
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.
Acting (74 movies)

The Big Lebowski
1998

Magnolia
1999

Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009

Capote
2005

Mission: Impossible III
2006

The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999

25th Hour
2002

The Getaway
1994

Twister
1996

Almost Famous
2000

Cold Mountain
2003

Patch Adams
1998

The Ides of March
2011

Happiness
1998

When a Man Loves a Woman
1994

Synecdoche, New York
2008

Boogie Nights
1997

State and Main
2000

Along Came Polly
2004

Charlie Wilson's War
2007

The Invention of Lying
2009

Nobody's Fool
1994

Montana
1998

My Boyfriend's Back
1993

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007

Flawless
1999

Mary and Max
2009

Punch-Drunk Love
2002

Hard Eight
1997

The Savages
2007

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

Scent of a Woman
1992

Leap of Faith
1992

Red Dragon
2002

Strangers with Candy
2006

Next Stop Wonderland
1998

Doubt
2008

Moneyball
2011

Love Liza
2002

Owning Mahowny
2003

Jack Goes Boating
2010

The Master
2012

The Boat That Rocked
2009

Money for Nothing
1993

My New Gun
1992

Last Party 2000
2001

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013

A Late Quartet
2012

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014

A Most Wanted Man
2014

Mattress Man Commercial
2003

Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006

Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
2013

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003

Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
2006

Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
1992

God's Pocket
2014

Culture
1997

Anita Liberty
1997

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

A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011

The Yearling
1994

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
1995

The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015

Joey Breaker
1993

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009

Szuler
1994

That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000

Starring Austin Pendleton
2016

Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
2010

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008

Salinger
2013
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Goes Boating | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| God's Pocket | 2014 | Producer |