Philip Seymour Hoffman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-07-23 (47 years old)

Deathday

2014-02-02

Place of Birth

Fairport, New York, USA

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), ...

Acting

1998

1999

Magnolia

as Phil Parma

2005

Capote

as Truman Capote

2006

1999

The Talented Mr. Ripley

as Freddie Miles

2002

25th Hour

as Jacob Elinsky

1994

The Getaway

as Frank Hansen

1996

Twister

as Dusty

2000

Almost Famous

as Lester Bangs

2003

Cold Mountain

as Reverend Veasey

1998

Patch Adams

as Mitch Roman

2011

The Ides of March

as Paul Zara

1998

Happiness

as Allen

2008

Synecdoche, New York

as Caden Cotard

1997

Boogie Nights

as Scotty J.

2000

State and Main

as Joseph Turner White

2004

Along Came Polly

as Sandy Lyle

2007

Charlie Wilson's War

as Gust Avrakotos

2009

The Invention of Lying

as Jim the Bartender

1994

Nobody's Fool

as Officer Raymer

1998

Montana

as Duncan

1993

My Boyfriend's Back

as Chuck Bronski

1999

Flawless

as Rusty

2009

Mary and Max

as Max (voice)

2002

Punch-Drunk Love

as Dean Trumbell

1996

Hard Eight

as Young Craps Player

2007

The Savages

as Jon Savage

1992

Scent of a Woman

as George Willis, Jr.

1992

2002

Red Dragon

as Freddy Lounds

2008

Doubt

as Father Brendan Flynn

2011

Moneyball

as Art Howe

2003

Owning Mahowny

as Dan Mahowny

2002

Love Liza

as Wilson Joel

2012

The Master

as Lancaster Dodd

2009

1993

1992

My New Gun

as Chris

2001

2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Plutarch Heavensbee

2012

A Late Quartet

as Robert Gelbart

2014

2015

2014

A Most Wanted Man

as Günther Bachmann

2003

Mattress Man Commercial

as Dean Trumbull

2014

God's Pocket

as Mickey Scarpato

1997

Culture

as Bill

1997

Anita Liberty

as Man at Party #3

2011

1994

1995

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes

1993

Joey Breaker

as Wiley McCall

1994

Szuler

as Martin

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Salinger

as Self - Actor

2012

Moneyball: Playing the Game

as Self (Archival Footage)

Production

2010

2014

God's Pocket

as Producer

2010

Jack Goes Boating

as Executive Producer

2013

Feed Me

as Thanks

2014

A Most Wanted Man

as In Memory Of

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