Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 23, 1967
Died
Feb 02, 2014
Place of Birth
Fairport, New York, USA
Credits
96 titles
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Plutarch Heavensbee
HAPPYish
Executive Producer
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Self (Archive Footage)
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Plutarch Heavensbee
A Most Wanted Man
Günther Bachmann
God's Pocket
Mickey Scarpato
Feed Me
Thanks
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Plutarch Heavensbee
Salinger
Self - Actor
The Frame
Plutarch Heavensbee
A Late Quartet
Robert Gelbart
The Master
Lancaster Dodd
Too Young to Die
Self (archive footage)
The Ides of March
Paul Zara
Moneyball
Art Howe
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Self (voice)
Jack Goes Boating
Jack
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
Narrator (voice)
The Invention of Lying
Jim the Bartender
Mary and Max
Max (voice)
Doubt: Stage to Screen
Self
The Boat That Rocked
The Count
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
Doubt
Father Brendan Flynn
Synecdoche, New York
Caden Cotard
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Self
Charlie Wilson's War
Gust Avrakotos
The Savages
Jon Savage
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Andy Hanson
Chelsea Lately
Self (archive footage)
Strangers with Candy
Henry
Mission: Impossible III
Owen Davian
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Self
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
Self
Capote
Truman Capote
Empire Falls
Charlie Mayne
Along Came Polly
Sandy Lyle
Cold Mountain
Reverend Veasey
Mattress Man Commercial
Dean Trumbull
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Self
Owning Mahowny
Dan Mahowny
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Self
Love Liza
Wilson Joel
25th Hour
Jacob Elinsky
Punch-Drunk Love
Dean Trumbell
Red Dragon
Freddy Lounds
HypaSpace
Self
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