Award-winning actor and director Philip Seymour Hoffman (46) died of an
apparent drug overdose at his New York apartment on Sunday 2 February.
Hoffman, who was considered to be one of the finest actors of his generation,
won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal as the writer Truman Capote in the
2005 film Capote.
Admired for his incredible range, Hoffman made an indelible impact in the film
industry since his breakout role in Boogie Nights in 1997.
Apart from his Academy Award win, he received three Supporting Actor Oscar
nominations for Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) in which he played the role of Gust
Avrakotos; Doubt (2008) for his portrayal of Father Brendan Flynn and as
Lancaster Dodd in The Master (2012).
Other films in which he appeared in his prolific career, among others, include The
Big Lebowski (1998) Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley (both 1999), Almost
Famous (2000), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Cold Mountain (2003), Synecdoche,
New York (2008), The Ides of March, Moneyball (both 2012), The Hunger Games:
Catching Fire (2013), and several movies which will be released this year,
including God’s Pocket, A Most Wanted Man, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
– Part 1.
Also a respected and celebrated stage actor, Hoffman received Tony Award
nominations for his work in True West (2000), Long Day’s Journey into Night
(2003) and for his role as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (2012).
