Philip Seymour Hoffman Biography (1967-)

Born July 23, 1967, in Fairport, NY; son of a Xerox employee and Marilyn (a lawyer, civil rights activist, and family court judge) Hoffman. Addresses: Agent: Paradigm Talent Agency, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2500, LosAngeles, CA 90067.; Publicist: Image Management PR, 8271 Melrose Ave., Suite208, Los Angeles, CA 90046.; Manager: Davien Littlefield Management, 939 Eight Ave., Suite 609, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: July 23, 1967; Fairport, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(As Phil Hoffman) Klutch, Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole, Poe Productions, 1991
(As Phil Hoffman) Szuler (also known as Cheat), 1992
(As Philip S. Hoffman) George Willis, Jr., Scent of a Woman, Universal, 1992
Chris, My New Gun, I.R.S. Media, 1992
(As Philip S. Hoffman) Matt, Leap of Faith, Paramount, 1992
(As Philip Hoffman) Chuck, My Boyfriend's Back (also known as Johnny Zombie), Buena Vista, 1993
(As Philip S. Hoffman) Cochran, Money for Nothing, Hollywood Pictures, 1993
Wiley McCall, Joey Breaker (also known as Agent Breaker), Skouras Pictures, 1993
(As Philip S. Hoffman) Reporter, Sliver (also known as Sliver--Gier der Augen), Paramount, 1993
Officer Raymer, Nobody's Fool, Paramount, 1994
(As Philip Hoffman) Frank Hansen, The Getaway, Twentieth Century-Fox/Universal, 1994
Gary, When a Man Loves a Woman (also known as Significant Other and To Have and to Hold), Buena Vista, 1994
(As Philip S. Hoffman) Bernardo, Horatio, and Laertes, The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, Cin-Cine 19, 1995
Young craps player, Hard Eight (also known as Sydney), Samuel Goldwyn, 1996
Dusty, Twister (also known as Catch the Wind and Wind Devils), Universal/Warner Bros., 1996
Scotty J., Boogie Nights, New Line Cinema, 1997
Mitch Roman, Patch Adams, Universal, 1998
(As Phil Hoffman) Sean, Next Stop Wonderland (also known as Last Train to Wonderland), Miramax, 1998
Brandt, The Big Lebowski, Gramercy, 1998
Allen, Happiness, Good Machine, 1998
Bill, Culture, 1998
Freddie Miles, The Talented Mr. Ripley (also known as The Strange Mr. Ripley and The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley), Miramax/Paramount, 1999
Phil Parma, Partridge's male nurse, Magnolia (also known as mag-no'li-a), New Line Cinema, 1999
Rusty Zimmerman, Flawless, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
Himself, That Moment: Magnolia Diary (also known as That Moment: Magnolia Diary October 1998-March 2000), New Line Home Video, 2000
Joseph Turner White, State and Main (also known as Sequences etconsequences), New Line Cinema, 2000
Lester Bangs, Almost Famous (also known as Untitled: The AlmostFamous the Bootleg Cut), DreamWorks, 2000
Himself, The Reflections on "The Talented Mr. Ripley," 2000
Himself, Last Party 2000, 2001

Wilson Joel, Love Liza, Sony Pictures Classics, 2002
Dean Trumbell, Punch-Drunk Love, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002
Freddy Lounds, Red Dragon (also known as Roter Drache), MCA/Universal, 2002
Jacob Elinsky, 25th Hour, Buena Vista, 2002
Dan Mahowny, Owning Mahowny, Sony Pictures Classics, 2003
Himself, A Director's Journey: The Making of "Red Dragon," Universal Home Video, 2003
Cold Mountain, Miramax, 2003
Sandy, Captured, Universal, 2003
Himself--host, Party's Over, 2003
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Joseph Plumb Martin, Liberty! The American Revolution, PBS, 1997
Movies
Buck Forrester, The Yearling, CBS, 1994
Duncan, Montana (also known as Nothing Personal), HBO, 1998
Specials
Steward and performer of songs "Into the Woods," "First Midnight," "Second Midnight," and "Ever After," Into the Woods, PBS, 1991
Himself, 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, 2000
The 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2001
30 by 30: Kid Flicks--Party Animals, HBO and HBO Family, 2001
Episodic
Steven Hanauer, "The Violence of Summer," Law & Order, NBC, 1990
Eddie Feldman, Law & Order, NBC, 1993
Guest, The Charlie Rose Show, Bravo, 2000
Himself, Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2000
Stage Appearances
Earl, Food and Shelter, Vineyard 15th Street Theatre, New York City, 1991
Launcelot, The Merchant of Venice, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1994-1995
Greensboro (A Requiem), McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1995-1996
RawHeadAndBloodyBones, The Skriker, New York Shakespeare Festival,Public/Newman Theatre, New York City, 1996
C. B., Defying Gravity, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1997-1998
Mark, Shopping and Fucking, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 1998
The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad, Drama Department, Greenwich House Theatre, New York City, 1999
Austin/Lee, True West, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 2000
Treplev, Konstantin Gavrilovich, The Seagull, Joseph Papp Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City, 2001
Long Days Journey into Night, Broadway production, 2003
Also appeared in King Lear; The Merchant of Venice.
Major Tours
Appeared in touring productions, European cities.
Stage Director
Jesus Hopped the A Train, LAByrinth Theater Company, East 13th Street Theatre, New York City, 2000
The Glory of Living, Manhattan Class Company, New York City, 2001
Our Lady of 121st Street, LAByrinth Theater Company, Union SquareTheatre, New York City, 2003
Also directed In Arabia; We'd All Be Kings.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Back Stage West, March 12, 1998, p. 4
Entertainment Weekly, June 26, 1998, p. 24
Interview, February, 1999, pp. 98-101; December, 1999, p. 36
Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1998, pp. 28-32
Time, November 22, 1999, p. 100
Variety, January 3, 2000, p. 57

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