Philip Seymour Hoffman: Biography, Latest News & Videos

  • Birth Name: Philip Hoffman
  • Birth Place: Fairport, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/23/1967, Cancer
  • Profession: Actor
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VIDEO: The Violence of Summer

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Length: 48:00
Aired: 2/5/1991

Stone temporarily dismisses rape charges against three defendants because the victim's testimony has too many holes. Greevey and Logan's subsequent reinvestigation uncovers a possible fourth assailant. watch

VIDEO: The Violence of Summer

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Length: 43:53
Aired: 2/5/1991

Diana Manso is defense attorney for Ryan Cutrona, one of the three defendants indicted for the gang-rape of local news reporter Monica DeVries. She pleads with District Attorney Paul Robinette for a severance from the other two defendants because they are hostile to her client. A tense courtroom scene unfolds as Ryan is heckled and verbally intimidated by the other two defendants, Howard Metzler and Steven Hanauer. Convinced that Ryan is withholding information pertinent to the case, Robinette, with Asst. D.A. Stone, reviews the interrogation tapes and waits for forensic evidence, certain that Ryan holds the key to solving the mystery. watch

VIDEO: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 12/11/08

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Aired: 12/11/2008

Philip Seymour Hoffman sits down with Jon to talk about his new film, "Doubt." watch

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2011 The Ides Of March Movie, Actor - Paul Zara Philip
2011 Moneyball Movie, Actor - Art Howe
2010 Jack Goes Boating Movie, Exec. Producer
2010 Jack Goes Boating Movie, Actor - Jack
2010 AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Mike Nichols TV Show Series, Appearing

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Philip Seymour Hoffman Developing HBO Series

Philip Seymour Hoffman is developing a drama series for HBO.

Upstate, from Hoffman's Cooper's Town Productions and Entertainment One, focuses on the laid-off Roy Perkins, who relocates his family to rural America ...
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Oscar Surprises, Part 2: Blanchett, Mortensen, Hal Holbrook and More!

A surprising number of movies had to make do with single nominations in the major categoriesViggo Mortensen picked up a best-actor nom as an icy Russian Gangster in David Cronenbergs brutal thriller Eastern Promises ditto Johnny Depp for Tim Burtons gothic adaptation of Stephen Sondheims musical Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sentimental favorite Hal Holbrook 82 hell be 83 by the time the ceremony takes place took a best supporting actor nomination for Sean Penns Into the Wild based on Jon Krakauers nonfiction account of a troubled young mans search for meaning that eventually takes him deep into the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness It was also ignored in all other major categories despite strong reviews for Penns direction and adapted screenplay as well as Emile Hirschs performance in the lead role Audiences failed to warm to the film Much-loved veteran character actress Ruby Dee 83 got the only nomination for best-supporting actress 15 read more

Short Cuts: Meryl Goes from Devil to Nunsense

Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman have been cast as the leads in Doubt, the Miramax adaptation of the John Patrick Shanley play about a priest accused of pedophilia by a nun.... Ocean's Umpteen BFFs George Clooney and Brad Pitt will reteam in the Coen brother's hush-hush comedy Burn After Reading, about a CIA agent who misplaces the disc of the book he's been writing.... Did Louis Gossett Jr. accept nearly $40,000 in Lakers tickets without ponying up the dough? Not on your life, he tells TMZ.com, maintaining that someone forged his signature.... Erik Estrada has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Which means the only people left who don't have one are Jan Smithers and that dog from Frasier. read more

At the Movies: Streep Goes from Prada to Mamma

Well, this film seems to be coming together quickly and promisingly. The big-screen take on Broadway's Mamma Mia! that I told you about just yesterday? Variety reports that Meryl Streep is already set to star as the mother of an altar-bound young girl determined to meet her biological dad. Yes, Streep sings, though Mamma Mia! will be her first full-blown musical.... Acclaimed crime novelist Michael Connelly (Love. Him.) and his longtime collaborator Terrill Lee Lankford (I'm sure he's nice, too) are penning the screenplay for a feature remake of the '80s series The Equalizer.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Michelle Williams are in talks to star in Synecdoche, New York, the directing debut of Oscar-winning scribe Charlie Kaufman. Hoffman will play a theater director, and Keener and Williams his first and second wives. read more

Amy Sedaris Sells Movie Candy

Fans of the Comedy Central cult hit that chronicled 47-year-old ex-con junkie-whore Jerri Blank's rematriculation into high school are in for a big-screen treat as Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert,  Paul Dinello and a veritable feast of famous faces bring read more

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