Biography
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 t...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
as Self
A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Plutarch Heavensbee
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – inc...
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
2015
as Self (Archive Footage)
An homage to the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015
as Self
Behind-the-scenes look at making the film adaptation of John le Carré's A Most Wanted Man.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Plutarch Heavensbee
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Thanks, In Memory Of
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
A Most Wanted Man
2014
as Günther Bachmann
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential ter...
A Most Wanted Man
2014
In Memory Of
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential ter...
God's Pocket
2014
as Mickey Scarpato
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complica...
God's Pocket
2014
Producer
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complica...
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...
Feed Me
2013
Thanks
Feed Me is a story about a young family in a suburban area in Southern California. The father, Jason (Cameron Graham), is an ambitious executive who k...
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Plutarch Heavensbee
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they mu...
Salinger
2013
as Self - Actor
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable...
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
2013
as Self
Featurette on the making of A Late Quartet (2012).
A Late Quartet
2012
as Robert Gelbart
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the bal...
The Master
2012
as Lancaster Dodd
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto th...
Moneyball: Playing the Game
2012
as Self (Archival Footage)
Cast and crew discuss the film's authentic recreation of baseball scenes and the landscape of the 2002 baseball season, sets and filming locales, cost...
The Ides of March
2011
as Paul Zara
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
Moneyball
2011
as Art Howe
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-gen...
A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011
as Self (voice)
Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected perform...
Jack Goes Boating
2010
as Jack
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Jack Goes Boating
2010
Director, Executive Producer
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Take a look behind the curtain to see the vast history and recent renovation of one of Rochester, New York's most famous landmarks. Architects, theate...
The Invention of Lying
2009
as Jim the Bartender
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
Mary and Max
2009
as Max (voice)
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year...
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009
as Self
A look at how the cast and crew brought "Doubt" from the stage to the screen.
The Boat That Rocked
2009
as The Count
An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing ...
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominat...
Doubt
2008
as Father Brendan Flynn
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Caden Cotard
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as ...
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008
as Self
An involved behind-the-scenes documentary that focuses on the High Definition cameras used for the movie as well as intimate interviews with the cast ...
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Gust Avrakotos
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afgh...
The Savages
2007
as Jon Savage
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
as Andy Hanson
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and ...
Strangers with Candy
2006
as Henry
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her l...
Mission: Impossible III
2006
as Owen Davian
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, ...
Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006
as Self
Featurette on the making of Capote (2005).
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
2006
as Self
A short documentary looking at how the film Capote was developed, the motivations of those involved, and insights from Gerald Clarke, Capote's friend ...
Capote
2005
as Truman Capote
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
Along Came Polly
2004
as Sandy Lyle
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the mome...
Cold Mountain
2003
as Reverend Veasey
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts ...
Mattress Man Commercial
2003
as Dean Trumbull
Paul Thomas Anderson spoofs the famous 1980s Mattress Man commercial outtake using Dean Trumbell, the character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in An...
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
as Self
Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members from this film and his...
Owning Mahowny
2003
as Dan Mahowny
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Tor...
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003
as Self
This documentary follows director Brett Ratner through nearly every stage of production for the film Red Dragon (2002).
Love Liza
2002
as Wilson Joel
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoid...
25th Hour
2002
as Jacob Elinsky
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and hi...
Punch-Drunk Love
2002
as Dean Trumbell
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Red Dragon
2002
as Freddy Lounds
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it ...
Last Party 2000
2001
as Self
Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the Republican and Democ...
Almost Famous
2000
as Lester Bangs
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone ma...
State and Main
2000
as Joseph Turner White
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
as Self
A look inside the making of 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'.
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
as Self
The stars of director of the film reflect upon their experiences.
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000
as Self
A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film Magn...
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
as Freddie Miles
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U...
Magnolia
1999
as Phil Parma
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy geniu...
Flawless
1999
as Rusty
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the...
Patch Adams
1998
as Mitch Roman
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his pa...
Happiness
1998
as Allen
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might fin...
Next Stop Wonderland
1998
as Sean
Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in the "personals" section of a...
The Big Lebowski
1998
as Brandt
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelc...
Montana
1998
as Duncan
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow...
Boogie Nights
1997
as Scotty J.
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his cra...
Culture
1997
as Bill
A junior editor gets a nice promotion while working for a famous New York daily. With the function comes a secretary, a veteran lady accustomed in a c...
Anita Liberty
1997
as Man at Party #3
Anita's boyfriend Mitchell dumped her after 3.5 years for Heather. All she can think about is humiliating him, mostly in poems that are bitter, banal,...
Hard Eight
1996
as Young Craps Player
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Twister
1996
as Dusty
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaki...
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
1995
as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1994
as Launcelot Gobbo
A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed b...
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Officer Raymer
A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wif...
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
as Gary
An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety....
The Yearling
1994
as Buck
Ma and Pa Baxter have battled bears, floods, rattlesnakes, hunger, disease, and ornery neighbors for years, but somehow they've prevailed during the t...
Szuler
1994
as Martin
The year is 1750. Europe is in a ravaged state following a plague. Victor Moritz and Rufolf de Sevre are gamblers, frequenters of elegant casinos and ...
The Getaway
1994
as Frank Hansen
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Money for Nothing
1993
as Cochran
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. ...
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Chuck Bronski
Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, Johnny is killed trying to win he...
Joey Breaker
1993
as Wiley McCall
Joey is a player, a hot-shot movie agent in New York. If a deal can be made, he'll make it. If a rising talent can be snapped up, he'll be the first i...
Scent of a Woman
1992
as George Willis, Jr.
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for ...
Leap of Faith
1992
as Matt
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracle...
My New Gun
1992
as Chris
Debbie Bender is a New Jersey housewife whose life is turned upside down when her husband gives her a gun for self-protection. But his plans backfire ...
Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
1992
as Klutch
The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy Gravelle...