Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014) was an American actor, director, and producer who made his screen debut on the police procedural Law & Order in 1991. He made his film debut later in the same year by appearing in a minor role in Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole. Hoffman followed this with supporting roles as a student in Scent of a Woman (1992), and a storm chaser in Twister (1996) before his breakthrough role as a gay boom operator in Paul Thomas Anderson's drama Boogie Nights (1997), for which he received critical acclaim. In the same year, he appeared in the Revolutionary War documentary series Liberty! (1997). Two years later, he played a kind nurse in Anderson's Magnolia and an arrogant playboy in The Talented Mr. Ripley, for which he received the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hoffman made his Broadway debut the following year with his lead role in True West which garnered him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.

Hoffman received the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in the 2005 biographical film Capote. He followed this by playing a ruthless arms dealer in the action spy film Mission: Impossible III (2006) and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos in the Mike Nichols-directed Charlie Wilson's War (2007). Hoffman's performance as a priest suspected of child abuse in the period drama Doubt (2008) with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams received critical acclaim and multiple award nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category. In the same year, he played a troubled theatre director in Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York.

In 2010, he made his directorial debut with the romantic comedy Jack Goes Boating, an adaptation of the 2007 play in which he had also starred. Two years later, he played a cult leader in Anderson's psychological drama The Master and Willy Loman in the play Death of a Salesman. For the former, Hoffman was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, and for the latter he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He died of an accidental mixed drug overdose on February 2, 2014, at the age of 46. In his New York Times obituary, he was described as "perhaps the most ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation". Broadway theatres dimmed their lights for one minute in tribute.

Film

List of film credits

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
1991	Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole	Klutch	Credited as Phil Hoffman
1992	Szuler	Martin	English title: Cheat Credited as Phil Hoffman
	My New Gun	Chris
	Leap of Faith	Matt
	Scent of a Woman	George Willis, Jr.	Credited as Philip S. Hoffman
1993	My Boyfriend's Back	Chuck Bronski
	Joey Breaker	Wiley McCall
	Money for Nothing	Cochran	Credited as Philip S. Hoffman
1994	The Getaway	Frank Hansen	Credited as Philip Hoffman
	When a Man Loves a Woman	Gary
	Nobody's Fool	Officer Raymer
1995	The Fifteen Minute Hamlet	Bernardo / Horatio / Laertes	Short film
1996	Hard Eight	Young Craps Player
	Twister	Dustin "Dusty" Davis
1997	Boogie Nights	Scotty J.
	Culture	Bill	Short film
1998	Montana	Duncan
	The Big Lebowski	Brandt
	Next Stop Wonderland	Sean	Credited as Phil Hoffman
	Happiness	Allen
	Patch Adams	Mitch
1999	Flawless	Rusty Zimmerman
	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Freddie Miles
	Magnolia	Phil Parma
2000	State and Main	Joseph Turner White
	Almost Famous	Lester Bangs
2002	Love Liza	Wilson Joel
	Punch-Drunk Love	Dean Trumbell
	Red Dragon	Freddy Lounds
	25th Hour	Jacob Elinsky
2003	Owning Mahowny	Dan Mahowny
	The Party's Over	Himself	Documentary
	Cold Mountain	Reverend Veasey
2004	Along Came Polly	Sandy Lyle
2005	Strangers with Candy	Henry	Cameo
	Capote	Truman Capote	Also executive producer
2006	Mission: Impossible III	Owen Davian
2007	The Savages	Jon Savage
	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Andy Hanson
	Charlie Wilson's War	Gust Avrakotos
2008	Synecdoche, New York	Caden Cotard
	Doubt	Father Brendan Flynn
2009	Mary and Max	Max Jerry Horowitz	Voice
	The Boat That Rocked	The Count
	The Invention of Lying	Jim the Bartender	Cameo
2010	Jack Goes Boating	Jack	Also director and executive producer
2011	The Ides of March	Paul Zara
	Moneyball	Art Howe
2012	The Master	Lancaster Dodd
	A Late Quartet	Robert Gelbart
2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Plutarch Heavensbee
2014	God's Pocket	Mickey Scarpato	Also producer
	A Most Wanted Man	Günther Bachmann
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Plutarch Heavensbee	Posthumous release
2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

Television

List of television credits

Year(s)	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
1991	Law & Order	Steven B. Hanauer	Episode: "The Violence of Summer" Credited as Philip Hoffman
1994	The Yearling	Buck	Television film
1997	Liberty!	Joseph Plumb Martin (voice)	4 episodes Documentary
2005	Empire Falls	Charlie Mayne	2 episodes Miniseries
2009	Arthur	Will Toffman (voice)	Episode: "No Acting Please"
2014	Happyish	Thom Payne	Unaired pilot

Stage

List of theater credits

Year(s)	Title	Theater	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1996	The Skriker	The Public Theater	RawHeadAndBloodyBones	April 23 – May 26
1997–1998	Defying Gravity	The American Place Theatre	C.B.	November 2, 1997 – January 4, 1998
1998	Shopping and Fucking	New York Theatre Workshop	Mark	March 17 – April 11
1999	The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad	Greenwich House Theater	Gene	May 11–29
2000	True West	Circle in the Square Theatre	Lee / Austin	March 2 – June 18
	Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train	Classic Stage Company	—	Director; November 29 – December 31
2001	The Seagull	Delacorte Theater	Konstantin	August 12–26
	The Glory of Living	MCC Theater	—	Director; October 30 – December 1
2003	Our Lady of 121st Street	Union Square Theatre	—	Director; March 6 – July 27
	Long Day's Journey into Night	Plymouth Theatre	James Tyrone, Jr.	May 6 – August 31
	Dutch Heart of Man	The Public Theater	—	Artistic director; September 25 – October 19
2004	Guinea Pig Solo	The Public Theater	—	Artistic director; May 9 – June 6
	Sailor's Song	The Public Theater	—	Executive director; November 7–21
2005	The Last Days of Judas Iscariot	The Public Theater	—	Director and artistic director; March 2 – April 3
	Sawbones	St. Ann's Warehouse Royal Festival Hall	Frontier Veterinarian	April 28–30, May 13
2006	School of the Americas	The Public Theater	—	Artistic director; July 6–23
	A Small, Melodramatic Story	The Public Theater	—	Artistic director; October 24 – November 5
2007	Jack Goes Boating	The Public Theater	Jack	Artistic director; March 18 – April 29
	A View from 151st Street	The Public Theater	—	Artistic director; October 18 – November 4
2008	Unconditional	The Public Theater	—	Artistic director; February 18 – March 9
	The Little Flower of East Orange	The Public Theater	—	Director; April 6 – May 4
2009	Othello	Skirball Center for the Performing Arts	Iago	September 27 – October 4
2010	The Long Red Road	Goodman Theatre	—	Director; February 22 – March 21
2012	Death of a Salesman	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	Willy Loman	March 15 – June 2
2013	A Family for All Occasions	Bank Street Theater	—	Director; May 12–26