Favorite Dustin Hoffman Performance

[thedudeman69]

Mine are

1.Rain Man
2.Straw Dogs
3.The Graduate
4.Kramer Vs. Kramer
5.Little Big Man
6.Midnight Cowboy

[ilovemovies]

5 favorite Dustin Hoffman performances:

1. Rain Man
2. Confidence
3. Moonlight Mile
4. Hook
5. Hero





Note: Have not seen many of his "classics" such as Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Kramer Vs Kramer, Tootsie, ect.

[Buck Turgidson]

Straight Time and Little Big Man.

[Hannibal21]

Ben Braddock in The Graduate

[trouble]

1. Tootsie
2. Kramer Vs. Kramer
3. The Graduate
4. Confidence

[one_crow_sorrow]

Rain Man

[drago25]

My favorite performance of his would have to be in The Graduate, followed by Rain Man.

[nanometer]

1. Papillon
2. Straw Dogs
3. Confidence

[Mav-Man]

1. Midnight Cowboy
2. Rain Man
3. The Graduate
4. Wag the Dog

[Antonio]

1. Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in TOOTSIE
2. Ratso Rizzo in MIDNIGHT COWBOY
3. Ted Kramer in KRAMER VS. KRAMER
4. Lenny Bruce in LENNY
5. Thomas Levy in MARATHON MAN
6. Carl Bernstein in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
7. Stanley Motss in WAG THE DOG
8. Bernie Laplante in HERO
9. Dutch Schultz in BILLY BATHGATE
10. Ben Braddock in THE GRADUATE

I've never seen STRAIGHT TIME, LITTLE BIG MAN, DEATH OF A SALESMAN or PAPILLION. Hoffman's performance in RAIN MAN was one-note and way overrated.

[Briare Rabbit]

Top 5:

1 Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels, Tootsie
2 Ben Braddock, The Graduate
3 Capt. Hook, Hook
4 Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men
5 Lou Dega in Papillon

Missed: Midnight Cowboy, Runaway Jury, Straw Dogs, Rain Man (performance, not movie)

Need to see: Little Big Man, Lenny, Kramer vs Kramer, Confidence, Wag the Dog, Moonlight Mile

[bluesbrother965]

The Graduate, then All the President's Men, then Rain Man.

[wyodebbie]

best Dustin Hoffman performances are in the films "Midnight Cowboy", "The Graduate", "Tootsie" and "Papillon"

[zeppelin]

One of my very favorite actors.

1. Ricco Salvador in MIDNIGHT COWBOY
2. Lenny Bruce in LENNY
3. Ted Kramer in KRAMER VS. KRAMER
4. Benjamin Braddock in THE GRADUATE
5. Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michales in TOOTSIE

[The Lolo]

1. Kramer vs. Kramer
2. Hook
3. Rain Man
4. The Graduate
5. All the President's Men