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For one thing, when he first tried getting work, he was as un-movie star-like as you can get, short, big nosed and with the air of a shy introvert. However, perceptive directors like Mike Nichols realized what he could do; for example, in ''[[The Graduate]]'' in 1967, he took the world by storm with a powerful sincerity in his performance which took [[Method Acting]] to its height. Furthermore, he is credited for expanding the possibilities for different ethnicities to reach Hollywood stardom during the [[New Hollywood]] era as an actor who defied the stereotypes to hit it big his way.
 
Furthermore, he displayed a smart career sense when he chose the slimy disreputable hustler, Ratso in ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'', for his major follow up role. In doing so, he set the reputation of the actor who can play ''any role'' like a master. These included; a 121-year-old survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn in ''[[Little Big Man (Film)|Little Big Man]]'', a quiet intellectual who has to get tough in [[Sam Peckinpah]]'s ''[[Straw Dogs]]'', [[Lenny Bruce]] in ''Lenny'', a sensitive father in ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'', a woman (to be certain, an actor playing a woman) in ''[[Tootsie]]'', an autistic savant in ''[[Rain Man]]'' and the voice of a deeply complex red panda kung fu master in the ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' franchise among others. He won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Actor both for ''Rain Man'' and ''Kramer''.
 
Furthermore, he has a reputation for being difficult to work with, but this is tolerated because of the fact that his suggestions/demands are made by someone who cares about his work and they often help his films become better.
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=== Tropes about this actor include: ===
* [[Adorkable]]: When he hit the big time as ''[[The Graduate]]'', he quickly overcame the anti-semitic sneering by being adorable to women as this quiet and insecure introvert.
* [[Doing It for Thethe Art]]
* [[Master of Disguise]]
* [[Method Acting]]
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* ''[[The Graduate]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Little Big Man (Film)|Little Big Man]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Straw Dogs]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Papillon]]'' (1973)
* ''[[All the President's Men (Film)|All the Presidents Men]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Marathon Man]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' (1979)
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* ''[[Ishtar]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Rain Man]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Dick Tracy (Filmfilm)|Dick Tracy]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Hook (Film)|Hook]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Outbreak]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Wag the Dog]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[I Heart Huckabees]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Meet the Fockers]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Perfume (Literature)|Perfume]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Mr. MagoriumsMagorium's Wonder Emporium]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' (2008)
* ''[[The Tale of Despereaux]]'' (2008)
* ''[[BarneysBarney's Version]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Little Fockers]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'' (2011)
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