Philip Seymour Hoffman
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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
Credits
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
as Plutarch Heavensbee
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
as Plutarch Heavensbee
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
as Plutarch Heavensbee
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
as Owen Davian
The Big Lebowski (1998)
as Brandt
Scent of a Woman (1992)
as George Willis, Jr.
Boogie Nights (1997)
as Scotty J.
Almost Famous (2000)
as Lester Bangs
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
as Freddie Miles
Moneyball (2011)
as Art Howe
Mary and Max (2009)
as Max (voice)
Twister (1996)
as Dusty
Magnolia (1999)
as Phil Parma
Cold Mountain (2003)
as Reverend Veasey
Along Came Polly (2004)
as Sandy Lyle
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
as Dean Trumbell
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
as Gust Avrakotos
The Ides of March (2011)
as Paul Zara
The Invention of Lying (2009)
as Jim the Bartender
Patch Adams (1998)
as Mitch
The Master (2012)
as Lancaster Dodd
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
as Andy Hanson
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
as Günther Bachmann
The Getaway (1994)
as Frank Hansen
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
as Caden Cotard
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
as The Count
25th Hour (2002)
as Jacob Elinsky
Doubt (2008)
as Father Brendan Flynn
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
as Gary
The Savages (2007)
as Jon Savage
Nobody's Fool (1994)
as Officer Raymer
God's Pocket (2014)
as Mickey Scarpato
Leap of Faith (1992)
as Matt
Hard Eight (1997)
as Young Craps Player
Happiness (1998)
as Allen
Owning Mahowny (2003)
as Dan Mahowny
Capote (2005)
as Truman Capote
A Late Quartet (2012)
as Robert Gelbart
State and Main (2000)
as Joseph Turner White
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
as Chuck Bronski
Flawless (1999)
as Rusty
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
as Self
Red Dragon (2002)
as Freddy Lounds
Money for Nothing (1993)
as Cochran
A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011)
as Self (voice)
Cheat (1994)
as Martin
Strangers with Candy (2006)
as Henry
Jack Goes Boating (2010)
as Jack
Love Liza (2002)
as Wilson Joel
Salinger (2013)
as Self - Actor
Montana (1998)
as Duncan
That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000)
as Self
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman (2015)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
as Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003)
as Self
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003)
as Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000)
as Self
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice (1994)
as Launcelot Gobbo
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (1995)
as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made (2008)
as Self
Making Capote: Concept to Script (2006)
as Self
Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
as Sean
My New Gun (1992)
as Chris
Doubt: Stage to Screen (2009)
as Self
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers (2006)
as Self
The Yearling (1994)
as Buck
Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole (1992)
as Klutch
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Last Party 2000 (2001)
as Self
Joey Breaker (1993)
as Wiley McCall
The Making of A Most Wanted Man (2015)
as Self
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000)
as Self
Mattress Man Commercial (2003)
as Dean Trumbull
Anita Liberty (1997)
as Man at Party #3
Culture (1997)
as Bill
The Master: Unguided Message (2013)
Actor