American actor (born 1937) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor. He has been in many movies.
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Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the younger son of Lillian, a jazz pianist, and Harry Hoffman, who worked as a prop supervisor/set decorator at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furniture salesman.[1][2] His brother, Ronald, is a lawyer and economist. Hoffman's family was Jewish, although he was not brought up religious.[3] After he married his second wife, he started to observe Judaism more.[4] His family was also from Yviv in what is now Ukraine.[5][6][7][8][9] He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955.
Hoffman starred in Hook, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Stranger than Fiction, Meet the Fockers and Rain Man.
In 2013, Hoffman had successful treatment for cancer.
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