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.

Filmography

• HAPPYish — Executive Producer
• 2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 — Plutarch Heavensbee
• 2014A Most Wanted Man — Günther Bachmann, In Memory Of
• 2014God's Pocket — Mickey Scarpato, Producer
• 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 — Plutarch Heavensbee, Thanks, In Memory Of
• 2013Feed Me — Thanks
• The Frame — Plutarch Heavensbee
• 2013The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Plutarch Heavensbee
• 2013The Master: Unguided Message
• 2012A Late Quartet — Robert Gelbart
• 2012The Master — Lancaster Dodd
• 2011Moneyball — Art Howe
• 2011The Ides of March — Paul Zara
• 2010Jack Goes Boating — Jack, Director, Executive Producer
• 2010Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre — Narrator (voice)
• 2009Mary and Max — Max (voice)
• 2009The Boat That Rocked — The Count
• 2009The Invention of Lying — Jim the Bartender
• 2008Doubt — Father Brendan Flynn
• 2008Synecdoche, New York — Caden Cotard
• 2007Before the Devil Knows You're Dead — Andy Hanson
• 2007Charlie Wilson's War — Gust Avrakotos
• 2007The Savages — Jon Savage
• 2006Mission: Impossible III — Owen Davian
• 2006Strangers with Candy — Henry
• 2005Capote — Truman Capote, Executive Producer
• Empire Falls — Charlie Mayne
• 2004Along Came Polly — Sandy Lyle
• 2003Cold Mountain — Reverend Veasey
• 2003Mattress Man Commercial — Dean Trumbull
• 2003Owning Mahowny — Dan Mahowny
• 200225th Hour — Jacob Elinsky
• Icons
• 2002Love Liza — Wilson Joel
• 2002Punch-Drunk Love — Dean Trumbell
• 2002Red Dragon — Freddy Lounds
• 2000Almost Famous — Lester Bangs
• 2000State and Main — Joseph Turner White
• 1999Flawless — Rusty
• 1999Magnolia — Phil Parma
• 1999The Talented Mr. Ripley — Freddie Miles
• 1998Happiness — Allen
• 1998Montana — Duncan
• 1998Next Stop Wonderland — Sean
• 1998Patch Adams — Mitch
• 1998The Big Lebowski — Brandt
• 1997Anita Liberty — Man at Party #3
• 1997Boogie Nights — Scotty J.
• 1997Culture — Bill
• 1997Hard Eight — Young Craps Player
• Liberty! — Joseph Plumb Martin
• Storyville
• Arthur — William Fillmore Toffman (voice)
• 1996Twister — Dusty
• 1995The Fifteen Minute Hamlet — Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
• 1994Cheat — Martin
• 1994It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice — Launcelot Gobbo
• 1994Nobody's Fool — Officer Raymer
• 1994The Getaway — Frank Hansen
• 1994The Yearling — Buck
• 1994When a Man Loves a Woman — Gary
• 1993Joey Breaker — Wiley McCall
• 1993Money for Nothing — Cochran
• 1993My Boyfriend's Back — Chuck Bronski
• 1992Leap of Faith — Matt
• 1992My New Gun — Chris
• 1992Scent of a Woman — George Willis, Jr.
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1992Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole — Klutch
• Law & Order — Steven Hanauer

Appearances as themselves (28)

• 2016Starring Austin Pendleton — Self
• 2015Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2015The Making of A Most Wanted Man — Self
• 2013Salinger — Self - Actor
• Too Young to Die — Self (archive footage)
• 2011A Child's Garden of Poetry — Self (voice)
• 2009Doubt: Stage to Screen — Self
• 2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale — Self
• 2008Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made — Self
• Chelsea Lately — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Making Capote: Concept to Script — Self
• 2006Truman Capote: Answered Prayers — Self
• 2003A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' — Self
• 2003The Evolution of an American Filmmaker — Self
• HypaSpace — Self
• 2001Last Party 2000 — Self
• 2000Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' — Self
• 2000Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' — Self
• 2000That Moment: Magnolia Diary — Self
• The Directors — Self
• The Early Show — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee