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in Rochester, New York,
His father worked for Xerox and his mother was a lawyer.
His mother liked to take him to see local theatrical productions.
At first, Hoffman was more interested in athletics than acting.
At the age of 17, Hoffman was accepted into the New York State Summer School of the Arts. He continued to study acting at New York University. -
In 1992, Hoffman landedone of hisfirstmajor film roles in Scent of a Woman, starringopposite Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnell.
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Paul Newman, Twister (1996)
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Hoffman played a snide, upper-crustbully in TheTalented Mr. Ripley (1999)
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Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2005 made the movie Capote and the Pope had Truman Capote.
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Following Capote, Hoffman received Academy Award nominations for supporting roles in Charlie Wilson's War (2007) and Doubt (2008).
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in 2007 Philip Seymour Hoffman was Gust Avrakotos in the movie Charlie Wilson's War
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In 2012 he starred in a revival of Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman, thepatriarch in thedysfunctionalfamily drama.
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Hoffman laterlanded a part in the second installment of The Hunger Games Trilogy, Catching Fire (2013), as games design Plutarch Heavensbee, co-starring with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman his death in 2 of February of 2014 from an overdose of cocaine and heroin
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