This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Dustin Hoffman.
Dustin Hoffman is an American actor known for his leading man performances on the stage and screen. In a career spanning over his six decades he received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Tony Award.
Hoffman won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances as a father going through a divorce in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and as an autistic savant in Rain Man (1988). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as young man having an affair with an older woman in the coming-of-age film The Graduate (1967), a con man in the drama Midnight Cowboy (1969), comedian Lenny Bruce in biographical film Lenny (1974), an out-of-work actor crossdressing as a female in the comedy Tootsie (1982), and a film producer in the satire Wag the Dog (1997).
For his roles on television, he won two Primetime Emmy Awards including for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role as Willy Loman in the CBS adaptation of Death of a Salesman (1985). He won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor for Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2016). He also acted in a leading role in the HBO drama series Luck (2011–2012).
On stage, Hoffman earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Shylock in the Broadway revival of William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice (1990). He won three Drama Desk Awards for his performances as Valentine Brose in Eh? (1967), the title role and struggling artist in Jimmy Shine (1969), and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (1984). He made his Broadway debut in the Steven Gethers play A Cook for Mr. General (1961) and acted in Frank D. Gilroy play The Subject Was Roses (1964).
Over his career he has received several honorary awards and prizes including the Berlin International Film Festival's Honorary Golden Bear in 1989, the Venice International Film Festival's Career Golden Lion in 1996, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1996, the Britannia Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, the Honorary César in 2009, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012. He was given a Film Society at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2005 and a Special Presentation Tribute from the Gotham Awards in 2017.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1968Best ActorThe Graduate 1970Midnight Cowboy 1975Lenny 1980Kramer vs Kramer 1983Tootsie 1989Rain Man 1998Wag the Dog
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 1969Most Promising NewcomerThe Graduate 1970Best ActorJohn and Mary & Midnight Cowboy 1972Little Big Man 1976 Lenny 1977All the President's Men Marathon Man1981Kramer vs. Kramer 1984Tootsie 1990Rain Man Britannia Awards1997Excellence in Film Award
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1986 Outstanding Television MovieDeath of a Salesman Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or MovieDaytime Emmy Award 2000Outstanding Children's SpecialThe Devil's Arithmetic International Emmy Award 2016 Best ActorRoald Dahl's Esio Trot
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1968Most Promising NewcomerThe Graduate Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1970John and Mary Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaMidnight Cowboy 1975Lenny 1977Marathon Man 1980Kramer vs. Kramer 1983Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyTootsie 1986 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television FilmDeath of a Salesman 1989Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaRain Man 1992Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyHook 1997Cecil B. DeMille Award 1998Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyWag the Dog 2009Last Chance Harvey
Screen Actors Guild Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1998Outstanding Actor in a Leading RoleWag the Dog2005 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Finding Neverland
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1990 Best Actor in a PlayMerchant of Venice
Theatre awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Drama Desk Awards 1967Best PerformanceEh?1969Jimmy Shine1984 Best Actor in a PlayDeath of a Salesman1990 Best Featured Actor in a PlayThe Merchant of VeniceTheatre World Awards1967 Performance Award Eh?
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Annie Awards 2009 Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature ProductionKung Fu Panda Boston Society of Film Critics1982 Best Actor Tootsie Chicago International Film Festival 2012 Best Narrative Feature Quartet Genie Award 2011 Best Supporting Actor Barney's Version Satellite Awards1997 Best Actor in a Motion Picture ComedyWag the Dog 2017 Best Supporting ActorThe Meyerowitz Stories Kansas City Film Critics Circle 1979Best Actor Kramer v. Kramer1988Rain Man Laurel Awards 1968Male New FaceHimselfMale Comedy PerformanceThe Graduate1970Male StarHimselfMale, Dramatic PerformanceMidnight Cowboy1971 Male Star Himself Male, Comedic Performance Little Big Man Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1979 Best ActorKramer v. Kramer MTV Movie Awards 2004 Best Comedic Performance Meet the Fockers National Society of Film Critics 1979 Best ActorKramer v. Kramer1982Tootsie1988Rain Man1997Wag the Dog New York Film Critics' Circle1969Best ActorMidnight Cowboy1974Lenny 1979 Kramer v. Kramer 1982 Tootsie 1988 Rain Man
Honorary awards Organizations Year Award Result Berlin International Film Festival 1986 Honorary Golden Bear Venice International Film Festival 1996 Career Golden Lion Golden Globe Awards 1996 Cecil B. DeMille Award BAFTA LA Britannia 1997 Excellence in Film Award American Film Institute 1999 AFI Life Achievement Award Empire Awards 2003 Statue Film at Lincoln Center 2005 Gala Tribute César Awards 2009 Honorary César John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2012 Kennedy Center Honors Gotham Awards 2017 Tribute Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2026 Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
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