117-465: Jonah Hill (born Jonah Hill Feldstein ; December 20, 1983) is an American actor. The accolades he has received include nominations for two Academy Awards , a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globe Awards . Hill is known for his comedic roles in films including The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is
234-621: A Golden Globe nomination, and the narrator in Dr. Seuss Video Classics: Horton Hears a Who! (also 1992); in Hook , Hoffman's costume was so heavy that he had to wear an air-conditioned suit under it. Hoffman played the lead role in Outbreak (1995), alongside Rene Russo , Kevin Spacey , Morgan Freeman , Cuba Gooding Jr. and Donald Sutherland . In the film, Hoffman is a medical doctor, serving as
351-417: A TV movie of the same name , for which he won the 1985 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor along with a Golden Globe . Hoffman first read the play at the age of 16, but today considers the story much like his own: "It was a blueprint of my family. I was the loser, the flunky, and my brother, a high-school varsity football player, was Biff." Author Marie Brenner notes that Hoffman "has been obsessed with
468-410: A classical pianist , having studied piano during much of his youth and in college. While at Santa Monica College, he also took an acting class, which he assumed would be easy, and "caught the acting bug". He recalls: "I just was not gifted in music. I did not have an ear." Now an aspiring actor, he spent the next 10 years doing odd jobs, being unemployed, and struggling to get any available acting roles,
585-551: A 1970 British Academy Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film, although the film received mixed reviews. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Motion Picture The film was made soon after the success of Farrow's performance in Roman Polanski 's Rosemary's Baby (1968), and Hoffman's performance in The Graduate , which prompted their being hailed on
702-541: A 2022 Netflix documentary. In 2023, he starred in You People , together with Eddie Murphy , Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lauren London . Hill is set to direct Keanu Reeves in the upcoming film Outcome , with filming to begin in March 2024. That month, actress Cameron Diaz was in final talks to star alongside Reeves and Hill. Filming begun on the project in the middle of that month. In July 2011, Hill appeared at
819-563: A Colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps., working at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), who uncovers a newly discovered Ebola -like virus which came to the U.S. from Africa in an infected monkey. Hoffman races to stop the virus's spread and find a vaccine before it becomes a worldwide pandemic with no cure. It was one of the films that was produced by his production banner, Punch Productions. The movie
936-629: A Golden Globes nomination for his role in War Dogs (2016). Dustin Hoffman Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood , Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. His accolades include two Academy Awards , four BAFTA Awards , five Golden Globe Awards , and two Primetime Emmy Awards . Hoffman has received numerous honors, including
1053-456: A Horse at Princeton 's McCarter Theatre and in 1965, in off-Broadway's Harry, Noon and Night with Joel Grey . On June 23, 1965, he played Mendy in a practice run of Philip Roth 's abandoned off-Broadway play The Nice Jewish Boy , directed by Gene Saks and co-starring Melinda Dillon. Grosbard and Hoffman reunited for a 1965 recording of Death of a Salesman starring Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock , with Hoffman playing Bernard. He
1170-402: A Jew?" I said, "No, but I won't play a Jew who cold-bloodedly kills another human being." ... And that's important to me, that I didn't shoot him in the end. Being a Jew is not losing your humanity and not losing your soul. Hoffman's next roles were also successful. He opted out of directing Straight Time (1978), but starred as a thief. His next film, Michael Apted 's Agatha (1979),
1287-542: A Major Donor for The Mirror Theater Ltd , alongside Paul Newman and Al Pacino , matching a grant from Laurance Rockefeller . The men were inspired to invest by their connection with Lee Strasberg , as Lee's then daughter-in-law Sabra Jones was the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Mirror. In 1983, Hoffman signed on to star in The Yellow Jersey , which was to be a bicycle-racing drama set during
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#17328014982171404-511: A Salesman and reprised the role a year later in a television film, earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie . In 1989, he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for his role as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice . He has received three Drama Desk Awards , for his performances in Eh? (1967), Jimmy Shine (1969), and Death of
1521-601: A Salesman (1984), respectively. Dustin Lee Hoffman was born on August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, the younger of two sons of Harry Hoffman (1908–1987) and Lillian (née Gold; 1909–1982). His father worked as a prop supervisor ( set decorator ) at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furniture salesman. Hoffman was named after stage and silent screen actor Dustin Farnum . He has an elder brother Ronald, who
1638-570: A Who! (2008), Megamind (2010), the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy (2010–2019), The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019), and Sausage Party (2016). As a screenwriter, he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street , 22 Jump Street , Sausage Party , Why Him? (2016), and You People (2023). He starred in the Netflix miniseries Maniac (2018) and made his directorial debut with
1755-489: A button-down college graduate and track star was so convincing to Schlesinger, "he seemed unable to comprehend the fact that he was acting", notes Biskind. To help the director, whom he had never met, overcome that false impression, Hoffman met him in Times Square dressed as a homeless person, wearing a dirty raincoat, his hair slicked back and with an unshaven face. Schlesinger was sold, admitting, "I've only seen you in
1872-559: A chance to work with Gene Hackman in Gary Fleder 's Runaway Jury (also 2003), an adaptation of John Grisham 's bestselling novel. Hoffman played theater owner Charles Frohman in the J. M. Barrie historical fantasia Finding Neverland (2004), costarring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet . In director David O. Russell 's I Heart Huckabees (also 2004), Hoffman appeared opposite Lily Tomlin as an existential detective team member. In 2001, his Punch Productions company went to
1989-454: A costume designer and fashion stylist, and Richard Feldstein, a tour accountant for Guns N' Roses . He has a younger sister, actress Beanie Feldstein (b. 1993). Their older brother, Jordan Feldstein (1977–2017), was a music manager for Robin Thicke and Maroon 5 until his sudden death at age 40 from a DVT / pulmonary embolism . Their parents were originally from Long Island , New York, and
2106-415: A crime". A litigation attorney working for Hill called Nikolas's accusations "a complete fabrication", stating that the event "never happened" and that Nikolas is "demonstrably unreliable" and a "serial accuser". A representative for Long said that he "has no knowledge of what may or may not have happened concerning Ms. Nikolas". List of awards and nominations received by Jonah Hill The following
2223-685: A dedicated method actor . In 1960 Hoffman was cast in a role in an off-Broadway production and followed with a bit part in his Broadway debut in production, A Cook for Mr. General (1961). In 1962, he appeared in Rabbit Run Theatre's summer stock production of Write Me a Murder in Madison, Ohio and served as an assistant director to Ulu Grosbard on The Days and Nights of Beebee Fenstermaker at off-Broadway's Sheridan Square Playhouse . In 1964, Hoffman appeared in Three Men on
2340-412: A departure from his usual comedy roles. He received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ; and in late January 2012, received his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the role. In 2012, Hill co-starred with Channing Tatum in the film 21 Jump Street . It received an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes . He co-wrote
2457-505: A director at the height of his powers who would take a chance and cast someone like me in that part. It took tremendous courage." Critic Sam Kashner observed strong similarities between Hoffman's character and that of Nichols when he previously acted with Elaine May in the comedy team of Nichols and May . "Just close your eyes and you'll hear a Mike Nichols—Elaine May routine in any number of scenes." Buck Henry also noticed that "Dustin picked up all these Nichols habits, which he used in
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#17328014982172574-772: A first look deal with The Walt Disney Studios. Seven years after his nomination for Wag the Dog , Hoffman got another opportunity to perform again with Robert De Niro , co-starring with Streisand and Ben Stiller in the 2004 comedy Meet the Fockers , a sequel to Meet the Parents (2000). Hoffman won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance. In 2005, he voiced a horse in Racing Stripes , and appeared in cameo roles in Andy García 's The Lost City and on
2691-799: A kind and he's not one character. There is no Dustin Hoffman. He is many, many people. ... He can do comedy and he can do drama. He has an enormous range, and yet he's still Dustin somewhere in there. He's intelligent and has a great sense of how to connect with people, because he's very interesting. On a day-to-day basis, he's like an actor who's making his first movie, with the enthusiasm and energy to want to make things happen and try things and experiment. After Rain Man , Hoffman appeared with Sean Connery and Matthew Broderick in Family Business (1989), directed by Sidney Lumet . The story centers on
2808-488: A life being first-rate at that which you are not passionate about. I thought that was worth making a movie about. These guys want to be Simon & Garfunkel , but they have no talent at all. They're middle-aged guys, and at the end of the movie they wind up singing " That's Amore " at a Holiday Inn in Morocco. It's fair. It's fair to make a movie about that. —Hoffman on working on Ishtar Hoffman's worst film failure
2925-527: A life of poverty", The Graduate was a gigantic box office hit for Embassy Pictures , making Hoffman a major new star at the same time. The film received near-unanimous good reviews. Time magazine called Hoffman "a symbol of youth" who represented "a new breed of actors". The film's screenwriter, Buck Henry , notes that Hoffman's character made conventional good looks no longer necessary on screen, "A whole generation changed its idea of what guys should look like. ... I think Dustin's physical being brought
3042-548: A lifestyle he was later to portray in the comedy film Tootsie . Hoffman composed a song called "Shooting the Breeze", alongside Bette Midler who wrote the words. Hoffman's first acting role was at the Pasadena Playhouse, alongside future Academy Award–winner Gene Hackman . After two years there, Hackman headed for New York City, with Hoffman soon following. Hoffman, Hackman, and Robert Duvall lived together in
3159-487: A major accomplishment: Midnight Cowboy makes us a gift of one of the landmark performances of movie history: Dustin Hoffman's Ratso Rizzo, with Jon Voight's Joe Buck a close second. From a cesspool of dark, foul, even taboo material, ... it rescues a true humanism that need not hide its name. Also in 1969, Hoffman co-starred with Mia Farrow in the Peter Yates 's romantic drama film John and Mary . He received
3276-402: A movie star. I wasn't going to sell out. We wanted to be really good actors. I told them, "I'm going out to make this movie. Don't worry, I'm coming right back." Hoffman was paid $ 20,000 for his role in The Graduate , but netted just $ 4,000 after taxes and living expenses. After spending that money, Hoffman filed for New York State unemployment benefits , receiving $ 55 per week while living in
3393-680: A person who critic David Denby described as "a strangely shuttered genius". Hoffman created certain character traits for Raymond. Denby noted: "Hoffman, looking suddenly older and smaller, has developed a small shuffling walk for Raymond, with shoulder bent. His eyes don't make contact with anyone else's, and he flattens his voice to a dry nasal bark." Rain Man won four Academy Awards , including Best Picture , Best Actor for Hoffman, and Best Director for Barry Levinson. Having worked closely with Hoffman for two years on filming, Levinson offered some opinions about his skill as an actor: You can't define Dustin Hoffman, because he's unique. He's one of
3510-782: A possible conflict with his commitment to The Watch , Hill lamented that to act in a Tarantino movie was "the perfect next step" in his career. He was able to join the Django Unchained cast in a minor role, and it was released in 2012. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012. In 2013, Hill appeared in This Is the End as himself, and in the biographical film The Wolf of Wall Street , and received his second Academy Award nomination for his work on
3627-501: A prominent role as Shifu in the film Kung Fu Panda , which was praised in part for his comedic chemistry with Jack Black (whom he tutored in acting for an important scene) and his character's poignantly complex relationship with the story's villain. He later won the Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature for his performance and has continued into the role in the franchise's subsequent filmed productions outside of
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3744-594: A psychiatrist, and played the title character in the British family film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium for which he was nominated for a BIFA for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film at the British Independent Film Awards 2007 . In 2008, although he was reluctant to perform in an animated feature film (despite previously performing voices in a version of The Point! and in an episode of The Simpsons ), Hoffman had
3861-482: A role in I Heart Huckabees , in which Hill made his film debut. Hill then made a brief appearance in Judd Apatow 's directorial debut, The 40-Year-Old Virgin , which led to his appearing in the role of a virgin video game tester in the comedy Grandma's Boy (2006), and roles in the comedies Accepted and Click , playing Adam Sandler 's character's son in the latter. He had a larger supporting role in
3978-422: A role on a soap opera . His co-star was Jessica Lange . Tootsie earned ten Academy Award nominations, including Hoffman's fifth nomination. Under direction by Sydney Pollack , Hoffman's role demanded "a steady bombardment of opposites—edgy then funny, romantic then realistic, soft then quivering." To film critic David Denby , Hoffman's character "embodies vulnerability and drive in perfect proportion. He has
4095-530: A sort of social and visual change, in the same way people first thought of Bogart . They called him ugly". Hoffman's success amazed friends from his early years as an actor, who told him "You were the last one I expected to make it". Biographer Jeff Lenburg wrote that "newspapers across the country were deluged with thousands of letters from fans", with one example published in The New York Times : "I identified with Ben. ... I thought of him as
4212-479: A spiritual brother. He was confused about his future and about his place in the world, as I am. It's a film one digs, rather than understands intellectually". Turner Classic Movies critic Rob Nixon notes that Hoffman represented "a new generation of actors". He credits Hoffman with breaking "the mold of the traditional movie star and brought to their roles a new candor, ethnicity, and eagerness to dive deep into complex, even unlikable characters." Nixon expands on
4329-483: A swimsuit, and spending time with friends he did not approve of. During the same month, former child actress Alexa Nikolas accused Hill of shoving her against a door and kissing her without her consent during a party at Justin Long 's house when she was 16 years old and he was 24. Nikolas alleged to Business Insider that Hill and Long were plying her with alcohol the entire night and stated that what Hill did to her "was
4446-555: A two-room apartment in the West Village of Manhattan. He was then offered the lead in Midnight Cowboy (1969), which he accepted partly to prove many critics were wrong about his acting range and the variety of characters he could portray. Peter Biskind wrote, "it was the very contrast between his preppy character in The Graduate , and Ratso Rizzo" that appealed to Hoffman. 'I had become troubled,' recalls Hoffman, 'by
4563-501: Is a black comedy film produced and directed by Barry Levinson , who also directed Hoffman in Rain Man in 1988. The story takes place a few days before a presidential election, where a Washington, D.C. spin doctor (De Niro) distracts the electorate from a sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood film producer (Hoffman) to construct a fake war with Albania. Hoffman, as a caricature of real life producer Robert Evans , according to some, "gives
4680-554: Is a lawyer and economist. Hoffman is Jewish , from an Ashkenazi Jewish family of immigrants from Kyiv , Ukraine (then a part of the Russian Empire), and Iași , Romania. The family's surname was spelled Гойхман ( Goikhman ) in the Russian Empire . His upbringing was nonreligious , and he has said, "I don't have any memory of celebrating holidays growing up that were Jewish", and that he had "realized" he
4797-774: Is described by Streep as a Dr. Strangelove type of satirical film and a "metaphor for global warming ". The film was filmed in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 pandemic and was released on Netflix in December 2021. In November 2021, Hill was cast as Jerry Garcia in the biopic feature of the Grateful Dead directed by Martin Scorsese . He will also produce the project under his Strong Baby banner along with Matt Dines. Hill directed (and appears in) Stutz ,
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4914-435: Is described by critic Roger Ebert as "one of the great scare stories of our time, the notion that deep in the uncharted rain forests, deadly diseases are lurking, and if they ever escape their jungle homes and enter the human bloodstream, there will be a new plague the likes of which we have never seen." Critic David Denby credits Hoffman with giving the movie much of its thriller-like quality: Tanks and men pour in to herd
5031-658: Is list of awards and nominations received by American actor Jonah Hill . Hill is known for his comedic roles in films such as Accepted (2006), Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014), as well as his performances in Bennett Miller 's sports drama Moneyball (2011) and Martin Scorsese 's crime satire The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), for each of which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor . On Monday December 12, 2016, during an NBC presentation, Hill received
5148-552: Is often cited as the film that launched Hill's and Cera's careers. He followed it with an uncredited role as Dewey Cox's brother Nate in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story in December 2007. He hosted Saturday Night Live on March 15, 2008, featuring musical guest Mariah Carey . Hill wanted to be a writer since he was young and dreamed of joining the writing teams of The Simpsons , Saturday Night Live , and The Larry Sanders Show . At one point, Hill
5265-728: Is so repellent — all swagger, sweat and unapologetic sexism — in War Dogs , that for a while, you don't immediately realise what a blitzkrieg of a performance he delivers." That month, Hill also co-starred as a sausage named Carl in the adult animated comedy film Sausage Party , with Seth Rogen , Kristen Wiig , Bill Hader , Michael Cera , James Franco , Paul Rudd , Edward Norton and Salma Hayek . Hill starred with Joaquin Phoenix , Rooney Mara , and Jack Black in Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot directed by Gus Van Sant . He directed
5382-658: The AFI Life Achievement Award and recalls the emotional impact that receiving the award had on him, "There was this reel of pictures, me playing all these different roles. I had my first—and only, thank God—panic attack. What followed was depression. ... It had to do with a central core in me, which was that I never felt I deserved success". Hoffman next appeared in Moonlight Mile (2002), followed by Confidence (2003) opposite Edward Burns , Andy García and Rachel Weisz . Hoffman finally had
5499-920: The Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012. Actor Robert De Niro has described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human". Hoffman studied at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music before he decided to go into acting, for which he trained at the Pasadena Playhouse . He received two Academy Awards for Best Actor , for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Rain Man (1988). His other Oscar-nominated roles are for The Graduate (1967), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Lenny (1974), Tootsie (1982), and Wag
5616-732: The Netflix dark comedy miniseries Maniac alongside Emma Stone . In the October 2018 issue of Vanity Fair , he was named to the magazine's best dressed list. In 2019, Hill played Lewis, a heavily Southern-accented book agent, in the comedy The Beach Bum . Hill directed the music videos for the Sara Bareilles song " Gonna Get Over You " from her 2010 album Kaleidoscope Heart , the Danny Brown song "Ain't it Funny" from his 2016 album Atrocity Exhibition , Travis Scott 's song " Wake Up " from his 2018 album Astroworld , and
5733-540: The Tour de France . Hoffman was passionate about the project, considering several directors, firstly Michael Cimino whom he later fired due to the director's uncompromising way of working. The film's producers, however, failed to find a suitable replacement, so the film was not made. In 1984, Hoffman starred as Willy Loman in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller 's play Death of a Salesman . He reprised his role in
5850-688: The University of Colorado Boulder , but did not earn a degree. Hill is Jewish and had a bar mitzvah ceremony. In college, Hill began writing his own plays and performing them in the Black and White bar in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. His plays developed a small following and helped him realize that his true desire was to act in films. He was befriended by Dustin Hoffman 's children, Rebecca and Jake , who introduced him to their father. The elder Hoffman asked him to audition for
5967-638: The Vampire Weekend song " Sunflower " from their 2019 album Father of the Bride . On September 23, 2019, it was reported that Hill was in final negotiations to play the villain in Matt Reeves 's The Batman . However, an agreement was not reached and Hill eventually departed the project. In 2020, Hill appeared alongside director Martin Scorsese in a commercial for Coca-Cola Energy, titled Show Up which aired during Super Bowl LIV . Hill
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#17328014982176084-508: The treatment for the 2012 film 21 Jump Street with screenwriter Michael Bacall . Later that year, Hill starred in the film The Watch with Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn . Hill was a co-producer on the movie Brüno and did some writing for Sacha Baron Cohen , who "taught him how to become a better writer". In 2011, it was announced that Hill was in talks to appear in Quentin Tarantino 's film Django Unchained . Citing
6201-528: The 1960s, whilst all three of them focused on finding acting jobs. Hackman remembers, "The idea that any of us would do well in films simply didn't occur to us. We just wanted to work". Hoffman's appearance—Duvall described him as Barbra Streisand in drag—and small size made him uncastable, Vanity Fair later wrote. During this period, Hoffman got occasional television bit parts, including commercials but, needing income, he briefly left acting in order to teach. Hoffman then studied at Actors Studio and became
6318-558: The 1966 off-Broadway play Eh? , for which he received a Drama Desk Award . He made his film debut in The Tiger Makes Out in 1967, alongside Eli Wallach . In 1967, immediately after wrapping up principal filming on The Tiger Makes Out , Hoffman flew from New York City to Fargo, North Dakota , where he directed productions of William Gibson 's Two for the Seesaw and William Saroyan 's The Time of Your Life for
6435-692: The 2011 ESPN ESPY Awards having lost a significant amount of weight; he later said he had done so to seek more serious roles. He explained that he consulted with a trainer and a nutritionist, and had changed his diet to mainly sushi . In 2016, Architectural Digest reported that Hill bought a four-bedroom loft in the Noho neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Hill is known to train in Brazilian jiu jitsu and described it as "humbling". In October 2019, he and Gianna Santos were engaged; they ended
6552-620: The Apatow-directed Knocked Up (2007). On television he played the "RA Guy" on the first season of the Oxygen Network sitcom Campus Ladies , and guest-starred in an episode of Clark and Michael . His first leading role was in the Apatow-produced comedy Superbad , where he appeared with Michael Cera , in roles based on the teen years of the film's writers, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg . It
6669-559: The Dog (1997). Other notable roles include in Little Big Man (1970), Papillon (1973), Marathon Man (1976), All the President's Men (1976), Ishtar (1987), Dick Tracy (1990), and Hook (1991). In the 21st century, Hoffman has appeared in films such as Francis Ford Coppola 's Megalopolis , Finding Neverland (2004), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Stranger than Fiction (2006), as well as Meet
6786-588: The End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014). For his performances in Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . He is also known for his roles in Cyrus (2010), War Dogs (2016), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021). Hill has provided voices for the animated films Horton Hears
6903-596: The Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre. The $ 1,000 he received for the eight-week contract was all he had to hold him over until the funds from the movie materialized. Director Mike Nichols auditioned Hoffman in 1966 for a lead role in the Broadway musical The Apple Tree but rejected him because he could not sing well enough, and gave Alan Alda the part. However, Nichols was so impressed with Hoffman's overall audition that he cast him as
7020-490: The Fockers (2004) and the sequel Little Fockers (2010) and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017). Hoffman has done voice work for The Tale of Despereaux (2008) and the Kung Fu Panda film series (2008–2024). In 2012, he made his directorial debut with Quartet . Hoffman made his Broadway debut in the 1961 play A Cook for Mr. General . He subsequently starred as Willy Loman in the 1984 revival of Death of
7137-465: The Greek with Russell Brand , Hill started seeking more work in independent film. He turned down a role as one of the three principals in The Hangover to work with directors Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass in Cyrus (2010). In July 2011, he appeared at ESPN 's ESPY Awards sporting a much slimmer physique, stating he had lost 40 pounds (18 kg). In November 2011, along with Sam Worthington and Dwight Howard , he starred in commercials for
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#17328014982177254-399: The President's Men (1976) was made less than two years after the Watergate scandal , and starred Hoffman and Robert Redford as the real-life journalists, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward , respectively. Based on actual events, Hoffman and Redford play Washington Post reporters who uncover a break-in at the Watergate Hotel and end up investigating a political scandal that reaches all
7371-428: The cause of establishment oppression, while in All the President's Men , he plays a reporter exposing presidential malfeasance." Vincent Canby of The New York Times described the film as "a spellbinding detective story". "The strength of the movie", he added, was "the virtually day-to-day record of the way Bernstein and Woodward conducted their investigations." The characters portrayed by Hoffman and Redford shared
7488-420: The character, to fire point-blank at the Laurence Olivier character, Dr. Szell, and kill him in that last scene. And I said that I couldn't do it. Goldman was quite upset about it, because first of all, how dare I? He wrote the book. "Your job isn't to rewrite — your job is to play it as written." ... it got nasty. I said, "Go hire someone else." I remember Goldman saying: "Why can't you do this? Are you such
7605-501: The character. Those little noises he makes are straight from Mike", he says. After completing The Graduate Hoffman turned down most of the film roles offered to him, preferring to go back to New York and continue performing in live theater. He returned to Broadway to appear in the title role of the musical Jimmy Shine . Hoffman won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance."I was a theater person. That's how my friends were, too, Gene Hackman and Bobby Duvall. I wasn't going to be
7722-461: The context of The Graduate , but you'll do quite well." Midnight Cowboy premiered in theaters across the United States in May 1969. For his acting, Hoffman received his second Oscar nomination and the film won Best Picture . In 1994 the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry . Biskind considers Hoffman's acting
7839-455: The couple's young son. Hoffman won his first Academy Award , and the film also received the Best Picture honor, plus the awards for Best Supporting Actress (Streep), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film required Hoffman to change his attitude, from being a "desensitized advertising art director" into becoming a "responsive and concerned daddy" after his wife (Streep) walks out on him and their six-year-old son, Billy. Hoffman, during
7956-400: The cover of the February 27, 1969, Time magazine as stars of their generation. This was followed by his role in Little Big Man (1970), where Jack Crabb, his character, ages from teenager to a 121-year-old man. The film was widely praised by critics, but was overlooked for an award except for a supporting nomination for Chief Dan George . Hoffman continued to appear in major films over
8073-513: The drugs he injected, made him tick like a time bomb", she says. However, notes author Paul Gardner , "directing Lenny , his most ambitious project, exhausted Fosse emotionally and physically. It turned his life inside out", with shooting days often lasting 10 to 12 hours: "The Lenny Bruce project, based on Julian Barry's play, had gone through two studios and three scripts, and was a problem child, like Lenny himself. But Fosse wanted to do it, and he wanted Dustin Hoffman". Hoffman initially turned
8190-595: The engagement in October 2020. Hill says: " TM [transcendental meditation] along with surfing, I'd say that those two things have changed my happiness level and my ability to cope with stress, anxiety and depression… [they've] really helped." In October 2021, Hill asked fans to stop making comments about his physical appearance, stating: "I know you mean well but I kindly ask that you not comment on my body, good or bad I want to politely let you know it's not helpful and doesn't feel good. Much respect." Hill legally dropped "Feldstein" from his name in 2023. People reported in
8307-463: The estrangement between Vito (Hoffman), a middle-aged man trying to succeed in a legitimate business, and his "hopelessly corrupt but charming father", Jesse (Connery). Critics were mostly not impressed with the story, although the individual performances were praised, especially Connery's. Because of their different acting styles and nationalities, some industry writers thought Connery and Hoffman might not work well together as close family members. "To
8424-640: The family vacationed in the Catskill Mountains . Hill and his siblings were raised in the wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills , where he continues to reside, and attended the Center for Early Education, Brentwood School , and then Crossroads School in Santa Monica . He worked at Hot Rod Skateboard Shop on Westwood Boulevard in Los Angeles. After graduating from high school in 2002, he attended The New School , Bard College and
8541-436: The film Mid90s (2018), for which he also wrote the screenplay. He directed and produced the documentary Stutz (2022). Hill ranked 28th on Forbes 's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $ 16 million. In 2020, he was found to have sworn on film more than any other actor. Hill was born on December 20, 1983, in Los Angeles, California. His parents are Sharon Lyn ( née Chalkin ),
8658-561: The film's final cut and tried to defend it. Hoffman and Beatty were unaffected by the flop, and Ishtar became a cult film . Quentin Tarantino , for one, has called it one of his favorite movies, partly due to the humorous lyrics of the songs written by Paul Williams . Hoffman describes why he loves the film: Next came director Barry Levinson's Rain Man (1988), where Hoffman starred as an autistic savant , opposite Tom Cruise . Levinson, Hoffman and Cruise worked for two years on
8775-566: The film, and Hoffman's performance gained him his second Academy Award. Behind Hoffman's motivation for doing the film, he has said, "Deep inside, Rain Man is about how autistic we all are." In preparation for the part, Hoffman spent two years befriending autistic people, which included taking them bowling and to fast food restaurants. "It fed my obsession", he has stated. Hoffman worked at the New York Psychiatric Institute , affiliated with Columbia University , when he
8892-535: The final episode of HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm ' s fifth season. Hoffman appeared in Stranger than Fiction (2006), played the perfumer Giuseppe Baldini in Tom Tykwer 's film Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (also 2006). In 2007, he was featured in an advertising campaign for Australian telecommunications company Telstra 's Next G network, appeared in the 50 Cent video "Follow My Lead" as
9009-549: The franchise's television series . He next voiced Roscuro in The Tale of Despereaux . As the title character in Last Chance Harvey , Hoffman acted with co-star Emma Thompson in the story of two lonely people who tentatively forge a relationship over the course of three days. Director Joel Hopkins notes that Hoffman was a perfectionist and self-critical: "He often wanted to try things stripped down, because less
9126-532: The hero, Babe Levy, a part-time long-distance runner and graduate student, who suddenly finds himself being pursued by a fugitive Nazi. To put himself in the mindset of someone under severe emotional distress, Hoffman did not sleep for days at a time and let his body become disheveled and unhealthy. Olivier was alarmed when Hoffman turned up on set for the dental torture scene. Hoffman explained what he had done, and Olivier replied: "Dear boy! Next time try acting. It's much easier." Goldman describes his inspiration for
9243-568: The juice of his creativity so carefully strained, that the claim to genius is justified. And for that Dustin Hoffman deserves full credit, vanishing into the Bruce persona to simply stunning effectiveness,… Hoffman captures the restlessness, the velocity of a man's mouth straining to keep pace with a jet-propelled intelligence… Lenny was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Adapted Screenplay , and Best Cinematography . All
9360-433: The kind of wonderfully funny performance that is liable to win prizes, especially since its mixture of affection and murderous parody is so precise. Stanley (Hoffman) conducts business meetings in tennis clothes or in robe and slippers", notes critic Janet Maslin . He next appeared in another Barry Levinson film, the science fiction psychological thriller, Sphere (1998), opposite Sharon Stone . In 1999, Hoffman received
9477-411: The knack of making everything he does seem perilous, and so audiences feel protective of him and root for him." Hoffman's acting was made more difficult than necessary, however, as he was not given the rehearsal time Pollack promised, "I like to be very prepared, and I feel that the success or failure of a film is many times determined before you start principal photography. I wanted rehearsal very much. I
9594-541: The latter. In an interview with Howard Stern on January 21, 2014, Hill said he had accepted SAG's minimum wage of US$ 60,000 for Wolf of Wall Street. He voiced the Green Lantern in the adventure comedy The Lego Movie in February 2014, which blends computer animation and live action . He reprised his role as Morton Schmidt in 22 Jump Street (2014), the sequel to 21 Jump Street . His next performance
9711-543: The making of the movie, was also going through his own divorce after a ten-year first marriage. Hoffman has said, "Giving myself permission not only to be present but to be a father was a kind of epiphany for me at that time, that I could get to through my work. ... I got closer to being a father by playing a father. That's very painful to say." The role also reminded him of his own love of children in general saying, "Children are more interesting than anything. I walk my younger child to school every day and I don't like leaving
9828-604: The male lead in the movie The Graduate (1967). This role was that of Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate who has an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's law partner. It was Hoffman's first major role; he received an Academy Award nomination for it, but lost to Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night . Although Life magazine joked that "if Dustin Hoffman's face were his fortune, he'd be committed to
9945-591: The mid-1990s, Hoffman starred in—and was deeply involved in the production of— David Mamet 's American Buffalo (also 1996), and an early effort of film editor Kate Sanford. In 1997, Hoffman starred opposite John Travolta in the Costa Gavras film Mad City . Hoffman gained his seventh Academy Award nomination for his performance in Wag The Dog (1997), in a role that allowed Hoffman the chance to work with both Robert De Niro and Denis Leary . The movie
10062-628: The music video for Danny Brown 's song "Ain't It Funny" in 2017, featuring Van Sant. Hill made his directorial debut from a screenplay he wrote with the film Mid90s (2018) starring Sunny Suljic , Lucas Hedges , and Katherine Waterston . which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2018, and was positively received. It was theatrically released in the United States on October 19, 2018. Also in 2018, Hill starred as Owen Milgrim in
10179-459: The next few years. Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971), Straw Dogs (also 1971), and Papillon (1973). He returned to Broadway in 1974, directing All Over Town . Hoffman next starred in Lenny (1974), for which he was again nominated for Best Actor. Lenny was based on the life of stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce , who died at the age of 40, and
10296-459: The novel: "What if someone close to you was something totally different from what you thought? In the story, Hoffman thinks his brother (Roy Scheider) is a businessman where the reality is that the man is a spy, who has been involved with the Nazi, Szell." However, Hoffman remembers a serious disagreement he had with Goldman, who also wrote the screenplay, about how the story ends: I was called on, as
10413-512: The overall plot cleverly mirrored one of Christie's detective novels. Agatha was generally very well received by critics, especially in the UK, and maintains an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Hoffman next starred in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) co-starring Meryl Streep and directed by Robert Benton . The film tells the story of a married couple's divorce and its impact on everyone involved, including
10530-500: The part down, saying: "I didn't think the script was strong enough and I wasn't sure I was the one to play the role." While considering the part, he read Lenny Bruce's autobiography and looked at films with Bruce performing stand-up to live audiences. In the same interview with Playboy he recounted: "I began to feel an affinity with him, a realization that there was a lot of Lenny Bruce in me. My wife felt it too ... I realized that I'd have to make use of my own spontaneity because he
10647-624: The play Eh? , by Henry Livings , which had its U.S. premiere at the Circle in the Square Theatre on October 16, 1966. Sidney W. Pink , a producer and 3D-movie pioneer, discovered Hoffman in one of his off-Broadway roles and cast him in Madigan's Millions . Through the early and mid-1960s, Hoffman made appearances in television shows and movies, including Naked City , The Defenders and Hallmark Hall of Fame . Hoffman starred in
10764-595: The play" throughout his career: "For years he has wanted to be Willy Loman; when he discovered that Arthur Miller was his neighbor in Connecticut, they began to talk about it in earnest." For Hoffman, the story also left a deep emotional impact from the time he first read it, "I read that play, and I was just destroyed by it. It was like finding out something terrible about my family. I just shook. I felt like my family's privacy had been invaded. I couldn't even talk about it for weeks". Hoffman rehearsed for three weeks with
10881-419: The play's original star, Lee J. Cobb , and remembers seeing his stage performance: "I'll never forget that period in my life. It was so vivid, so intense, watching Lee J. Cobb and his sixteen-inch guns as Willy. God, how I think about what I saw on that stage!" Brenner adds that Hoffman "has been training like a boxer for the role that so exhausted Cobb he had to be replaced after four months." The original play
10998-582: The rank of No. 27 Hero on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains list, while Entertainment Weekly ranked All the President's Men as one of the 25 "Powerful Political Thrillers". Hoffman next starred in Marathon Man (1976), a film based on William Goldman 's novel of the same name , opposite Laurence Olivier and Roy Scheider . Its director, John Schlesinger also directed Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy in 1969. Described as "Schlesinger's thriller", by author Gene D. Phillips , Hoffman plays
11115-459: The reviews that I read of The Graduate , that I was not a character actor , which I like to think of myself as. It hurt me. Some of the stuff in the press was brutal.'" Critics assumed that director Mike Nichols got lucky by finding a typical actor with average acting ability to play the part of Benjamin Braddock. John Schlesinger , who would direct Midnight Cowboy and was seeking lead actors, held that same impression. Hoffman's performance as
11232-431: The same year that he welcomed his first child with girlfriend Olivia Millar. In 2023, Hill was accused of being emotionally abusive and a " misogynist narcissist " by ex-girlfriend Sarah Brady. Brady, a surfing instructor and law student, publicly shared several text exchanges between the pair in which Hill said he could not continue the relationship if she continued surfing with other men, posting pictures of herself in
11349-502: The school. I would like to sit down on those little chairs, at those little tables, and play. And a child's love is like a drug. To have a child throw his arms about you—it's instant stoned. People talk about the rush heroin gives you: I would say children give you that rush". Benton's directing has been praised by Hoffman, who credits him for inspiring the emotional level supporting many scenes: "Perfect directors make you emotional. On Kramer vs. Kramer , Robert Benton made me emotional. He
11466-415: The significance of the film to Hoffman's career: "In The Graduate , he created a lasting resonance as Ben Braddock that made him an overnight sensation and set him on the road to becoming one of our biggest stars and most respected actors. " Hoffman, however, mostly credits director Mike Nichols for taking a great risk in giving him, a relative unknown, the starring role: "I don't know of another instance of
11583-619: The surprise of many", note Connery biographers Lee Pfeiffer and Lisa Philip, "the two superstars developed an immediate rapport and chemistry that translates onto the screen." And Lumet remembered: "Sean is extremely disciplined and Dustin is very improvisational, all over the place with his lines. I didn't know where it would end up, but Sean met Dustin improvisation for improvisation, and a great deal of richness and humor came out of it." In 1991, Hoffman voiced substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom in The Simpsons episode " Lisa's Substitute ". He
11700-491: The terrified population here and there, and Dustin Hoffman, as the supersleuth Army doctor, gives such a lip-biting, anguished performance he absolves the movie of slickness. Hoffman isn't good, exactly; he's tense, edgy, and righteous, like a B-movie actor from the fifties. Following that, he appeared in the 1996 revenge drama/legal thriller Sleepers (1996) with Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt , Jason Patric , and Kevin Bacon . In
11817-578: The video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 , making his first appearance with his new look. Also in 2011, he created the Fox animated series Allen Gregory with Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul . It received very negative reviews and was canceled by Fox on January 8, 2012. In 2011, Hill starred in Bennett Miller's feature film Moneyball with Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman . It garnered favorable reviews. Critics noted Hill's performance as
11934-453: The way to the presidency. The film, as earlier ones, had Hoffman take on a dramatically different character than his previous one (as Lenny Bruce), although both men, Bruce and Bernstein, set their faces against abuses of institutional power, and the tendency for society to ignore such abuses. Author James Morrison compares the two roles: "As Lenny Bruce in Lenny (1974), Hoffman plays a martyr to
12051-415: Was 21. "It was a great experience for me", he said. "All my life I had wanted to get inside a prison or a mental hospital. ... I wanted to get inside where behavior, human behavior, was so exposed. All the things the rest of us were feeling and stopping up were coming out of these people." He used that experience to help him develop the character of Raymond Babbitt, a high-functioning autistic savant, yet
12168-491: Was Elaine May's Ishtar (1987), co-starring Warren Beatty , who also produced it. Hoffman and Beatty play two down-and-out singer-songwriters who travel to Morocco for a nightclub gig and get caught up in foreign intrigue. Much of the movie was filmed in Africa . The film faced severe production problems, mostly related to its $ 55 million cost, and received overwhelmingly negative reviews. However, Hoffman and Beatty liked
12285-579: Was Jewish at around the age of 10. Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955 and enrolled at Santa Monica College with the intention of studying medicine. But he decided to become an actor, and left in the following year to join the Pasadena Playhouse, although when he told his family about his career goal, his Aunt Pearl warned him, "You can't be an actor. You are not good-looking enough." He also studied with Lee Strasberg and has stated that he did not study with either Sanford Meisner or Stella Adler . Hoffman initially hoped to become
12402-720: Was an associate producer of the 2009 Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary Brüno . He guest starred in The Simpsons episode " Pranks and Greens ", portraying an immature man named Andy Hamilton who was hailed the best prankster in Springfield Elementary School history. He had an uncredited role in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as a security guard. After co-starring in Get Him to
12519-466: Was as Michael Finkel in the mystery thriller True Story (2015), with James Franco. In 2016, he played a surety agent for a production company in the Coen brothers ' period comedy Hail, Caesar! and starred alongside Miles Teller in the biographical crime war comedy-drama War Dogs (2016) playing arms dealer Efraim Diveroli . In The Guardian , Wendy Ide wrote of his performance: "Jonah Hill
12636-624: Was assistant director for Grosbard's 1965 off-Broadway production of A View from the Bridge starring Robert Duvall and Jon Voight, and in late 1965 stage-managed and appeared in Grosbard's The Subject Was Roses on Broadway. Hoffman's "sharply outlined and vividly colored" performance in off-Broadway's The Journey of the Fifth Horse in April 1966 was followed by another critical success in
12753-474: Was cast in Adam McKay 's political comedy satire Don't Look Up alongside Meryl Streep , Leonardo DiCaprio , Cate Blanchett , Jennifer Lawrence , Timothée Chalamet and Mark Rylance . Streep said on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that she would be playing the President of the United States, with Hill playing the role of her son and Chief of Staff. The film is set around a global catastrophe and
12870-572: Was credited under the pseudonym Sam Etic, a play on "Semitic". Throughout the 1990s, Hoffman appeared in many large, studio films, such as Dick Tracy (1990) (where his Ishtar co-star Beatty plays the titular character), Hero (1992) and Billy Bathgate (1991) co-starring with Nicole Kidman (who was nominated for a Golden Globe ). Hoffman also played the title role of Captain Hook in Steven Spielberg 's Hook (also 1991), earning
12987-407: Was directed by Elia Kazan , who Hoffman considers "the perfect director, the best there ever was. ... God, I would have done anything to have worked with Kazan." The thing I love about Ishtar – and I love it with all of its flaws – is that it has a statement to make. And that is: It is far, far better to spend a life being second rate in something that you're passionate about, than to spend
13104-425: Was known for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. Expectations were high that Hoffman would win an Oscar for his portrayal, especially after his similar role in Midnight Cowboy . Film critic Katharine Lowry speculates that director Bob Fosse "never gave him a chance" to go far enough into developing the character. "We never understand what, besides
13221-504: Was promised two weeks and was grieved that I didn't get it. We also followed the risky course of starting to shoot with a screenplay that wasn't completed". Fellow actor Gary Oldman reported that, during a telephone conversation with Hoffman, the latter recalled having made comments toward a "very powerful" industry figure who ensured that he was unable to find work in Hollywood for some time following Tootsie . In 1983, Hoffman became
13338-410: Was pulling so hard for me. When I didn't think I could do a scene again I'd say, "I can't give it to you, I haven't got it." Then he'd just get this look on his face and roll the camera and I'd say, "Okay, this is yours." That's what he made you want to do for him—to give him one." In Tootsie (1982), Hoffman portrays Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who finds himself dressing up as a woman to land
13455-406: Was so spontaneous. And I admired his guts ... That intimacy is what an actor tries to get ... It occurred to me that if I had known him, I would have wanted us to be friends ... and he was a provocateur, and I love to provoke." Movie critic Judith Crist gave Hoffman credit for the ultimate success of the film: What is important is that Bruce's routines are so artfully reconstructed,
13572-497: Was with Vanessa Redgrave as Agatha Christie , focussing on the missing eleven days of the author's life. The part of Archie Christie was played by Timothy Dalton , then partner of Vanessa Redgrave , and later to star in James Bond movies. Dalton's depiction of cold indifference to his wife produced a perfect foil to Hoffman's portrayal of warm compassion, humor and sensitivity. The film had both romantic and comic moments whilst
13689-641: Was writing a screenplay with close friend and I Heart Huckabees co-star Jason Schwartzman . He wrote Pure Imagination , a comedy for Sony about a man who develops an imaginary friend after a traumatic experience. Filming was expected to begin in 2008 but it has been stuck in development hell since then. He next starred in Judd Apatow's third directorial feature, Funny People (2009) which also starred Adam Sandler , Eric Bana and Seth Rogen. He played Cooker in Fred Wolf's Strange Wilderness . He
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