The two-time Oscar winning actor, Dustin Hoffman has had a few health issues as he grows old. His representative Jodi Gottlieb had revealed back in 2013. The actor has successfully treated his throat cancer.
The actor had to undergo additional treatment in order to ensure that the cancer is completely cured. Jodi Gottlieb also said, “It was detected early and he has been surgically cured. He is feeling great and in good health.”
However, he didn’t gave clear details about the cancer the actor was diagnosed with and refused to say anything about the situation. After the statement, the actor came out with his next project, Chef, released in 2014 where Robert Downey Jr. and Sofia Vergara starred in the comedy.
Net Worth Of Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman is considered one of the most well-known figures in Hollywood today and has amassed net worth of $100 million in his career of numerous decades.
The actor had a rough start by dropping out of his college and joined the Pasadena Playhouse to pursue a professional acting career. He worked several odd jobs to support himself and had a hard time to get work due to his appearance. Nevertheless, he went on to work in many films and TV series like Naked City, The Defenders, Hallmark of Fame, The Tiger Makes Out, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Straw Dogs, Lenny, Marathon Man, Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, Moonlight Mile, Finding Neverland, Luck, The Meyerowitz Stories, and many more.
The actor has won six Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards and multiple Academy Awards in his career.
The actor was accused with sexual allegations by several women in 2017. He was accused of making sexually inappropriate comments to a woman when she was 17 years old intern like asking her to massage his feet. Another woman accused him of exposing himself to her in a hotel room and the other woman also accused him of assaulting her and coerced her into a sexual encounter leaving her traumatized. Some of the women were actresses like Meryl Streep and Kathryn Rossetter and many more. However, his attorney called all the allegations defamatory falsehoods.
Dustin Hoffman Was Married Twice And Has Six Kids
The actor, Dustin Hoffman was first married to Anne Byrne Hoffman in 4 May 1969. They used to live on West 11th Street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village with their two children, Jenna Byrne and Karina Hoffman-Birkhead. Actually, Karina was adopted by Dustin and Jenna is their first biological child. The couple divorced each other in 6 October 1980.
Dustin Hoffman is now married to his wife, Lisa Hoffman for nearly forty years. Their first encounter with each other was at a family barbecue when Dustin was 27 years old and Lisa was 10 years old. They got married in 1980 and has been going strong since then.
Lisa has shared with the Daily Mail in 2007 that Dustin was the pianist at her parent’s wedding and at the time her mother was pregnant with her. She also recalled how they met at a family gathering when she was 10 years old and said, “Dustin was telling us jokes, playing the piano and encouraging me to dance around the living room. After we got together, my grandmother reminded me that later that day I had said, ‘I hope he waits for me because I want to marry him.”
The couple got married when she was 22 years old and Dustin was 38 years old. They share four children together – Jake,38, Rebecca, 36, Max, 34, and Alexandra, 31. She had shared how they planned to get four children as she revealed that she wanted to have six children but Dustin had already two children.
The actor’s wife, Lisa is a businesswoman and an entrepreneur. She is the founder of Lisa Hoffman Beauty in 2007. She graduated from Colorado University with a degree in psychology and studied law. She was also named ‘Newcomer of the Year’ for Women’s Wear Daily in 2007 and had earned a spot in Allure Magazine’s Best of Beauty in 2008, 2009.