Dustin Hoffman
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Dustin Hoffman is an American stage, film and television actor. After versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable types of characters in stage plays, he had his breakthrough film role as Benjamin Braddock in the feature film "The Graduate". Since then he starred in many films, like "Papillon", "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Tootsie", and "Rain Man". He has won two Academy Awards, five Golden Globes, three BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, a Genie Award, and an Emmy Award - and received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999.
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L'uomo del labirinto (2019)
As: Dottor Green
Directed by: Donato Carrisi
Stars: Toni Servillo | Dustin Hoffman | Vinicio Marchioni | Valentina Bellè
Spielberg (2017)
As: Himself
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Runtime: 147 min.
Directed by: Susan Lacy
Stars: Steven Spielberg | Tom Hanks | Richard Dreyfuss | Martin Scorsese | Francis Ford Coppola
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
As: Harold Meyerowitz
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
Stars: Ben Stiller | Emma Thompson | Adam Sandler | Dustin Hoffman | Grace Van Patten
Once I Was: The Hal Ashby Story (2017)
As: Himself
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Amy Scott
Stars: Lee Grant | Jon Voight | Dustin Hoffman | Jane Fonda | Hal Ashby
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
As: Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Fred Peabody
Stars: Chris Hedges | Matt Taibbi | I.F. Stone | Leslie Moonves | Jeff Cohen
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
As: Shifu (voice)
Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Alessandro Carloni | Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Stars: Bryan Cranston | J.K. Simmons | Angelina Jolie | Jack Black | Dustin Hoffman
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2016)
As: Shifu / Warrior (voice)
As Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told.
Runtime: 23 min.
Directed by: Rodolphe Guenoden
Stars: Lucy Liu | James Hong | Jack Black | Dustin Hoffman | Seth Rogen
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (2015)
Runtime: 53 min.
Directed by: Olivier Nicklaus
Stars: Isabelle Adjani | Chiara Mastroianni | Annette Bening | Warren Beatty | Leslie Caron
Icon (2015)
As: Bob Hamman
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Stars: Lee Pace | Jesse Plemons | Dustin Hoffman | Chris O'Dowd | Ben Foster
The Tiger Makes Out (2015)
As: Hap
During a typically disaster-filled day, Ben Harris, an angry and frustrated bachelor mailman living in a cluttered Greenwich Village basement, learns he has been paying rent to a woman who hasn't owned his building in 6 years. No longer able to endure the injustices of society, he decides to activate the ferocious tiger within himself by abducting a helpless female and dragging her back to his lair.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Stars: Eli Wallach | Bob Dishy | Dustin Hoffman | Anne Jackson | Ruth White
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)
As: Mr. Hoppy
Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been secretly in love with Mrs. Silver, a woman who lives below him. Mr. Hoppy frequently leans over his balcony and exchanges polite conversation with Mrs. Silver, but he is too shy to disclose how he feels. Mr. Hoppy longs to express his feelings to Mrs. Silver, but he can never bring his lips to form the words. ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Dearbhla Walsh
Stars: Judi Dench | Dustin Hoffman | James Corden | Lara Rossi | Salo Gardner
The Cobbler (2014)
As: Abraham Simkin
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Tom McCarthy
Stars: Ellen Barkin | Steve Buscemi | Adam Sandler | Dustin Hoffman | Dan Stevens
Boychoir (2014)
As: Master Carvelle
A troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school after the death of his single mother. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognises a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: François Girard
Stars: Josh Lucas | Kathy Bates | Debra Winger | Dustin Hoffman | Kevin McHale
Chef (2014)
As: Riva
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Stars: John Leguizamo | Jon Favreau | Scarlett Johansson | Emjay Anthony | Sofía Vergara
All the President's Men Revisited (2013)
As: Himself
Looks back at Watergate, the original game changer of America politics. How has Watergate changed the Presidency? What effect has the scandal had on our political leaders? And has hope and optimism forever been replaced in our national dialogue by doubt and cynicism? 2013 marks 40 years since 1973 - Watergate's most pivotal year. Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein doggedly investigated the scandal ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Peter Schnall
Stars: Robert Redford | Fred Dalton Thompson | Richard Nixon | Bob Woodward | Carl Bernstein
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)
As: Shifu (voice)
Po and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu's greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox, and Master Croc.
Runtime: 23 min.
Directed by: Anthony Leondis
Stars: Randall Duk Kim | Angelina Jolie | Jack Black | Dustin Hoffman | Seth Rogen
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
As: Shifu (voice)
Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. It is up to Po and The Furious Five to ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Stars: Gary Oldman | Angelina Jolie | Jackie Chan | Jack Black | Dustin Hoffman
Barney's Version (2010)
As: Izzy Panofsky
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Richard J. Lewis
Stars: Paul Giamatti | Rosamund Pike | Scott Speedman | Dustin Hoffman | Minnie Driver
Little Fockers (2010)
As: Bernie Focker
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire clan descends for the twins' birthday party, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Paul Weitz
Stars: Robert De Niro | Owen Wilson | Ben Stiller | Barbra Streisand | Dustin Hoffman
Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010)
As: Shifu
The Winter Feast is Po's favorite holiday. Every year he and his father hang decorations, cook together, and serve noodle soup to the villagers. But this year Shifu informs Po that as Dragon Warrior, it is his duty to host the formal Winter Feast at the Jade Palace. Po is caught between his obligations as the Dragon Warrior and his family traditions: between Shifu and Mr. Ping.
Runtime: 21 min.
Directed by: Tim Johnson
Stars: Angelina Jolie | Jackie Chan | Jack Black | Dustin Hoffman | Jack McBrayer
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (2010)
As: Narrator
Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of Jewish Americans to the most American sport of them all: baseball. Highlights include a rare interview with legendary pitcher Sandy Koufax.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Peter Miller
Stars: Dustin Hoffman
Visual Acoustics (2009)
As: Himself/Narrator
Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world's greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this year, captured the work of nearly every modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry. His images epitomized the ...
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Eric Bricker
Stars: Kelly Lynch | Dustin Hoffman | Tom Ford | Frances Anderton
Against the Tide (2009)
As: Narrator
'Against The Tide' examines the conflict that erupted in the American Jewish community over the best means to rescue the European Jews trying to escape the Holocaust. It tells the little known story of Peter Bergson, who tirelessly stood up against American Jewish leaders in the late 30's and early 40's in an effort to save the Jews of Europe.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Richard Trank
Stars: Dustin Hoffman
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
As: Harvey Shine
In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an endless cycle of work, phone calls from her mother, and blind dates. A connection forms between the unhappy pair, who soon find themselves falling in love.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Joel Hopkins
Stars: Kathy Baker | Emma Thompson | Eileen Atkins | Dustin Hoffman | Liane Balaban
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
As: Roscuro (voice)
Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Robert Stevenhagen | Sam Fell
Stars: Kevin Kline | Tracey Ullman | Matthew Broderick | Dustin Hoffman | Emma Watson
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)
As: Shifu (voice)
Ordered to teach a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens, Po tells stories of each of the Furious Five's pasts
Runtime: 25 min.
Directed by: Raman Hui
Stars: Randall Duk Kim | David Cross | Jack Black | Dustin Hoffman | Elizabeth Ann Bennett
Trumbo (2008)
As: Himself / Interviewee
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Peter Askin
Stars: Paul Giamatti | Liam Neeson | Michael Douglas | Joan Allen | Dalton Trumbo
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
As: Shifu (voice)
When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy. It's up to Master Shifu and the Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- to give it a try.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Mark Osborne | John Stevenson
Stars: Lucy Liu | Angelina Jolie | Jackie Chan | Jack Black | Dustin Hoffman
A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie (2008)
As: Interviewee
Documentary about the making of the 1982 film, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.
Runtime: 69 min.
Directed by: Charles Kiselyak
Stars: Teri Garr | Jessica Lange | Sydney Pollack | Dustin Hoffman | Larry Gelbart
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
As: Mr. Edward Magorium
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Zach Helm
Stars: Natalie Portman | Jason Bateman | Dustin Hoffman | Zach Mills | Jonathan Potts
The Holiday (2006)
As: Himself
Two women, one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man (Jude Law, Jack Black) but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
Runtime: 138 min.
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Stars: Kate Winslet | Jude Law | Cameron Diaz | Eli Wallach | Jack Black
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
As: Giuseppe Baldini
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
Runtime: 147 min.
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Stars: Simon Chandler | Ben Whishaw | Birgit Minichmayr | David Calder | Richard Felix
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
As: Professor Jules Hilbert
Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. But when the narration reveals he is going to die, Harold must find the author and convince them to change the ending.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Marc Forster
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Will Ferrell | Emma Thompson | Queen Latifah | Dustin Hoffman
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later (2006)
As: Interviewee
Documentary about the making of the 1969 film "Midnight Cowboy".
Runtime: 30 min.
Stars: Dustin Hoffman | Jennifer Salt | Jerome Hellman | Adam Holender | Michael Childers
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film (2006)
As: Interviewee
Documentary featuring the contentious news surrounding the movie "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), including its Oscar win for feature film.
Runtime: 10 min.
Stars: Bob Balaban | Dustin Hoffman | Jerome Hellman | Adam Holender | Michael Childers
The Lost City (2005)
As: Meyer Lansky
In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the nightclub owner to flee to New York.
Runtime: 144 min.
Directed by: Andy García
Stars: Nestor Carbonell | Dominik García-Lorido | Richard Bradford | Enrique Murciano | Andy García
Racing Stripes (2005)
As: Tucker (voice)
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark stripes mark him as different, he decides he'll race anyway. And with help from the young girl who raised him, he just might end up in the winner's circle.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Frederik Du Chau
Stars: Bruce Greenwood | Mandy Moore | Frankie Muniz | Wendie Malick | Hayden Panettiere
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
As: Critic
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a thrilling misadventure involving three ingenious orphans and a villainous actor named Count Olaf (Jim Carrey) who wants their enormous fortune." It includes a ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Brad Silberling
Stars: Jude Law | Liam Aiken | Jim Carrey | Meryl Streep | Emily Browning
Meet the Fockers (2004)
As: Bernie Focker
Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man, Jack Byrnes and his wife, Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker's parents. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Jay Roach
Stars: Robert De Niro | Ben Stiller | Teri Polo | Barbra Streisand | Dustin Hoffman
Finding Neverland (2004)
As: Charles Frohman
Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece “Peter Pan.”
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Marc Forster
Stars: Kate Winslet | Johnny Depp | Freddie Highmore | Julie Christie | Dustin Hoffman
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
As: Bernard Jaffe
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: David O. Russell
Stars: Jude Law | Jason Schwartzman | Isabelle Huppert | Dustin Hoffman | Lily Tomlin
Runaway Jury (2003)
As: Wendell Rohr
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Stars: John Cusack | Rachel Weisz | Bruce McGill | Gene Hackman | Dustin Hoffman
Confidence (2003)
As: Winston King
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any mark, he was an accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King. Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: James Foley
Stars: Edward Burns | Rachel Weisz | Morris Chestnut | Dustin Hoffman | Andy García
The Shakespeare Sessions (2003)
Major film and television stars re-enact famous scenes from the plays of William Shakespeare .
Directed by: Oren Jacoby
Stars: Cynthia Nixon | Kevin Kline | Dustin Hoffman | John Barton
Moonlight Mile (2002)
As: Ben Floss
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Brad Silberling
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Susan Sarandon | Dustin Hoffman | Ellen Pompeo | Aleksia Landeau
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)
As: Himself - Narrator
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this classy documentary created for the PBS American Masters series. Based on A. Scott Berg's acclaimed biography, the film includes new interviews with Goldwyn's surviving family members as well as vintage interviews with such luminaries as Bette Davis, ...
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Mark A. Catalena | Peter Jones
Stars: Bette Davis | Dustin Hoffman | Ann Blyth | Tony Goldwyn | Samuel Goldwyn
Tuesday (2001)
On a magical Tuesday night, a group of frogs take off on a journey through the nearby neighborhood.
Runtime: 13 min.
Directed by: Geoff Dunbar
Stars: Paul McCartney | Dustin Hoffman
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
As: The Conscience
In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. Following her mission to reclaim god's dimished kingdom - through her amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
Runtime: 158 min.
Directed by: Luc Besson
Stars: Vincent Cassel | John Malkovich | Milla Jovovich | Faye Dunaway | Dustin Hoffman
Sphere (1998)
As: Dr. Norman Goodman
The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best, smart and logical, and the perfect choice to learn more about the spacecraft.
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson | Liev Schreiber | Sharon Stone | Peter Coyote | Dustin Hoffman
Wag the Dog (1997)
As: Stanley Motss
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Robert De Niro | James Belushi | Anne Heche | Woody Harrelson | Dustin Hoffman
Mad City (1997)
As: Max Brackett
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Stars: Mia Kirshner | Robert Prosky | John Travolta | Alan Alda | Dustin Hoffman
Sleepers (1996)
As: Danny Snyder
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Runtime: 147 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Brad Pitt | Robert De Niro | Kevin Bacon | Jason Patric | Ron Eldard
American Buffalo (1996)
As: Walt 'Teach' Teacher
Three inner-city losers plan a robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Michael Corrente
Stars: Sean Nelson | Dustin Hoffman | Dennis Franz
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
HBO documentary about movies
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Chuck Workman
Stars: Candice Bergen | Warren Beatty | Robert Altman | George Burns | Peter Coyote
Outbreak (1995)
As: Sam Daniels
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Kevin Spacey | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Rene Russo | Dustin Hoffman
La Classe Américaine (1993)
As: Peter (Archive Footage)
George Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "Crappy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe Américaine is a montage of scenes taken from the Warner Bros. catalog and dubbed to fit the narration of what is arguably the greatest story ever told.
Runtime: 70 min.
Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius | Dominique Mezerette
Stars: Elvis Presley | Robert Redford | Paul Newman | John Wayne | Dustin Hoffman
Hero (1992)
As: Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Stars: Joan Cusack | Geena Davis | Kevin J. O'Connor | Dustin Hoffman | Andy García
A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)
As: Milquetoast the Cross-Dressing Cockroach
Opus the Penguin struggles to achieve his seemingly impossible dream to be able to fly.
Runtime: 22 min.
Directed by: Skip Jones | Chris Buck
Stars: Joe Alaskey | Michael Bell | John Byner | Tress MacNeille | Alexaundria Simmons
Hook (1991)
As: Captain James S. Hook
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg.
Runtime: 142 min.
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Maggie Smith | Julia Roberts | Robin Williams | Dustin Hoffman
Billy Bathgate (1991)
As: Dutch Schultz
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Robert Benton
Stars: Steve Buscemi | Nicole Kidman | Bruce Willis | Dustin Hoffman | Loren Dean
Dick Tracy (1990)
As: Mumbles
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Warren Beatty
Stars: Warren Beatty | Mandy Patinkin | Madonna | Al Pacino | Dustin Hoffman
Family Business (1989)
As: Vito McMullen
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Stars: Sean Connery | Janet Carroll | Matthew Broderick | Dustin Hoffman | Rosanna DeSoto
Rain Man (1988)
As: Raymond Babbitt
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Valeria Golino | Tom Cruise | Gerald R. Molen | Dustin Hoffman | Jack Murdock
Ishtar (1987)
As: Chuck Clarke
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Elaine May
Stars: Isabelle Adjani | Charles Grodin | Warren Beatty | Dustin Hoffman | Jack Weston
Death of a Salesman (1985)
As: Willy Loman
Salesman Willy Loman is in a crisis. He's about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy don't respect him and can't seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make things up to his family.
Runtime: 136 min.
Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff
Stars: John Malkovich | Stephen Lang | Charles Durning | Dustin Hoffman | Kate Reid
Tootsie (1982)
As: Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego -- Dorothy Michaels -- in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Stars: Teri Garr | Dabney Coleman | Jessica Lange | Charles Durning | Dustin Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
As: Ted Kramer
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Robert Benton
Stars: Meryl Streep | Dustin Hoffman | Howard Duff | Jane Alexander | Justin Henry
Agatha (1979)
As: Wally Stanton
In real life, mystery writer Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in December 1926. To this day, no one knows the details of what she did during that time. The film gives a fictional account of Christie's time away, showing her as a woman fleeing her own life after the death of her mother and the announcement from her husband that he is leaving her. She flees to a spa in Harrogate. ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave | Timothy Dalton | Helen Morse | Dustin Hoffman | Celia Gregory
Straight Time (1978)
As: Max Dembo
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Ulu Grosbard
Stars: Harry Dean Stanton | Theresa Russell | Gary Busey | M. Emmet Walsh | Dustin Hoffman
Marathon Man (1976)
As: Thomas Babington ‚Babe‘ Levy
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Stars: William Devane | Marthe Keller | Roy Scheider | Dustin Hoffman | Laurence Olivier
All the President's Men (1976)
As: Carl Bernstein
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run ...
Runtime: 138 min.
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Robert Redford | Jack Warden | Martin Balsam | Dustin Hoffman | Hal Holbrook
Lenny (1974)
As: Lenny Bruce
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Bob Fosse
Stars: Valerie Perrine | Dustin Hoffman | Jan Miner | Stanley Beck | Frankie Man
Papillon (1973)
As: Louis Dega
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Runtime: 151 min.
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Stars: Anthony Zerbe | Dustin Hoffman | Don Gordon | Steve McQueen | Victor Jory
The Magnificent Rebel (1973)
As: Himself
A 1973 mini-documentary about the movie 'Papillon', a behind-the-scenes feature.
Runtime: 12 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Tetenbaum | Ed Apfel
Stars: Dustin Hoffman | Steve McQueen | Franklin J. Schaffner | Henri Charrière | Fred J. Koenekamp
Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
As: Alfredo
Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Pietro Germi
Stars: Stefania Sandrelli | Saro Urzì | Duilio Del Prete | Carla Gravina | Dustin Hoffman
On Location: Dustin Hoffman (1971)
As: Interviewee
Profile of actor Dustin Hoffman on the set of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film STRAW DOGS.
Runtime: 26 min.
Directed by: Iain Johnstone
Stars: Sam Peckinpah | Susan George | Dustin Hoffman
Straw Dogs (1971)
As: David Sumner
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Stars: Peter Vaughan | Susan George | Dustin Hoffman | Del Henney | T. P. McKenna
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)
As: Georgie Soloway
Georgie Soloway, a pop hit love song writer who cannot love, himself, or others. He spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Ulu Grosbard
Stars: Jack Warden | Gabriel Dell | Barbara Harris | Dustin Hoffman | David Burns
The Point (1971)
As: Narrator / Father (First Telecast)
Years ago, there was a place called The Land of Point, because everything in The Land of Point had one: the barns, the houses, the cars, everything, even the people. Everyone in The Land of Point had a point at the top of its head. Everyone, that is, except Oblio, who was born round-headed. Since he had no point, Oblio, along with his trusty dog, Arrow, was banished to the Pointless Forest. Join them ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Fred Wolf
Stars: Lennie Weinrib | Ringo Starr | Joan Gerber | Paul Frees | Buddy Foster
Little Big Man (1970)
As: Jack Crabb
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Stars: Faye Dunaway | Martin Balsam | Chief Dan George | Dustin Hoffman | Richard Mulligan
John and Mary (1969)
As: John
John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Peter Yates
Stars: Mia Farrow | Dustin Hoffman | Stanley Beck | Michael Tolan | Sunny Griffin
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
As: 'Ratso' Rizzo
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Stars: Sylvia Miles | Brenda Vaccaro | John McGiver | Jon Voight | Dustin Hoffman
Madigan's Million (1968)
As: Jason Fister
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Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Giorgio Gentili
Stars: Elsa Martinelli | Fernando Hilbeck | Cesar Romero | Dustin Hoffman | Gustavo Rojo
The Graduate (1967)
As: Ben Braddock
Benjamin, a recent college graduate is very worried about his future, he then finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Stars: Buck Henry | Anne Bancroft | Murray Hamilton | Katharine Ross | Dustin Hoffman
The Journey of the Fifth Horse (1966)
As: Zoditch
Dustin Hoffman stars in this television adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's tale about Dmitri Zoditch, a simple manuscript reader at a publishing house whose grand dreams don't square with his dead-end job and miserable apartment. When he's assigned to read the diary of a nobleman, he finds bitter parallels between his own pathetic existence and the wasted life described in the journal. Michael Tolan and ...
Stars: William Bassett | Dustin Hoffman | Charlotte Rae