Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman was born on 8 August 1937 in Los Angeles. He trained at the Pasadena Playhouse and in New York, worked off-Broadway, and became widely known with The Graduate (1967) and Midnight Cowboy (1969). He later won Academy Awards for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Rain Man (1988). Other films include Little Big Man, Papillon, Lenny, All the President’s Men, Marathon Man, Tootsie, Wag the Dog, and Meet the Fockers. He has also worked on the stage, including a late-career appearance in Death of a Salesman.

He has spoken about the long apprenticeship before The Graduate and about later work with younger directors. He lives and continues to appear in selected film and television roles, and he has also directed. Interviews often return to the New York theatre years that preceded the 1967 breakthrough. This site’s Chinese New Year for 1937 is 11 February, so 8 August is Ox/Leo.

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