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	Acting
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Birthday	1967-07-23
Place of Birth	Fairport, New York, USA
Also Known As	Филип Сеймур Хоффман, 필립 세이모어 호프만, Philip S. Hoffman, Philip Hoffman, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Phil Hoffman, Філіп Сеймур Гоффман, Филип Сејмур Хофман, فیلیپ سیمور هافمن,

The Big Lebowski

Magnolia

Doubt: Stage to Screen

Capote

Mission: Impossible III

The Talented Mr. Ripley

25th Hour

The Getaway

Twister

Almost Famous

Cold Mountain

Patch Adams

The Ides of March

Happiness

When a Man Loves a Woman

Synecdoche, New York

Boogie Nights

State and Main

Along Came Polly

Charlie Wilson's War

The Invention of Lying

Nobody's Fool

Montana

My Boyfriend's Back

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Flawless

Mary and Max

Punch-Drunk Love

Hard Eight

The Savages

It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

Scent of a Woman

Leap of Faith

Red Dragon

Strangers with Candy

Next Stop Wonderland

Doubt

Moneyball

Love Liza

Owning Mahowny

Jack Goes Boating

The Master

The Boat That Rocked

Money for Nothing

My New Gun

Last Party 2000

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

A Late Quartet

Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

A Most Wanted Man

Mattress Man Commercial

Making Capote: Concept to Script

Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

Truman Capote: Answered Prayers

Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

God's Pocket

Culture

Anita Liberty

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

A Child's Garden of Poetry

The Yearling

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Making of A Most Wanted Man

Joey Breaker

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Szuler

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

Starring Austin Pendleton

Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

And the Oscar Goes To...

Salinger

Moneyball: Playing the Game