Dustin had chosen his career timeline as an actor and also a filmmaker. He usually plays the role of villain in the movies and the susceptible characters in the film. According to the actor, Robert De Niro called him the man who can portray every character effortlessly. From a very young childhood, he knows what he wants to do. He has started his career at the University he wanted to study.

Early Life

When Dustin was born, he was given the name Dustin Lee Hoffman. He was brought down on this earth on 8th August 1937. He was landed in Los Angeles, which is present in California. He was the second child of Harry Hoffman And Lillian. His father’s profession was in the underpinning supervisor. He was jn the Columbia Pictures. Before working there, he used to sell fruits. He was named after the actor, whose name was Dustin Farnumm. His ancestry was from the Jewish which is from the Ashkenazi Jewish Family. They are ancestors from the Kyiv, Russian Empire, now present in Ukraine. In h childhood, his family was not so religious. At the age of 10, he knew that he was Jewish. He completed his high schooling at the Los Angeles High School in 1995. He had completed his college studies at Santa Monica College. He wants to learn medicine. After joining the college, he left and went to the Pasadena Playhouse.

Career

When he decided to become an actor, he was told that he couldn’t be a good actor because he wasn’t good enough to become an actor. In the starting, he wanted to become a pianist, and he also learned piano, and he played in his college in his youth. He realized that he thought it would be easy to become an actor. He made his acting debut in the film known as Pasadena Playhouse. He made his acting debut with the awardee Gene Hackman. After working for two years there, he moved to New York City. He there lived with Hoffman, Hackman, Robert Duvall in the year 1960. He studied in the Actors Studio and became the Method Actor. He got the role in the Off-Broadway production and followed the Broadway Production. He was seen in the “A Cook for Mr.General in 1961; in 1962, he appeared in the Write Me A Murder. Be worked there as an Assitant Producer. Some of his work includes The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, John and Mary, Little Big Man, Straw Dogs, Alfredo Alfredo, Straw Dogs, Papillon, Lenny, Straight Time, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Death of Salesman, Dick Tracy, Bill Bathgate, Outbreak, Sleepers, Mad city, Runaway Jury, Finding Neverlandmany more. He has received the Honorary Cesar Medal in the Cesar Awards. He was honored by the American Film Institute with the 27th Life Achievement Award. He Was also awarded the Gotham Awards for his lifetime achievement in the film.

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Personal Life

In the year 1969, he got hitched with Anne Byrne. They got married in 1969. He adopted a daughter named Karina, and he had a daughter named Jenna. The couple separated their ways in the year 1980. Then he got married to Lisa Gottsegen in the year 1980. The couple was blessed with four children. 

Net Worth

He is the owner of $50 million, which he had gained from his acting career and many positions in the film line.