Ratso’s hang-ups, Sumner’s ordeal, Braddock’s sexual desire: The Life and Characters of Dustin Hoffman Everyone who interviews Dustin Hoffman leaves with the same thoughts on the man: warm, intelligent, and accommodating. His small physical stature – there’s only 5ft 6in of the man – is dismissed by a presence that fills the room. He is a complete part of the Hollywood furniture: iconic and recognisable in both looks and voice. He is Tinsel…

Dustin Hoffman is one of the most versatile and skilled actors of his generation. Alongside other Hollywood greats who came of age in the 1970s (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Richard Dreyfuss, Sissy Spacek, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, Shelley Duvall, Cybill Shepard, Harrison Ford, et al), Hoffman is part of a revolutionary group of performers who flourished during the American new wave. Actors were p…

Part of our “Top10Films: Dustin Hoffman” feature Dir. Bob Fosse; screenplay by Julian Barry; starring Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck Considered by many US-based critics as a film lacking the sort of anti-establishment relish that made its origin of study the darling of counter-culture 1950s and 1960s Americana, “Lenny” plays better in the United Kingdom where mainstream media is more open to the real meanin…

Part of the Top10Films: Dustin Hoffman feature Dir. Alan J. Pakula; screenplay by William Goldman; starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Ned Beatty My first cinematic introduction to the Watergate saga arrived in the form a simpleton named Forrest Gump phoning the police after seeing some people burglarising the building across from his hotel. Of course, at the time I was eleven years old and neithe…

Directed by: Sam Peckinpah Written by: Sam Peckinpah, David Zelag Goodman Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Jim Norton, Ken Hutchison, Donald Webster, Del Henney, David Warner Released: 1971 / Genre: Suspense/Thriller / Country: UK/USA / IMDB Buy on DVD: Amazon.co.uk: DVD | Blu-ray Amazon.com: DVD More reviews: Latest | Archive See also: Top 10 Dustin Hoffman Films “I don’t know my way home,” says simpleton Henry Niles to a dishevell…

Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman and Rosemund Pike star in Richard Lewis’ excellent adaptation of the Mordecai Richler novel Barney’s Version. Barney’s Version is, as the title suggests, about recollection; looking back on events in our lives as we remember them, whether that is the truth or a version of the truth as our memory conjures it. Richard J. Lewis’ film, based on the Mordecai Richler novel of the same name, sees the worl…

…0 are his best. More actor Top 10s you might like: John Candy | Chevy Chase | Robert Downey Jr. | Richard Dreyfuss | Michael J. Fox | Morgan Freeman | Whoopi Goldberg | Tom Hanks 1984 to 1989 | Tom Hanks 1990 to 2010 | Dustin Hoffman | Steve Martin | Christian Slater 10. Fred Haise in Apollo 13 (1995) While other films on this list made Paxton more famous, this was perhaps this role that got him noticed by the industry. This was directed by Ron…

…ating any sense of quality in favour of shrewd marketing and an easy pay cheque. But Meet The Fockers jumps over this hurdle faster than you can say “kitty toilet training” with some inspired casting. Enter Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Ben Stiller’s parents and you have the seeds for comedy gold. Meet The Fockers is set shortly after the events of the first film, as Pam (Teri Polo) and Greg (Ben Stiller) are beginning…