
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Born July 23, 1967 · Fairport, New York, USA
Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor, director, and producer. Best known for his distinctive supporting and character roles–typically lowlifes, eccentrics, bullies, and misfits—Hoffman acted in many films, including leading roles, from the early 1990s until his death in 2014. Drawn to theater as a teenager, Hoffman studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He began his screen career in a 1991 episode of Law & Order and started to appear in films in 1992. He gained recognition for his supporting work, notably in Scent of a Woman (1992), Boogie Nights (1997), Happiness (1998), Patch Adams (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous (2000), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), and Along Came Polly (2004). He began to occasionally play leading roles, and for his portrayal of the author Truman Capote in Capote (2005), won multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Hoffman's profile continued to grow and he received three more Oscar nominations for his supporting work as a brutally frank CIA officer in Charlie Wilson's War (2007), a priest accused of pedophilia in Doubt (2008), and the charismatic leader of a Scientology-type movement in The Master (2012). While he mainly worked in independent films, including The Savages (2007) and Synecdoche, New York (2008), Hoffman also appeared in Flawless (1999), and Hollywood blockbusters such as Twister (1996) and Mission: Impossible III (2006), and in one of his final roles, as Plutarch Heavensbee in the Hunger Games series (2013–15). The feature Jack Goes Boating (2010) marked his debut as a filmmaker. Hoffman was also an accomplished theater actor and director. He joined the off-Broadway LAByrinth Theater Company in 1995, where he directed, produced, and appeared in numerous stage productions. His performances in three Broadway plays—True West in 2000, Long Day's Journey into Night in 2003, and Death of a Salesman in 2012—all led to Tony Award nominations.
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Along Came Polly

Punch-Drunk Love

The Ides of March

Patch Adams

The Getaway

The Master

The Invention of Lying

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Synecdoche, New York

A Most Wanted Man

25th Hour

The Boat That Rocked

Doubt

When a Man Loves a Woman

Nobody's Fool

The Savages

Hard Eight

Happiness

Capote

God's Pocket

Leap of Faith

Flawless

A Late Quartet

State and Main

My Boyfriend's Back

Owning Mahowny

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

Strangers with Candy

Red Dragon

A Child's Garden of Poetry

Cheat

Love Liza

Jack Goes Boating

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

Money for Nothing

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

Salinger

Montana

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

Doubt: Stage to Screen

Last Party 2000

Truman Capote: Answered Prayers

Making Capote: Concept to Script

The Yearling

Starring Austin Pendleton

Next Stop Wonderland

My New Gun

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole

Joey Breaker

Mattress Man Commercial

The Making of A Most Wanted Man

Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre

Anita Liberty

The Master: Unguided Message


































