Description:
Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, and went to Santa Monica City College, where he dropped out after a year due to bad grades. But before he did, he took an acting course because he was told that "nobody flunks acting." Also received some training at Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. Decided to go into acting because he did not want to work or go into the service. Trained at The Pasadena Playhouse for two years.
Birthday
August 8, 1937
Born In
Los Angeles, California, USA
Alternative names
Sam Etic
, Dasutin Hofuman
Height
167 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Lisa Gottsegen October 12, 1980 - present (4 children),Anne Byrne Hoffman May 4, 1969 - October 6, 1980 (divorced)
Parents
Lillian Gold
Relatives
Ronald Hoffman (Sibling)
Trivia
He entered into The Guinness Book of World Records as "Greatest Age Span
Portrayed By A Movie Actor" for Little Big Man (1970) in which he portrayed a
character from age 17 to age 121.
Quotes
We all believe what we read. I read how Tom Cruise and I were two big
egos holding up shooting. I know that isn't true - but if I wasn't
making a movie with him and I just picked up the paper, I'd believe it.
That's interesting, isn't it?
Salaries
$2,000,000 +gross point
Trademarks
He is famous for taking a wide range of difficult roles, such as a crippled street hustler in Midnight Cowboy (1969); an actor pretending to be a woman in Tootsie (1982), an autistic person in Rain Man (1988) and a Captain Pirate in Hook (1991).
