Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters.
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How old is Dustin Hoffman?
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is 85 years old as of 2022. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters.
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Hoffman married Anne Byrne in May 1969. He adopted Karina (born 1966), Byrne’s child from a previous marriage, and with Byrne had daughter Jenna (born October 15, 1970). In 1970, Hoffman and Byrne were living in Greenwich Village in a building next door to a townhouse occupied at the time by members of the Weathermen.
When a bomb was accidentally detonated in the townhouse’s basement, killing three. In the 2002 documentary The Weather Underground, Hoffman can be seen standing in the street during the aftermath of the explosion. The couple divorced in 1980.
Actor Robert De Niro described Dustin as “an actor with the everyman’s face who embodied the heartbreakingly human”.
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