# Philip Seymour Hoffman on screen and stage

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

## Television

List of television credits :
| Year(s) | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2000 | Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train | Classic Stage Company | — | Director; November 29 – December 31 |
| 2001 | The Seagull | Delacorte Theater | Konstantin | August 12–26 |
| 2001 | 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 |
| 2003 | Long Day's Journey into Night | Plymouth Theatre | James Tyrone, Jr. | May 6 – August 31 |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 2004 | 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 |
| 2005 | 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 |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2008 | 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 |