After a three-year break from films Hoffman returned in Sydney Pollack's showbusiness comedy "Tootsie" (1982) about a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman" and reprised the role a year later in a television film earning a Primetime Emmy Award. In 1987 he starred alongside Warren Beatty in Elaine May's comedy "Ishtar" He won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the autistic savant Ray Babbitt in the 1988 film "Rain Man", co-starring Tom Cruise. In 1989, he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for playing Shylock in a stage performance of "The Merchant of Venice". In 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, medical disaster "Outbreak" (1995), legal crime drama "Sleepers" (1996) and the satirical black comedy "Wag the Dog" (1997) alongside Robert De Niro.