How old is Dustin Hoffman?

A successful American actor, director and screenwriter, Dustin Hoffman was born in California in 1937, in a Jewish family of immigrants from Ukraine. His childhood dream was to become a pianoboy so he attended acting courses and the conservatory in the Pasadena House. In 1958 he came to NYC to pursue his acting career but started facing difficulties and could get a chance to join a few local TV projects. Hoffman had to work hard to make his living and he worked in a hospital, in a toy shop, in a printing agency, etc. He could attend Lee Strasberg acting classes and studied so-called method acting. His first serious cinema role was in 1967 in the movie The Graduate. He became a new symbol of new youth, with a variety of roles in such movies as Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Papillon, Lenny, Marathon Man, and Agatha. 1979 brought a great success to Hoffman with the movie Kramer vs. Kramer, which resulted in winning the first Academy Award, followed by the stunning performance in Tootsie and Rain Man, where he starred alongside Tom Cruise. For the role of Ray Babbit in Rain Man Hoffman received his second Academy Award. Hoffman took part in over 80 movies and recently he gives voice to various animated movie characters, including the ones in Kung Fu Panda. Dustin Hoffman is considered to be an ill-tempered and not so easy-going partner to work with. At the same time, he has a large family, with very strong family ties. His wife is a lawyer, and the couple has 6 children. He has his own cinema producing company and still quite often appears on stages of various American theaters.

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