Philip Seymour Hoffman
July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014
My first memory of seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman on screen is the small role he had in Scent Of A Woman. He played a privileged rich kid used to getting his way, that guy we all knew in high school who did what he wanted and always came out on top. Funny but at the expense of others.
I saw him do similar roles a few times. He was great at it. And then I started to see more and more of him, supporting roles, and eventually starring roles. I was amazed by his work in Capote, I loved him in Twister and Big Lebowski and Rum Punch Love. Pirate Radio? I re-watched his scenes over and over.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was in incredibly gifted actor who came across as a very likable guy in interviews. He always looked happy, like life was a ride he was enjoying everyday. Only 46 years old and it looks like a drug OD. It’s a damn shame. My sympathy to his family and friends, but also to all his fans, who like me will always wonder what other wonderful things he may have done.
~ Jon
It seems incredible, and incredibly sad, that someone as talented as Philip Seymour Hoffman has been taken from us so young. Of course I loved him in classics like Capote, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Almost Famous. But he also brought so much to the screen in smaller films like “State and Main,” where he plays an affable and put-upon novelist who is trying to break into the movie writing business. Hoffman does nothing less than shine in a cast of other great character actors, like William H. Macy. It’s a great little film, fun and humorous, and probably one of my favorites that he has done. Truly, whenever you saw the name Philip Seymour Hoffman on the credits, you knew that you were going to get some quality acting. The movie might not have always been amazing, but at the very least you were always going to get a great performance. He was a wonderful character actor, subtle and deliberate, and my heart is heavy wondering what great roles we will never get to see him in.
~Erica Ruth Neubauer
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (post-production) 2014
A Most Wanted Man 2014
God’s Pocket 2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2012
A Late Quartet 2012
The Master 2011
Moneyball 2011
The Ides of March 2011
Jack Goes Boating 2009
Pirate Radio 2009
Doubt 2008
Synecdoche, New York 2007
Charlie Wilson’s War 2007
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead 2007
The Savages 2006
Mission: Impossible III 2005
Capote 2005
Empire Falls (TV Movie) 2005
Strangers with Candy 2004
Along Came Polly 2003
Cold Mountain 2003
Owning Mahowny 2002
25th Hour 2002
Red Dragon 2002
Punch-Drunk Love 2002
Love Liza 2000
Almost Famous 2000
State and Main 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999
Magnolia 1999
Flawless 1998
Patch Adams 1998
Happiness 1998
The Big Lebowski 1998
Next Stop Wonderland 1998
Montana 1997
Liberty! The American Revolution (TV Mini-Series) 1997
Boogie Nights 1996
Twister 1996
Nobody’s Fool 1994
When a Man Loves a Woman 1994
The Yearling (TV Movie) 1994
Szuler 1994
The Getaway 1993
Money for Nothing 1993
My Boyfriend’s Back 1993
Joey Breaker 1992
Scent of a Woman 1992
Leap of Faith 1992
My New Gun 1991
Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole 1991
Law & Order (TV Series) 1991
