Philip Seymour Hoffman was an American film, stage actor and theater director.
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Philip Hoffman was born on July 23, 1967, in Rochester, Fairport, New York. He was the son of Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee.
He was of German, Irish, English and Dutch ancestry.
Hoffman graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, with a B.F.A. degree in Drama in 1989.
He made his feature film debut in the indie production Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole (1991) as Phil Hoffman, and his first role in a major release came the following year in My New Gun (1992).
Hoffman also appeared in several films including Scent of a Woman (1992), Twister (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Patch Adams (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous (2000), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Along Came Polly (2004), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Hunger Games series (2013–15), et al.
Philip Hoffman was one of 14 actors to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics’ Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award.
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In May 2013, Hoffman revealed that he checked into a substance abuse treatment center as a result of snorting heroin.
Philip Hoffman died of acute mixed drug intoxication on February 2, 2014, in West Village, New York, United States.
Three weeks after his death, screenwriter David Bar Katz established the American Playwriting Foundation in Hoffman’s memory.
His funeral was held in the Church of St Ignatius Loyola in New York.
Philip Seymour Hoffman Net Worth: Who did Philip Seymour Hoffman leave his money to?
Philip Hoffman had an estimated net worth of $35 million at the time of his death.
He left his fortune to his long-term partner Mimi O’Donnell in his October 2004 will, trusting her to distribute the money to their children.
Hoffman and costume designer Mimi O’Donnell had three children; Cooper Hoffman, Willa Hoffman and Tallulah Hoffman.
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