Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor. He has been in many movies.

 Early life 
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.Yahoo movies biography.Film Reference.com biography. His brother, Ronald, is a lawyer and economist. Hoffman's family was Jewish, although he was not brought up religious. After he married his second wife, he started to observe Judaism more.Hoffman's Jewish return. Ynet.com. 19 November 2006. His family was also from Yviv in what is now Ukraine.Finding Your Roots, March 8, 2016, PBS He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955.

 Dustin Hoffman's movies 
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.

 Personal life 
In 2013, Hoffman had successful treatment for cancer.

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Category:American Academy Award winning actors
Category:Actors from Los Angeles
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:Jewish American actors
Category:Kennedy Center honorees
Category:Movie producers from California
Category:1937 births
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