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  1. He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in The Merchant of Venice in 1990. 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.

  2. Dustin Hoffman. Jump to. 63 wins & 60 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1998 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Wag the Dog. 1989 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Rain Man. 1983 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Tootsie. 1980 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Kramer vs. Kramer. 1975 Nominee Oscar.

    • August 8, 1937
  3. 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.

  4. Michael Douglas presents Dustin Hoffman with the Best Actor Oscar for Rain Man at the 61st Academy Awards.See more 1989 Oscar highlights: https://www.youtube...

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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. Dustin Hoffman. Actor: Tootsie. 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 ...

  6. 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.

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