# List of awards and nominations received by Dustin Hoffman

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Dustin Hoffman.
Dustin Hoffman is an American actor known for his leading man performances on the stage and screen. In a career spanning over his six decades he received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Tony Award.
Hoffman won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances as a father going through a divorce in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and as an autistic savant in Rain Man (1988). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as young man having an affair with an older woman in the coming-of-age film The Graduate (1967), a con man in the drama Midnight Cowboy (1969), comedian Lenny Bruce in biographical film Lenny (1974), an out-of-work actor crossdressing as a female in the comedy Tootsie (1982), and a film producer in the satire Wag the Dog (1997).
For his roles on television, he won two Primetime Emmy Awards including for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role as Willy Loman in the CBS adaptation of Death of a Salesman (1985). He won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor for Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2016). He also acted in a leading role in the HBO drama series Luck (2011–2012).
On stage, Hoffman earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Shylock in the Broadway revival of William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice (1990). He won three Drama Desk Awards for his performances as Valentine Brose in Eh? (1967), the title role and struggling artist in Jimmy Shine (1969), and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (1984). He made his Broadway debut in the Steven Gethers play A Cook for Mr. General (1961) and acted in Frank D. Gilroy play The Subject Was Roses (1964).
Over his career he has received several honorary awards and prizes including the Berlin International Film Festival's Honorary Golden Bear in 1989, the Venice International Film Festival's Career Golden Lion in 1996, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1996, the Britannia Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, the Honorary César in 2009, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012. He was given a Film Society at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2005 and a Special Presentation Tribute from the Gotham Awards in 2017.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1968 | Best Actor | The Graduate | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Actor | Midnight Cowboy | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Actor | Lenny | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Actor | Kramer vs Kramer | Won |
| 1983 | Best Actor | Tootsie | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Actor | Rain Man | Won |
| 1998 | Best Actor | Wag the Dog | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1969 | Most Promising Newcomer | The Graduate | Won |
| 1970 | Best Actor | John and Mary & Midnight Cowboy | Won |
| 1972 | Best Actor | Little Big Man | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Actor | Lenny | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Actor | All the President's Men | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Actor | Marathon Man | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best Actor | Kramer vs. Kramer | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Actor | Tootsie | Won |
| 1990 | Best Actor | Rain Man | Nominated |
| Britannia Awards |||||
| 1997 | Excellence in Film Award | Excellence in Film Award | Honored |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1986 | Outstanding Television Movie | Death of a Salesman | Nominated |
| 1986 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Death of a Salesman | Won |
| Daytime Emmy Award |||||
| 2000 | Outstanding Children's Special | The Devil's Arithmetic | Nominated |
| International Emmy Award |||||
| 2016 | Best Actor | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1968 | Most Promising Newcomer | The Graduate | Won |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominated | The Graduate | |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | 1970 | John and Mary | Nominated |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Midnight Cowboy | Nominated | |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | 1975 | Lenny | Nominated |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | 1977 | Marathon Man | Nominated |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | 1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Won |
| 1983 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Tootsie | Won |
| 1986 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Death of a Salesman | Won |
| 1989 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Rain Man | Won |
| 1992 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Hook | Nominated |
| 1997 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | — | Honored |
| 1998 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Wag the Dog | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Last Chance Harvey | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1998 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Wag the Dog | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Finding Neverland | Nominated | |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1990 | Best Actor in a Play | Merchant of Venice | Nominated | |

## Theatre awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1967 | Best Performance | Eh? | Won |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1969 | Best Performance | Jimmy Shine | Won |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1984 | Best Actor in a Play | Death of a Salesman | Won |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1990 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | The Merchant of Venice | Nominated |
| Theatre World Awards | 1967 | Performance Award | Eh? | Won |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Annie Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Kung Fu Panda | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 1982 | Best Actor | Tootsie | Won |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 2012 | Best Narrative Feature | Quartet | Won |
| Genie Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Barney's Version | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 1997 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy | Wag the Dog | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | The Meyerowitz Stories | Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 1979 | Best Actor | Kramer v. Kramer | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 1988 | Best Actor | Rain Man | Won |
| Laurel Awards | 1968 | Male New Face | Himself | Nominated |
| Laurel Awards | 1968 | Male Comedy Performance | The Graduate | 4th Place |
| Laurel Awards | 1970 | Male Star | Himself | Nominated |
| Laurel Awards | 1970 | Male, Dramatic Performance | Midnight Cowboy | Won |
| Laurel Awards | 1971 | Male Star | Himself | Won |
| Laurel Awards | 1971 | Male, Comedic Performance | Little Big Man | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 1979 | Best Actor | Kramer v. Kramer | Won |
| MTV Movie Awards | 2004 | Best Comedic Performance | Meet the Fockers | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1979 | Best Actor | Kramer v. Kramer | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1982 | Best Actor | Tootsie | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1988 | Best Actor | Rain Man | Nominated |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1997 | Best Actor | Wag the Dog | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics' Circle | 1969 | Best Actor | Midnight Cowboy | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics' Circle | 1974 | Best Actor | Lenny | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics' Circle | 1979 | Best Actor | Kramer v. Kramer | Won |
| New York Film Critics' Circle | 1982 | Best Actor | Tootsie | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics' Circle | 1988 | Best Actor | Rain Man | Nominated |

## Honorary awards

| Organizations | Year | Notes | Result |
| Honorary Golden Bear | 1986 | Statue | Honored |
| Career Golden Lion | 1996 | Statue | Honored |
| Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award | 1996 | Statue | Honored |
| Britannia Award | 1997 | Statue | Honored |
| AFI Life Achievement Award | 1999 | Statue | Honored |
| Empire Awards | 2003 | Statue | Honored |
| Film at Lincoln Center | 2005 | Gala Tribute | Honored |
| Honorary César | 2009 | Medal | Honored |
| Kennedy Center Honors Award | 2012 | Medal | Honored |
| Gotham Awards | 2017 | Tribute | Honored |