Graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1954. Went to Santa Monica City College where he dropped out after a year due to bad grades. But before he did, he took an acting course because he was told that "nobody flunks acting." Also received some training at Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. Decided to go into acting because he did not want to work or go into the service...See full bio »
1987Ishtar
(music: "HALF HOUR SONG", "SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MY LIFE", "HAREM GIRL" / lyrics: "HALF HOUR SONG", "SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MY LIFE", "HAREM GIRL")
1989The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Winner: Favourite Actor in Motion Picture and Accepting Award for Favourite Dramatic Motion Picture
1989The 61st Annual Academy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
1983The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards
(TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical & Presenter: Cecil B. DeMille Award
On choosing a profession where he felt secure in failure: It's very painful for us to feel we deserve a life. That's the toughest thing. That we deserve to have a life. That can take a lifetime.
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Trivia:
On an episode of
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Dustin Hoffman said that his cameo in the film
The Holiday was not scripted and unplanned. He was driving by the Blockbuster shown in the film and saw all of the cameras and equipment so he decided to stop in and see what was happening. Because he knew director Nancy Meyers, they worked up a scene which ultimately made the final cut.
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Trademark:
Famous for taking a wide range of difficult roles, such as a crippled street hustler in
Midnight Cowboy; an actor pretending to be a woman in
Tootsie and an autistic in
Rain Man.
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