Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antagonized every producer in New York. Now his agent insists no one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of a lifetime. Dustin Hoffman stars with Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray and Geena Davis in director Sydney Pollack's heart-filled classic that heralded a new era of Hollywood wig-flipping and set a new standard for unpredictable laugh-out-loud comedy.

Michael Dorsey (DUSTIN HOFFMAN) can't find a job. That is, until he gets a female role in a soap opera and becomes very famous. Of course, nobody knows that this new television star is a man

An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera.

An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera.

Director Sydney Pollack plays agent George Fields counseling client Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) in Pollack's 1982 hit Tootise.

Male actor Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) auditions for a female part in a daytime drama in this scene from Tootsie (1982).

Ten Academy Award nominations went to Tootsie (1982) in which an unemployed actor (Dustin Hoffman) masquerades as a woman to win a soap-opera role.

Dorothy Michaels (Dustin Hoffman) becomes Michael Dorsey on live television in this scene from Tootsie (1982).

Director Sydney Pollack as agent George Fields meets Dustin Hoffman (this time as Dorothy Michaels) at the Russian Tea Room in Pollack's Tootsie (1982).