1937-08-08 Los Angeles, California, USA
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 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. His breakthrough role was as Benjamin Braddock in Mike Nichols' critically acclaimed and iconic film The Graduate (1967), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. His next role was "Ratso" Rizzo in John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969), in which he acted alongside Jon Voight; they both received Oscar nominations, and the film went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. He gained success in the 1970s playing roles that shaped the craft of his acting, crossing genres effortlessly in the western Little Big Man (1970), the prison drama Papillon (1973), playing a controversial and groundbreaking comedian in Bob Fosse's Lenny (1975), Marathon Man alongside Laurence Olivier (1976), and as Carl Bernstein investigating the Watergate scandal in All the President's Men (1976). In 1979, Hoffman starred in the family drama Kramer vs. Kramer alongside Meryl Streep. They both received Academy Awards for their performances. After a three-year break from films, Hoffman returned in Sydney Pollack's show business comedy Tootsie (1982) about 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 and reprised the role a year later in a television film earning a Primetime Emmy Award. In 1987 he starred alongside Warren Beatty in Elaine May's comedy Ishtar. 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 films as Warren Beatty's action comedy adaptation Dick Tracy (1990), Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as Captain Hook, medical disaster Outbreak (1995), legal crime drama Sleepers (1996), and the satirical black comedy Wag the Dog (1997) alongside Robert De Niro.
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Twiggy | Self | 2025-03-07 |
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Megalopolis | Nush 'The Fixer' Berman | 2024-09-25 |
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Kung Fu Panda 4 | Shifu (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback | Benjamin Braddock (archive footage) | 2023-07-30 |
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Sam & Kate | Bill | 2022-11-11 |
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PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage) | 2022-06-09 |
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Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon | Self | 2022-09-06 |
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As They Made Us | Eugene | 2022-04-08 |
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Mr. Saturday Night | 2021-11-13 | |
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Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... | Self | 2020-12-28 |
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | 2019-10-12 |
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Hal | Self | 2019-03-28 |
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L'uomo del labirinto | Dottor Green | 2019-10-30 |
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Steve McQueen: American Icon | Self (archive footage) | 2017-09-29 |
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Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
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The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-04 |
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Harold Meyerowitz | 2017-10-13 |
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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Carl Bernstein (archive footage) | 2016-11-04 |
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Shifu / Warrior (voice) | 2016-01-05 |
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Mike Nichols: An American Master | Self | 2016-01-29 |
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Kung Fu Panda 3 | Shifu (voice) | 2016-01-23 |
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Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Mr. Hoppy | 2015-01-02 |
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The Program | Bob Hamman | 2015-09-16 |
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Boychoir | Master Carvelle | 2015-03-27 |
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Arthur Miller – Ein ehrgeiziges Herz | Self - Actor | 2015-10-17 |
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Warren Beatty, une obsession hollywoodienne | Self (archive footage) | 2015-10-04 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Led Zeppelin Played Here | Self (archive footage) | 2014-10-11 |
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The Cobbler | Abraham Simkin | 2014-09-11 |
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Chef | Riva | 2014-05-08 |
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Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection | Shifu (Voice) | 2013-08-27 |
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All the President's Men Revisited | Self | 2013-04-21 |
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Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
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Casting By | Self (Archival Footage) | 2012-11-01 |
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La Classe américaine | Self | 2012-10-05 |
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Shifu (voice) | 2011-12-12 |
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Kung Fu Panda 2 | Shifu (voice) | 2011-05-25 |
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Paul Williams Still Alive | Self (archive footage) | 2011-09-11 |
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Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story | Narrator (voice) | 2010-07-25 |
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Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Shifu (voice) | 2010-11-26 |
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Barney's Version | Izzy Panofsky | 2010-10-26 |
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Little Fockers | Bernie Focker | 2010-12-21 |
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2010-05-05 |
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Against the Tide | Narrator | 2009-09-09 |
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Dustin! | 2009-01-01 | |
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A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' | Self | 2008-02-05 |
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Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben | Self | 2008-12-16 |
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five | Shifu (voice) | 2008-11-08 |
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Kung Fu Panda | Shifu (voice) | 2008-06-04 |
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Last Chance Harvey | Harvey Shine | 2008-12-25 |
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The Tale of Despereaux | Roscuro (voice) | 2008-12-18 |
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Visual Acoustics | Himself/Narrator | 2008-06-22 |
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Trumbo | Self - Interviewee | 2007-09-10 |
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I Could Never Be Your Woman | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007-05-11 |
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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Mr. Edward Magorium | 2007-11-16 |
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Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" | Self | 2006-02-28 |
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The Holiday | Dustin Hoffman | 2006-12-05 |
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Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film | Self | 2006-02-21 |
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Stranger Than Fiction | Professor Jules Hilbert | 2006-09-09 |
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Giuseppe Baldini | 2006-09-13 |
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The Lost City | Meyer Lansky | 2005-09-03 |
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Earth to America | Self | 2005-11-20 |
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Racing Stripes | Tucker (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self | 2005-03-01 |
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The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Chuck Clarke (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | The Critic (uncredited) | 2004-12-16 |
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Finding Neverland | Charles Frohman | 2004-10-17 |
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Meet the Fockers | Bernie Focker | 2004-12-22 |
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After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later | 2004-01-01 | |
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I ♥ Huckabees | Bernard Jaffe | 2004-09-10 |
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Runaway Jury | Wendell Rohr | 2003-01-16 |
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Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies | Host | 2003-10-01 |
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Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut | Self (archive footage) | 2003-03-08 |
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Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen | Self / Ben Floss | 2003-03-11 |
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Confidence | Winston King | 2003-04-25 |
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The Shakespeare Sessions | 2003-01-01 | |
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film | Self (uncredited archive footage: 1975 BBC interview) | 2002-04-02 |
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The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-16 |
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Moonlight Mile | Ben Floss | 2002-09-09 |
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There's Only One Paul McCartney | Self | 2002-06-02 |
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Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' | Self | 2001-02-20 |
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self - Narrator | 2001-10-07 |
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Tuesday | voice | 2001-09-04 |
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Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' | Self | 2001-08-28 |
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Joan of Arc | Joan's conscience | 1999-10-27 |
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La Argentina de Tato | Arturo Puig | 1999-04-07 |
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Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years | 1999-01-01 | |
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The Devil's Arithmetic | Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited) | 1999-03-28 |
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Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory | Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners") | 1998-01-01 |
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Sphere | Dr. Norman Goodman | 1998-02-13 |
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Mad City | Max Brackett | 1997-11-07 |
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Wag the Dog | Stanley Motss | 1997-12-25 |
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American Buffalo | Walt 'Teach' Teacher | 1996-09-13 |
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Sleepers | Danny Snyder | 1996-10-18 |
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Outbreak | Sam Daniels | 1995-03-10 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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Jonas in the Desert | Self | 1994-01-01 |
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Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self | 1993-05-09 |
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La Classe américaine | Peter (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
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'The Graduate' at 25 | Self | 1992-01-01 |
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Hero | Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante | 1992-10-02 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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Billy Bathgate | Dutch Schultz | 1991-11-01 |
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Hook | Captain Hook | 1991-04-10 |
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A Wish for Wings That Work | Milquetoast (voice) | 1991-12-18 |
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The Earth Day Special | Every Lawyer | 1990-04-22 |
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Dick Tracy | Mumbles | 1990-04-05 |
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Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey | Self | 1990-01-19 |
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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | Narrator (voice) | 1989-12-01 |
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Family Business | Vito McMullen | 1989-12-06 |
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Rain Man | Raymond Babbitt | 1988-12-12 |
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Ishtar | Chuck Clarke | 1987-05-15 |
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Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ | Self / Willy Loman | 1986-06-23 |
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Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | 1985-08-16 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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Tootsie | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels | 1982-12-17 |
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The Making of 'Tootsie' | Self | 1982-01-01 |
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Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning | Himself | 1982-11-29 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky | Self | 1982-01-01 |
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage) | 1980-01-04 |
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Kramer vs. Kramer | Ted Kramer | 1979-12-07 |
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Agatha | Wally Stanton | 1979-02-09 |
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Straight Time | Max Dembo | 1978-03-18 |
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Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back | Self | 1977-12-07 |
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The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People | Self | 1976-10-06 |
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Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' | Self | 1976-01-01 |
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All the President's Men | Carl Bernstein | 1976-04-09 |
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Marathon Man | Babe | 1976-10-08 |
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Lost in the Garden of the World | Self | 1975-06-02 |
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Free to Be… You and Me | Self (scenes deleted) | 1974-03-11 |
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Lenny | Lenny Bruce | 1974-11-10 |
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Papillon | Louis Dega | 1973-12-16 |
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El Rebelde Magnífico | Self | 1973-01-01 |
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Alfredo, Alfredo | Alfredo | 1972-09-22 |
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The Point | Narrator / Father (first telecast) | 1971-02-02 |
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On Location: Dustin Hoffman | Self | 1971-12-31 |
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Straw Dogs | David Sumner | 1971-11-25 |
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Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | Georgie Soloway | 1971-06-15 |
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Little Big Man | Jack Crabb | 1970-12-23 |
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The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman | Himself | 1970-12-30 |
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Arthur Penn: The Director | Self | 1970-01-18 |
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The Crowd Around the Cowboy | Self | 1969-01-01 |
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Midnight Cowboy | Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo | 1969-05-25 |
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John and Mary | John | 1969-12-14 |
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The New Cinema | Self | 1968-01-01 |
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Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi | Jason Fister | 1968-05-30 |
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The Tiger Makes Out | Hap | 1967-08-18 |
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The Graduate | Ben Braddock | 1967-12-21 |
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The Star Wagon | Hanus Wicks | 1966-10-20 |
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The Journey of the Fifth Horse | Zoditch | 1966-10-14 |
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Tuner | ||
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Tower Stories | Jacob | |
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The Revisionist | ||
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Franz Kline - Remembered | Himself |
