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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Birthday: 1967-07-23 | Place of Birth: Fairport, New York, USA

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. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

as    Plutarch Heavensbee

2014
A Most Wanted Man

as    Günther Bachmann

2014
God's Pocket

as    Mickey Scarpato

2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

as    Plutarch Heavensbee

2013
Back Beyond

as    Lancaster Dodd

2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as    Plutarch Heavensbee

2013
Salinger

as    Self - Actor

2012
The Master

as    Lancaster Dodd

2012
A Late Quartet

as    Robert Gelbart

2011
Moneyball

as    Art Howe

2011
The Ides of March

as    Paul Zara

2010
Jack Goes Boating

as    Jack

2009
Mary and Max

as    Max Jerry Horovitz (voice)

2009
The Boat That Rocked

as    The Count

2008
Doubt

as    Father Brendan Flynn

2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

as    Andy Hanson

2007
Charlie Wilson's War

as    Gust Avrakotos

2007
The Savages

as    Jon Savage

2006
Strangers with Candy

as    Henry

2006
Mission: Impossible III

as    Owen Davian

2005
Empire Falls

as    Charlie Mayne

2005
Empire Falls

as    Charlie Mayne

2005
Capote

as    Truman Capote

2004
Along Came Polly

as    Sandy Lyle

2003
Owning Mahowny

as    Dan Mahowny

2003
Cold Mountain

as    Reverend Veasey