Philip Seymour Hoffman
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | |
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 Hoffman at the 81st Academy Awards in February 2009 |
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| Born | July 23, 1967 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor/Theater director |
| Years active | 1991 – present |
| Partner | Mimi O'Donnell (1999–present) |
Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an American actor and theatre director. Hoffman began acting in television in 1991, and the following year started to appear in films. He gradually gained recognition for his supporting work in a series of notable films, including Scent of a Woman (1992), Boogie Nights (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous (2000), 25th Hour (2002), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), and Cold Mountain (2003).
In 2005, Hoffman played the title role in the biographical film Capote (2005), for which he won multiple acting awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor. He also received two Academy Award nominations for his supporting work in Charlie Wilson's War (2007) and Doubt (2008). Other critically acclaimed films in recent years have included Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), The Savages (2007), and Synecdoche, New York (2008).
Hoffman is also an accomplished theatre actor and director. He joined the LAByrinth Theater Company in 1995, and has directed and performed in numerous Off-Broadway productions. His performances in two Broadway plays led to two Tony Award nominations: one for Best Leading Actor in True West (2000), and another for Best Featured Actor in Long Day's Journey into Night (2003).
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Early life
Hoffman was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Marilyn L. O'Connor, a family court judge, lawyer and civil rights activist, and Gordon S. Hoffman, a former Xerox executive.[1] He has two sisters, Jill and Emily, and a brother, Gordy Hoffman, who scripted the 2002 film Love Liza, in which Philip starred. His father was a Protestant of German ancestry and his mother was of Irish Catholic background – Hoffman was not raised with a deep commitment to either religious tradition.[2][3][4] Hoffman's parents divorced when he was nine years old.[5] His first acting role was as Radar O'Reilly in Fairport High School's production of M*A*S*H in 1982.
Hoffman attended the 1984 Theater School at the New York State Summer School of the Arts. After high school, Hoffman attended the Circle in the Square Theatre's summer program, continuing his acting training with the acting teacher Mr. Alan Langdon.[6] He received a BFA in drama in 1989 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. At NYU, he was a founding member of the notoriously short-lived and volatile theater company the Bullstoi Ensemble with actor Steven Schub and director Bennett Miller.[7] Soon after graduating, he went to rehab for drug and alcohol addiction and has since remained sober.[8]
Film and television work
Hoffman's first role was as a defendant in a 1991 episode of the television series Law & Order. He made his film breakthrough in 1992 when he appeared in four feature films, with the most successful film being Scent of a Woman, in which he played a rather unscrupulous classmate of Chris O'Donnell's character. He had been stocking shelves at a city grocery store at the time before landing the role and credits the film to kickstarting his career.
Hoffman has established a successful and respected film career playing diverse and idiosyncratic characters in supporting roles, working with a wide variety of noted directors, including Todd Solondz, The Coen Brothers, Spike Lee, Cameron Crowe, David Mamet, Robert Benton, Anthony Minghella and Paul Thomas Anderson; notably, he has appeared in four out of five of Anderson's feature films to date (Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch-Drunk Love).
He appeared in Last Party 2000, a documentary about the 2000 U.S. elections. Throughout his career he has rarely been given a chance to play the lead role. In 2002, however, Hoffman starred as a widower coping with his wife's suicide in Love Liza, for which his brother, Gordy Hoffman, wrote the screenplay. In 2003, he played the lead role in Owning Mahowny as a bank employee who embezzles money to feed his gambling addiction.
Hoffman has continued to play supporting roles in such films as Cold Mountain, as a carnally obsessed preacher, Along Came Polly, as Ben Stiller's crude has-been actor buddy, and Mission: Impossible III, as villainous arms dealer Owen Davian out to kill Ethan Hunt. Hoffman has played a wide range of roles such as: gay characters (Boogie Nights, Flawless and Capote), over-indulgent rich folk (Scent of a Woman, Patch Adams and The Talented Mr. Ripley), caring and nurturing figures (Magnolia and Almost Famous), vicious thugs (Punch-Drunk Love and Mission: Impossible III), sensitive artists (State and Main and Synecdoche, New York), an outlandish CIA officer (Charlie Wilson's War), and a lonely, sex-obsessed pervert (Happiness).
He received his first Emmy Award nomination for the HBO miniseries Empire Falls, but lost to castmate and personal idol Paul Newman. One of Hoffman's earliest roles was as a police deputy who gets punched in the face by Newman in 1994's Nobody's Fool. He would receive a second Emmy Award nomination for the Daytime Emmy Awards for his vocal work on the TV Series Arthur.
In 2005, Hoffman won widespread acclaim for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in the film Capote. His performance received numerous high-profile accolades and awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In addition, he was also awarded Best Actor by at least ten film critic associations, including the National Board of Review, Toronto Film Critics, and Los Angeles Film Critics.
In 2007, Hoffman was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for playing Gust Avrakotos, a CIA officer who helps Congressman Charlie Wilson support a covert war in Afghanistan in the movie Charlie Wilson's War. In 2008, he was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role, which he lost to Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men.
In 2008, he appeared in Synecdoche, New York, in which he played Caden Cotard, a man who attempts to build a full-scale replica of New York inside a warehouse for a play, and Doubt, in which he played Father Brendan Flynn, a priest accused of sexually abusing a student. He received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for the latter. He also received a second consecutive nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Doubt.
Personal life
Hoffman is in a relationship with costume designer Mimi O'Donnell. They met while working on the 1999 play In Arabia We'd All Be Kings, which Hoffman directed. They have a son, Cooper Alexander, born in March 2003, and two daughters, Tallulah, born in November 2006,[9] and Willa, born in October 2008.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1991 | Law & Order | Steven Hanauer | TV Episode: The Violence of Summer |
| Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole | Klutch | ||
| 1992 | Szuler | ||
| My New Gun | Chris | ||
| Leap of Faith | Matt | ||
| Scent of a Woman | George Willis, Jr. | ||
| 1993 | Joey Breaker | Wiley McCall | |
| My Boyfriend's Back | Chuck Bronski | ||
| Money for Nothing | Cochran | ||
| 1994 | The Getaway | Frank Hansen | |
| The Yearling | Buck | TV | |
| When a Man Loves a Woman | Gary | ||
| Nobody's Fool | Officer Raymer | ||
| 1995 | The Fifteen Minute Hamlet | Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes | |
| 1996 | Hard Eight | Young Craps Player | |
| Twister | Dustin "Dusty" Davis | ||
| 1997 | Boogie Nights | Scotty J. | Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| Liberty: The American Revolution | Joseph Plumb Martin | ||
| 1998 | Culture | Bill | |
| Montana | Duncan | ||
| Next Stop Wonderland | Sean | Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| The Big Lebowski | Brandt | ||
| Happiness | Allen | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male |
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| Patch Adams | Mitch Roman | ||
| 1999 | Flawless | Rusty Zimmerman | San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Best Actor Award at the Verona Love Screens Film Festival Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture |
| Magnolia | Phil Parma | Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast National Board of Review Award for Best Cast National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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| The Talented Mr. Ripley | Freddie Miles | Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor |
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| 2000 | Titanic 2000 | Himself | |
| State and Main | Joseph Turner White | Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast |
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| Almost Famous | Lester Bangs | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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| 2002 | Love Liza | Wilson Joel | |
| Punch-Drunk Love | Dean Trumbell | Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | |
| Red Dragon | Freddy Lounds | ||
| 25th Hour | Jacob Elinsky | ||
| 2003 | Owning Mahowny | Dan Mahowny | Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated — Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Cold Mountain | Reverend Veasey | ||
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Sandy Lyle | |
| 2005 | Strangers with Candy | Henry, Board Of Education | |
| Empire Falls | Charlie Mayne | TV Miniseries Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie |
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| Capote | Truman Capote | Academy Award for Best Actor Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actor Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Owen Davian | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Andy Hanson | Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Actor of the Year Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor |
| The Savages | Jon Savage | Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Actor of the Year Jury Award for Best Actor at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast |
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| Charlie Wilson's War | Gust Avrakotos | Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Actor of the Year Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor |
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| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Caden Cotard | Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast Robert Altman Award |
| Doubt | Father Brendan Flynn | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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| 2009 | Mary and Max | Max Jerry Horovitz | voice only |
| The Boat That Rocked | The Count | US Alternate Title: Pirate Radio | |
| The Invention of Lying | Bartender | ||
| 2010 | Jack Goes Boating | Jack | Director/Executive Producer |
References
- ↑ Philip Seymour Hoffman biography Film Reference.com.
- ↑ Whitty, Stephen (2008-12-08). "The talented Mr. Hoffman". Nj.com. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/12/the_talented_mr_hoffman.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ↑ "PSH Frequently Asked Questions". http://ddraven.tripod.com/psh/faq.html. Retrieved 2006-11-01.
- ↑ "Transcript: Inside the Actor's Studio, 2000". http://ddraven.tripod.com/psh/transcriptitas.html. Retrieved 2006-11-01.
- ↑ "Philip Seymour Hoffman Biography". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800021779&cf=biog&intl=us. Retrieved 2006-11-01.
- ↑ biography of Philip Seymour Hoffman philipseymourhoffman.com
- ↑ Philip Seymour Hoffman on Inside the Actors Studio
- ↑ "Nominee Hoffman once struggled with drugs". Associated Press. February 16, 2006. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11390662/. Retrieved 2006-11-01.
- ↑ Hancock, Noelle (June 22, 2006). "Philip Seymour Hoffman and Girlfriend Expecting Second Child". Us Weekly. http://www.usmagazine.com/node/1288. Retrieved 2006-11-01.
- ↑ Hirschberg, Lynn (2008-12-19). "A Higher Calling". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/magazine/21hoffman-t.html?_r=1&hp. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
External links
- Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Internet Movie Database
- Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Internet Broadway Database
- Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Philip Seymour Hoffman Biography
- NPR Interview (09/2005)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman talks about his role in Capote on the Tavis Smiley show
- Brandt Tribute Lebowski Podcast's tribute to Hoffman's character in The Big Lebowski.
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