Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an American actor and 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), Twister (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Happiness (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous (2000), 25th Hour (2002), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Cold Mountain (2003), and Along Came Polly (2004).

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 received another 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) and The Savages (2007). In 2010, Hoffman made his feature film directorial debut with Jack Goes Boating‎.

Hoffman is also an accomplished theater 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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Movie		Character	Year
	Scent of a Woman	George Willis, Jr.	1992
	When a Man Loves a Woman	Gary	1994
	Twister	Dustin Davis	1996
	Hard Eight	Young Craps Player	1996
	Boogie Nights	Scotty J.	1997
	The Big Lebowski	Brandt	1998
	Patch Adams	Mitch Roman	1998
	Flawless	Rusty	1999
	Magnolia	Phil Parma	1999
	State and Main	Joseph Turner White	2000
	Almost Famous	Lester Bangs	2000
	Red Dragon	Freddy Lounds	2002
	Punch-Drunk Love	Dean Trumbell	2002
	25th Hour	Jacob Elinsky	2002
	Owning Mahowny	Dan Mahowny	2003
	Cold Mountain	Reverend Veasey	2003
	Along Came Polly	Sandy Lyle	2004
	Mission: Impossible III	Owen Davian	2006
	Charlie Wilson's War	Gust Avrakotos	2007
	Synecdoche, New York	Caden Cotard	2008
	Doubt	Father Brendan Flynn	2008
	The Boat That Rocked	The Count	2009
	Mary and Max	Max Jerry Horovitz	2009
	The Invention of Lying	Jim the Bartender	2009
	Moneyball	Art Howe	2011
	The Ides of March	Paul Zara	2011
	The Master	Lancaster Dodd	2012
	A Late Quartet	Robert	2012
	Salinger	Himself	2013
	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Plutarch Heavensbee	2013
	A Most Wanted Man	Günther Bachmann	2013