Philip Seymour Hoffman 1967 - 2014 47
Philip Seymour Hoffman 1967 - 2014 47
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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2016 Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Plutarch Heavensbee
2015 Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman as Self (Archive Footage)
2015 The Making of A Most Wanted Man as Self
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Plutarch Heavensbee In Memory Of, Thanks
2014 A Most Wanted Man as Günther Bachmann In Memory Of
2014 God's Pocket as Mickey Scarpato Producer
2014 And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013 Feed Me Thanks
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Plutarch Heavensbee
2013 Salinger as Self - Actor
2013 Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet as Self
2012 A Late Quartet as Robert Gelbart
2012 The Master as Lancaster Dodd
2012 Moneyball: Playing the Game as Self (Archival Footage)
2011 The Ides of March as Paul Zara
2011 Moneyball as Art Howe
2011 A Child's Garden of Poetry as Self (voice)
2010 Jack Goes Boating as Jack Director, Executive Producer
2010 Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre as Narrator (voice)
2009 The Invention of Lying as Jim the Bartender
2009 Mary and Max as Max (voice)
2009 Doubt: Stage to Screen as Self
2009 The Boat That Rocked as The Count
2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
2008 Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn
2008 Synecdoche, New York as Caden Cotard
2008 Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made as Self
2007 Charlie Wilson's War as Gust Avrakotos
2007 The Savages as Jon Savage
2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Andy Hanson
2006 Strangers with Candy as Henry
2006 Mission: Impossible III as Owen Davian
2006 Truman Capote: Answered Prayers as Self
2006 Making Capote: Concept to Script as Self
2005 Capote as Truman Capote
2004 Along Came Polly as Sandy Lyle
2003 Cold Mountain as Reverend Veasey
2003 Mattress Man Commercial as Dean Trumbull
2003 The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self
2003 Owning Mahowny as Dan Mahowny
2003 A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self
2002 Love Liza as Wilson Joel
2002 25th Hour as Jacob Elinsky
2002 Punch-Drunk Love as Dean Trumbell
2002 Red Dragon as Freddy Lounds
2001 Last Party 2000 as Self
2000 Almost Famous as Lester Bangs
2000 State and Main as Joseph Turner White
2000 Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
2000 Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
2000 That Moment: Magnolia Diary as Self
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley as Freddie Miles
1999 Magnolia as Phil Parma
1999 Flawless as Rusty
1998 Patch Adams as Mitch Roman
1998 Happiness as Allen
1998 Next Stop Wonderland as Sean
1998 The Big Lebowski as Brandt
1998 Montana as Duncan
1997 Boogie Nights as Scotty J.
1997 Culture as Bill
1997 Anita Liberty as Man at Party #3
1996 Hard Eight as Young Craps Player
1996 Twister as Dusty
1995 The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
1994 It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice as Launcelot Gobbo
1994 Nobody's Fool as Officer Raymer
1994 When a Man Loves a Woman as Gary
1994 The Yearling as Buck
1994 Szuler as Martin
1994 The Getaway as Frank Hansen
1993 Money for Nothing as Cochran
1993 My Boyfriend's Back as Chuck Bronski
1993 Joey Breaker as Wiley McCall
1992 Scent of a Woman as George Willis, Jr.
1992 Leap of Faith as Matt
1992 My New Gun as Chris
1992 Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole as Klutch