dustin hoffman

     

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is a two-time Acaemy Award-, six-time Golden Globe-, three-time BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning American actor.

Trivia about dustin hoffman

  • Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman & this "Graduate" all lived together & all later won Oscars -- must've been the water
  • He played Jimmy Shine on Broadway in 1968, the year after he played "The Graduate" on film
  • "Rain Man"
  • "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."Aren't you?"
  • His "Rain Man" character Raymond Babbitt had to watch "Jeopardy!" at 5:00
  • 1967:Benjamin Braddock
  • He was nominated for a 1974 Oscar for playing Lenny Bruce
  • 1970's"Little Big Man"
  • "Marathon Man"
  • Mike Nichols saw him in a play called "Eh?" & offered him the starring role in "The Graduate"
  • This "Tootsie" star received the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Golden Globes
  • He played Ben Braddock, who returned to his parents' Beverly Hills home after graduating from college
  • 1967:"The Graduate"
  • 1979:Ted Kramer
  • In "Little Big Man", this actor's character ages from 17 to 121