Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor, director, and producer.

Hoffman starred in several films, from the early 1990s to his death in 2014. He was best known for his distinctive supporting and character roles, particularly lowlifes, eccentrics, bullies, and misfits. Hoffman, who was drawn to theater as an infant, studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

He began his film career in 1991 and appeared in films in 1992.

He gained fame for his contribution to many projects, most notably in Scent of a Woman (1992), Boogie Nights (1997), Patch Adams (1998), Magnolia (1999), and Along Came Polly (2004).

He began to appear in leading roles, and his portrayal of author Truman Capote in Capote (2005) earned numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Hoffman's fame continued to expand, and he received three more Oscar nominations for his support role as a brutally honest CIA soldier in Charlie Wilson's War (2007), a priest accused of pedophilia in Doubt (2008), and the charismatic leader of a Scientology-type movement in The Master (2012). Hoffmann, who primarily worked in independent films, including The Savages (2007) and Synecdoche, New York (2008), appeared in Flawless (1999) and Mission: Impossible III (2006), and in one of his final roles as Plutarch Heavensbee in the Hunger Games film (2013–15).

Jack Goes Boating, (2010), marked his debut as a filmmaker.

Hoffmann was also a superb actor and producer.

In 1995, he founded, produced, and appeared in numerous stage productions, and he joined the Off-Broadway LAByrinth Theatre Company.

His appearances in three Broadway plays—True West in 2000, Long Day's Journey into Night in 2003, and Death of a Salesman in 2012—all culminated in Tony Award nominations. Hoffman struggled with heroin use as a youth and relapsed in 2013 after many years of abstinence.

He died as a result of combined drug intoxication in February 2014.

Hoffman was praised in his New York Times obituary for his fearlessness in constructing reprehensible characters and for giving depth and humanity to such roles.

Early life

Philip Hoffman was born in Fairport, New York, on July 23, 1967. Marilyn O'Connor (née Loucks) was born in Waterloo and worked as an elementary school teacher before moving to become a judge and then a family court judge. Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a native of Geneva, New York, was employed by the Xerox Corporation and served for the company. Jill and Emily were two siblings of Hoffman, as well as one brother, Gordy. His ancestry included German and Irish peoples.

Hoffman was baptized a Catholic and attended Mass as a child, but he did not have a strong religious upbringing. When he was nine years old, his parents separated, and the children were primarily by their mother. Hoffman's childhood obsession, particularly wrestling and baseball, was intoxicated, but at age 12, he saw a stage version of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, which was captivated. "I was changed – permanently changed – by that experience," he said in 2008. It was like a miracle to me." Hoffman fell in love with the theater and then began to attend regularly with his mother, who had been a lifelong fan. He remembered that quilters and Alms for the Middle Class, the latter starring a teen Robert Downey, Jr., were also uplifting. Hoffmann was forced to avoid acting after suffering a neck injury that ended his sporting career, and he began considering acting at the age of 14. He joined a drama club and first committed to it because he was attracted to a female member.

Acting became a passion for Hoffman: "I loved the camaraderie of it, the people, and that's when I decided it was what I wanted to do." He was selected to attend the 1984 New York State Summer School of the Arts in Saratoga Springs, where he met Bennett Miller and Dan Futterman, two of his future classmates. "We were attracted to the fact that he was really serious about what he was doing," Miller later described Hoffman's fame at the time: "We were attracted to the fact that he was genuinely worried about what he was doing." And then, he was passionate. Hoffman applied for many drama degree programs and was accepted to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He continued his education at the Circle Theatre's summer program after graduating from Fairport High School and beginning the program. Hoffman had a positive memory of his time at NYU, where he supported himself by working as an usher. He co-founded the Bullstoi Ensemble acting troupe with friends. In 1989, he earned a drama degree.

Personal life

In interviews, Hoffman rarely spoke about his personal life, saying that he would "rather not because my family doesn't have any choice." If I write about them in the news, I'm giving them no choice. "I prefer not to" so I don't bother. He had been working with costume designer Mimi O'Donnell for 14 years, whom he had met in 1999 while they were both working on the Hoffman-directed production "In Arabia We'd All Be Kings." They lived in New York City and had a son, Cooper, and two daughters. Although some sources stated that Hoffman and O'Donnell married in the fall of 2013, O'Donnell later said that they had been relocated to a nearby apartment to shield their children from the effects of their long-term residence from substance use.

Hoffman was also vague about his religious and political convictions, but it is also known that he voted for Green Party candidate Ralph Nader in the 2000 presidential election. "The less you know about me, the more interesting it will be to watch me do what I do," he said.

Hoffman admitted to participating in heroin and alcohol abuse during his time at New York University, saying he had tried "anything I could get my hands on." "I loved it all." After graduating in 1989, he began a drug therapy program at the age of 22, and he stayed sober for 23 years. However, he relapsed in 2013 and committed himself to heroin therapy for about ten days in May 2013.

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Career

Hoffman spent time with customer service before graduating from high school and gained additional funds through off-Broadway theater. In a Law & Order episode titled "The Violence of Summer," he made his film debut in 1991, portraying a man accused of rape. He appeared in the independent film Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole the following year, but it was his first cinema role. Seymour, his grandfather's name, was used to avoid confusion with yet another actor. With appearances in the studio film My New Gun and a small part in Leap of Faith starring Steve Martin, more film roles were immediately followed. He gained acclaim for his role in the Oscar-winning Al Pacino film Scent of a Woman (1992). Hoffman auditioned five times for his role, which The Guardian journalist Ryan Gilbey says it gave him a chance to "honed his ability for making unctuousness persuasive." The film earned US$134 million worldwide, and it was the first to get Hoffman noticed. Hoffman later wrote about Scent of a Woman, "I wouldn't be where I am today" if I hadn't gotten into the film. He resigned from a delicatessen to become a professional actor at this time.

Hoffmann remained small in the early 1990s. He had a more prominent role in Joey Breaker and the critically panned teenage zombie picture My Boyfriend's Back in which John Cusack's wealthy friend appeared in the crime film Money for Nothing. He played an inexperienced mobster in the crime thriller The Getaway, starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, and Meg Ryan in the romantic drama When a Man Loves a Woman. In the drama Nobody's Fool, he played an uptight police deputy who is punched by Paul Newman, one of Hoffman's acting idols.

Hoffman joined the LAByrinth Theatre Company of New York City in 1995, still considering stage work as a key to his career. This relationship lasted the remainder of his life; in addition to appearing in numerous productions, he later became co-artistic director of the theater company with John Ortiz and directed several plays throughout the years. Hoffman's only film appearance of 1995 was in the 22-minute short film The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, which mocked the film industry in an Elizabethan setting. In Austin Pendleton's Hamlet, he played Bernardo, Horatio, and Laertes.

Hoffman appeared in a Caryl Churchill production The Skriker's Joseph Papp Public Theater between April and May 1996. Following this, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson cast him in his debut film Hard Eight (1996), based on his work in Scent of a Woman. Hoffman had only appeared in the crime drama as a cocksure young craps actor, but it was his first professional collaboration of his career. Hoffman played in Twister, one of the year's most popular blockbusters, alongside Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, as a gruesome storm chaser. According to a People poll of Twitter and Facebook users, Twister is the film with which Hoffman is most commonly associated. He then reunited with Anderson for his second film, Boogie Nights, about the Golden Age of Pornography. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and Burt Reynolds appeared in the ensemble piece; David Fear of Rolling Stone described Hoffman as a "complete loser" who tries to seduce Wahlberg's character. The film, which has been warmly received by critics, has since been regarded as the role in which Hoffman first demonstrated his full potential. Fear lauded the "naked emotional neediness" of the show while still implying that it was worthy of compulsive viewing. When Hoffman described Anderson as "incomparable," he expressed appreciation for him.

Hoffman appeared in five films in 1998, adding to the ferocity. He appeared in the crime thriller Montana and the romantic comedy Next Stop Wonderland, both of which were commercial failures before joining the Coen brothers in their dark comedy The Big Lebowski. Hoffman had long been a fan of the directors and adored the opportunity of working with them. Hoffman played Brandt, the titular character's smug personal assistant, alongside Jeff Bridges and John Goodman. Despite the fact that it was only a small part, he said it was one for which he was most well known in a film that has attained cult status and a large fan base. Hoffman made 30 appearances on stage at the New York Theatre Workshop between March and April 1998, portraying an ex-heroin addict.

Hoffman played an unflattering role in Todd Solondz' Happiness (1998), a misanthropic black comedy about three sisters and those around them. Allen, a strange loner who makes crude phone calls to women, mutters with laughter during one interview, resulting in what film scholar Jerry Mosher calls a "embarrassingly raw appearance." Allen was rated as one of the worst characters in American cinema by Jake Coyle, but critic Xan Brooks explained why Hoffman brought the role. Happiness was controversial but widely praised, and critics have rated Hoffman's work as one of his finest in his career. His last release in 1998 was more mainstream, as he appeared as a medical student in the Robin Williams comedy Patch Adams. The film was critically acclaimed, but it was still one of Hoffman's highest-grossing performances.

In Joel Schumacher's drama Flawless, Hoffman starred opposite Robert De Niro as drag queen Rusty Zimmerman. Hoffman named De Niro as the most convincing actor with whom he had appeared, and he said that working with him greatly enhanced his own acting. Critics lauded Hoffman's ability to resist clichés in such a delicate role, and Roger Ebert named him as "one of the top new character actors" in the role. He was honoured with his first Screen Actor Guild Award nomination. Hoffmann was then reunited with Paul Thomas Anderson, where he was given a virtuous part in the ensemble drama Magnolia. Hoffman plays a nurse who cares for Jason Robards' character in the film, which is set in Los Angeles for one day. The medical profession acknowledged the effort, and Jessica Winter of the Village Voice called it Hoffman's most indelible job, likening him to a guardian angel in his care for the dying father. Magnolia was one of the best films of all time, and it was a personal favorite of Hoffman's.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), one of Hoffman's most innovative and commercially profitable films, was described as "as edgy as you can get for a Hollywood film." In the thriller, he played a "preppy bully" who taunts Matt Damon's Ripley, a role that Jeff Simon of The Buffalo News described as "the truest upper class twit in all of American cinema." Hoffman's appearance piqued the attention of Meryl Streep, another of his cinematic idols: "I sat down straight in my seat and wondered, 'Who is that?' This actor is fearless, I thought to myself: My God, this actor is fearless. He's done what we all want – he's treated with the reverence he deserves, and he's made him fascinating." Hoffman was named the year's Best Supporting Actor by the National Board of Review in honor of his work in Magnolia and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Hoffman had a reputation as a top support actor with a reputation dating back to successful films in the late 1990s, and he could be counted on to make a good impression with each performance. David Kamp of GQ's "discovering a prize in a box of cereal, receiving a reward, or even bumping into an old friend" during his film appearances. "It looked Hoffman was everywhere, poised on the brink of fame," Jerry Mosher said as the year 2000 began.

Since being nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor for the off-Broadway film The Author's Voice, Hoffman was destined to be known as a theater actor in 1999. Hoffman's 2000 Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's True West, where Hoffman alternated roles with co-star John C. Reilly on nightly from March to July 2000. The actor received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play, according to Ben Brantley of The New York Times, it was Hoffman's best stage appearance of his career, calling him "brilliant." Hoffman appeared in a Delacorte Theater production of Chekhov's The Seagull the following year, but Brantley complained that this performance was less realistic. Hoffman received two Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Director of a Play in 2001, and two others for Our Lady of 121st Street in 2003. Hoffman opined that acting and directing helped him develop in both roles in a 2008 interview.

State and Main, David Mamet's comedy about the challenges of filming a film in rural New England, was Hoffman's first film role of 2000 and had limited availability. In Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe's most popular coming-of-age film set in the 1970s music industry, he had a more prominent supporting role that year. Hoffman played enthusiastic rock critic Lester Bangs, a job by which he felt tense, but he did a good job by observing him in a BBC interview, but he managed to convey the true figure's demeanor and sharp wit. Hoffman appeared as the narrator and interviewer in The Party's Over, a documentary about the 2000 US elections, was released the following year. He assumed the position of a "politically informed and alienated Generation-Xer" who wants to be trained in American politics, but the fullness of public dissatisfaction in this field is revealed.

Hoffman played in Todd Louiso's tragicomedy Love Liza (2002), despite joking at the time "Even if I was recruited into a leading-man role, I'd probably make it into the non-leading-man role"). Gordy's brother wrote the script, which Hoffman had seen at his mother's house five years earlier about a widower who began sniffing gasoline to cope with his wife's death. "VERY humble in its discovery of grief," He thought of it as the finest piece of writing he'd ever read, but critics were less empathetic about the project. Hoffman had finally been shown a role that demonstrated "what he's truly capable of," according to a BBC article, but few people paid attention to this because the film had limited availability and only earned less than US$210,000.

In Anderson's critically acclaimed fourth film, Punch-Drunk Love (2001), where he starred opposite Adam Sandler and Emily Watson, where he appeared in a parody "supervisor" role. Drew Hunt of the Chicago Reader saw the performance as a good example of Hoffman's "knack for transforming small roles into seminal performances" and praised the actor's comedic abilities. Hoffman was last seen with Anthony Hopkins in the high-budget thriller Red Dragon, a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs, depicting the meddlesome tabloid journalist Freddy Lounds. In Spike Lee's drama 25th Hour, he was on his fourth appearance of 2002 as an English tutor who makes a catastrophic mistake. Both Lee and the film's lead Edward Norton were eager to work with Hoffman, and Lee confessed that he had long wanted to do a film with the actor but that he hadn't been able to find the right role until he did. Hoffman regarded Jakob as one of his most reticent characters, a trite-wearing "corduroy-pants guy" with a straight-laced "corduroy-pants-wearing type of guy. In 2009, Roger Ebert dedicated 25th Hour to one of his "Great Movies" and A. O. Scott rated it as one of the best films of the 2000s.

Owning Mahowny (2003) gave Hoffman his second lead role in the movie, starring Minnie Driver as a bank worker embezzled money to fuel his gambling addiction. Hoffman met with Molony to prepare for the role and help him portray the character as accurately as possible based on the true story of Toronto banker Brian Molony, who committed the biggest fraud in Canadian history. He was determined not to fit in "move character" stereotypes, and his portrayal of addiction received support from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Hoffman's performance was praised as "a masterpiece of discipline and precision," Roger Ebert said, but the film did not receive much at the box office.

Hoffman's second appearance in Anthony Minghella's popular Civil War epic Cold Mountain was limited. He portrayed an immoral preacher, a complex character that Hoffman described as a "slew of contradictions." He appeared in a Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Journey into Night from April to August. "Every night he ripped it up to the point that he couldn't leave [the role]," director Robert Falls later described how Hoffman's dedication and knowledge to his role as alcoholic Jamie Tyrone: "Phil carried it with him." Hoffman received his second Tony Award nomination, this time for Best Featured Actor in a Play. In 2004, he appeared as the crude, has-been actor friend of Ben Stiller's character in the box-office hit Along Came Polly. People who were reflecting on the role said it was "Hoffman could produce comedic performances with the best of them."

Hoffman's career came to a close with the biographical film Capote (2005), which dramatized Truman Capote's attempt to write his first crime book In Cold Blood (1966). Hoffman was given the responsibility for a project that he co-created and helped bring to fruition. Portraying the idiosyncratic writer was extremely demanding, requiring significant weight loss and four months of study, such as watching video clips of Capote to help him influence the author's effeminate voice and demeanor. Hoffman said he was not concerned with perfectly imitating Capote's speech, but he did feel a great responsibility to "express the nuances" of the writer. During filming, he stayed in character so as not to lose the voice and posture: "I would give my body a chance to bail on me." Capote was released to brisk notice, particularly for Hoffman's results. Many commentators claimed that the role was meant to win awards, and in fact Hoffman received an Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA, and several other critics' honors. Premiere David Cameron's appearance in Capote in 2006 was the 35th-best film performance of all time. Several commentators began to describe Hoffman as one of the finest, most aspirational actors of his generation.

Hoffmann received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his support role in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005), about life in a New England town. He eventually lost to actor Paul Newman. Owen Davian, the evil arms dealer portrayed by Tom Cruise in the summer blockbuster Mission: Impossible III. Hoffman's "black-hat" performance was one of the most memorable in a Hollywood film since Alan Rickman's in Die Hard," a Vanity Fair writer, and he was generally responsible for adding gravitas to the action film. Hoffman exposed Hoffman to a mainstream audience with a gross of nearly US$400 million.

Hoffman, who reacted in Tamara Jenkins' The Savages, where Laura Linney and he played siblings who were responsible for bringing their dementia-ridden father (Philip Bosco) in a care home. It was "the epitome of a Hoffman film," said Jake Coyle of the Associated Press, "a mash-up of comedy and tragedy told with subtlety, bone-dry humor, and flashes of grace." Hoffman was given a Golden Globe nomination for his role in The Savages. He appeared in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Sidney Lumet's last film in which he played a realtor who embezzles funds from his employer to finance his drug use. Mosher claims that the character was one of Hoffman's best performances, but that his "fearlessness" revealed the humanity within a deeply flawed person as he appeared naked in the first sex scene. Critics praised the film as a thrilling and moving thriller.

Mike Nichols' War (2007) gave Hoffman his second Academy Award nomination for playing a real person, Gust Avrakotos, the CIA agent who conspired with Congressman Charlie Wilson (played by Tom Hanks), to help Afghan rebels in their struggle against the Soviet Union. "Decked out with a pouffy '80s hairdo, moustache, protruding gut, and ever-present smokes," Todd McCarthy characterized Hoffman's appearance: "The image vibrates with conspiratorial electricity as he goes." Hoffman was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award, contributing to his film's critical and commercial success.

Two key Hoffman roles were active in 2008. Caden Cotard, a frustrated dramatist who tries to create a scale replica of New York inside a warehouse for a play, appeared in Charlie Kaufman's enigmatic drama Synecdoche, New York. Hoffman demonstrated his willingness to reveal surprising traits as the character matures and develops, as the character develops and shifts to a more personal place. Critics tended to be split on the "ambitious and baffling" film. The Washington Times' Sonny Bunch likened Hoffman's character to "God," the article says, "inaccessible, inaccessible, and endlessly frustrating." On the contrary, Roger Ebert named it the best film of the decade and named it one of the best of all time, while Robbie Collin, a film critic for The Daily Telegraph, believes Hoffman gave one of cinema's finest performances.

In John Patrick Shanley's Doubt, where he appeared opposite Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, a priest accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old African American student in the 1960s, Hoffman played his second role of the year. Hoffman was already familiar with the film and loved the opportunity to bring it to the big screen; in preparing for the role, he talked extensively with a priest who lived through the decade. The film received mixed reviews, with some commentators, such as Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, concerned about it as Oscar bait. However, Hoffman received second consecutive Best Supporting Actor nominations at the Oscars, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes, and was also nominated by the Screen Actors Guild.

Hoffman appeared in Peter Sellars' futuristic version of Othello (with the title role played by John Ortiz), which received mixed feedback. "Exasperatingly misconceived," Ben Brantley, a theatre critic for The New York Times, found it to be "exasperatingly wrongheaded." Similarly, Hoffman is worried that even though he is attempting to "manipulate others into self-destruction by erupting into true, volcanic ferocity." Hoffman also appeared on Mary and Max, the claymation film, although the film did not have an American release at the time. He portrayed Max, a depressed New Yorker with Asperger syndrome, while Toni Collette portrayed Mary – the Australian girl who becomes his pen pal. Hoffman then worked on an episode of Arthur's Children's Show Arthur and received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program, which was based on animation. In Richard Curtis' British comedy The Boat That Rocked (also known as Pirate Radio) a character based on Emperor Rosko, a host of Radio Caroline in 1966, he played a brash American disc jockey opposite Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans. In Ricky Gervais' The Invention of Lying, he appeared as a bartender.

Mosher writes about Hoffman's work in the late 2000s, but that he was still impressive but not at a convincing rate in Capote. Hoffman, according to film critic David Thomson, showed indecisiveness at this moment, was uncertain whether to perform dramatic supporting roles or become a lead actor with the ability to control the emotional atmosphere and outcomes of a film.

Hoffman's fame continued to expand with the new decade, and he became a more popular figure. Despite reservations about directing for the screen, he made his first appearance in the 2010s his first appearance as a film director. Jack Goes Boating was based on Robert Glaudini's play of the same name, in which Hoffman had appeared and directed for the LAByrinth Theater Company in 2007. He had intended to direct the film but after the actor's desire for it was inaccessible, he decided to reprise the main role of Jack, a lonely limousine chauffeur looking for love. Despite receiving many positive feedback, the low-key film was limited to be released and was not a high-earer. However, Dave Edwards of the Daily Mirror observed that "Hoffman's debut directorial debut produces a film so bad I could barely remember what it was about as I left," while writer Mark Kermode praised Hoffman's cinematic abilities and said that he had potential as a director. In addition to Jack Goes Boating, Brett C. Leonard's tragic drama The Long Road in Chicago was directed by Christine Leonard. Variety's Steven Oxman called the show "heavy handed" and "predictable," but "intriting and at least partially successful."

Hoffman next had leading roles in two films, both of which were released in the last third of 2011. He played Art Howe in Bennett Miller's Moneyball, a sports drama about the 2002 season of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. Hoffman was a critical and commercial hit, and Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post described him as "fully cast," but Art Howe accused the filmmakers of giving a "unfair and untrue" portrayal of him. George Clooney's political drama In which he played the earnest campaign manager to Democratic presidential candidate Mike Morris (Clooney), it was Hoffman's second film of the year. Hoffman's role, particularly in the scenes opposite Paul Giamatti, who played the rival campaign manager, was well-received. Hoffman's work on the film earned him his fourth BAFTA Award nomination.

Hoffman made his final stage appearance in the spring of 2012, starring Willy Loman opposite Andrew Garfield in a Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman. The production, directed by Mike Nichols, lasted for 78 performances and was the highest-grossing show in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre's history. Many observers believed that Hoffman, 44, was too young for the role of 62-year-old Loman, and Chicago Tribune writer Chris Jones that the story had been misinterpreted incorrectly. Hoffman admitted that the role was difficult, but he still received his third Tony Award nomination.

Hoffman appeared in The Master (2012), where he appeared in what critic Peter Bradshaw called his best performance of his career. The film, which was set in 1950s America, featured Hoffman as Lancaster Doddd, the charismatic leader of a burgeoning Scientology-type movement that places a troubled man (Joaquin Phoenix) under his tutelage. Hoffman was instrumental in the project's growth and was involved with it for three years. He helped with the script by reviewing samples of it and suggested replacing Dodd with Freddie Quell, the protagonist. Hoffman, a talented dancer, was able to demonstrate his abilities by playing a jig in a surreal sequence; Bradshaw called it a "extraordinary moment" that "only Hoffman could have survived." The Master was lauded as an insightful and provoking story, and Chicago Reader Drew Hunt noted that it contained Hoffman's finest work: "He's inscrutable yet welcoming, intimidating yet charismatic, tragic yet fatherly." He epitomizes so many aspects at once that it's impossible to think of [Dodd] as a mere movie character." Hoffman and Phoenix received a joint Volpi Cup Award at the Venice Film Festival for their performances, and Hoffman was also recognized for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, and a SAG Award for their support role.

Hoffman's latest film release of 2012, where he played a violinist in a string quartet whose members (played by Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ivanir) face a crisis when one is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Hoffman's role was praised by critics, and The New York Times' Stephen Holden called Hoffman's portrayal "extraordinary." Hoffman appeared in his second film, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, in which he appeared in gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee. Hoffman made the film the 10th-highest grossing in history to that point, and the film became familiar to a new generation of filmgoers. He attended the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014, shortly before his death, to promote two films. Hoffman played a German intelligence officer in Anton Corbijn's book A Most Wanted Man, a thriller based on John le Carré's book. Xan Brooks praised his appearance as one of "terrible, lip-smacking delight: full of mischief, anchored by honesty." The other hand was God's Pocket, actor John Slattery's debut on film, in which Hoffman played a robbery. Hoffman appeared in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, nine months after his death in November 2014.

Hoffman was filming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, the fourth film in the series, at the time of his death, and he had already completed the majority of his scenes. The film's two remaining scenes were rewritten to account for his absence, and it was released in November 2015. Hoffman was also planning for his second directorial effort, a Prohibition-era drama titled Ezekiel Moss, starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal. In addition,, he had filmed a pilot episode for Showtime's Happiest, in which he starred as the lead role of an advertising executive, but plans for a full season were suspended following his death. Steve Coogan was given the position later on.

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