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Dustin Hoffman
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Biography

Height
5' 5 1/2"
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Spouse
'Lisa Gottsegen' (1980 - present); 4 children
'Anne Byrne' (3 May 1969 - 1980); 1 daughter & 1 stepdaughter
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Famous for taking a wide range of difficult roles such as crippled street hustler in Midnight Cowboy, a woman in Tootsie and an austic idiot savant in Rain Man.
Has a reputation for being difficult to work with.
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Trivia

Was considered for the role of Michael Corlene in the Godfather.
While at the Pasadena Playhouse, Hoffman and a classmate were voted "Least likely to succeed". The classmate was Gene Hackman.
(January 1999) Awarded $3 Million in damages and compensation in a case against a Los Angeles magazine that printed a computer generated image of Hoffman in a dress. (cf. Tootsie (1982))
During the filming of Wag the Dog (1997) Hoffman, his co-star Robert De Niro and director Barry Levinson had an impromptu meeting with President Clinton at a Washington hotel. "So what's this movie about?" the president asked De Niro. De Niro looked over to Levinson hoping he would answer the question. Levinson, in turn, looked over to Hoffman. Hoffman, realizing there was no one else to pass the buck to, is quoted as saying "so I just started to tap dance. I can't even remember what I said."
(October 1997) Ranked #41 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
Father of Jake Hoffman.
Father of Rebecca Hoffman.
Father of Maxwell Hoffman.
Father of Jenna Byrne
His parents named him Dustin after actor Dustin Farnum
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