Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor and filmmaker. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Hoffman has received numerous honors, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012. Actor Robert De Niro has described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human".

8 August 1937

Born on the same birth date (8 August 1937): Cornelis Vreeswijk • Sheila Varian

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Axel Merckx • Daniel House (musician) • Jerry Tarkanian • Jostein Gaarder • Leo Chiosso • Trev Alberts • Tyrone Peachey • Vladimír Darida

Born in the same month (August 1937): Alice Coltrane • Andrei Konchalovsky • Billy Cannon • Bobby Parker (guitarist) • Boris Rõtov • Bruce McLaren • David Bedford • David Behrman • Don Bowman (singer) • Gustavo Noboa • María Duval • Patrick Joseph McGovern • Richard Ingrams • Ron Brierley • Tommy Sands • Walter Dean Myers