# Dustin Hoffman filmography
The Dustin Hoffman filmography is the record of screen roles and directing credits of the American actor [Dustin Hoffman](https://www.edgepedia.org/dustin-hoffman) (born 1937), spanning from his 1967 film debut in *The Tiger Makes Out* to announced projects for 2026. It is anchored by two Academy Awards for Best Actor, for *Kramer vs. Kramer* (1979) and *Rain Man* (1988), and by a run of 1970s films that made him a defining figure of the Hollywood Renaissance.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000163/fullcredits) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Film debut | *The Tiger Makes Out* (1967), in a small role with 19th billing, directed by Arthur Hiller[3](https://www.afi.com/laa/dustin-hoffman/) |
| Breakthrough | *The Graduate* (1967) as Ben Braddock, directed by Mike Nichols[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman) |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor for *Kramer vs. Kramer* (1979) and *Rain Man* (1988); nominated for *Tootsie* (1982)[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman) |
| Catalog size | 88 titles listed in the AFI Catalog filmography across cast, producer, history, and music credits[4](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/41816) |
| Directing | *Quartet* (2012), his only feature directing credit[5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-577/filmographie/) |
| Voice work | Shifu in the *Kung Fu Panda* series (2008, 2011, 2016, 2024)[6](https://www.fandango.com/people/dustin-hoffman-298139/film-credits) |
| Emmy | Won for the 1985 television adaptation of *Death of a Salesman*, after starring in the Broadway revival[7](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Dustin-Hoffman/) |
| Recent work | *Megalopolis* (2024) as Nush "The Fixer" Berman; *Tuner* (2026) as Harry Horowitz[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman) |
## The 1960s and the breakthrough
Hoffman was working as a jobbing stage actor in New York when he entered the running for the lead in [Mike Nichols](https://www.edgepedia.org/mike-nichols)'s *The Graduate* (1967), a role originally written for a fair-haired WASP leading man. His performance as the passive, melancholy Benjamin Braddock made him a star and is counted among the films that launched [New Hollywood](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-hollywood).[8](https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/dustin-hoffman-10-essential-films) In the same year he made his film debut in *The Tiger Makes Out*, in a small role (19th billing) alongside [Eli Wallach](https://www.edgepedia.org/eli-wallach) and Anne Jackson.[3](https://www.afi.com/laa/dustin-hoffman/)
**Ratso Rizzo.** In John Schlesinger's *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Hoffman played Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, a small-time New York con man who falls in with Texan Joe Buck ([Jon Voight](https://www.edgepedia.org/jon-voight)). The film won three Oscars, including Best Picture, and is famously the only X-rated film to have done so.[9](https://www.ifi.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IFI_June-2017_Programme_FLIPBOOK.pdf) He followed it with *John and Mary* (1969) and the revisionist Western *Little Big Man* (1970), in which he played Jack Crabb.[4](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/41816)
## The 1970s run
The early 1970s established the range for which Hoffman became known. The AFI Catalog credits him as [David Sumner](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-sumner) in [Sam Peckinpah](https://www.edgepedia.org/sam-peckinpah)'s *Straw Dogs* (1972), Louis Dega in *Papillon* (1973), and the comedian [Lenny Bruce](https://www.edgepedia.org/lenny-bruce) in Bob Fosse's *Lenny* (1974), which screened In Competition at Cannes in 1975.[4](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/41816) • [10](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/dustin-hoffman/)
**1976 as a peak.** Two releases that year proved he could deliver at the box office as well: [Alan J. Pakula](https://www.edgepedia.org/alan-j-pakula)'s *All the President's Men*, in which he played Washington Post journalist [Carl Bernstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/carl-bernstein) opposite [Robert Redford](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-redford)'s Bob Woodward, and *Marathon Man*, based on William Goldman's novel, in which he played history student and runner Thomas "Babe" Levy opposite Laurence Olivier's ex-Nazi dentist.[4](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/41816) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman) • [11](https://www.whathifi.com/streaming-entertainment/love-classic-films-weve-picked-these-10-iconic-flicks-from-1976-for-your-next-movie-night) He followed these with the low-key crime drama *Straight Time* (1978), playing an ex-con drawn back into crime, and *Kramer vs. Kramer* (1979) as Ted Kramer, a role that brought his first Best Actor Oscar in Robert Benton's portrait of a divorce and custody battle.[4](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/41816) • [8](https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/dustin-hoffman-10-essential-films)
## The 1980s and 1990s
In *Tootsie* (1982) Hoffman played out-of-work actor Michael Dorsey, who finds work only by presenting as a woman, Dorothy Michaels; the role earned another Best Actor nomination.[4](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/41816) • [12](https://elpais.com/icon/2026-09-05/dustin-hoffman-el-exito-es-mas-facil-que-la-felicidad.html) [Sydney Pollack](https://www.edgepedia.org/sydney-pollack), who directed the film, described Hoffman and his rigorous process as "impossible", adding that "Dustin asked a hundred questions" (translated from Spanish).[12](https://elpais.com/icon/2026-09-05/dustin-hoffman-el-exito-es-mas-facil-que-la-felicidad.html) His second Best Actor Oscar came as Raymond Babbitt, an autistic savant, opposite [Tom Cruise](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-cruise) in [Barry Levinson](https://www.edgepedia.org/barry-levinson)'s *Rain Man* (1988).[4](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/41816) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman)
The decade also included *Ishtar* (1987) as Chuck Clarke, *Family Business* (1989), and *Dick Tracy* (1990) as Mumbles, followed by *Billy Bathgate* (1991) as [Dutch Schultz](https://www.edgepedia.org/dutch-schultz) and *Hook* (1991) as Captain Hook.[4](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/41816) In the later 1990s he mixed supporting work, such as Danny Snyder in *Sleepers* (1996), with top billing beside Robert De Niro as Hollywood producer Stanley Motss in Barry Levinson's *Wag the Dog* (1997).[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman) • [6](https://www.fandango.com/people/dustin-hoffman-298139/film-credits) *Wag the Dog* brought him a Best Actor nomination in 1998.[13](https://onesheet.org/person/dustin-hoffman/)
## The 2000s and later work
Hoffman's film career spans more than four decades, and the new millennium brought a resurgence in playful comic roles: Bernard Jaffe in *I Heart Huckabees* (2004), Bernie Focker in *Meet the Fockers* (2004), and the voice of Master Shifu in the hit animated *Kung Fu Panda* (2008), a part he reprised in *Kung Fu Panda 2* (2011), *Kung Fu Panda 3* (2016), and *Kung Fu Panda 4* (2024).[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman) • [6](https://www.fandango.com/people/dustin-hoffman-298139/film-credits) He also appeared in *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006), Jon Favreau's *Chef* (2014) as Riva, and Noah Baumbach's critically acclaimed *The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)* (2017) as Harold Meyerowitz, which screened In Competition at Cannes.[5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-577/filmographie/) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman) • [10](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/dustin-hoffman/)
In 2012 he made his feature directing debut with *Quartet*, and also served as its executive producer.[5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-577/filmographie/) • [6](https://www.fandango.com/people/dustin-hoffman-298139/film-credits) His recent credits include Francis Ford Coppola's *Megalopolis* (2024), and the upcoming *Tuner* (2026) as piano-tuner mentor Harry Horowitz, a role critics singled out as his best work in years, and *Diamond* (2026) as Dr. Harry Kleiman.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman) • [14](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/tuner-oscar-winner-dustin-hoffmans-crime-thriller-is-the-summers-best-surprise/) • [10](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/dustin-hoffman/)
## By the numbers
On Rotten Tomatoes, Hoffman's highest-rated credit is the documentary *Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt* (1989) at 100%, and his lowest is *Little Fockers* (2010) at 9%.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman) IMDb credits him with 94 acting appearances, 7 producer credits, and 1 directing credit, alongside 303 self appearances and 149 archive-footage entries.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000163/fullcredits) Across his film career he has won 2 Academy Awards out of 65 wins and nominations in total.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000163/fullcredits)
## References
1. [Dustin Hoffman full credits, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000163/fullcredits)
2. [Dustin Hoffman, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dustin_hoffman)
3. [Dustin Hoffman, American Film Institute Life Achievement profile](https://www.afi.com/laa/dustin-hoffman/)
4. [Dustin Hoffman, AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/41816)
5. [Dustin Hoffman : Filmographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-577/filmographie/)
6. [Dustin Hoffman Filmography and Movies, Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/people/dustin-hoffman-298139/film-credits)
7. [Dustin Hoffman, BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Dustin-Hoffman/)
8. [Dustin Hoffman: 10 essential films, BFI](https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/dustin-hoffman-10-essential-films)
9. [Dustin Hoffman Retrospective, Irish Film Institute](https://www.ifi.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IFI_June-2017_Programme_FLIPBOOK.pdf)
10. [Dustin HOFFMAN, Festival de Cannes](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/dustin-hoffman/)
11. [10 iconic flicks from 1976, What Hi-Fi?](https://www.whathifi.com/streaming-entertainment/love-classic-films-weve-picked-these-10-iconic-flicks-from-1976-for-your-next-movie-night)
12. [Dustin Hoffman: "El éxito es más fácil que la felicidad", El País](https://elpais.com/icon/2026-09-05/dustin-hoffman-el-exito-es-mas-facil-que-la-felicidad.html)
13. [Dustin Hoffman, OneSheet.org](https://onesheet.org/person/dustin-hoffman/)
14. [Iconic Oscar Winner's Crime Thriller Is the Summer's Best Surprise, The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/tuner-oscar-winner-dustin-hoffmans-crime-thriller-is-the-summers-best-surprise/)
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