Dustin Hoffman his seventh Academy Award nomination for his performance in "Wag The Dog" (1997), in a role that allowed Hoffman the chance to work with both Robert De Niro and Denis Leary. The movie is a black comedy film produced and directed by Barry Levinson, who also directed Hoffman in "Rain Man" in 1988. The story takes place a few days before a presidential election, where a Washington, D.C. spin doctor (De Niro) distracts the electorate from a sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood film producer (Hoffman) to construct a fake war with Albania. Hoffman, as a caricature of real life
Dustin Hoffman filmography the political thriller "All the President's Men" (1976) as journalist Carl Bernstein investigating the Watergate scandal alongside Bob Woodward (played by Robert Redford). After starring in the suspense-thriller "Marathon Man" (1976) and the crime drama "Straight Time" (1978), Hoffman starred in the 1979 drama "Kramer vs. Kramer", which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the first time for his performance as Ted Kramer. After a three-year acting hiatus, he starred in the comedy "Tootsie" in 1982 as a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage