Ranking The 30 Best Actors of All-Time

10. Dustin Hoffman

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From the moment he first made his dent on the public consciousness as Benjamin Braddock (the confused young man/symbol of Mike Nichols’ The Graduate), Dustin Hoffman helped signal a sea change in screen acting. Character actors could suddenly become movie stars. In the nearly 50 years since he was thrust onto the scene, he’s given us some of the most memorable turns in American movies. He’s played a Watergate scoundrel, an existential detective, an enraged divorcee, and a two-bit crook. It’s safe to say Hoffman is a national treasure, and one of the most important actors of his generation.