More recently, he instructed Will Ferrell's character to figure out if he was living in a comedy (*) or tragedy as a professor in Stranger than Fiction.  
Controversially for the time, his character begins one film sleeping with a woman played by Mia Farrow in 1969's John and Mary.  As Max Dembo he had to deal with a parole officer played by M. Emmet Walsh in Straight Time.  With Warren Beatty, he performed numbers like "That a Lawnmower Can Do" in a noted 1987 bomb.  More recently, he instructed Will Ferrell's character to figure out if he was living in a comedy (*) or tragedy as a professor in Stranger than Fiction.  He's also gone head-to-head with Gene Hackman as a lawyer trying to sue a gun manufacturer in 2003's Runaway Jury.  His breakout role sees his character receive a scuba suit for his birthday and eventually marry Elaine.  Playing Captain Hook in Hooked and Bob Woodward in All the President's Men, for 10 points, name this star of The Graduate and Midnight Cowboy.
Controversially for the time, his character begins one film sleeping with a woman played by Mia Farrow in 1969's John and Mary.  
Dustin Lee {Hoffman}