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Acting

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Career: Active from 1992 to 2015, busiest in 1998 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Boogie Nights
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Philip Seymour Hoffman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Scare
1.6, average 2.6
Violence
3.5, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 10
Character Study 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Darkly Humorous 4
Social Commentary 4
Aging and Mortality 2
Complex Relationships 2
Psychological Study 2
Jon Brion Soundtrack 2
Bleak 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Sharp Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

68

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

13 titles · average score 70

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

67

as Plutarch Heavensbee

A Most Wanted Man

73

as Günther Bachmann

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

67

as Plutarch Heavensbee

God's Pocket

47

as Mickey Scarpato

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

81

as Plutarch Heavensbee

The Frame

TV show · as Plutarch Heavensbee

The Master

78

as Lancaster Dodd

A Late Quartet

71

as Robert Gelbart

Moneyball

84

as Art Howe

The Ides of March

72

as Paul Zara

Jack Goes Boating

62

as Jack

Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre

as Narrator (voice)

2000s

23 titles · average score 71

Mary and Max

84

as Max (voice)

The Boat That Rocked

65

as The Count

Synecdoche, New York

72

as Caden Cotard

Doubt

75

as Father Brendan Flynn

Charlie Wilson's War

71

as Gust Avrakotos

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

80

as Andy Hanson

Mission: Impossible III

69

as Owen Davian

Capote

81

as Truman Capote

Empire Falls

68

TV show · as Charlie Mayne

Along Came Polly

45

as Sandy Lyle

Punch-Drunk Love

77

as Dean Trumbell

25th Hour

75

as Jacob Elinsky

1990s

32 titles · average score 64

Magnolia

81

as Phil Parma

Flawless

53

as Rusty

The Talented Mr. Ripley

78

as Freddie Miles

Happiness

80

as Allen

The Big Lebowski

79

as Brandt

Patch Adams

46

as Mitch

Boogie Nights

85

as Scotty J.

Hard Eight

76

as Young Craps Player

Twister

66

as Dusty

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

75

as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes

When a Man Loves a Woman

68

as Gary

Scent of a Woman

75

as George Willis, Jr.