Philip Seymour Hoffman
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1967-07-23
Deathday 2014-02-02 (46 years old)
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
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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.
Known For
Actor
as Self
as Plutarch Heavensbee
as Self (Archive Footage)
as Self
as Plutarch Heavensbee
as Günther Bachmann
as Mickey Scarpato
as Self (archive footage)
as Plutarch Heavensbee
as Self - Actor
as Plutarch Heavensbee
as Robert Gelbart
as Lancaster Dodd
as Self (Archival Footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Paul Zara
as Art Howe
as Self (voice)
as Jack
as Narrator (voice)
as Jim the Bartender
as Max (voice)
as Self
as The Count
as Father Brendan Flynn
as Caden Cotard
as Gust Avrakotos
as Jon Savage
as Andy Hanson
as Henry
as Owen Davian
as Self
as Self
as Truman Capote
as Charlie Mayne
as Sandy Lyle
as Reverend Veasey
as Dean Trumbull
as Dan Mahowny
as Wilson Joel
as Jacob Elinsky
as Dean Trumbell
as Freddy Lounds
as Self
as Self
as Lester Bangs
as Joseph Turner White
as Self
as Self
as Freddie Miles
as Phil Parma
as Rusty
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Mitch Roman
as Allen
as Sean
as Brandt
as Duncan
as Scotty J.
as Bill
as Young Craps Player
as Man at Party #3
as Joseph Plumb Martin
as Dusty
as William Fillmore Toffman (voice)
as Self
as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
as Launcelot Gobbo
as Officer Raymer
as Gary
as Buck
as Martin
as Frank Hansen
as Self
as Cochran
as Chuck Bronski
as Wiley McCall
as Self - Guest
as George Willis, Jr.
as Matt
as Chris
as Klutch
as Steven Hanauer
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Self
as Self - Winner
Crew
as Thanks
as In Memory Of
as In Memory Of
as Thanks
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director