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}} Dustin Lee Hoffman〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/dustin_lee_hoffman_born_1937_1929184 )〕 (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and director with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Biography.com )〕 He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1979 (for ''Kramer vs. Kramer'') and 1988 (for ''Rain Man''). He first drew critical praise for starring in the play ''Eh?'', for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakthrough 1967 film role as Benjamin Braddock, the title character, in ''The Graduate''. Since then, Hoffman's career has largely been focused on cinema, with sporadic returns to television and the stage. His subsequent notable films include ''Midnight Cowboy'', ''Little Big Man'', ''Straw Dogs'', ''Papillon'', ''Lenny'', ''Marathon Man'', ''All the President's Men'', ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', ''Tootsie'', ''Rain Man'', ''Hook'' and ''Wag the Dog''. Aside from his two Academy award wins, Hoffman has been nominated for seven Academy Awards, plus thirteen Golden Globes, winning six (including an honorary one) and has won four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, a Genie Award, and an Emmy Award. Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. Hoffman made his directorial debut in 2012, with ''Quartet''. ==Early life== Hoffman was born on August 8, 1937 in Los Angeles,〔 the second son of Lillian (née Gold; 1909-1981) and Harry Hoffman (1908-1988). His father worked as a prop supervisor (set decorator) at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furniture salesman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Film Reference.com biography )〕 Hoffman was named after stage and silent screen actor Dustin Farnum. His older brother, Ronald, is a lawyer and economist. Hoffman is Jewish, from an Ashkenazi family of immigrants from Ukraine and Romania. His upbringing was non-religious; he has said, "I don’t have any memory of celebrating holidays growing up that were Jewish", and that he had "realized" he was Jewish at around age 10.〔(''Hoffman's Jewish return''. ) Ynet.com. November 19, 2006.〕〔 He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955 and enrolled at Santa Monica College with the intention of studying medicine. Hoffman left after a year to join the Pasadena Playhouse, although when he told his family about his career goal, his Aunt Pearl warned him "You can't be an actor. You are not good-looking enough."〔(BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Dustin Hoffman )〕〔 He also took classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dustin Hoffman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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