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Personal Info

Birth date

1967-07-23 (58 Years)

Day of death

2014-02-02

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

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
فیلیپ سیمور هافمن

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.

Filmography

Acting

2016Starring Austin Pendleton as Self

2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Plutarch Heavensbee

2015Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman as Self (Archive Footage)

2015The Making of A Most Wanted Man as Self

2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Plutarch Heavensbee

2014A Most Wanted Man as Günther Bachmann

2014God's Pocket as Mickey Scarpato

2014And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2013The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Plutarch Heavensbee

2013Salinger as Self - Actor

2013The Frame (1 Episode) as Plutarch Heavensbee

2013Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet as Self

2012A Late Quartet as Robert Gelbart

2012The Master as Lancaster Dodd

2012Too Young to Die (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)

2012Moneyball: Playing the Game as Self (Archival Footage)

2011The Ides of March as Paul Zara

2011Moneyball as Art Howe

2011A Child's Garden of Poetry as Self (voice)

2010Jack Goes Boating as Jack

2010Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre as Narrator (voice)

2009The Invention of Lying as Jim the Bartender

2009Mary and Max as Max (voice)

2009Doubt: Stage to Screen as Self

2009The Boat That Rocked as The Count

2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self

2008Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn

2008Synecdoche, New York as Caden Cotard

2008Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made as Self

2007Charlie Wilson's War as Gust Avrakotos

2007The Savages as Jon Savage

2007Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Andy Hanson

2007Chelsea Lately (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)

2006Strangers with Candy as Henry

2006Mission: Impossible III as Owen Davian

2006Making Capote: Concept to Script as Self

2006Truman Capote: Answered Prayers as Self

2005Capote as Truman Capote

2005Empire Falls (2 Episodes) as Charlie Mayne

2004Along Came Polly as Sandy Lyle

2003Cold Mountain as Reverend Veasey

2003Mattress Man Commercial as Dean Trumbull

2003The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self

2003Owning Mahowny as Dan Mahowny

2003A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self

2002Love Liza as Wilson Joel

200225th Hour as Jacob Elinsky

2002Punch-Drunk Love as Dean Trumbell

2002Red Dragon as Freddy Lounds

2002HypaSpace (1 Episode) as Self

2002Icons (1 Episode) as Unknown

2001Last Party 2000 as Self

2000Almost Famous as Lester Bangs

2000State and Main as Joseph Turner White

2000Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self

2000Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self

2000That Moment: Magnolia Diary as Self

1999The Talented Mr. Ripley as Freddie Miles

1999Magnolia as Phil Parma

1999Flawless as Rusty

1999The Early Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

1999The Directors (1 Episode) as Self

1998Patch Adams as Mitch Roman

1998Happiness as Allen

1998Next Stop Wonderland as Sean

1998The Big Lebowski as Brandt

1998Montana as Duncan

1997Liberty! (6 Episodes) as Joseph Plumb Martin

1997Boogie Nights as Scotty J.

1997Culture as Bill

1997Anita Liberty as Man at Party #3

1996Arthur (1 Episode) as William Fillmore Toffman (voice)

1996The Daily Show (5 Episodes) as Self

1996Hard Eight as Young Craps Player

1996Twister as Dusty

1995The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes

1994It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice as Launcelot Gobbo

1994Nobody's Fool as Officer Raymer

1994Inside the Actors Studio (1 Episode) as Self

1994When a Man Loves a Woman as Gary

1994The Yearling as Buck

1994Szuler as Martin

1994The Getaway as Frank Hansen

1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (3 Episodes) as Self - Guest

1993Money for Nothing as Cochran

1993My Boyfriend's Back as Chuck Bronski

1993Joey Breaker as Wiley McCall

1992Scent of a Woman as George Willis, Jr.

1992Leap of Faith as Matt

1992My New Gun as Chris

1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 Episode) as Unknown

1992Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole as Klutch

1990Law & Order (1 Episode) as Steven Hanauer

1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 Episode) as Self

1956Tony Awards (3 Episodes) as Self - Nominee

1953The Oscars (1 Episode) as Self

1944Golden Globe Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Nominee

Crew

2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 ... Thanks, In Memory Of

2014A Most Wanted Man ... In Memory Of

2013Feed Me ... Thanks

Production

2014God's Pocket ... Producer

2010Jack Goes Boating ... Executive Producer

Directing

2010Jack Goes Boating ... Director