Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. Actor Robert De Niro described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human". At a young age Hoffman knew he wanted to study in the arts, and entered into the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music; later he decided to go into acting, for which he trained at the Pasadena Playhouse in Los Angeles. His first theatrical performance was 1961's A Cook for Mr. General as Ridzinski. During that time he appeared in several guest roles on television in shows like Naked City and The Defenders. He then starred in the 1966 off-Broadway play Eh? where his performance garnered him both a Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award.
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| Full name at birth | Dustin Lee Hoffman
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| Claim to fame | Benjamin "Ben" Braddock In The Graduate (1967)
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| Date of birth | 8 August 1937
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| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Occupation | Actor
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| Height | 5' 5½" (166 cm)
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| Net worth | $50,000,000 USD
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| High school | Los Angeles High School, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Dustin Hoffman, announced in August 2013 that he had been treated for an unspecified form of cancer, and would continue to receive preventative treatments.
- and an autistic in Rain Man (1988).
- an actor pretending to be a woman in Tootsie (1982)
- such as a crippled street hustler in Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- Famous for taking a wide range of difficult roles
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