Philip Seymour Hoffman
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.
95 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 95
Law & Order
1990
The Daily Show
1996
Golden Globe Awards
1944
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Tony Awards
1956
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Oscars
1953
Chelsea Lately
2007
Arthur
1996
The Big Lebowski
1998
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Mission: Impossible III
2006
Twister
1996
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Moneyball
2011
The Directors
1999
Scent of a Woman
1992
Magnolia
1999
Icons
2002
Boogie Nights
1997
The Frame
2013
Punch-Drunk Love
2002
Almost Famous
2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
Patch Adams
1998
Cold Mountain
2003
The Master
2012
Happiness
1998
Liberty!
1997
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
Mary and Max
2009
25th Hour
2002
Along Came Polly
2004
Too Young to Die
2012
The Ides of March
2011
HypaSpace
2002
Doubt
2008
Empire Falls
2005
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
Synecdoche, New York
2008
The Getaway
1994
Next Stop Wonderland
1998
Nobody's Fool
1994
The Boat That Rocked
2009
The Early Show
1999
A Most Wanted Man
2014
The Invention of Lying
2009
Hard Eight
1997
Capote
2005
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
Flawless
1999
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
Montana
1998
God's Pocket
2014
State and Main
2000
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The Savages
2007
Leap of Faith
1992
Owning Mahowny
2003
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
Red Dragon
2002
Strangers with Candy
2006
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003
A Late Quartet
2012
Money for Nothing
1993
Salinger
2013
My New Gun
1992
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
Jack Goes Boating
2010
Love Liza
2002
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
2013
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
Last Party 2000
2001
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
2015
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000
Joey Breaker
1993
The Yearling
1994
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
2010
A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1994
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
1995
Culture
1997
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008
Anita Liberty
1997
Szuler
1994
Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006
Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
1992
Mattress Man Commercial
2003
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
2006