Actor found dead this morning in his New York apartment.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead this morning, February 2, 2014, by a personal assistant. The actor was discovered in his Greenwich Village bathroom with a hypodermic needle still stuck in his arm. It’s a tragic end for one of the greatest actors of his generation. Hoffman, 46, has publicly struggled with drug addiction in recent years.
Hoffman racked up 63 film and television acting credits starting with a 1991 appearance on Law and Order. His last film, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, is scheduled for a 2015 release. But it was his emotionally fragile portrayal of Scotty J. in 1997’s Boogie Nights that brought the actor’s genius to mainstream attention.
He was a critical favorite, too, receiving four Academy Award nominations and winning once for his brilliant portrayal of writer Truman Capote in 2005’s Capote. Hoffman also picked up three Tony nominations for his work on stage.
For my dime the actor’s finest overlooked performances include The Count in 2009’s Pirate Radio and Andy in 2007’s chilling Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.
No official cause of death has been released at this time.
—-photo Danny Moloshok / Associated Press
Philip Hoffman is the latest victim of the failed drug war.
The drug war failed to protect him.
Time to end the failed drug war.
Great talent…undeniable.
Yet another waste… and now another week or two will be filled with the media spinning and making money off his death. How about the story of yet another wasted opportunity from a celebrity who can’t handle or overcome their addictions. Grow up people this is the new normal. Another junkie dies with a needle in their arm…move on…
Yeah… I said that
“Another junkie dies with a needle in their arm…move on…”
This was not just “another junkie”, he had been sober for 24 years until last May where he fell off the bandwagon again, then went to rehab and went straight again. Obviously that didn’t work too well and he is now dead, but in no way was he just some random junkie.