Dustin hoffmen biography
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Dustin Hoffman
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Dustin Hoffman
Born
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
Actor, film director
Years active
–present
Children
6, including Jake Hoffman
Hoffman first drew critical praise for starring in the play,Eh?, for which he won aTheatre World Awardand aDrama Desk Award. This achievement was soon followed by his breakthrough film role as Benjamin Braddock, the title character inThe Graduate. Since that time, Hoffman's career has largely been focused on the cinema, with sporadic returns to television and to the stage. Hoffman's films includeMidnight Cowboy,Little Big Man,Straw Dogs,Papillon,Lenny,Marathon Man,All the President's Men,Kramer vs. Kramer,Tootsie,Rain Man,
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Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, ) is an American actor. He has been in many movies.
Early life
[change | change source]Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the younger son of Lillian, a jazzpianist, and Harry Hoffman, who worked as a propsupervisor/set decorator at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furnituresalesman.[1][2] His brother, Ronald, is a lawyer and economist. Hoffman's family was Jewish, although he was not brought up religious.[3] After he married his second wife, he started to observe Judaism more.[4] His family was also from Yviv in what is now Ukraine.[5][6][7][8][9] He graduated from Los Angeles High School in
Dustin Hoffman's movies
[change | change source]Hoffman starred in Hook, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Stranger than Fiction, Meet the Fockers and Rain Man.
Personal life
[change | change source]In , Hoffman had successful treatment for cancer.
References
[change | change source]- ↑Yahoo movies biography.
- ↑Film biography.
- ↑Bernard, Sarah (). "The Tortoise and the Whoopee Cushion". New York Magazine. Retrieved
- ↑Hoffma