Dustin
Lee Hoffman is a two-time Academy Award-winning and three-time Golden Globe-winning
American actor whose many memorable films include, All The President’s Men, The
Graduate, Kramer vs. Kramer, Lenny, Little Big Man, Midnight
Cowboy, Rain Man and Tootsie. The Graduate, the film
that first brought him into the public limelight, was voted the 7th Greatest Movie
of All-Time by the American Film Institute. Offscreen, Dustin Hoffman has been
involved in numerous charities for a better world. He and his wife and others
co-founded Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times which provides recreational activities
for children with life-threatening illnesses. The many other organizations he
has also supported include the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the National Resource Defense Council and the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In 2004 he was honored by the ACLU for
participating in films throughout his career that focused on important social
issues, such as First Amendment rights, censorship, women's rights, prisoners'
rights, disability rights and exposing political corruption.
