Dustin Hoffman and Mike Nichols
 
				
				
						 Caption: Dustin Hoffman and Mike Nichols
																																				
						Director, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew
						Born: November 6, 1931
						Star sign: Scorpio
						Height: 5' 11" (1.8 m)
						Known for: Closer (2004), The Graduate (1967), The Birdcage (1996), Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
						Source: IMDB
						He, along with the other members of the "Compass Players" including Elaine May, Paul Sills, Byrne Piven, Joyce Hiller Piven and Edward Asner helped start the famed "Second City Improv" company. They used the games taught to them by fellow cast mate, Paul Sills 's mother, Viola Spolin. He later worked in legitimate theater as an actor before ...