Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman takes part in the TV show "Le Grand Journal" on a set of French television channel Canal Plus on March 27, 2013, in Paris.

Dustin Hoffman poses for photographers during the 35th Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center Hall of States on Dec. 2, 2012, in Washington.

Actor Dustin Hoffman celebrates after receiving the Special Donostia Award at the 60th San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept. 29, 2012, in San Sebastian, Spain.

Actor Dustin Hoffman arrives at the premiere of the feature film "Barney's Version" in Los Angeles on Nov. 6, 2010.

Actor Dustin Hoffman, right, and wife, Lisa, attend the 2009 New York Public Library 'Library Lions Benefit' on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York.

Actor Dustin Hoffman reacts after being awarded with the medal of Commander in the French Order of Arts and Literature by French Culture Minister Christine Albanel, unseen, during a ceremony at the Culture ministry in Paris, Feb. 26, 2009.

Actor Dustin Hoffman, 29, is seen on Feb. 13, 1967. Hoffman was gaining positive critical attention for his role in the off-Broadway comedy "Eh?"

Hoffman looks over the stockinged leg of actress Anne Bancroft in this scene from the 1967 film "The Graduate." His starring role as an alienated recent college graduate put the actor in the spotlight and earned him an Academy Award nomination.

Hoffman stands near a destroyed four-story residence next door to his own apartment at 11th Street in New York's Greenwich Village, March 5, 1970. Members of the radical Weather Underground group were making a bomb in the townhouse when it accidentally exploded, killing three people.

Hoffman and his wife, ballerina Anne Byrne, enjoy the swimming pool at their hotel in Cannes, France, during the annual film festival there, May 15, 1975. The couple married in 1969 and had two children before divorcing in 1980.

Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein, second from left, and Bob Woodward, third from left, are flanked by Hoffman and actor Robert Redford as they attend the premiere of "All the President's Men," in Washington, D.C., April 5, 1976. Hoffman plays Bernstein in the film, which is based on the two reporters' book documenting their investigation of the Watergate scandal.

Hoffman, left, and Justin Henry appear in the 1979 fim "Kramer vs. Kramer." The film stars Hoffman as a man who learns about parenthood as he battles Meryl Streep for the custody of their son.

Actress Jane Fonda presents the Oscar for best actor in a leading role to Hoffman for his performance in "Kramer vs. Kramer," at the 52nd annual Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, Calif., April 14, 1980.

Hoffman arrives with his wife Lisa at a luncheon to honor the nominees for the 55th annual Academy Awards, in Beverly Hills, Calif., March 22, 1983. Hoffman was nominated as best actor for his work in "Tootsie," a comedy in which stars as a down-and-out actor who finds soap opera success masquerading as a woman.

Hoffman and Tommy Tune hold a conversation at a Drama League of New York luncheon in New York, May 4, 1984. Hoffman was starring on Broadway in the play "Death of a Salesman."

Hoffman and his wife, Lisa, are joined by co-star Warren Beatty, right, as they arrive for the world premiere of their movie "Ishtar," in Los Angeles, Calif., May 14, 1987. The film, which cost $55 million to make and earned only $12.7 million, is considered one of the biggest box-office bombs in history.

Hoffman appears alongside Tom Cruise in 1988's "Rain Man." The film won four Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor for Hoffman, who portrays an autistic savant suddenly put under the care of his materialistic brother (Cruise).

Actress Lauren Bacall, right, and Hoffman pose with their medals at the Paris Ministry of Culture, April 4, 1995. Hoffman was named Officer of the Arts and Letters and Bacall was honored with the title of Commander of the Arts and Letters by the French culture minister.

Hoffman clowns around as he poses for photographers during the International Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, on the French Riviera, May 10, 1996. Hoffman was there promoting his film production company, Punch Productions.

Hoffman plays a famous Hollywood producer in a scene from the 1997 political satire "Wag The Dog."

Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in "All the President's Men" (1976).

Hoffman jokingly points to his son Jake's nose at the premiere of "Wag The Dog," Dec. 17, 1997, in Los Angeles. Hoffman has two sons and two daughters with his wife Lisa, in addition to two daughters from his first marriage.

Hoffman and actor Jon Voight hug as they meet at a tribute to "Midnight Cowboy" director John Schlesinger, in Los Angeles, May 19, 2002. "Midnight Cowboy" starred Voight as a naive Texan who turns to prostitution to survive in New York and Hoffman as the ailing vagrant Ratso Rizzo. The film earned Hoffman his second best actor nomination.

Hoffman takes a break during construction of a Habitat for Humanity house in Wilmington, Calif., Dec. 5, 2000.

Hoffman and actor Gene Hackman watch the New Orleans Hornets play the Miami Heat in New Orleans, Nov. 2, 2002. The two have been friends since the 1950s, when they roomed together as struggling actors.

Hoffman, his wife Lisa and thier daughters Rebecca, far left, and Alexandra, at her right, arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere of "I Heart Huckabees," Sept. 22, 2004, in Los Angeles, Calif. Hoffman plays an existential detective in the offbeat ensemble comedy by David O. Russell.

Hoffman and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, attend the "Finding Neverland" premiere at the Brooklyn Museum, Oct. 25, 2004, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Hoffman is one of the stars of the film, which covers the life of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie.