In the 1990s, he made appearances in such film as Warren Beatty's action comedy adaptation "Dick Tracy" (1990), Steven Spielberg's "Hook" (1991) as Captain Hook, guest starred in the 1991 "Lisa's Substitute" episode of "The Simpsons", medical disaster "Outbreak" (1995), legal crime drama "Sleepers" (1996), thriller "Mad City" (1997), and the satirical black comedy "Wag the Dog" (1997) alongside Robert De Niro. In the 2000s, he played theatrical producer Charles Frohman in "Finding Neverland", co-starred in the comedy "Meet the Fockers" (both 2004) as Bernie Focker, the fantasy thriller "" (2006), and played the title character in the family comedy "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" (2007). Hoffman has acted in the "Kung Fu Panda" franchise since 2008 and reprised his role as Focker in "Little Fockers" (2010). He starred in the HBO drama series "Luck", which was cancelled after one season due to animal safety concerns, and made his directorial debut in 2012 with "Quartet".