Philip Seymour Hoffman

Acting · 3.5 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014
From: Fairport, New York, USA

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.

Works

76 films

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

20146.8

The Big Lebowski

19987.8

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

20137.4

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

20156.9

Mission: Impossible III

20066.8

Twister

19966.6

Almost Famous

20007.5

Scent of a Woman

19927.8

Boogie Nights

19977.6

Magnolia

19997.7

Moneyball

20117.3

The Talented Mr. Ripley

19997.2

The Master

20127.1

Cold Mountain

20036.9

25th Hour

20027.3

Along Came Polly

20046.0

Mary and Max

20097.9

Patch Adams

19987.3

The Invention of Lying

20096.2

The Ides of March

20116.7

Punch-Drunk Love

20027.1

The Getaway

19945.8

Synecdoche, New York

20087.5

Doubt

20087.2

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

20077.1

Charlie Wilson's War

20076.5

The Boat That Rocked

20097.2

The Savages

20076.9

Hard Eight

19976.8

A Most Wanted Man

20146.5

Happiness

19987.4

Red Dragon

20027.0

Capote

20057.0

When a Man Loves a Woman

19946.6

Nobody's Fool

19946.9

Flawless

19996.2

State and Main

20006.3

Leap of Faith

19925.8

God's Pocket

20145.8

Owning Mahowny

20036.8

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

20007.7

Montana

19985.7

Strangers with Candy

20065.7

A Late Quartet

20126.7

Starring Austin Pendleton

20166.7

Love Liza

20026.4

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

20006.2

Money for Nothing

19935.6

Salinger

20136.4

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

20096.9

My Boyfriend's Back

19935.7

Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

19924.2

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

19957.2

A Child's Garden of Poetry

20114.0

Making Capote: Concept to Script

20066.5

Jack Goes Boating

20106.0

Truman Capote: Answered Prayers

20065.0

My New Gun

19924.1

Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'

20007.0

The Making of A Most Wanted Man

2015

Mattress Man Commercial

20037.0

Joey Breaker

19934.5

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

20037.3

Next Stop Wonderland

19985.9

The Yearling

19945.4

Last Party 2000

20016.8

Szuler

19945.0

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

20037.8

Doubt: Stage to Screen

20096.5

Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman

2015

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

20085.3

Culture

19976.7

Anita Liberty

19978.0

Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre

20108.0

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

1994

Blossoms & Blood

2003