Philip Seymour Hoffman
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.
Twister
as Dustin DavisAn unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers,...
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An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning...
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Plutarch HeavensbeeKatniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
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Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming,...
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Mary and Max
as Max Jerry Horovitz (voice)A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living...
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Almost Famous
as Lester BangsIn 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock...
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Plutarch HeavensbeeKatniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with...
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The Master
as Lancaster DoddFreddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder,...
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In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a...
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Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real...
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Plutarch HeavensbeeWith the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final...
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25th Hour
as Jacob ElinskyIn New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug...
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Flawless
as RustyAn ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a...
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Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White...
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Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan...
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Along Came Polly
as Sandy LyleReuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible...
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The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together...
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Scent of a Woman
as George Willis, Jr.Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn...
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Patch Adams
as Mitch RomanThe true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best...
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The Getaway
as Frank HansenDoc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after...
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Doubt
as Father Brendan FlynnIn 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young...
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Punch-Drunk Love
as Dean TrumbellA socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being...
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Hard Eight
as Young Craps PlayerA stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
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The Savages
as Jon SavageA sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for...
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The Invention of Lying
as Jim the BartenderSet in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents...
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Happiness
as AllenThe lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually...
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Capote
as Truman CapoteA biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction...
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The Ides of March
as Paul ZaraDirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat...
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Love Liza
as Wilson JoelFollowing the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to...
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Owning Mahowny
as Dan MahownyDan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was...
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The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his...
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When a Man Loves a Woman
as GaryAn airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her...
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A Most Wanted Man
as Günther BachmannA Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert...
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Nobody's Fool
as Officer RaymerSully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's...
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The Boat That Rocked
as The CountAn ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music....
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Andy HansonWhen two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly...
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Leap of Faith
as MattJonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around...
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Salinger
as Self - ActorAn in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger...
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Synecdoche, New York
as Caden CotardA theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create...
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A Late Quartet
as Robert GelbartWhen the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening...
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Montana
as DuncanA seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress,...
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State and Main
as Joseph Turner WhiteA movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...
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Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal'...
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God's Pocket
as Mickey ScarpatoA boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy...
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My Boyfriend's Back
as Chuck BronskiMissy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her...
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Next Stop Wonderland
as SeanA lighthearted story about a man and a woman who seem destined to be together... and the...
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as SelfJohn Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II,...
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Money for Nothing
as CochranWhen unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he...
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The Yearling
as BuckIn 1870s Florida, a rural family struggles to survive. A lonely twelve-year-old son, Jody (Wil...
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Strangers with Candy
as HenryA prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie,...
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Anita Liberty
as Man at Party #3Anita's boyfriend Mitchell dumped her after 3.5 years for Heather. All she can think about is...
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Jack Goes Boating
as JackA limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around...
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My New Gun
as ChrisDebbie and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor,...
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Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as SelfA look inside the making of 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'.
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Culture
as BillCulture is a 1997 short film directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, with Greg Germann, Florence...
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Starring Austin Pendleton
as uncreditedA quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work...
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12 Scopitones
as Dean TrumbellTwelve artwork transitions by Jeremy Blake for the film Punch-Drunk Love (2002).
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That Moment: Magnolia Diary
as SelfA very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson...
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A Child's Garden of Poetry
as Self (voice)Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation...
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Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
as SelfFeaturette on the making of A Late Quartet (2012).
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It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
as Launcelot GobboA BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s...
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Moneyball: Playing the Game
as Self (Archival Footage)Cast and crew discuss the film's authentic recreation of baseball scenes and the landscape of...
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Mattress Man Commercial
as Dean TrumbullPaul Thomas Anderson spoofs the famous 1980s Mattress Man commercial outtake using Dean...
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Doubt: Stage to Screen
as SelfA look at how the cast and crew brought "Doubt" from the stage to the screen.
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The Making of A Most Wanted Man
as SelfBehind-the-scenes look at making the film adaptation of John le Carré's A Most Wanted Man.
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Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
as uncreditedAn involved behind-the-scenes documentary that focuses on the High Definition cameras used for...
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as SelfSpike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour...
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The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Bernardo, Horatio & LaertesShakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the...
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Making Capote: Concept to Script
as SelfFeaturette on the making of Capote (2005).
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Last Party 2000
as uncreditedFilmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman...
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Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
as KlutchThe Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their...
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Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
as Narrator (voice)Take a look behind the curtain to see the vast history and recent renovation of one of...
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Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
as SelfA short documentary looking at how the film Capote was developed, the motivations of those...
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Law & Order
as Steven HanauerIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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The Daily Show
as SelfThe World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as uncreditedA morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...
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Tony Awards
as Self - NomineeThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - GuestLate Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as uncreditedThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Arthur
as William Fillmore Toffman (voice)The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his...
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The Frame
as Plutarch HeavensbeeA journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.
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Too Young to Die
as Self (archive footage)Those who knew them best describe the sensational lives and premature deaths of iconic actors...
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The Early Show
as Self - GuestThe Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York...
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Icons
as uncreditedIcons was a documentary TV show on G4 that originally focused on significant people, companies,...
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Empire Falls
as Charlie MayneThe humorous, poignant story of a declining New England town and its inhabitants, whose lives...
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The Directors
as SelfDocumentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.
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Inside the Actors Studio
as SelfJames Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for...
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Liberty!
as Joseph Plumb MartinDramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely...
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