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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 23, 1967
Died
February 2, 2014
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
2.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
6.9
Plutarch Heavensbee
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
🎬
0.0
Self (Archive Footage)
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
2015
0.0
Self
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015
6.8
Plutarch Heavensbee
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
6.5
Günther Bachmann
A Most Wanted Man
2014
5.8
Mickey Scarpato
God's Pocket
2014
7.4
Plutarch Heavensbee
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
6.3
Self - Actor
Salinger
2013
10.0
Plutarch Heavensbee
The Frame
2013
Credits
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016
6.7
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Plutarch Heavensbee
2015
6.9
🎬
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Self (Archive Footage)
2015
0.0
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
as Self
2015
0.0
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Plutarch Heavensbee
2014
6.8
A Most Wanted Man
as Günther Bachmann
2014
6.5
God's Pocket
as Mickey Scarpato
2014
5.8
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Plutarch Heavensbee
2013
7.4
Salinger
as Self - Actor
2013
6.3
The Frame
as Plutarch Heavensbee
2013
10.0
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
as Self
2013
2.0
A Late Quartet
as Robert Gelbart
2012
6.7
The Master
as Lancaster Dodd
2012
7.1
Too Young to Die
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.2
The Ides of March
as Paul Zara
2011
6.7
Moneyball
as Art Howe
2011
7.3
A Child's Garden of Poetry
as Self (voice)
2011
4.0
Jack Goes Boating
as Jack
2010
6.0
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
as Narrator (voice)
2010
8.0
The Invention of Lying
as Jim the Bartender
2009
6.2
Mary and Max
as Max (voice)
2009
7.9
Doubt: Stage to Screen
as Self
2009
7.0
The Boat That Rocked
as The Count
2009
7.2
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
2009
6.9
Doubt
as Father Brendan Flynn
2008
7.2
Synecdoche, New York
as Caden Cotard
2008
7.5
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
as Self
2008
5.3
Charlie Wilson's War
as Gust Avrakotos
2007
6.5
The Savages
as Jon Savage
2007
6.9
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Andy Hanson
2007
7.1
Chelsea Lately
as Self (archive footage)
2007
4.5
Strangers with Candy
as Henry
2006
5.6
Mission: Impossible III
as Owen Davian
2006
6.8
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
as Self
2006
5.0
Making Capote: Concept to Script
as Self
2006
6.5
Capote
as Truman Capote
2005
7.0
Empire Falls
as Charlie Mayne
2005
6.5
Along Came Polly
as Sandy Lyle
2004
6.0
Cold Mountain
as Reverend Veasey
2003
6.9
Mattress Man Commercial
as Dean Trumbull
2003
6.9
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as Self
2003
7.3
Owning Mahowny
as Dan Mahowny
2003
6.7
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
as Self
2003
7.3
Love Liza
as Wilson Joel
2002
6.4
25th Hour
as Jacob Elinsky
2002
7.3
Punch-Drunk Love
as Dean Trumbell
2002
7.1
Red Dragon
as Freddy Lounds
2002
7.0
🎬
HypaSpace
as Self
2002
4.0
Icons
2002
8.0
Last Party 2000
as Self
2001
6.1
Almost Famous
as Lester Bangs
2000
7.5
State and Main
as Joseph Turner White
2000
6.3
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
2000
5.4
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
as Self
2000
7.6
🎬
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
2000
5.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Freddie Miles
1999
7.2
Magnolia
as Phil Parma
1999
7.7
Flawless
as Rusty
1999
6.2
The Early Show
as Self - Guest
1999
6.2
The Directors
as Self
1999
5.8
Patch Adams
as Mitch Roman
1998
7.3
Happiness
as Allen
1998
7.4
Next Stop Wonderland
as Sean
1998
5.9
The Big Lebowski
as Brandt
1998
7.8
Montana
as Duncan
1998
5.6
Liberty!
as Joseph Plumb Martin
1997
7.8
Boogie Nights
as Scotty J.
1997
7.6
Culture
as Bill
1997
6.0
Hard Eight
as Young Craps Player
1997
6.8
Anita Liberty
as Man at Party #3
1997
7.0
Arthur
as William Fillmore Toffman (voice)
1996
7.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Twister
as Dusty
1996
6.5
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
1995
7.2
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
as Launcelot Gobbo
1994
0.0
Nobody's Fool
as Officer Raymer
1994
6.8
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Gary
1994
6.6
The Yearling
as Buck
1994
5.5
Szuler
as Martin
1994
2.5
The Getaway
as Frank Hansen
1994
5.8
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Money for Nothing
as Cochran
1993
5.5
My Boyfriend's Back
as Chuck Bronski
1993
5.7
Joey Breaker
as Wiley McCall
1993
3.6
Scent of a Woman
as George Willis, Jr.
1992
7.8
Leap of Faith
as Matt
1992
5.8
My New Gun
as Chris
1992
4.0
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
as Klutch
1992
3.3
Law & Order
as Steven Hanauer
1990
7.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2