The actor Dustin Hoffman is a mainstay of the movie industry. The actor, whose career has spanned more than six decades, is proud to have been in some of Hollywood’s most enduring movies.

His diverse depictions of antiheroes and emotionally fragile characters in a number of era-defining films, such as ‘All the President’s Men,’ ‘The Graduate,’ ‘Tootsie,’ ‘Lenny,’ and ‘Straw Dogs,’ have earned him a following.

His multiple roles have brought him numerous honors and the Hollywood prestige that few actors are able to acquire over the course of their careers. His life did not, however, always go as planned.

An acting career has always seemed far away to someone who was born and bred in Los Angeles. His appearance was far from that of the ideal Hollywood actor. He acknowledged that he was short and odd-looking.

Despite the odds being against him, at age 20, he moved to New York City, which he believed to be a little more assimilated than Los Angeles, in order to launch a film career. He knew he was in the correct area as soon as he stepped off the bus.

His elation, though, was fleeting. He soon discovered that things were not as easy as he had thought. He struggled for the following ten years, working a variety of menial jobs just to make ends meet while applying to Lee Strasberg’s Actors Studio.

He recalled being a sales assistant in Macy’s toy department and a weaver of Hawaiian garlands in addition to working in a psychiatrist’s hospital and other places.

Fortunately, he struck it lucky at the age of 30 when Mike Nichols cast him as Benjamin Braddock in ‘The Graduate,’ catapulting him to unprecedented popularity.

He struggled to get any more well-known parts after his debut picture and had to wait an entire year before getting his next job as Ratso Rizzo in ‘Midnight Cowboy.’

‘I thought that when I was in school, Ratso Rizzo and I were more closely related. I was on the outside, watching from the outside.’

It wasn’t that difficult a part, he said, ‘And when I arrived to New York, I did all those odd jobs, and if you’re cleaning toilets for a livelihood, you’re not that far from being Ratso.’

Hoffman is a family man who has been married to his wife Lisa Hoffman for more than 40 years. However, Lisa and Hoffman’s story is distinct from other Hollywood love stories, where lovers frequently cross paths on set.

Before they got married, the two had already met. They frequently make light of the fact that they first got to know each other before Lisa was even born.

When Hoffman was 16 years old, he performed the piano at Lisa’s parents’ wedding, which took place while Lisa’s mother was still carrying her. Hoffman’s mother and Lisa’s grandmother were friends.

She must have fell in love with Hoffman while still a baby in her mother’s womb after hearing him play the piano, the pair often joked. Hoffman traveled to Los Angeles to see his family ten years later, and Lisa joined him.

She remembers how, as dad played the piano, he urged her to dance around the living room. She remembers saying to her grandmother that day that she wished Hoffman would hold off because she wanted to marry Hoffman someday. She revealed as Women Working did:

I later replied, ‘I hope he waits for me because I want to marry him,’ as my grandma recalled when we got married.

He did wait for her, though. When they finally got together twelve years later, her goal was fulfilled.

Hoffman, who was 38 at the time, was unmarried and fresh off of his divorce from Anne Byrne. They got married in October 1980 and have been together ever since after falling in love instantly.

Their love has endured the test of time, unlike the infamous Hollywood romances marred by scandal and divorce. It hasn’t, however, been all sunshine and rainbows. Lisa mentioned that it takes time and effort to have a happy marriage.

Along with having a happy marriage, the Oscar-winning actor is proud of being a father to his six kids.

Karina and Jenna, his first two children, are from his first marriage to Ann Byrne, an actress; Jacob, Rebecca, Maxwell, and Ali, his fourth child, is from his second and present marriage to Lisa.

Hoffman has had a very meaningful life, both emotionally and professionally, and he has dealt with life’s ups and downs in the best way he has known how. However, he has experienced some serious health issues.

While the exact date of the ‘Luck’ actor’s cancer diagnosis is unknown, People reported in 2013 that the actor had had a successful treatment regimen and was cancer-free.

His publicist Jodi Gottlieb reported that following a successful surgery, he was ‘feeling wonderful and in good health’ and that the physicians had caught the sickness in time.

The actor, who is 85 years old, has had a fruitful film career and reared his children successfully.

He enjoys spending time spoiling his grandchildren. In 2015, Hoffman and his wife were seen entering a UK stationer when Hoffman was seen wheeling his grandson Augustus’ stroller in London.

The actor also recalled how his granddaughter Daisy Jo developed jealousy of him after finding out that he had been chosen to narrate the audiobook version of ‘Appleblossom the Possum.’ He said to People

‘She said, ‘But I’m the perfect Appleblossom,’ when she heard that I would be doing the voices. When she heard that I was performing Appleblossom because she wanted to, she remarked, ‘Oh, he always gets the best bits.”

Hoffman seems to be an inspiration to his grandchildren, even if he sheltered them from the movie industry and refrained from pressing them to pursue careers like his. They might become celebrities like him when they grow up.