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Who is the better actor? Hoffman or De Niro?


Dustin Hoffman or Robert De Niro?

I will definitely go with Hoffman because of his range. De Niro usually played a tough guy, but Hoffman played EVERYTHING, and did amazing at EVERYTHING.

I had goose bumps to the point of leprosy during The Graduate - still probably my favorite of all time.

Oh, and he was so damn good in Tootsie too, and Rain man.

Pretty much every movie!

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Hoffman by far.

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Hoffman definitely took more risks, had more range but I do agree he wasn't adept at playing a tough guy.

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Hoffman. De Niro is pure ham, and has only been effective playing eastern urban thugs. Hoffman has played almost every imaginable type of character successfully.

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Hoffman, and DeNiro is not in the same league in my opinion.

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Hoffman

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The Mission
Jacknife
We're No Angels
Mistress
Jackie Brown
Meet the Parents
Stanley & Iris
Machete

. . .just off the top of my head. This thread is filled w/people who (mistakenly) claim that DeNiro has no range. . .it would be hard to come up w/a more absurd statement. But that's the interwebs for ya. . .

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