movies/tv one of the greatest actors of our age has died

[Twilight Mist 54]

R.I.P Philip Seymour Hoffman

[Yamato 1,348]

WHAT? BRANDT DIED?! Truly this is a sad day...

[Troblems 5,622]

Well poop. That's really crappy.

[Scootalove 10,692]

Well, that sucks. He was a really great actor.

[Magpie 624]

I don't know who that is, but I sympathize for his passing.

[CinemaBrony 1,276]

To be honest, I don't think I paid enough attention to Hoffman's career while he was still around. Now I suddenly want to go rent the film Capote (his Oscar winning performance) in memory of him. I never saw Capote.

[Starlight Lunamoon 109]

He died from a drug overdose.....

[Twilight Mist 54]

I have to say i'm sorry but my favourite performance of his is his character in Twister. He saved that movie from mediocrity!

[ReverseFaller 2,484]

I'm not really sure who he was. He was a voice actor, you say? I've probably heard his work before. Anyways, may he rest in peace.

[Twilight Mist 54]

He wasn't a voice actor but he appeared in lots of movies like Twister, mission impossible 3, 25th hour etc.

[NomDeSpite 452]

He had achieved his destiny. He completed the task he was put here to do. He lived the acting dream. It's sad that he went when he was only 46; I hope his family, friends, fellow thespians, etc. pass through their grief into serenity quickly.

 

Watch "Synecdoche New York" tonight in his honor, after the Super Bowl ends. You will leave the film with greater understanding.

Edited February 2, 2014 by NomDeSpite

[Troblems 5,622]

Kids these days with their long hair and their rock and roll....

 

He was in the Hunger Games, if that helps anyone -_-

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

This is going to sound stupid, but who? I'm one of those people that can count the actors I know by name on one hand(I only figured out who Brad Pitt actually was in the last couple years, it's that bad).

[NomDeSpite 452]

 

 

This is going to sound stupid, but who? I'm one of those people that can count the actors I know by name on one hand(I only figured out who Brad Pitt actually was in the last couple years, it's that bad).

Philip Seymour Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005 for playing the titular character in "Capote" (the author Truman Capote), was nominated for alot of other awards during his lifetime for his acting, tended to star in movies with more depth and meaning than the usual blockbuster fare (though he was also in Twister); some of them are meh, some of them are really good.

[Koelath 445]

Philip to me is Freddy Lounds from Red Dragon. I just think of that character most on account of loving the book. Sad times...

 

Also, this will probably be vastly overshadowed by the Superbowl and that's terrible.

[Obsolete 681]

Usually celebrity deaths leave me unfazed, but this one hit me hard. RIP.

 

 

 

Watch "Synecdoche New York" tonight in his honor, after the Super Bowl ends. You will leave the film with greater understanding.

 

This. SNY is one of my favorite films. I'd also recommend watching any of his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson: Magnolia, The Master, Boogie Nights, and Punch-Drunk Love being among the notable ones. I feel that those works will be the ones he is ultimately remembered for.

[MintyStarshine 75]

He's a several time award-winning actor. According to his IMDB, he's won 73 awards, including a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, an Oscar, a BAFTA, and tons of others. He was in The Big Lebowski, Twister, all of the Hunger Games movies, Almost Famous, etc.

[Twilight Mist 54]

Another film in which I think he gave a good performance was the 25th hour directed by Spike Lee. I think it's a very underrated movie. Plus, if you're interested in that sort of thing, it's got some really poignant shots of the world trade center site just a few months after 9/11

[Fluttershy27 54]

I haven't seen him in too much but that makes me sad. I thought he was a good actor.

[Tigerpop198 696]

Really, this surprised me very much. He was a very good actor.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

Philip Seymour Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005 for playing the titular character in "Capote" (the author Truman Capote), was nominated for alot of other awards during his lifetime for his acting, tended to star in movies with more depth and meaning than the usual blockbuster fare (though he was also in Twister); some of them are meh, some of them are really good.

 

I see.

 

I guess I'm just pop-culturally challenged(or maybe he's just never been in something that appeals to me)

[Rainboom Dash 1,056]

This is a terrible loss to the world. He was a fantastic actor and was taken way too early. RIP.

[fimdash 1,197]

guy was a good actor. RIP to the man

[Seaweed 596]

Absolutely loved him in Red Dragon. What a total bummer. Heroin is a shitty drug.