Philip Seymour Hoffman
Gender: M
Birthday: 1967-07-23
Died: 2014-02-02
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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Actor:
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1. Scent of a Woman (1992), film...George Willis, Jr.
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2. Leap of Faith (1992), film...Matt
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3. My New Gun (1992), film...Chris
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4. The Joey Coyle Story (1993), film...Cochran
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5. My Boyfriend's Back (1993), film...Chuck Bronski (as Philip Hoffman)
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6. When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), film...Gary
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7. The Getaway (1994), film...Frank Hansen
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8. Nobody's Fool (1994), film...Officer Raymer
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9. The Yearling (1994), film...Buck
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10. Hard Eight (1996), film...Young Craps Player
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11. Twister (1996), film...Dustin Davis
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12. Boogie Nights (1997), film...Scotty J.
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13. Montana (1998), film...Duncan
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14. Patch Adams (1998), film...Mitch
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15. The Big Lebowski (1998), film...Brandt
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16. Happiness (1998), film...Allen
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17. Next Stop Wonderland (1998), film...Sean
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18. Flawless (1999), film...Rusty
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19. The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), film...Freddie Miles
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20. Almost Famous (2000), film...Lester Bangs
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21. 25th Hour (2002), film...Jacob Elinsky
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22. Red Dragon (2002), film...Freddy Lounds
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23. Punch-Drunk Love (2002), film...Dean Trumbell
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24. Love Liza (2002), film...Wilson Joel
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25. Cold Mountain (2003), film...Reverend Veasey
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26. Owning Mahowny (2003), film...Dan Mahowny
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27. Along Came Polly (2004), film...Sandy Lyle
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28. Capote (2005), film...Truman Capote
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29. Empire (2005), film...Charlie Mayne
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30. Empire Falls (2005), series
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31. Mission: Impossible III (2006), film...Owen Davian
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32. Charlie Wilson's War (2007), film...Gust Avrakotos
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...Andy
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34. The Savages (2007), film...Jon Savage
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35. Doubt (2008), film...Father Brendan Flynn
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36. Synecdoche, New York (2008), film...Caden Cotard
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...The Count
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38. The Invention of Lying (2009), film...Jim the Bartender
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...Himself
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40. Jack Goes Boating (2010), film...Jack
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41. Moneyball (2011), film...Art Howe
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42. The Ides of March (2011), film...Paul Zara
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43. The Master (2012), film...Lancaster Dodd
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44. A Late Quartet (2012), film...Robert Gelbart
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45. Too Young To Die: Heath Ledger (2012), film...Self (archive footage)
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46. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), film...Plutarch Heavensbee
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47. Salinger (2013), film
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48. A Most Wanted Man (2014), film...Günther Bachmann
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...Plutarch Heavensbee
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50. God's Pocket (2014), film...Mickey Scarpato
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51. The Oscars (2014), film...Self - Actor (In Memoriam) (archive footage)
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...Plutarch Heavensbee
Director:
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1. Jack Goes Boating (2010), film
Producer:
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1. Capote (2005), film...executive producer
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2. Jack Goes Boating (2010), film...executive producer
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3. God's Pocket (2014), film
Voice:
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1. Mary & Max (2009), film...Max Jerry Horovitz
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2. A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011), film