Research On Dustin Hoffman’s Performing Arts

Dustin Hoffman is a great actor who has an immense influence in worldwide movie history.In the Graduate,his impressive acting is branded in people’s mind.After that,in the 50-years actor career,he has won Academy Award twice,Golden Global six time,and César Awards,David di Donatello,Golden Lion Honorary Award of Venice International Film Festival,Golden Bear – Honorary Award of Berlin International Film Festival,AFI Life Achievement Award,etc.14 film awards in total.He successfully portraited a confused rebellious man who just graduated from college in the Graduate,poor con man Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo in the Midnight Cowboy,Ted Kramer a workaholic whose wife had left him because he paid lack of attention on his wife and son in the Kramer vs.Kramer,Michael Dorsey a respected but perfectionist actor who had no choice but dressing as woman actress in the Tootsie,and hilarious Caption Hook in the movie Hook.He learnt “method acting” which combines the best core of “experiencing performance system” with his own acting theory from NYC Actors Studio that was established by his teacher Lee Strasbourg.As a professional actor that graduated from art school,he can always portraits different characters from inside out,he is a late bloomer,but it gave his more time to practice his acting still,and made him successful.The thesis deeply talks about Dustin Hoffman’s artistic works over 50 years of his career,and tries to summarize his stylish acting on big screen,the way that he portraits characters,and the reason why he still branding his name in Hollywood by studying theories of movie,theater and performance.