Philip Seymour Hoffman

Acting

Born Jul 23, 1967

From Fairport, New York, USA

Died Feb 02, 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.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Known For

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Big Lebowski

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Mission: Impossible III

Twister

Scent of a Woman

Moneyball

Magnolia

Boogie Nights

Filmography — Acting

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Big Lebowski

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Mission: Impossible III

Twister

Scent of a Woman

Moneyball

Magnolia

Boogie Nights

The Master

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Almost Famous

Cold Mountain

Punch-Drunk Love

The Ides of March

Patch Adams

Synecdoche, New York

Along Came Polly

Mary and Max

Hard Eight

The Invention of Lying

Doubt

Capote

Charlie Wilson's War

The Boat That Rocked

25th Hour

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Happiness

When a Man Loves a Woman

Nobody's Fool

The Getaway

Money for Nothing

A Most Wanted Man

Flawless

The Savages

Next Stop Wonderland

Montana

Leap of Faith

Red Dragon

God's Pocket

My Boyfriend's Back

State and Main

Jack Goes Boating

Love Liza

Owning Mahowny

Salinger

My New Gun

Strangers with Candy

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

Joey Breaker

Starring Austin Pendleton

The Yearling

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

A Late Quartet

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

Last Party 2000

Doubt: Stage to Screen

Anita Liberty

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

A Child's Garden of Poetry

Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'

Making Capote: Concept to Script

The Making of A Most Wanted Man

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