Philip Seymour Hoffman in Mission: Impossible III (2006)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (Owen Davian) most recently starred in the feature film “Capote,” which he executive produced through his company, Cooper’s Town Productions. Widely acclaimed, Hoffman was honored by eighteen critics’ groups as the best actor of the year for his performance in the title role, as well as earning a Golden Globe for best actor (drama), a SAG Award, and an Academy Award®.
Hoffman also received an Emmy nomination for his work in the HBO film “Empire Falls,” alongside Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Robin Wright Penn, among others.
Previous film credits include “Cold Mountain,” “Along Came Polly,” “The Party’s Over,” “Owning Mahowny” (which had its world premiere at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival), “Red Dragon,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” “25th Hour,” “Love Liza,” (which was written by his brother, Gordy Hoffman, who won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance, where the film premiered), “Almost Famous,” “State and Main,” “Flawless” (London Film Critics and SAG nomination for Best Actor), “Magnolia” (National Board of Review’s Best Supporting Actor Award and Ensemble SAG Award nomination), “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (National Board of Review’s Best Supporting Actor Award), “Boogie Nights,” “Happiness” (Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male), “Patch Adams,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Twister,” “Scent of a Woman,” and “Nobody’s Fool.”
Hoffman is a member and Co‐Artistic Director of LAByrinth Theater Company. His stage credits include: “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations), “The Seagull” (The New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre), “True West” (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Outer Critics Circle Award), “Defying Gravity” (American Place Theater), “The Merchant of Venice” (Dir. by Peter Sellars), “Shopping and Fucking” (New York Theater Workshop), and “The Author’s Voice” (Drama Dept., Drama Desk nominations).
His theatrical directorial credits include “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” “In Arabia We’d All Be Kings,” and “Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train,” all written by Stephen Adly Guirgis for LAB. His production of “‘A’ Train” was produced to great acclaim Off-Broadway, at the Edinburgh Festival (Fringe First Award), at London’s Donmar Warehouse, and then at the Arts Theatre in London’s West End. In addition, he directed LAB’s Off-Broadway commercial production of Guirgis’ “Our Lady of 121st Street” at the Union Square Theater (Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk nominations) and Rebecca Gilman’s “The Glory of Living” at MCC Theater.
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