopolis' Lands Cannes Competition Debut|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= April 9, 2024|accessdate= April 14, 2024}}</ref> Hoffman is attached to [[Peter Greenaway]]'s upcoming film ''[[Untitled Peter Greenaway film|Lucca Mortis]]'', which has started filming in the Tuscan city of [[Lucca]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=2023-12-11 |title=Dustin Hoffman, Helen Hunt to Star in Peter Greenaway's Tuscan Drama 'Lucca Mortis' |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/dustin-hoffman-helen-hunt-peter-greenaway-lucca-mortis-1235833126/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Most recently, he has reprised his role as Master Shifu in ''[[Kung Fu Panda 4]]'' (2024).

== Style and reception ==
[[David Thomson (film critic)|David Thomson]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' described of Hoffman as a central figure of the late 60s, 70s and 80s" adding, "He is a part of what has turned out a very ambiguous vintage: it also includes [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Robert Redford]], [[Warren Beatty]] and [[Woody Allen]], actors who cannot quite make up their minds whether they are adorable still or national treasures."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/may/22/david-thomson-dustin-hoffman|title= Dustin Hoffman|website= [[The Guardian]]|date= May 21, 2009|accessdate= January 29, 2025|last1= Thomson|first1= David}}</ref>

In 2017, the [[Gotham Awards]] announced that they would recognize Hoffman for his lifetime achievement in film. The director of the [[Independent Filmmaker Project]] (IFP) and [[Made in NY|Made in NY Media Center]] stated, "We are thrilled to present Dustin Hoffman with the Actor Tribute. Starting with his breakthrough role in the timeless classic ''The Graduate'' to his highly praised turn in his upcoming film, ''The Meyerowitz Stories'', Dustin's wide range of roles – often portraying antiheroes or the marginalized – and the creative choices he has embodied in these complex characters, has firmly placed him amongst the most compelling actors to have graced the screen."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ifp.org/press/2017-ifp-gotham-awards-announce-additional-tributes-dustin-hoffman-to-receive-actor-tribute-and-sofia-coppola-to-receive-director-tribute/ |title= 2017 IFP Gotham Awards announce additional tributes: Dustin Hoffman to receive Actor Tribute and Sofia Coppola to Receive Director Tribute |website= ifp.org|date= October 3, 2017|access-date= May 8, 2020|archive-date= June 8, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200608150114/https://www.ifp.org/press/2017-ifp-gotham-awards-announce-additional-tributes-dustin-hoffman-to-receive-actor-tribute-and-sofia-coppola-to-receive-director-tribute/ |url-status= dead}}</ref>

Actor [[Robert De Niro]] has described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human".<ref name="Biography.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/articles/Dustin-Hoffman-9341124 |publisher=Biography.com |title=Dustin Hoffman Biography |access-date=May 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506040410/http://www.biography.com/articles/Dustin-Hoffman-9341124 |archive-date=May 6, 2010}}</ref> Actress [[Elizabeth Marvel]] introduced Hoffman where she talked about the influence he's had over her career and stated, "His work is never anything less than extraordinary".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA0G2bTv8KU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/bA0G2bTv8KU| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title= Elizabeth Marvel introducing 2017 IFP Gotham Tributee Dustin Hoffman|website= Youtube| date=November 28, 2017|access-date= December 25, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Acting credits and accolades ==
{{Main|Dustin Hoffman filmography|List of awards and nominations received by Dustin Hoffman}}

In 1999, Hoffman was honored by the [[American Film Institute]], who celebrated him with the [[AFI Life Achievement Award|27th Life Achievement Award]]. Those who praised him and celebrated his work included [[Edward Norton]], [[Jon Voight]], [[Goldie Hawn]], [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]], and [[Kathy Bates]]. [[Jack Nicholson]] presented Hoffman with the award. Upon receiving the award he quoted the poet [[Emily Dickinson]], "Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open the door".<ref name="variety.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afi.com/laa/dustin-hoffman/ |title=Dustin Hoffman – 27th AFI Life Achievement Award Honoree |website=afi.com |access-date= May 8, 2020}}</ref>

In 2009, Hoffman received an Honorary Cesar Medal at the [[César Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/france-honors-dustin-hoffman-29412585|title= France Honors Dustin Hoffman |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date= February 26, 2009|access-date= May 8, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, Dustin Hoffman received [[Kennedy Center Honors]], with the following commendation: "Dustin Hoffman's unyielding commitment to the wide variety of roles he plays has made him one of the most versatile and iconoclastic actors of this or any other generation". Those who honored him at the ceremony included [[Robert De Niro]], [[Liev Schreiber]], [[Naomi Watts]], and [[Billy Connolly]].<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/169937-Dustin-Hoffman-David-Letterman-Natalia-Makarova-Buddy-Guy-Led-Zeppelin-Are-Kennedy-Center-Honorees "Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Natalia Makarova, Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin Are Kennedy Center Honorees"] ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109035635/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/169937-Dustin-Hoffman-David-Letterman-Natalia-Makarova-Buddy-Guy-Led-Zeppelin-Are-Kennedy-Center-Honorees |date=November 9, 2012 }}), by Andrew Gans, September 12, 2012</ref>

==Personal life==
===Marriage and relationships===
[[File:Dustin Hoffmann and family, Photographed by Ed Kavishe for Fashion Wire Press.jpg|thumb|upright|Hoffman (center) with his wife [[Lisa Hoffman|Lisa]] and son [[Jake Hoffman (actor)|Jake]] in 2007]]

After meeting in 1963,{{r|meryman200403}} Hoffman married [[Anne Byrne (actress)|Anne Byrne]] in May 1969.<ref name=tribute>[http://www.tribute.ca/people/Dustin+Hoffman/3813 Dustin Hoffman] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721233444/http://www.tribute.ca/people/Dustin+Hoffman/3813 |date=July 21, 2010 }} at Tribute.ca. Retrieved January 23, 2008.</ref> He adopted Karina (born 1967), Byrne's child from a previous marriage, and with Byrne had daughter Jenna (born October 15, 1969). In 1970, Hoffman and Byrne were living in [[Greenwich Village]] in a building next door to a townhouse occupied at the time by members of [[Weather Underground Organization|the Weathermen]], when [[Greenwich Village townhouse explosion|a bomb was accidentally detonated in the townhouse's basement]], killing three.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-06 |title=The Weather Underground blast - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-the-weather-underground-blast/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In the 2002 documentary ''[[The Weather Underground (film)|The Weather Underground]]'', Hoffman can be seen standing in the street during the aftermath of the explosion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/bomb-detonates-greenwich-village-1970-article-1.2136142|title=A bomb explodes in Greenwich Village in 1970|website=NY Daily News|date=March 5, 2015 |access-date=March 11, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312073120/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/bomb-detonates-greenwich-village-1970-article-1.2136142|archive-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/msolomon/2014/08/20/the-history-of-the-weathermen-town-house/#4870458c5130|title=The History Of The Weathermen Town House (With Cameos By Dustin Hoffman, James Merrill, and Paddington Bear)|website=Forbes|access-date=March 11, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312063938/http://www.forbes.com/sites/msolomon/2014/08/20/the-history-of-the-weathermen-town-house/#4870458c5130|archive-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1980.

After Hoffman's separation, he began seeing [[Lisa Hoffman|Lisa Gottsegen]], their families having had a relationship together growing up.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dustin Hoffman Makes Rare Public Outing with Wife Lisa at Lakers Game |url=https://people.com/dustin-hoffman-wife-lisa-lakers-game-rare-public-outing-photo-8418062 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She was finishing her [[Juris Doctor]] degree, and the couple married in October 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Closer |date=July 19, 2017 |title=Dustin Hoffman's Wife Lisa Dishes on the Secret to Their 37-Year Marriage! |url=https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/dustin-hoffman-wife-lisa-married-137231/ |access-date=September 25, 2022 |website=Closer Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref> They have four children: [[Jake Hoffman (actor)|Jacob Edward]] (born March 22, 1981), Rebecca Lillian (born March 17, 1983), Maxwell Geoffrey (born August 30, 1984) and Alexandra Lydia "Ali" (born October 27, 1987). Hoffman has a few grandchildren as of 2024.

In an interview, he said that all of his children from his second marriage had [[bar mitzvah|bar]] or [[bat mitzvah]]s and that he is a more observant Jew now than when he was younger. He has also lamented that he is not fluent in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3329905,00.html|title=Hoffman's Jewish return|work=[[Ynetnews]]|date=November 19, 2006|access-date=October 16, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513151617/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3329905,00.html|archive-date=May 13, 2011|last1=Jewish|first1=Something}}</ref>

===Political activism===
A [[modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]], Hoffman has long supported the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and [[Ralph Nader]].<ref name=newsmeat>{{cite web |access-date=January 23, 2008 |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Dustin_Hoffman.php |title=Dustin Hoffman's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |publisher=Newsmeat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215132703/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Dustin_Hoffman.php |archive-date=February 15, 2008 }}</ref> In 1997 he was one of a number of Hollywood stars and executives to sign an open letter to the [[chancellor of Germany|German chancellor]] [[Helmut Kohl]] protesting against the treatment of [[Scientology in Germany|Scientologists in Germany]], which was published as a newspaper advertisement in the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''.<ref name=Bonfante>{{cite magazine | first=Bruce W. |last=Nelan | date=February 10, 1997 |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985883-1,00.html |title=Does Germany Have Something Against These Guys? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520120328/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C985883-1%2C00.html |archive-date=May 20, 2013 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url-status=live |quote=Until last month, only the Scientologists and human-rights observers were paying much attention to what was going on in Germany. Then a startling letter appeared in the International Herald Tribune, signed by 34 show-biz celebrities and studio executives, comparing the purported discrimination suffered by Scientologists in Germany today to the "unspeakable horrors" perpetrated against the Jews in the 1930s. That comparison provoked outrage in the American Jewish community. Last week the State Department stepped in to address the charges in its influential yearly Human Rights Report. Spokesman Nicholas Burns went even further than the report, flatly accusing Germany of "discrimination" against Scientologists and of punishing them solely for their beliefs.}}</ref>

===Cancer treatment===
Hoffman was successfully treated for cancer in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dustin Hoffman Had Cancer, Was 'Surgically Cured'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/08/dustin-hoffman-had-cancer-was-surgically-cured/|work=ABC News|access-date=August 6, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807063153/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/08/dustin-hoffman-had-cancer-was-surgically-cured/|archive-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref>

===Sexual misconduct allegations===
In 2017, seven women accused Hoffman of sexual misconduct or assault.<ref name="THR-2017">{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/dustin-hoffman-sexually-harassed-me-i-was-17-guest-column-1053466/ |title=Dustin Hoffman sexually harassed me when I was 17 |department=Guest Column |last=Graham Hunter |first=Anna |date=November 1, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/dustin-hoffman-sexual-harassment-1202604822/ |title='Genius' Producer accuses Dustin Hoffman of sexually harassing her in 1991 |department=Exclusive |last=Holloway |first=Daniel |date=November 2, 2017|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Variety 2017-12-14">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/dustin-hoffman-2-1202641525/ |title=Dustin Hoffman accused of exposing himself to a minor, assaulting two women |department=Exclusive |last=Holloway|first=Daniel|date=December 14, 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-dustin-hoffman-accuser-claims-harassment-physical-violation-broadway-guest-column-1062349 |title=New Dustin Hoffman accuser claims harassment and physical violation on Broadway |department=Guest Column |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=Eldridge Corporation |location=Los Angeles, California |first=Kathryn |last= Rossetter |date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref> Anna Graham Hunter alleged that, while she was 17 and working as an intern on a TV production of ''[[Death of a Salesman (1985 film)|Death of a Salesman]]'', Hoffman made inappropriate jokes and comments around her and asked her to give him foot massages.<ref name="THR-2017"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Daniel |date=2017-12-14 |title=Dustin Hoffman Accused of Exposing Himself to a Minor, Assaulting Two Women (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/dustin-hoffman-2-1202641525/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Hoffman released an apology to Hunter, saying "I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation", continuing, "I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am."<ref name="Rottenberg 2017">{{cite news | last=Rottenberg | first=Josh | title=Dustin Hoffman apologizes after allegations that he sexually harassed a 17-year-old intern in 1985 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=November 1, 2017 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-dustin-hoffman-apologizes-after-being-1509561081-htmlstory.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101192445/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-dustin-hoffman-apologizes-after-being-1509561081-htmlstory.html |archive-date=November 1, 2017 |access-date=July 8, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Online magazine ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' reported in 2017 that [[Meryl Streep]] had differences with Hoffman which include him slapping her in a scene and him groping her breast.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Hunter |date=2018-01-03 |title=Meryl Streep on Dustin Hoffman's Kramer vs. Kramer Slap: 'It Was Overstepping' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/01/meryl-streep-calls-out-dustin-hoffman-kramer-vs-kramer-slap.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> However, a representative for Meryl Streep responded to ''Slate'' saying it was not an accurate rendering of their 1979 meeting. Streep's representative stated "there was an offense and it is something for which Dustin apologized. And Meryl accepted that."<ref name="THR-2017"/><ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/11/02/meryl_streep_recalled_dustin_hoffman_groping_her_breast_during_their_first.html| title=Meryl Streep once said Dustin Hoffman groped her breast the first time they met| author=Ruth Graham| magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | date=November 2, 2017| access-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on the #MeToo Moment and 'The Post'|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Cara|last=Buckley|date=January 3, 2018|accessdate=March 22, 2021|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/movies/meryl-streep-tom-hanks-the-post-metoo.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Joshi |first=Priya |date=2017-12-08 |title=Second actress alleges she was groped by Dustin Hoffman 'night after night' during Broadway show |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/second-actress-alleges-she-was-groped-by-dustin-hoffman-night-after-night-during-broadway-show-1650804 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=International Business Times UK |language=en}}</ref>

In December 2017, comedian [[John Oliver]] unexpectedly questioned Hoffman about the allegations during the 20th anniversary screening of ''[[Wag the Dog]]'' at the [[92nd Street Y]]. "It's 'not reflective of who I am' – it's that kind of response to this stuff that pisses me off," Oliver said. "Do you understand how that feels like a dismissal?" Hoffman said he felt blindsided by the line of questioning, remarking "You've made the case better than anyone else can. I'm guilty. Because someone has alleged something, I'm guilty. You push a button. It's all over the world: I'm a predator. I'm this and that, and it's not true."<ref name="W.Post 2017-12-14">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/04/john-oliver-grills-dustin-hoffman-over-sexual-harassment-allegation/ |title=John Oliver grills Dustin Hoffman about sexual harassment allegations |last=Zeitchik |first=Steven|date=December 5, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=December 12, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084656/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/04/john-oliver-grills-dustin-hoffman-over-sexual-harassment-allegation/ |archivedate=December 12, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Hoffman has not publicly responded to the other six allegations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/12/14/report-dustin-hoffman-allegedly-exposed-himself-teen-assaulted-two-women/953910001/ |title=Five new accounts of sexual misconduct hit Dustin Hoffman |work=[[USA Today]] |publisher=[[Gannett Company]] |location=McLean, Virginia |date=December 14, 2017 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://slate.com/arts/2017/12/three-hoffman-accusers-spoke-to-nbc-news-about-their-allegations.html |title="I wanted to choose truth over shame": Three Dustin Hoffman accusers speak to NBC News about their allegations |last=Withers |first=Rachel |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |publisher=[[The Slate Group]] |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref>

[[Bill Murray]], who costarred with Hoffman in ''[[Tootsie]]'' (1982) and ''[[The Lost City (2005 film)|The Lost City]]'' (2005), defended him, saying, "I heard what happened to him, and Dustin Hoffman is a really decent person. He's crazy, a [[Borscht Belt]] flirt, has been his whole life. (But) he's a really sweet man."<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]]|title=Bill Murray defends 'really decent' Dustin Hoffman over sexual harassment claims |date=September 27, 2018 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/09/27/bill-murray-defends-dustin-hoffman-over-sexual-harassment-claims/1443079002/ |access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> Actors 
[[Chevy Chase]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lfpress.com/2018/01/15/chevy-chase-on-dustin-hoffman-allegations-it-just-didnt-really-happen |title=Chevy Chase on Dustin Hoffman allegations: It just didn't really happen |website=LFPress |date=January 15, 2018 |access-date=January 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121150409/http://www.lfpress.com/2018/01/15/chevy-chase-on-dustin-hoffman-allegations-it-just-didnt-really-happen |archive-date=January 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Liam Neeson]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Nicole|last=Bitette|url=https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/01/13/liam-neeson-slammed-for-defending-dustin-hoffman-amid-allegations/23332641/ |title=Liam Neeson faces backlash after defending Dustin Hoffman amid sexual assault allegations |work=AOL.com |date=January 13, 2018 |access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref> also came to his defense.

== See also ==
*[[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]
*[[List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories]]
*[[List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories]]

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