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
Cliff Gorman "Lenny". Although the film version, directed by Bob Fosse, featured Dustin Hoffman, Gorman was recruited to portray a Dustin Hoffman-like character portraying Lenny Bruce, in a side-story in Fosse's autobiographical film "All That Jazz" (1979). He played Joseph Goebbels in the 1981 TV movie "The Bunker", and co-starred as Lt. Andrews in the film "Angel" (1984). He had roles in movies like "Cops and Robbers" (1973), "Rosebud" (1975), "" (1976), "An Unmarried Woman" (1978) with Jill Clayburgh, "Night of the Juggler" (1980), "Hoffa" (1992) with Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito, and "Night and the City" (1992). His TV work included