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Philip Seymour Hoffman. 1967-2014
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Philip Seymour Hoffman dies at 46

Oscar-winning actor found dead in NYC apartment; cause of death yet to be determined, believed to be drug overdose. Hoffman best known for his award-winning performances in films like 'Capote,' 'The Big Lebowski,' 'Almost Famous'

VIDEO - Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in "Capote" and created a gallery of other vivid characters, many of them slovenly and slightly dissipated comic figures, was found dead Sunday in his Greenwich Village apartment with what law enforcement officials said was a syringe in his arm. He was 46.

 

 

The two officials told The Associated Press that glassine envelopes containing what was believed to be heroin were also found with Hoffman. Those items are being tested.

 

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The law enforcement officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about evidence found at the scene, said the cause of death was believed to be a drug overdose.

 

Hoffman – no matinee-idol figure with his tubby, lumpy build and limp blond hair – made his career mostly as a character actor, and was one of the most prolific in the business.

 

The stage-trained actor's rumpled naturalism made him one of the most admired performers of his generation. He was nominated for Academy Awards four times in all.

 

US actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Photo: Gettyimages) (Photo: Gettyimages)
US actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Photo: Gettyimages)

 

Hoffman spoke candidly over the years about past struggles with drug addiction. After 23 years sober, he admitted in interviews last year to falling off the wagon and developing a heroin problem that led to a stint at a rehabilitation facility

 

In one of his earliest roles, he played a spoiled prep school student in "Scent of a Woman" in 1992. One of his breakthrough roles came as a gay member of a porno film crew in "Boogie Nights," one of several movies directed by Paul Thomas Anderson that he would eventually appear in.

 

He often played comic, slightly off-kilter characters in movies like "Along Came Polly," ''The Big Lebowski" and "Almost Famous.

 

More recently, he was Plutarch Heavensbee in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and was reprising that role in the two-part sequel, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay," which is in the works. And in "Moneyball," he played Art Howe, the grumpy manager of the Oakland Athletics who resisted new thinking about baseball talent.

 

Two years ago, he acted in a film directed by Israeli director Yaron Zilberman, "A Late Quartet", alongside famous Israeli actors Mark Ivanir and Liraz Charhi, and shared a sex scene with the latter. Hoffman said he enjoyed working with the Israeli crew and that his personal experience was wonderful.

 

Hoffman is survived by his partner of 15 years, Mimi O'Donnell, and their three children.

 

Ynetnews contributed to this report

 


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