Dustin Hoffman
 Dustin Hoffman    (actor) | |
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| Born | August 8, 1937 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | US |
| Spouse | • Anne Byrne • Lisa Gottsegen |
| Member of | Jeffrey Epstein/Black book |
| Party | Democratic Party (United States) |
Prominent American actor and filmmaker. | |
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor and filmmaker.
Career
At a young age Hoffman knew he wanted to study in the arts, and entered into the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music; later he decided to go into acting, for which he trained at the Pasadena Playhouse in Los Angeles. He soon starred in the 1966 off-Broadway play Eh? for which he received a Drama Desk Award.[1] His breakthrough role was as Benjamin Braddock in Mike Nichols' critically acclaimed and iconic film The Graduate (1967), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. His next role was "Ratso" Rizzo in John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969), in which he acted alongside Jon Voight; they both received Oscar nominations, and the film went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. He gained success in the 1970s crossing genres effortlessly in the western Little Big Man (1970), the prison drama Papillon (1973), and thriller Marathon Man (1976). He also played real life figures: comedian Lenny Bruce in Bob Fosse's Lenny (1975), and journalist Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men (1976). Hoffman starred opposite Meryl Streep in the family drama Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), for which they both received Academy Awards.[2]
After a three-year break from films, Hoffman returned in Sydney Pollack's show business comedy Tootsie (1982) about a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman and reprised the role a year later in a television film earning a Primetime Emmy Award.[3] In 1987 he starred in Elaine May's comedy Ishtar.[4] 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.[3] 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.[1] In the 1990s, he acted in such films as Dick Tracy (1990), Hook (1991), Outbreak (1995), Sleepers (1996), and Wag the Dog (1997).
In the 21st century, Hoffman has appeared in films such as Finding Neverland (2004), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Stranger than Fiction (2006), as well as Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010). Hoffman has done voice work for The Tale of Despereaux (2008) and the Kung Fu Panda film series (2008–2016). In 2012, he made his directorial debut with Quartet starring Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2017, Hoffman starred in Noah Baumbach's critically acclaimed family drama The Meyerowitz Stories.
He is the recipient of numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, three Drama Desk 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.[5][6] Actor Robert De Niro described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human".[3]
Accusation of sexual misconduct
Dustin Hoffman was listed in Jeffrey Epstein's black book.
In 2017, seven women accused Hoffman of sexual misconduct or assault.[7][8][9][10]
Anna Graham Hunter, who was 17 years old at the time, alleged that Hoffman harassed and assaulted her while she was interning on set of Death of a Salesman in 1985.[11]
Cori Thomas was in high school when she says Dustin Hoffman exposed himself to her in a hotel room. Melissa Kester was a recent college graduate when Hoffman allegedly sexually assaulted her while recording audio for the film Ishtar. A third woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said that Hoffman assaulted her in the back of a station wagon and manipulated her into a subsequent sexual encounter that left her traumatized.[12]
References
- ↑ a b http://www.playbill.com/person/dustin-hoffman-vault-0000015166
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-flashback-dustin-hoffman-meryl-streep-first-won-oscars-kramer-kramer-1258743
- ↑ a b c https://web.archive.org/web/20100506040410/http://www.biography.com/articles/Dustin-Hoffman-9341124
- ↑ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/to-wish-upon-ishtar
- ↑ https://variety.com/1999/film/news/a-listers-turn-out-for-afi-s-hoffman-tribute-1117491484
- ↑ https://ew.com/article/2012/12/26/kennedy-center-honors-david-letterman-dustin-hoffman-led-zeppelin/
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/dustin-hoffman-sexually-harassed-me-i-was-17-guest-column-1053466
- ↑ https://variety.com/2017/film/news/dustin-hoffman-sexual-harassment-1202604822/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/dustin-hoffman-2-1202641525/
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-dustin-hoffman-accuser-claims-harassment-physical-violation-broadway-guest-column-1062349
- ↑ https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/5/16737650/john-oliver-dustin-hoffman-sexual-harassment
- ↑ https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/dustin-hoffman-2-1202641525/
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