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.
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Starring Austin Pendleton | Self | 2016-04-01 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Plutarch Heavensbee | 2015-11-18 |
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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 | Self | 2015-02-27 |
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A Most Wanted Man | Günther Bachmann | 2014-07-25 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Plutarch Heavensbee | 2014-11-19 |
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God's Pocket | Mickey Scarpato | 2014-05-09 |
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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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Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet | Self | 2013-02-05 |
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A Late Quartet | Robert Gelbart | 2012-11-02 |
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The Master | Lancaster Dodd | 2012-09-14 |
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A Child's Garden of Poetry | Self (voice) | 2011-04-28 |
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Moneyball | Art Howe | 2011-09-23 |
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The Ides of March | Paul Zara | 2011-10-07 |
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Jack Goes Boating | Jack | 2010-09-17 |
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Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre | Narrator (voice) | 2010-04-13 |
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
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Doubt: Stage to Screen | Self | 2009-04-07 |
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Mary and Max | Max (voice) | 2009-04-09 |
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The Boat That Rocked | The Count | 2009-04-01 |
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The Invention of Lying | Jim the Bartender | 2009-10-02 |
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Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made | Self | 2008-04-15 |
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Doubt | Father Brendan Flynn | 2008-12-12 |
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Synecdoche, New York | Caden Cotard | 2008-10-24 |
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The Savages | Jon Savage | 2007-11-28 |
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Charlie Wilson's War | Gust Avrakotos | 2007-12-19 |
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Andy Hanson | 2007-09-26 |
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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 | 2006-06-28 |
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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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Mattress Man Commercial | Dean Trumbull | 2003-07-02 |
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Cold Mountain | Reverend Veasey | 2003-12-24 |
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | 2003-05-20 |
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Owning Mahowny | Dan Mahowny | 2003-05-02 |
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A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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Red Dragon | Freddy Lounds | 2002-10-02 |
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Love Liza | Wilson Joel | 2002-12-30 |
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Punch-Drunk Love | Dean Trumbell | 2002-10-11 |
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25th Hour | Jacob Elinsky | 2002-12-19 |
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Last Party 2000 | Self | 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' | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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That Moment: Magnolia Diary | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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Almost Famous | Lester Bangs | 2000-09-15 |
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State and Main | Joseph Turner White | 2000-08-26 |
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Magnolia | Phil Parma | 1999-12-17 |
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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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The Big Lebowski | Brandt | 1998-03-06 |
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Patch Adams | Mitch Roman | 1998-12-25 |
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Happiness | Allen | 1998-10-11 |
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Montana | Duncan | 1998-01-16 |
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Next Stop Wonderland | Sean | 1998-08-21 |
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Anita Liberty | Man at Party #3 | 1997-01-18 |
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Hard Eight | Young Craps Player | 1997-02-28 |
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Culture | Bill | 1997-10-01 |
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Boogie Nights | Scotty J. | 1997-10-10 |
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Twister | Dusty | 1996-05-10 |
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The Fifteen Minute Hamlet | Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes | 1995-01-01 |
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Szuler | Martin | 1994-03-10 |
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Nobody's Fool | Officer Raymer | 1994-12-23 |
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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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The Yearling | Buck | 1994-04-24 |
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It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice | Launcelot Gobbo | 1994-12-31 |
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My Boyfriend's Back | Chuck Bronski | 1993-08-06 |
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Joey Breaker | Wiley McCall | 1993-05-14 |
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Money for Nothing | Cochran | 1993-09-10 |
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My New Gun | Chris | 1992-10-26 |
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Scent of a Woman | George Willis, Jr. | 1992-12-23 |
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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 |
