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Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California to Jewish American parents, Harry Hoffman and Lillian Gold.
After graduating from Los Angeles High School, Hoffman attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music with ambitions of being a concert pianist. Hoffman performed at the Pasadena Playhouse for two years with fellow actor Gene Hackman. Ironically, they were both voted by their class as the "least likely to succeed". Frustrated with the school, Hackman took the initiative and got on a bus for New York City, advising Hoffman to call him if he were to come to New York City. Hoffman and Hackman would later befriend another struggling young actor named Robert Duvall.
In 1966, young up-and-coming director Mike Nichols, fresh off a Best Director Oscar- nomination for his film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, began casting his next film, an adaptation of author Charles Webb's little-known novel, The Graduate. The first choice for the role of Benjamin Braddock, Warren Beatty, soon dropped out. The second choice was Robert Redford, who badly wanted the role, but agreed with Nichols that he was too charming and popular to play the role of a sweaty-palmed, sexually uncomfortable virgin.
Hungry for a role, Hoffman auditioned for the film and, luckily, he came through with the exact amount of awkwardness necessary for the role. Hoffman was cast, and the film began production in March of 1967.
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