Ruth C. Sullivan family member with developmental disabilities. She retired from the Autism Services Center on November 1, 2007 at the age of 83. Sullivan assisted in the production of the 1988 movie "Rain Man" by serving as a consultant on autistic behavior, and Dustin Hoffman worked with Sullivan and her son Joseph, who has autism, when practicing for his role. Hoffman thanked her and Joseph in his Oscar speech. Sullivan has the last credit in the movie, and the extended DVD version features an interview with Joe. (Joe Sullivan was not the only inspiration for Hoffman's role; the role was originally written
Dustin Hoffman filmography the 1990s, he made appearances in such film as Warren Beatty's action comedy adaptation "Dick Tracy" (1990), Steven Spielberg's "Hook" (1991) as Captain Hook, guest starred in the 1991 "Lisa's Substitute" episode of "The Simpsons", medical disaster "Outbreak" (1995), legal crime drama "Sleepers" (1996), thriller "Mad City" (1997), and the satirical black comedy "Wag the Dog" (1997) alongside Robert De Niro. In the 2000s, he played theatrical producer Charles Frohman in "Finding Neverland", co-starred in the comedy "Meet the Fockers" (both 2004) as Bernie Focker, the fantasy thriller "" (2006), and played the title character in the family comedy "Mr.