
Dustin Hoffman passed on the lead role in 'Taxi Driver'
Martin Scorsese originally offered Dustin Hoffman the lead role of Travis Bickle in 'Taxi Driver'. Hoffman turned down t...


On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

Robert De Niro
Travis Bickle

Jodie Foster
Iris

Cybill Shepherd
Betsy

Harvey Keitel
Sport

Peter Boyle
Wizard

Leonard Harris
Charles Palantine

Albert Brooks
Tom

Diahnne Abbott
Concession Girl
Frank Adu
Angry Black Man

Victor Argo
Melio
Gino Ardito
Policeman at Rally
Garth Avery
Iris' Friend
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

Robert De Niro
Travis Bickle

Jodie Foster
Iris

Cybill Shepherd
Betsy

Harvey Keitel
Sport

Peter Boyle
Wizard

Leonard Harris
Charles Palantine

Albert Brooks
Tom

Diahnne Abbott
Concession Girl
Frank Adu
Angry Black Man

Victor Argo
Melio
Gino Ardito
Policeman at Rally
Garth Avery
Iris' Friend