1967-07-23 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Starring Austin Pendleton | 2016-04-01 | |
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Straight From The Heart: A Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman | Self (Archive Footage) | 2015-03-06 |
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The Making of A Most Wanted Man | Himself | 2015-02-27 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Plutarch Heavensbee | 2015-11-18 |
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A Most Wanted Man | Günther Bachmann | 2014-07-25 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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God's Pocket | Mickey Scarpato | 2014-05-09 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Plutarch Heavensbee | 2014-11-19 |
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Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet | Self | 2013-02-05 |
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Salinger | Self - Actor | 2013-09-06 |
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Plutarch Heavensbee | 2013-11-15 |
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The Master | Lancaster Dodd | 2012-09-07 |
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Moneyball: Playing the Game | Self | 2012-01-10 |
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A Late Quartet | Robert Gelbart | 2012-11-02 |
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The Ides of March | Paul Zara | 2011-09-24 |
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Moneyball | Art Howe | 2011-09-23 |
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A Child's Garden of Poetry | 2011-04-28 | |
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Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre | Narrator (voice) | 2010-04-13 |
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Jack Goes Boating | Jack | 2010-09-17 |
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
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The Invention of Lying | Jim the Bartender | 2009-09-13 |
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Mary and Max | Max Jerry Horovitz (voice) | 2009-02-09 |
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The Boat That Rocked | The Count | 2009-04-01 |
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Doubt: Stage to Screen | Himself | 2009-04-07 |
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Synecdoche, New York | Caden Cotard | 2008-10-24 |
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Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made | 2008-04-15 | |
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Doubt | Father Brendan Flynn | 2008-02-27 |
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Andy Hanson | 2007-09-26 |
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Charlie Wilson's War | Gust Avrakotos | 2007-12-19 |
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The Savages | Jon Savage | 2007-01-19 |
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Making Capote: Concept to Script | Self | 2006-03-21 |
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Truman Capote: Answered Prayers | Self | 2006-03-21 |
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Strangers with Candy | Henry | 2006-07-28 |
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Mission: Impossible III | Owen Davian | 2006-04-25 |
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Capote | Truman Capote | 2005-09-30 |
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Along Came Polly | Sandy Lyle | 2004-01-16 |
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Owning Mahowny | Dan Mahowny | 2003-05-02 |
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Mattress Man Commercial | Dean Trumbull | 2003-07-02 |
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Cold Mountain | Reverend Veasey | 2003-12-24 |
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Red Dragon | Freddy Lounds | 2002-10-02 |
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25th Hour | Jacob Elinsky | 2002-12-19 |
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Love Liza | Wilson Joel | 2002-12-30 |
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Punch-Drunk Love | Dean Trumbell | 2002-10-25 |
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Last Party 2000 | 2001-11-02 | |
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Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' | Self | 2000-06-27 |
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Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' | 2000-01-01 | |
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State and Main | Joseph Turner White | 2000-08-26 |
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Almost Famous | Lester Bangs | 2000-09-15 |
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That Moment: Magnolia Diary | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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Magnolia | Phil Parma | 1999-12-10 |
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Flawless | Rusty | 1999-11-26 |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley | Freddie Miles | 1999-12-25 |
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Next Stop Wonderland | Sean | 1998-08-21 |
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Montana | Duncan | 1998-01-16 |
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The Big Lebowski | Brandt | 1998-03-06 |
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Happiness | Allen | 1998-10-16 |
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Patch Adams | Mitch Roman | 1998-12-25 |
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Boogie Nights | Scotty J. | 1997-10-07 |
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Culture | Bill | 1997-10-01 |
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Hard Eight | Young Craps Player | 1997-02-28 |
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Twister | Dustin Davis | 1996-05-10 |
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The Fifteen Minute Hamlet | Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes | 1995-01-01 |
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The Getaway | Frank Hansen | 1994-02-11 |
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When a Man Loves a Woman | Gary | 1994-04-29 |
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It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice | Launcelot Gobbo | 1994-12-31 |
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Nobody's Fool | Officer Raymer | 1994-12-23 |
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Szuler | Martin | 1994-03-10 |
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The Yearling | Buck | 1994-04-24 |
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Joey Breaker | Wiley McCall | 1993-03-04 |
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Money for Nothing | Cochran | 1993-09-10 |
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My Boyfriend's Back | Chuck Bronski | 1993-08-06 |
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My New Gun | Chris | 1992-10-26 |
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Leap of Faith | Matt | 1992-12-18 |
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Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole | Klutch | 1992-03-21 |
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Scent of a Woman | George Willis, Jr. | 1992-12-23 |
