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Philip Seymour Hoffman

1967 - 2014

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Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive supporting and character roles—eccentrics, underdogs, and misfits—he acted in many films and theatrical productions, including leading roles, from the early 1990s until his early death in 2014. He was voted the greatest actor of the 21st century in a 2024 ranking by The Independent. Hoffman studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Seymour Hoffman is the 666th most popular actor (down from 656th in 2019), the 1,393rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,209th in 2019) and the 343rd most popular American Actor.

Philip Seymour Hoffman is most famous for his role as Truman Capote in the 2005 film Capote.

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Among actors, Philip Seymour Hoffman ranks 666 out of 13,578. Before him are Edward Norton, Christian Bale, Cybill Shepherd, Milla Jovovich, Robert Knepper, and Horst Buchholz. After him are Edna Purviance, Linda Christian, Burgess Meredith, Edwige Fenech, Walter Brennan, and Erland Josephson.

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Among people born in 1967, Philip Seymour Hoffman ranks 22. Before him are Sam Harris, Toni Braxton, Pamela Anderson, Akshay Kumar, Bajram Begaj, and Kazuyoshi Miura. After him are Boris Becker, Jony Ive, Mark Ruffalo, Massimiliano Allegri, Aleksandr Karelin, and Mike Portnoy. Among people deceased in 2014, Philip Seymour Hoffman ranks 49. Before him are Mickey Rooney, Dobrica Ćosić, Luise Rainer, Karlheinz Böhm, Daniel Keyes, and Kim Song-ae. After him are The Ultimate Warrior, Yozo Aoki, James Garner, Ken Takakura, Udo Jürgens, and Jean-Claude Duvalier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Seymour Hoffman ranks 1,393 out of 20,380. Before him are Sherwood Anderson (1876), Paul Bremer (1941), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Butch Cassidy (1866), George Davis Snell (1903), and Ash Carter (1954). After him are Edna Purviance (1895), Leo Fender (1909), Burgess Meredith (1907), Walter Brennan (1894), Eric Adams (1960), and Robert Walker (1918).

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Among actors born in United States, Philip Seymour Hoffman ranks 343. Before him are Ron Howard (1954), Wesley Snipes (1962), Richard S. Castellano (1933), Edward Norton (1969), Cybill Shepherd (1950), and Robert Knepper (1959). After him are Edna Purviance (1895), Burgess Meredith (1907), Walter Brennan (1894), Robert Walker (1918), John Heard (1946), and Michelle Phillips (1944).

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