Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 23, 1967
- Died
- February 2, 2014 (aged 46)
- Birthplace
- Fairport, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
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Movie · as Toby Clench
The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story
Movie · as Phil Parma (Magnolia archive footage)
Starring Austin Pendleton
Movie · as Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie · as Plutarch Heavensbee
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Movie · as Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Movie · as Plutarch Heavensbee
A Most Wanted Man
Movie · as Günther Bachmann
God's Pocket
Movie · as Mickey Scarpato
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie · as Plutarch Heavensbee
Salinger
Movie · as Self - Actor
The Master: Unguided Message
Movie
The Frame
TV · as Plutarch Heavensbee · 1 ep
The Master
Movie · as Lancaster Dodd
A Late Quartet
Movie · as Robert Gelbart
Too Young to Die
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Ides of March
Movie · as Paul Zara
Moneyball
Movie · as Art Howe
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Movie · as Self (voice)
Jack Goes Boating
Movie · as Jack
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Doubt: Stage to Screen
Movie · as Self
The Invention of Lying
Movie · as Jim the Bartender
Mary and Max
Movie · as Max (voice)
The Boat That Rocked
Movie · as The Count
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Movie · as Self
Synecdoche, New York
Movie · as Caden Cotard
Doubt
Movie · as Father Brendan Flynn
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Movie · as Self
Charlie Wilson's War
Movie · as Gust Avrakotos
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Movie · as Andy Hanson
The Savages
Movie · as Jon Savage
Chelsea Lately
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible III
Movie · as Owen Davian
Strangers with Candy
Movie · as Henry
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Movie · as Self
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
Movie · as Self
Capote
Movie · as Truman Capote
Empire Falls
TV · as Charlie Mayne · 2 eps
Along Came Polly
Movie · as Sandy Lyle
Cold Mountain
Movie · as Reverend Veasey
Owning Mahowny
Movie · as Dan Mahowny
Mattress Man Commercial
Movie · as Dean Trumbull
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Movie · as Self
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Movie · as Self
25th Hour
Movie · as Jacob Elinsky
Punch-Drunk Love
Movie · as Dean Trumbell
Red Dragon
Movie · as Freddy Lounds
Love Liza
Movie · as Wilson Joel
Icons
TV · 1 ep
HypaSpace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Last Party 2000
Movie · as Self
Almost Famous
Movie · as Lester Bangs
State and Main
Movie · as Joseph Turner White
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Movie · as Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Movie · as Self
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Movie · as Self
Magnolia
Movie · as Phil Parma
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Movie · as Freddie Miles
Flawless
Movie · as Rusty
The Early Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Big Lebowski
Movie · as Brandt
Patch Adams
Movie · as Mitch
Happiness
Movie · as Allen
Montana
Movie · as Duncan
Next Stop Wonderland
Movie · as Sean
Boogie Nights
Movie · as Scotty J.
Hard Eight
Movie · as Young Craps Player
Culture
Movie · as Bill
Anita Liberty
Movie · as Man at Party #3
Liberty!
TV · as Joseph Plumb Martin · 6 eps
Storyville
TV · 1 ep
Twister
Movie · as Dusty
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Arthur
TV · as William Fillmore Toffman (voice) · 1 ep
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Movie · as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
The Getaway
Movie · as Frank Hansen
When a Man Loves a Woman
Movie · as Gary
Nobody's Fool
Movie · as Officer Raymer
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Movie · as Launcelot Gobbo
The Yearling
Movie · as Buck
Cheat
Movie · as Martin
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Boyfriend's Back
Movie · as Chuck Bronski
Money for Nothing
Movie · as Cochran
Joey Breaker
Movie · as Wiley McCall
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Scent of a Woman
Movie · as George Willis, Jr.
Leap of Faith
Movie · as Matt
My New Gun
Movie · as Chris
Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
Movie · as Klutch
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Steven Hanauer · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 3 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep