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 Name: Philip Seymour HoffmanDate of Birth: July 23rd, 1967
Place of Birth: Fairport, New York, USA
Nationality: American
Training: Graduated from NYU's Tisch School of Drama
Profession: Actor
Favorite Music: All kinds: pop, rock and roll, jazz, Miles Davis, etc.
Favorite Writers: Richard Ford, J.D. Sallinger,Bo Goldman, John Guare
Inspirations: Al Pacino, Peter Brook, Paul Scoffield, Sean Penn
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Owen Davian) most recently starred in the feature film “Capote,” which he executive produced through his company, Cooper's Town Productions. Widely acclaimed, Hoffman was honored by eighteen critics' groups as the best actor of the year for his performance in the title role, as well as earning a Golden Globe for best actor (drama), a SAG Award, and an Academy Award.
Hoffman also received an Emmy nomination for his work in the HBO film “Empire Falls,” alongside Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Robin Wright Penn, among others.
Previous film credits include “Cold Mountain,” “Along Came Polly,” “The Party's Over,” “Owning Mahowny” (which had its world premiere at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival), “Red Dragon,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” “25th Hour,” “Love Liza,” (which was written by his brother, Gordy Hoffman, who won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance, where the film premiered), “Almost Famous,” “State and Main,” “Flawless” (London Film Critics and SAG nomination for Best Actor), “Magnolia” (National Board of Review's Best Supporting Actor Award and Ensemble SAG Award nomination), “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (National Board of Review's Best Supporting Actor Award), “Boogie Nights,” “Happiness” (Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male), “Patch Adams,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Twister,” “Scent of a Woman,” and “Nobody's Fool.”
Hoffman is a member and Co-Artistic Director of LAByrinth Theater Company. His stage credits include: “Long Day's Journey Into Night” (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations), “The Seagull” (The New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre), “True West” (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Outer Critics Circle Award), “Defying Gravity” (American Place Theater), “The Merchant of Venice” (Dir. by Peter Sellars), “Shopping and Fucking” (New York Theater Workshop), and “The Author's Voice” (Drama Dept., Drama Desk nominations).
His theatrical directorial credits include “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” “In Arabia We'd All Be Kings,” and “Jesus Hopped The `A' Train,” all written by Stephen Adly Guirgis for LAB. His production of “`A' Train” was produced to great acclaim Off-Broadway, at the Edinburgh Festival (Fringe First Award), at London's Donmar Warehouse, and then at the Arts Theatre in London's West End. In addition, he directed LAB's Off-Broadway commercial production of Guirgis' “Our Lady of 121st Street” at the Union Square Theater (Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk nominations) and Rebecca Gilman's “The Glory of Living” at MCC Theater.
 Career Milestones1991 Film acting debut in Amos Poe's "Triple Bogey on a Par 5 Hole"; credited as Phil Hoffman
1991 Guested in an episode of the NYC-filmed series "Law & Order" (NBC)
1992 Co-starred as a cocky peer of Chris O'Donnell's earnest college student in "Scent of a Woman"
1992 Had a supporting role in the comedy "Leap of Faith"
1993 Acted in the features "Joey Breaker", "Sliver", "My Boyfriend's Back" and "Money For Nothing"
1993 Again appeared on an episode of "Law & Order"
1994 Had featured role in Peter Sellars' staging of "The Merchant of Venice" which was performed in Chicago, Paris, Hamburg and London
1994 Made TV-movie debut in "The Yearling" (CBS)
1994 Racked up more film credits with small roles in "The Getaway", "When A Man Loves A Woman" and "Nobody's Fool"
1996 Appeared as one of the storm chasers in a memorable turn in "Twister"
1996 First collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson and actor John C Reilly, a small part in the film "Hard Eight/Sydney"
1997 Breakthrough screen role as Scotty, the crew member with a crush on Mark Wahlberg's Dirk Diggler, in Anderson's "Boogie Nights"
1997 Featured in the PBS six-part documentary special "Liberty! The American Revolution"
1997 Played a member of the ground crew for the launch of the doomer Challenger space shuttle in the impressionistic drama "Defying Gravity"
1998 Co-starred in the Off-Broadway production of "Shopping and Fucking"
1998 Delivered an unsettling and unforgettable turn as loner who enjoys making obscene phone calls in "Happiness", directed by Todd Solondz
1998 Had a featured role in the independent black comedy "Montana" (aired on HBO in lieu of theatrical release)
1998 Had pivotal supporting roles in the Coen brothers' comedy "The Big Lebowski" and the acclaimed independent "Next Stop, Wonderland"
1998 Played a by-the-book medical student who clashes with the idealistic titular character in the sentimental biopic "Patch Adams"
1999 Brought life to Freddie Miles, a leering trust fund playboy who gives "The Talented Mr Ripley" some deserved ribbing
1999 Cast as a pre-op transsexual vocal teacher opposite Robert De Niro in "Flawless", helmed by Joel Schumacher
1999 Made stage directorial debut with "In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings"
1999 Played Phil Parma, the gentle caretaker of a dying man, in Anderson's "Magnolia", a role that the screenwriter-director penned especially for the actor
2000 Acted opposite John C Reilly in stage revival of Sam Shepard's "True West"; the actors alternated the roles of two brothers during the course of the run; each received Tony nomination as Actor in a Play
2000 Had leading role as a mild-mannered screenwriter in "State and Main", David Mamet's satire about movie making
2000 Portrayed legendary rock writer Lester Bangs in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous"
2000 Staged the play "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train" at LAByrinth Theater Company
2001 Directed Anna Paquin in her NYC stage debut in "The Glory of Living"
2001 Hosted the documentary "The Last Party 2000", focusing on the Republican and Democratic National Conventions for the 2000 Presidential race
2001 Played Konstantin in Mike Nichols' staging of Chekhov's "The Seagull" at Central Park's Delacorte Theater
2002 Cast in director Spike Lee's "The 25th Hour" starring Edward Norton
2002 Had co-starring role in the feature "Love, Liza", directed by Todd Louiso and scripted by Gordy Hoffman, the actor's brother; screened at Sundance
2002 Portrayed Freddy Lounds in the thriller feature "Red Dragon, " the prequel to "Silence Of The Lamb"
2002 Reteamed with P T Anderson for "Punch-Drunk Love," a dark romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson
2003 Joined Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman and Renee Zellweger in the all-star cast of director Anthony Minghella's "Cold Mountain
2003 Starred as Dan Mahowny in "Owning Mahowny" based on the story of the largest one man bank fraud in Canadian history
2004 Cast alongside Ben Stiller, Debra Messing and Jennifer Aniston in "Along Came Polly" a film by writer-director John Hamburg
2005 Starres opposite Ed Harris in the drama "Empire Falls"; earned an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Cast in "Mission: Impossible 3," starring Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames; J.J. Abrams is set to direct (lensed 2005)
Moved to NYC to attend college
Raised in the Rochester, New York, area
Will co-star with Jennifer Connelly for a new adaptation of "Macbeth" (lensed 2005)
Will portray writer Truman Capote in "Capote" a biopic written by Dan Futterman, a close friend of Hoffman's (lensed 2005)
FilmographyActor Credits
Mission: Impossible III (2006) Owen Davian
Capote (2005) Truman Capote
Empire Falls (2005)
Strangers with Candy (2005) Henry
Along Came Polly (2004) Sandy Lyle
Cold Mountain (2003) Reverend Veasey
Owning Mahowny (2003) Dan Mahowny
The Party's Over (2003) Himself--Host
25th Hour (2002) Jakob Elinsky
Love Liza (2002) Wilson Joel
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Dean Trumbell
Red Dragon (2002) Freddy Lounds
Almost Famous (2000) Lester Bangs
State and Main (2000) Joseph Turner White--The Writer
Flawless (1999) Rusty
Magnolia (1999) Phil Parma
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Freddie Miles
Happiness (1998) Allen
Next Stop, Wonderland (1998) Sean
Patch Adams (1998) Mitch
The Big Lebowski (1998) Brandt
Boogie Nights (1997) Scotty J
Hard Eight (1997) Young Craps Player
Montana (1997) Twister (1996) Dusty
Nobody's Fool (1994) Officer Raymer
When A Man Loves A Woman (1994) Gary
The Getaway (1994) Frank Hansen
Joey Breaker (1993) Wiley McCall
Money for Nothing (1993) Cochran
My Boyfriend's Back (1993) Chuck Bronski
Sliver (1993) Reporter
Leap of Faith (1992) Mart
My New Gun (1992) Chris
Scent of A Woman (1992) George Willis Jr
Producer Credits
Capote (2005) Executive Producer
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