Dustin Hoffman, 89, Looks Unrecognizable With Apparent Stitches on His Head at L.A. Premiere

Dustin Hoffman looked dramatically different as he stepped onto the red carpet in Los Angeles with what appeared to be stitches on the side of his head.

Hoffman, 89, attended the Los Angeles premiere of Twiggy on Wednesday, September 16, with the stitch-like marks visible near his right temple and eyebrow. It is unclear what caused the marks.

The actor attended the event alongside his wife, Lisa Hoffman.

The Rain Man star wore his silver hair swept back, leaving the marks clearly visible as he smiled for photographers. In another photo, Dustin stopped to sign an autograph for a fan while Lisa stood nearby.

The Oscar winner quietly underwent treatment for throat cancer 13 years ago. Hoffman’s press officer, Jodi Gottlieb, confirmed.

“It was detected early and he has been surgically cured,” Gottlieb said, per CBS News.

Despite his noticeably different appearance, the Hollywood veteran was all smiles while supporting Twiggy at the premiere of her self-titled documentary. Dustin, who appears in the film, posed alongside the model and Lisa, while Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach and Hugh Jackman were also among the famous faces in attendance.

As Closer previously reported, Twiggy has also undergone a transformation of her own. The fashion icon traded the signature blonde pixie cut that helped define her 1960s image for longer blonde hair with soft, face-framing bangs. Twiggy has admitted she never wanted the famous short style in the first place, recalling that she was just 16 when hairstylist Leonard Lewis persuaded her to let him try the cut, on the Table Manners podcast.

Dustin’s outing comes months after reports that he and longtime pal Jack Nicholson had barely seen their close friend Warren Beatty, who has largely retreated from the Hollywood spotlight.

“Warren’s been so reclusive lately that Jack and Dustin have barely seen him over the last year and a half,” a source told Closer in May. “It’s tough, because Warren is a friend they would both do just about anything for.”

Dustin and Beatty’s friendship stretches back decades. Dustin has recalled first meeting the Bonnie and Clyde star, 89, at a Baskin-Robbins in the 1960s, and the pair later appeared together in Ishtar and Dick Tracy.