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  2. He has received 14 Golden Globe Award nominations with six wins including one for the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He has also received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999 and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012.

  3. 1980 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Kramer vs. Kramer. 1975 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Lenny. 2 more. American Film Institute, USA. 1999 Winner Life Achievement Award. Annie Awards. 2009 Winner Annie. Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production. Kung Fu Panda. Berlin International Film Festival.

    • August 8, 1937
  4. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Hoffman has received numerous honors, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012.

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    • 'The Graduate' (1967) Mike Nichols wanted a different cast for The Graduate, but luckily for Hoffman, the role was his. The Graduate follows the young Benjamin Braddock, who has no idea what to do with his life now that he has graduated with a bachelor's degree.
    • 'Rain Man' (1988) Rain Man may have earned Hoffman a second Oscar, but the film is actually best remembered as a two-hander. The 1988 Best Picture winner follows the pretentious sports agent Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), who discovers his father secretly had another son, to whom he bequeathed his entire estate.
    • 'Midnight Cowboy' (1969) Among the most controversial films ever released, 1969's Midnight Cowboy became the only X-rated film to win Best Picture. The film follows the experiences of the naive Texas prostitute Joe Buck (Jon Voight) and an ailing conman known as "Ratso" (Hoffman) as they attempt to survive on the crime-ridden streets of New York City.
    • 'Kramer vs. Kramer' (1979) Kramer vs. Kramer felt quite groundbreaking in 1979 due to its relatively balanced depiction of both marital parties in a divorce.
  5. Resume. Born August 8, 1937. Add to list. Won 2 Oscars. 63 wins & 60 nominations total. Photos 1285. Known for. Tootsie. 7.4. Michael Dorsey. Dorothy Michaels. 1982. Rain Man.

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  6. Mar 11, 2024 · 1 of 98. Every Best Actor Oscar Winner. March 11, 2024, 12:43pm. The first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929 had 13 categories. Now there are 24, and while the categories have changed over time,...

  7. Biography. 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".