Philip Seymour Hoffman
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
Law & Order
Steven Hanauer
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Plutarch Heavensbee
Arthur
William Fillmore Toffman (voice)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Plutarch Heavensbee
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Plutarch Heavensbee
Almost Famous
Lester Bangs
Mission: Impossible III
Owen Davian
Scent of a Woman
George Willis, Jr.
The Oscars
Self
The Master
Lancaster Dodd
Moneyball
Art Howe
The Big Lebowski
Brandt
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Andy Hanson
Chelsea Lately
Self (archive footage)
The Ides of March
Paul Zara
The Savages
Jon Savage
Punch-Drunk Love
Dean Trumbell
Hard Eight
Young Craps Player
Charlie Wilson's War
Gust Avrakotos
Along Came Polly
Sandy Lyle
Twister
Dusty
Cold Mountain
Reverend Veasey
Patch Adams
Mitch Roman
Magnolia
Phil Parma
Love Liza
Wilson Joel
Capote
Truman Capote
Strangers with Candy
Henry
Boogie Nights
Scotty J.
Owning Mahowny
Dan Mahowny
Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
Klutch
Joey Breaker
Wiley McCall
Leap of Faith
Matt
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
Synecdoche, New York
Caden Cotard
When a Man Loves a Woman
Gary
Money for Nothing
Cochran
Next Stop Wonderland
Sean
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Freddie Miles
The Boat That Rocked
The Count
God's Pocket
Mickey Scarpato
Icons
Nobody's Fool
Officer Raymer
Mary and Max
Max (voice)
Culture
Bill
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Self (voice)
Flawless
Rusty
State and Main
Joseph Turner White
The Invention of Lying
Jim the Bartender
The Directors
Self
My Boyfriend's Back
Chuck Bronski
A Late Quartet
Robert Gelbart
Doubt
Father Brendan Flynn
The Getaway
Frank Hansen
25th Hour
Jacob Elinsky
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Self
A Most Wanted Man
Günther Bachmann
Liberty!
Joseph Plumb Martin
Empire Falls
Charlie Mayne
My New Gun
Chris
HypaSpace
Self
Salinger
Self - Actor
Happiness
Allen
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Self
Jack Goes Boating
Jack
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Self (Archive Footage)
Too Young to Die
Self (archive footage)
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Self
Szuler
Martin
Red Dragon
Freddy Lounds
Montana
Duncan
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
Self
Doubt: Stage to Screen
Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Self
The Yearling
Buck
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
Narrator (voice)
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Launcelot Gobbo
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Self
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Self
Anita Liberty
Man at Party #3
Mattress Man Commercial
Dean Trumbull
Last Party 2000
Self
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
Self
The Daily Show
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Frame
Plutarch Heavensbee
The Early Show
Self - Guest
Inside the Actors Studio
Self