Dustin Hoffman filmography


American actor Dustin Hoffman began his career by appearing in an episode of Naked City in 1961. His first theatrical performance was 1961's Shmem needs a shink as Ridzinski. Following several guest appearances on television, he starred in the 1966 play Eh?; his performance garnered him both a Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award. Hoffman made his film debut in 1967 when he appeared in the comedy The Tiger Makes Out. In the same year, his breakthrough role as Benjamin "Ben" Braddock, the title character in Mike Nichols' comedy-drama The Graduate, led to Hoffman achieving star status and his first Academy Award nomination. He then acted in the play Jimmy Shine as the eponymous character and the comedy film Madigan's Millions. In 1969, he starred alongside Jon Voight in the Academy Award for Best Picture winner Midnight Cowboy, for which Hoffman was nominated a second time for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
The 1970s saw Hoffman star in several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including the Western Little Big Man, psychological thriller Straw Dogs, prison film Papillon alongside Steve McQueen, Lenny about the controversial comedian Lenny Bruce, and the political thriller All the President's Men as journalist Carl Bernstein investigating the Watergate scandal alongside Bob Woodward. After starring in the suspense-thriller Marathon Man and the crime drama Straight Time, Hoffman starred in the 1979 drama Kramer vs. Kramer, which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the first time for his performance as Ted Kramer.
After a three-year acting hiatus, he starred in the comedy Tootsie in 1982 as a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman – Hoffman reprised the role a year later in a television film. 1987 saw the release of originally ill-received comedy Ishtar, in which he starred with Warren Beatty; its critical support has since grown. He won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the autistic savant Ray Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man, co-starring Tom Cruise. In 1989, he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for playing Shylock in a stage performance of The Merchant of Venice. In the 1990s, he made appearances in such film as Warren Beatty's action comedy adaptation Dick Tracy, Steven Spielberg's Hook as Captain Hook, guest starred in the 1991 "Lisa's Substitute" episode of The Simpsons, medical disaster Outbreak, legal crime drama Sleepers, thriller Mad City, and the satirical black comedy Wag the Dog alongside Robert De Niro.
In the 2000s, he played theatrical producer Charles Frohman in Finding Neverland, co-starred in the comedy Meet the Fockers as Bernie Focker, the fantasy thriller Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, and played the title character in the family comedy Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Hoffman has acted in the Kung Fu Panda franchise since 2008 and reprised his role as Focker in Little Fockers. He starred in the HBO drama series Luck, which was cancelled after one season due to animal safety concerns, and made his directorial debut in 2012 with Quartet.

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967Hap
1967Benjamin Braddock
1968Madigan's MillionsJason Fister
1969Sunday FatherA Sunday FatherShort film
1969Midnight Cowboy"Ratso" or Enrico Salvatore "Rico" Rizzo
1969John and MaryJohn
1970Little Big ManJack Crabb
1971Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?Georgie Soloway
1971Straw DogsDavid Sumner
1972Alfredo, AlfredoAlfredo Sbisà
1973PapillonLouis Dega
1974LennyLenny Bruce
1976All the President's MenCarl Bernstein
1976Marathon ManThomas Babington "Babe" Levy
1978Straight TimeMax DemboAlso producer
1979AgathaWally Stanton
1979Kramer vs. KramerTed Kramer
1982TootsieMichael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
1987IshtarChuck Clarke
1988Rain ManRaymond Babbitt
1989Common Threads: Stories from the QuiltNarratorDocumentary
1989Family BusinessVito McMullen
1990Dick TracyMumbles
1991Billy BathgateDutch Schultz
1991HookCaptain James Hook
1992HeroBernie LaPlante
1995OutbreakColonel Sam Daniels
1996SleepersDanny Snyder
1996American BuffaloWalt "Teach" Teacher
1997Mad CityMax Brackett
1997Wag the DogStanley Motss
1998SphereDr. Norman Goodman
1999A Walk on the MoonProducer only
1999The Conscience
2001TuesdayUnknown characterVoice; Short film
2002Moonlight MileBen Floss
2003ConfidenceWinston King
2003Runaway JuryWendell Rohr
2004Finding NeverlandCharles Frohman
2004I Heart HuckabeesBernard Jaffe
2004Meet the FockersBernie Focker
2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsThe CriticUncredited cameo
2005Racing StripesTuckerVoice
2005Meyer Lansky
2006Perfume: The Story of a MurdererGiuseppe Baldini
2006Stranger than FictionProfessor Jules Hilbert
2006The HolidayHimselfUncredited cameo
2007Mr. Magorium's Wonder EmporiumMr. Edward Magorium
2008Kung Fu PandaMaster ShifuVoice
2008Secrets of the Furious FiveMaster ShifuVoice; Short film
2008Last Chance HarveyHarvey Shine
2008RoscuroVoice
2010Barney's VersionIsrael "Izzy" Panofsky
2010Jews and Baseball: An American Love StoryNarratorVoice; Documentary
2010Little FockersBernie Focker
2011Kung Fu Panda 2Master ShifuVoice
2011Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the MastersMaster ShifuVoice; Short film
2012QuartetDirectorial debut
2014ChefRiva
2014BoychoirCarvelle
2014Abraham Simkin
2015Bob Hamman
2016Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the ScrollMaster Shifu & WarriorVoice; Short film
2016Kung Fu Panda 3Master ShifuVoice
2017Harold Meyerowitz
2019Into the LabyrinthDoctor Green
2022As They Made UsEugene
2022Sam & KateBill
2024Kung Fu Panda 4Master ShifuVoice
2024MegalopolisNush Berman
2025TunerHarry Horowitz
TBATower StoriesJacobPost-production
TBAThe RevisionistPost-production
TBADiamondFilming