Dustin Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is one of the dominant American film actors of the late twentieth century. He came to prominence with The Graduate, when both he and his co-star Anne Bancroft were in their 30s. Hoffman has a reputation within the film business as a perfectionist, at times causing him difficulty with directors and at other times earning him Academy Awards, for instance for his work in the films Rain Man and Kramer vs. Kramer.