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Philip Seymour Hoffman
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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), Magno…
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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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Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Plutarch Heavensbee
No Poster
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
as Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Plutarch Heavensbee
A Most Wanted Man
as Günther Bachmann
God's Pocket
as Mickey Scarpato
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Plutarch Heavensbee
Salinger
as Self - Actor
The Master: Unguided Message
A Late Quartet
as Robert Gelbart
The Master
as Lancaster Dodd
The Ides of March
as Paul Zara
Moneyball
as Art Howe
A Child's Garden of Poetry
as Self (voice)
Jack Goes Boating
as Jack
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
as Narrator (voice)
The Invention of Lying
as Jim the Bartender
Mary and Max
as Max (voice)
Doubt: Stage to Screen
as Self
The Boat That Rocked
as The Count
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
Doubt
as Father Brendan Flynn
Synecdoche, New York
as Caden Cotard
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
as Self
Charlie Wilson's War
as Gust Avrakotos
The Savages
as Jon Savage
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Andy Hanson
Strangers with Candy
as Henry
Mission: Impossible III
as Owen Davian
Making Capote: Concept to Script
as Self
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
as Self
Capote
as Truman Capote
Along Came Polly
as Sandy Lyle
Cold Mountain
as Reverend Veasey
Mattress Man Commercial
as Dean Trumbull
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as Self
Owning Mahowny
as Dan Mahowny
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
as Self
Love Liza
as Wilson Joel
25th Hour
as Jacob Elinsky
Punch-Drunk Love
as Dean Trumbell
Red Dragon
as Freddy Lounds
Last Party 2000
as Self
Almost Famous
as Lester Bangs
State and Main
as Joseph Turner White
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
as Self
No Poster
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Freddie Miles
Magnolia
as Phil Parma
Flawless
as Rusty
Patch Adams
as Mitch
Happiness
as Allen
Next Stop Wonderland
as Sean
The Big Lebowski
as Brandt
Montana
as Duncan
Boogie Nights
as Scotty J.
Culture
as Bill
Hard Eight
as Young Craps Player
Anita Liberty
as Man at Party #3
Twister
as Dusty
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
as Launcelot Gobbo
Nobody's Fool
as Officer Raymer
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Gary
The Yearling
as Buck
Cheat
as Martin
The Getaway
as Frank Hansen
Money for Nothing
as Cochran
My Boyfriend's Back
as Chuck Bronski
Joey Breaker
as Wiley McCall
Scent of a Woman
as George Willis, Jr.
Leap of Faith
as Matt
My New Gun
as Chris
Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
as Klutch