Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an
American BAFTA-,
Golden Globe-,
SAG- and
Academy Award-winning
actor.
Biography
Early life
Hoffman was born in
Rochester, New York, the son of Marilyn L. O'Connor, a
family court judge, lawyer and
civil rights activist, and Gordon S. Hoffman, a former
Xerox executive.
[Philip Seymour Hoffman biography Film Reference.com.] He has two sisters, Jill and Emily, and a brother,
Gordy Hoffman, who scripted the 2002 film
Love Liza, in which Philip starred. Hoffman has
Irish ancestry;
his father was
Protestant and his mother was
Catholic, but Hoffman was not raised with a deep commitment to either religious tradition.
Hoffman's parents divorced when he was nine years old.
His first acting role was as
Radar O'Reilly in
Fairport High School's production of
M*A*S*H in
1982.
