
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Highest Rated: 95% Mary and Max (2009)
Lowest Rated: 14% My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Birthday: Jul 23, 1967
Birthplace: Fairport, New York, USA
Widely recognized as one of the strongest stage and film actors of his generation, Philip Seymour Hoffman delivered knockout supporting roles in films like "Boogie Nights" (1997), "Magnolia" (1999) and "Almost Famous" (2000), before breaking out with an Oscar-winning lead as the famed author in "Capote" (2005). The co-creative director of New York's LAByrinth theater company brought theater-trained sensibilities and a fearless approach to some of cinema's most uncomfortably realistic portrayals, battling dark human urges, addictions, and moral conflicts with powerful if unflattering vulnerability. That was not to overlook Hoffman's considerable comedic talents, expressed in finely nuanced characterizations of a loyal assistant in "The Big Lebowski" (1997), a blocked screenwriter in "State and Main" (2000), a desperate former child actor in "Along Came Polly" (2004), and a maturity-challenged college professor in "The Savages" (2007). He even made the occasional blockbuster action thriller, playing the villain to Tom Cruise's hero in "Mission: Impossible III" (2006). Still, Hoffman was most comfortable in more dramatically challenging films, delivering quality turns in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (2007) and Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York" (2008) before receiving well-deserved acclaim for his performance as the embattled Father Flynn in "Doubt" (2008). With standout supporting turns in "Moneyball" (2011) and "The Hunger Games" franchise, Hoffman solidified his standing as one of the best and most versatile actors working in Hollywood. His death via heroin overdose at the age of 46 stunned the acting community as well as his legion of fans.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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69% | 66% | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 | Plutarch Heavensbee (Character) | $281.7M | 2015 |
68% | 71% | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 | Plutarch Heavensbee (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Armed Man | Executive Producer | - | 2014 |
37% | 32% | God's Pocket |
Mickey Scarpato (Character), Producer |
$104.4K | 2014 |
86% | 65% | A Most Wanted Man | Gunter Bachmann (Character) | $17.2M | 2014 |
36% | 52% | Salinger | Unknown (Character) | $575.8K | 2013 |
90% | 89% | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Plutarch Heavensbee (Character) | - | 2013 |
84% | 61% | The Master | Lancaster Dodd (Character) | $16.2M | 2012 |
76% | 71% | A Late Quartet | Robert Gelbart (Character) | $1.6M | 2012 |
94% | 86% | Moneyball | Art Howe (Character) | $75.6M | 2011 |
83% | 73% | The Ides of March | Paul Zara (Character) | $41M | 2011 |
68% | 48% | Jack Goes Boating |
Jack (Character), Director, Executive Producer |
$538.8K | 2010 |
56% | 39% | The Invention of Lying | Jim the Bartender (Character) | $18.4M | 2009 |
80% | 85% | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
60% | 71% | Pirate Radio | The Count (Character) | $8M | 2009 |
95% | 92% | Mary and Max | Max Jerry Horovitz (Voice) | - | 2009 |
79% | 78% | Doubt | Father Flynn (Character) | $33.4M | 2008 |
68% | 71% | Synecdoche, New York | Caden Cotard (Character) | $3.1M | 2008 |
82% | 73% | Charlie Wilson's War | Gust Avrakotos (Character) | $66.6M | 2007 |
88% | 71% | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Andy Hanson (Character) | $7.1M | 2007 |
90% | 74% | The Savages | Jon Savage (Character) | $6.6M | 2007 |
71% | 69% | Mission: Impossible III | Owen Davian (Character) | $133.4M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Empire Falls | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
89% | 82% | Capote |
Truman Capote (Character), Executive Producer |
$28.7M | 2005 |
51% | 55% | Strangers With Candy | Henry (Character) | $2.1M | 2005 |
27% | 47% | Along Came Polly | Sandy Lyle (Character) | $87.9M | 2004 |
79% | 75% | Owning Mahowny | Dan Mahowny (Character) | $1M | 2003 |
70% | 77% | Cold Mountain | Reverend Veasey (Character) | $95.6M | 2003 |
54% | 76% | Love Liza | Wilson Joel (Character) | $211.7K | 2002 |
68% | 74% | Red Dragon | Freddy Lounds (Character) | $92.9M | 2002 |
78% | 85% | 25th Hour | Jacob Elinsky (Character) | $13.1M | 2002 |
56% | 68% | Last Party 2000 | Host (Character) | - | 2002 |
79% | 77% | Punch-Drunk Love | Dean Trumbull (Character) | $17.8M | 2002 |
85% | 70% | State and Main | Joseph Turner White (Character) | $6.9M | 2000 |
89% | 92% | Almost Famous | Lester Bangs (Character) | $32.5M | 2000 |
83% | 89% | Magnolia | Phil Parma (Character) | $22.5M | 1999 |
40% | 53% | Flawless | Rusty Zimmerman (Character) | $4.5M | 1999 |
84% | 80% | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Freddie Miles (Character) | $81.3M | 1999 |
22% | 73% | Patch Adams | Mitch Roman (Character) | $135M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Montana | Duncan (Character) | - | 1998 |
73% | 74% | Next Stop Wonderland | Sean (Character) | $3.4M | 1998 |
83% | 93% | The Big Lebowski | Brandt (Character) | $17.4M | 1998 |
81% | 89% | Happiness | Allen (Character) | $3M | 1998 |
93% | 89% | Boogie Nights | Scotty J. (Character) | $26.4M | 1997 |
80% | 83% | Hard Eight | Young Craps Player (Character) | $215.6K | 1996 |
59% | 58% | Twister | Dustin Davis (Character) | $241.7M | 1996 |
32% | 28% | The Getaway | Frank Hansen (Character) | $15.5M | 1994 |
91% | 81% | Nobody's Fool | Officer Raymer (Character) | $38.3M | 1994 |
70% | 77% | When a Man Loves a Woman | Gary (Character) | $50M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Yearling | Buck (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joey Breaker | Wiley McCall (Character) | - | 1993 |
14% | 45% | My Boyfriend's Back | Chuck Bronski (Character) | $3.2M | 1993 |
89% | 92% | Scent of a Woman | George Willis, Jr. (Character) | $62.1M | 1992 |
64% | 46% | Leap of Faith | Matt (Character) | $21.7M | 1992 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio Spotlight | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS News Sunday Morning | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | ES.TV | Guest | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainers: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2008-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kickin' It: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2009 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Arthur | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Hollywood | Guest | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Guest | 2008 2003-2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Rose | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empire Falls | Charlie Mayne (Character) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Best of George | Guest |
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