Dustin Hoffman Biography & Movies

DUSTIN HOFFMAN Date of Birth: August 8, 1937 Born in Los Angeles, Dustin Hoffman was named after actor Dustin Farnum. His father was in the entertainment business, but worked behind the scenes as a set dresser and prop supervisor at Columbia Studios. When the Depression hit, the Russian Jew was forced to work as a furniture salesman. Hoffman's mother also left her theatrical aspirations to raise Hoffman and his older brother. Performing came naturally to Hoffman, who remembers clowning around... See All