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.
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 (Movies)
Starring Austin Pendleton
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Character:Plutarch Heavensbee
Release Date:18/11/2015
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Character:Self (Archive Footage)
Release Date:06/03/2015
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Character:Self
Release Date:27/02/2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Character:Plutarch Heavensbee
Release Date:19/11/2014
A Most Wanted Man
Character:Günther Bachmann
Release Date:25/07/2014
God's Pocket
Character:Mickey Scarpato
Release Date:09/05/2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Character:Plutarch Heavensbee
Release Date:15/11/2013
Salinger
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:06/09/2013
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
Character:Self
Release Date:05/02/2013
A Late Quartet
Character:Robert Gelbart
Release Date:02/11/2012
The Master
Character:Lancaster Dodd
Release Date:14/09/2012
The Ides of March
Character:Paul Zara
Release Date:07/10/2011
Moneyball
Character:Art Howe
Release Date:23/09/2011
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:28/04/2011
Jack Goes Boating
Character:Jack
Release Date:17/09/2010
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:13/04/2010
The Invention of Lying
Character:Jim the Bartender
Release Date:02/10/2009
Mary and Max
Character:Max (voice)
Release Date:09/04/2009
Doubt: Stage to Screen
Character:Self
Release Date:07/04/2009
The Boat That Rocked
Character:The Count
Release Date:01/04/2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Character:Self
Release Date:16/01/2009
Doubt
Character:Father Brendan Flynn
Release Date:12/12/2008
Synecdoche, New York
Character:Caden Cotard
Release Date:24/10/2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Character:Self
Release Date:15/04/2008
Charlie Wilson's War
Character:Gust Avrakotos
Release Date:19/12/2007
The Savages
Character:Jon Savage
Release Date:28/11/2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Character:Andy Hanson
Release Date:26/09/2007
Strangers with Candy
Character:Henry
Release Date:28/06/2006
Mission: Impossible III
Character:Owen Davian
Release Date:25/04/2006
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Character:Self
Release Date:21/03/2006
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
Character:Self
Release Date:21/03/2006
Capote
Character:Truman Capote
Release Date:30/09/2005
Along Came Polly
Character:Sandy Lyle
Release Date:16/01/2004
Cold Mountain
Character:Reverend Veasey
Release Date:24/12/2003
Mattress Man Commercial
Character:Dean Trumbull
Release Date:02/07/2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2003
Owning Mahowny
Character:Dan Mahowny
Release Date:02/05/2003
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2003
Love Liza
Character:Wilson Joel
Release Date:30/12/2002
25th Hour
Character:Jacob Elinsky
Release Date:19/12/2002
Punch-Drunk Love
Character:Dean Trumbell
Release Date:11/10/2002
Red Dragon
Character:Freddy Lounds
Release Date:02/10/2002
Last Party 2000
Character:Self
Release Date:02/11/2001
Almost Famous
Character:Lester Bangs
Release Date:15/09/2000
State and Main
Character:Joseph Turner White
Release Date:26/08/2000
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/06/2000
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Character:Freddie Miles
Release Date:25/12/1999
Magnolia
Character:Phil Parma
Release Date:17/12/1999
Flawless
Character:Rusty
Release Date:26/11/1999
Patch Adams
Character:Mitch Roman
Release Date:25/12/1998
Happiness
Character:Allen
Release Date:11/10/1998
Next Stop Wonderland
Character:Sean
Release Date:21/08/1998
The Big Lebowski
Character:Brandt
Release Date:06/03/1998
Montana
Character:Duncan
Release Date:16/01/1998
Boogie Nights
Character:Scotty J.
Release Date:10/10/1997
Culture
Character:Bill
Release Date:01/10/1997
Hard Eight
Character:Young Craps Player
Release Date:28/02/1997
Anita Liberty
Character:Man at Party #3
Release Date:18/01/1997
Twister
Character:Dusty
Release Date:10/05/1996
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Character:Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
Release Date:01/01/1995
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Character:Launcelot Gobbo
Release Date:31/12/1994
Nobody's Fool
Character:Officer Raymer
Release Date:23/12/1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
Character:Gary
Release Date:29/04/1994
The Yearling
Character:Buck
Release Date:24/04/1994
Szuler
Character:Martin
Release Date:10/03/1994
The Getaway
Character:Frank Hansen
Release Date:11/02/1994
Money for Nothing
Character:Cochran
Release Date:10/09/1993
My Boyfriend's Back
Character:Chuck Bronski
Release Date:06/08/1993
Joey Breaker
Character:Wiley McCall
Release Date:14/05/1993
Scent of a Woman
Character:George Willis, Jr.
Release Date:23/12/1992
Leap of Faith
Character:Matt
Release Date:18/12/1992
My New Gun
Character:Chris
Release Date:26/10/1992
Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
Character:Klutch
Release Date:21/03/1992
Television Appearances
The Frame
Character:Plutarch Heavensbee
Too Young to Die
Character:Self (archive footage)
Chelsea Lately
Character:Self (archive footage)
Empire Falls
Character:Charlie Mayne
HypaSpace
Character:Self
Icons
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The Early Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Directors
Character:Self
Liberty!
Character:Joseph Plumb Martin
Arthur
Character:William Fillmore Toffman (voice)
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Law & Order
Character:Steven Hanauer
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
The Oscars
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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