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.
75 movies · 19 shows
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016·6.7
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015·6.9
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
2015·0.0
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015·0.0
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014·6.8
A Most Wanted Man
2014·6.5
God's Pocket
2014·5.8
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013·7.4
Salinger
2013·6.4
A Late Quartet
2012·6.7
The Master
2012·7.1
The Ides of March
2011·6.7
Moneyball
2011·7.3
A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011·4.0
Jack Goes Boating
2010·6.0
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
2010·8.0
The Invention of Lying
2009·6.2
Mary and Max
2009·7.9
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009·6.5
The Boat That Rocked
2009·7.2
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009·6.9
Doubt
2008·7.2
Synecdoche, New York
2008·7.5
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008·5.3
Charlie Wilson's War
2007·6.5
The Savages
2007·6.9
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007·7.1
Strangers with Candy
2006·5.7
Mission: Impossible III
2006·6.8
Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006·6.5
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
2006·5.0
Capote
2005·7.0
Along Came Polly
2004·6.0
Cold Mountain
2003·6.9
Mattress Man Commercial
2003·7.0
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003·7.3
Owning Mahowny
2003·6.8
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003·7.8
Love Liza
2002·6.4
25th Hour
2002·7.3
Punch-Drunk Love
2002·7.1
Red Dragon
2002·7.0
Last Party 2000
2001·6.8
Almost Famous
2000·7.5
State and Main
2000·6.3
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000·6.2
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000·7.0
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000·7.7
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999·7.2
Magnolia
1999·7.7
Flawless
1999·6.2
Patch Adams
1998·7.3
Happiness
1998·7.4
Next Stop Wonderland
1998·5.9
The Big Lebowski
1998·7.8
Montana
1998·5.7
Boogie Nights
1997·7.6
Culture
1997·6.7
Hard Eight
1997·6.8
Anita Liberty
1997·8.0
Twister
1996·6.6
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
1995·7.2
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1994·0.0
Nobody's Fool
1994·6.9
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994·6.6
The Yearling
1994·5.4
Szuler
1994·5.0
The Getaway
1994·5.8
Money for Nothing
1993·5.6
My Boyfriend's Back
1993·5.7
Joey Breaker
1993·4.5
Scent of a Woman
1992·7.8
Leap of Faith
1992·5.8
My New Gun
1992·4.1
Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
1992·4.2