Biographic - Sunday January 29, 2012 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born in Los Angeles in August 8, 1937, Dustin Hoffman abandoned his medical studies to pursue a career in acting. Relocating to New York, he struggled for a number of years to make any headway, supplementing his earnings from stage and TV commercials by taking a number of jobs, from working as a typist for the yellow pages directory to teaching. Following minor roles on tv and the movie "The Tiger Makes Out," he got his big break when he landed the lead in the 1967 movie "The Graduate." "The Graduate" was a huge hit, and earned Dustin an Academy Award nomination. Two years later, his superb work in "Midnight Cowboy" brought him a second Oscar nomination. Throughout the 1970s, he showed his incredible range and versatility in hit movies as diverse as "Little Big Man" "Papillon" "All The President's Men" and "Marathon Man," He earned his third Oscar nomination for his portrayal of comedian Lenny Bruce in "Lenny." Hoffman finally tasted Oscar triumph with the 1979 weeper "Kramer Vs. Kramer" then earned his fifth academy nomination after donning drag for 1982's "Tootsie" He won a Godlen Globe and an Emmy for his portrayal of Willy Lloman in a TV production of "Death of A Salesman" then won his second Oscar for his role as the autistic savant, Raymond Babbitt, in the 1988 box-office smash "Rain-Man" He received his seventh Oscar nomination for 1997's "Wag The Dog" once renowned as a method actor who would go to great lengths to inhabit a weighty role. He has frequently gravitated to lighter fare over the past two decades, such as "Hook" "Dick Tracy" and "Meet The Fockers" and such animated movies as the "Kung Fu Panda" films and "The Tale of Desperaux" A living legend of Amerian Cinema, Hoffman's latest project sees him return to the small screen with the new HBO gambling drama "Luck"

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