Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman as the Conscience of Joan of Arc in The Messenger - 11/99

Biography

Born 08/08/1937

Dustin Hoffman emerged as a key figure in the “Hollywood Renaissance” of the 1960s and 1970s, personifying a new generation of antiheroes in “The Graduate” (1967), “Midnight Cowboy” (1969), and “All The President’s Men” (1974). The Strasberg-trained actor was known for unrelenting...
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Awards

  • In 2005, received MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
  • In 1999, received American Film Institute Award for Life Achievement
  • In 1997, received BAFTA Britannia Award

Highlights

  • In 2008, Played kung fu master, Shifu in the animated feature, "Kung Fu Panda"
  • In 2008, Co-starred with Emma Thompson in the romantic comedy "Last Chance Harvey"
  • In 2008, Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ("Last Chance Harvey")

Family & Companions

  • Lillian Hoffman: mother (Suffered a heart attack and then a stroke in June, 1980)
  • Ron Hoffman: brother (Older)
  • Karina Hoffman-Birkhead: daughter (Born c. 1966; adopted; daughter of Anne Byrne and her first husband; adopted by Hoffman; convicted of embezzlement in London in 1998; has one daughter, Bryce (born c. 1993))

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