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…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) — Plutarch Heavensbee
2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) — Plutarch Heavensbee
3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) — Plutarch Heavensbee
4. The Big Lebowski (1998) — Brandt
5. Mission: Impossible III (2006) — Owen Davian
6. Moneyball (2011) — Art Howe
7. Red Dragon (2002) — Freddy Lounds
8. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) — Freddie Miles
9. Magnolia (1999) — Phil Parma
10. Scent of a Woman (1992) — George Willis, Jr.
11. Twister (1996) — Dusty
12. Boogie Nights (1997) — Scotty J.
13. Patch Adams (1998) — Mitch Roman
14. The Master (2012) — Lancaster Dodd
15. Almost Famous (2000) — Lester Bangs
16. Along Came Polly (2004) — Sandy Lyle
17. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) — Dean Trumbell
18. The Ides of March (2011) — Paul Zara
19. 25th Hour (2002) — Jacob Elinsky
20. The Invention of Lying (2009) — Jim the Bartender
21. The Boat That Rocked (2009) — The Count
22. Mary and Max (2009) — Max (voice)
23. Cold Mountain (2003) — Reverend Veasey
24. Doubt (2008) — Father Brendan Flynn
25. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) — Andy Hanson
26. Capote (2005) — Truman Capote
27. Charlie Wilson's War (2007) — Gust Avrakotos
28. Synecdoche, New York (2008) — Caden Cotard
29. A Most Wanted Man (2014) — Günther Bachmann
30. Hard Eight (1997) — Young Craps Player
31. Happiness (1998) — Allen
32. Law & Order (1990) — Steven Hanauer
33. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
34. The Savages (2007) — Jon Savage
35. The Getaway (1994) — Frank Hansen
36. When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) — Gary
37. Nobody's Fool (1994) — Officer Raymer
38. Flawless (1999) — Rusty
39. State and Main (2000) — Joseph Turner White
40. A Late Quartet (2012) — Robert Gelbart

Directed

1. Jack Goes Boating (2010) — Director