Philip Seymour Hoffman
Overview
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.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Average rating: 6.8
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Average rating: 7.4
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Average rating: 6.9
Twister
Average rating: 6.5
Mary and Max
Average rating: 7.8
The Big Lebowski
Average rating: 7.8
Mission: Impossible III
Average rating: 6.7
Scent of a Woman
Average rating: 7.8
Boogie Nights
Average rating: 7.6
Moneyball
Average rating: 7.3
Almost Famous
Average rating: 7.5
A Most Wanted Man
Average rating: 6.5
The Invention of Lying
Average rating: 6.2
The Boat That Rocked
Average rating: 7.3
Patch Adams
Average rating: 7.3
The Daily Show
Average rating: 6.3
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Average rating: 5.4
Law & Order
Average rating: 7.4
The Early Show
Average rating: 5.7
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Average rating: 7.1
The Oscars
Average rating: 7
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Average rating: 5.4
Inside the Actors Studio
Average rating: 7.3
Tony Awards
Average rating: 5
Too Young to Die
Average rating: 7.2
Arthur
Average rating: 7
Empire Falls
Average rating: 6.5
Icons
Average rating: 8
The Frame
Average rating: 10
The Directors
Average rating: 5.1Images See all
Acting history
| Year | Media type | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Movie | Starring Austin Pendleton | Self |
| 2015 | Movie | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Plutarch Heavensbee |
| 2015 | Movie | Straight From The Heart: A Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman | Self (Archive Footage) |
| 2015 | Movie | The Making of A Most Wanted Man | Self |
| 2014 | Movie | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Plutarch Heavensbee |
| 2014 | Movie | A Most Wanted Man | Günther Bachmann |
| 2014 | Movie | God's Pocket | Mickey Scarpato |
| 2014 | Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Movie | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Plutarch Heavensbee |
| 2013 | Movie | Salinger | Self - Actor |
| 2013 | Tv Show | The Frame | Plutarch Heavensbee |
| 2013 | Movie | Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet | Self |
| 2012 | Movie | A Late Quartet | Robert Gelbart |
| 2012 | Movie | The Master | Lancaster Dodd |
| 2012 | Tv Show | Too Young to Die | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Movie | Moneyball: Playing the Game | Self (Archival Footage) |
| 2011 | Movie | The Ides of March | Paul Zara |
| 2011 | Movie | Moneyball | Art Howe |
| 2011 | Movie | A Child's Garden of Poetry | Self (voice) |
| 2010 | Movie | Jack Goes Boating | Jack |
| 2010 | Movie | Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre | Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Movie | The Invention of Lying | Jim the Bartender |
| 2009 | Movie | Mary and Max | Max (voice) |
| 2009 | Movie | Doubt: Stage to Screen | Self |
| 2009 | Movie | The Boat That Rocked | The Count |
| 2009 | Movie | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self |
| 2008 | Movie | Doubt | Father Brendan Flynn |
| 2008 | Movie | Synecdoche, New York | Caden Cotard |
| 2008 | Movie | Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made | Self |
| 2007 | Movie | Charlie Wilson's War | Gust Avrakotos |
| 2007 | Movie | The Savages | Jon Savage |
| 2007 | Movie | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Andy Hanson |
| 2006 | Movie | Strangers with Candy | Henry |
| 2006 | Movie | Mission: Impossible III | Owen Davian |
| 2006 | Movie | Making Capote: Concept to Script | Self |
| 2006 | Movie | Truman Capote: Answered Prayers | Self |
| 2005 | Movie | Capote | Truman Capote |
| 2005 | Tv Show | Empire Falls | Charlie Mayne |
| 2004 | Movie | Along Came Polly | Sandy Lyle |
| 2003 | Movie | Cold Mountain | Reverend Veasey |
| 2003 | Movie | Mattress Man Commercial | Dean Trumbull |
| 2003 | Movie | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self |
| 2003 | Movie | Owning Mahowny | Dan Mahowny |
| 2003 | Movie | A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Himself |
| 2002 | Movie | Love Liza | Wilson Joel |
| 2002 | Movie | 25th Hour | Jacob Elinsky |
| 2002 | Movie | Punch-Drunk Love | Dean Trumbell |
| 2002 | Movie | Red Dragon | Freddy Lounds |
| 2002 | Tv Show | HypaSpace | Self |
| 2002 | Tv Show | Icons | - |
| 2001 | Movie | Last Party 2000 | - |
| 2000 | Movie | Almost Famous | Lester Bangs |
| 2000 | Movie | State and Main | Joseph Turner White |
| 2000 | Movie | Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' | Self |
| 2000 | Movie | Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' | Self |
| 2000 | Movie | That Moment: Magnolia Diary | Self |
| 1999 | Movie | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Freddie Miles |
| 1999 | Movie | Magnolia | Phil Parma |
| 1999 | Movie | Flawless | Rusty |
| 1999 | Tv Show | The Early Show | Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Tv Show | The Directors | Self |
| 1998 | Movie | Patch Adams | Mitch Roman |
| 1998 | Movie | Happiness | Allen |
| 1998 | Movie | Next Stop Wonderland | Sean |
| 1998 | Movie | The Big Lebowski | Brandt |
| 1998 | Movie | Montana | Duncan |
| 1997 | Tv Show | Liberty! | Joseph Plumb Martin |
| 1997 | Movie | Boogie Nights | Scotty J. |
| 1997 | Movie | Culture | Bill |
| 1997 | Movie | Hard Eight | Young Craps Player |
| 1997 | Movie | Anita Liberty | Man at Party #3 |
| 1996 | Tv Show | Arthur | William Fillmore Toffman (voice) |
| 1996 | Tv Show | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1996 | Movie | Twister | Dusty |
| 1995 | Movie | The Fifteen Minute Hamlet | Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes |
| 1994 | Movie | It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice | Launcelot Gobbo |
| 1994 | Movie | Nobody's Fool | Officer Raymer |
| 1994 | Tv Show | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1994 | Movie | When a Man Loves a Woman | Gary |
| 1994 | Movie | The Yearling | Buck |
| 1994 | Movie | Szuler | Martin |
| 1994 | Movie | The Getaway | Frank Hansen |
| 1993 | Tv Show | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Movie | Money for Nothing | Cochran |
| 1993 | Movie | My Boyfriend's Back | Chuck Bronski |
| 1993 | Movie | Joey Breaker | Wiley McCall |
| 1992 | Movie | Scent of a Woman | George Willis, Jr. |
| 1992 | Movie | Leap of Faith | Matt |
| 1992 | Movie | My New Gun | Chris |
| 1992 | Tv Show | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | - |
| 1992 | Movie | Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole | Klutch |
| 1990 | Tv Show | Law & Order | Steven Hanauer |
| 1988 | Tv Show | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self |
| 1956 | Tv Show | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1953 | Tv Show | The Oscars | Self |
Producing history
| Year | Media type | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Movie | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Crew |
| 2014 | Movie | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Crew |
| 2014 | Movie | A Most Wanted Man | Crew |
| 2014 | Movie | God's Pocket | Production |
| 2013 | Movie | Feed Me | Crew |
| 2010 | Movie | Jack Goes Boating | Directing |
| 2010 | Movie | Jack Goes Boating | Production |