Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was
an American actor, director, and producer. Best known for his
distinctive supporting and character roles – typically
lowlifes, eccentrics, bullies, and misfits – Hoffman acted in
many films from the early 1990s until his death in 2014.
Drawn to theater as a teenager, Hoffman studied acting at New York
University's Tisch School of the Arts. He began his screen career in a
1991 episode of Law & Order and started to appear in films in
1992. He gained recognition for his supporting work, notably in Boogie
Nights (1997), Happiness (1998), Patch Adams (1998), The Big Lebowski
(1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous
(2000),
Punch-Drunk Love

Punch-Drunk Love (2002), and
Along Came Polly

Along Came Polly (2004). He began
to occasionally play leading roles, and for his portrayal of the
author
Truman Capote

Truman Capote in Capote (2005), won multiple accolades,
including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Hoffman's profile
continued to grow, and he received three more Oscar nominations for
his supporting work as a brutally frank
CIA

CIA officer in Charlie
Wilson's War (2007), a priest accused of pedophilia in Doubt (2008),
and the charismatic leader of a Scientology-type movement in The
Master (2012).
While he mainly worked in independent films, including The Savages
(2007) and
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York (2008), Hoffman also appeared in
Hollywood

Hollywood blockbusters, such as Twister (1996) and Mission: Impossible
III (2006), and in one of his final roles, as
Plutarch Heavensbee in
the Hunger Games series (2013–15). The feature Jack Goes Boating
(2010) marked his debut as a filmmaker. Hoffman was also an
accomplished theater actor and director. He joined the off-Broadway
LAByrinth Theater Company in 1995, where he directed, produced, and
appeared in numerous stage productions. His performances in three
Broadway plays – True West in 2000, Long Day's Journey into
Night in 2003, and
Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman in 2012 – all led to
Tony Award

Tony Award nominations.
Hoffman struggled with drug addiction as a young adult, and relapsed
in 2013 after many years of abstinence. In February 2014, he died of
an overdose. Remembered for his fearlessness in playing reprehensible
characters, and for bringing depth and humanity to such roles, Hoffman
was described in his New York Times obituary as "perhaps the most
ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation".[1]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Early career (1991–95)
2.2 A rising actor (1996–99)
2.3 Theatrical success and leading roles (2000–04)
2.4 Critical acclaim (2005–09)
2.5 Final years (2010–14)
3 Personal life
4 Death and legacy
5 Reception and acting style
5.1 Work ethic
6 Filmography and awards
7 References
7.1 Notes
7.2 Citations
7.3 Bibliography
8 External links
Early life[edit]
Hoffman was born on July 23, 1967, in the Rochester suburb of
Fairport, New York.[1] His mother, Marilyn O'Connor (née Loucks),
came from nearby Waterloo and worked as an elementary school
teacher[2] before becoming a lawyer and eventually a family court
judge.[1][3] His father, Gordon Stowell Hoffman, was a native of
Geneva, New York, and worked for the Xerox Corporation. Along with one
brother, Gordy, Hoffman had two sisters, Jill and Emily.[2]
The village of Fairport, New York, Hoffman's hometown
Hoffman was baptized a
Roman Catholic
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Roman Catholic and attended Mass as a child,
but did not have a heavily religious upbringing.[4] His parents
divorced when he was nine, leaving the children to be raised primarily
by their mother.[3] Hoffman's childhood passion was sports,
particularly wrestling and baseball,[3] but at age 12, he saw a stage
production of Arthur Miller's
All My Sons

All My Sons and was transfixed. He
recalled in 2008, "I was changed – permanently changed –
by that experience. It was like a miracle to me".[5] Hoffman developed
a love for the theater, and proceeded to attend regularly with his
mother, who was a lifelong enthusiast.[6] He remembered that
productions of Quilters and Alms for the Middle Class, the latter
starring a teenaged Robert Downey, Jr., were also particularly
inspirational.[7] At the age of 14, Hoffman suffered a neck injury
that ended his sporting activity, and he began to consider
acting.[5][8] Encouraged by his mother, he joined a drama club, and
initially committed to it because he was attracted to a female
member.[3][5]
Acting gradually became a passion for Hoffman: "I loved the
camaraderie of it, the people, and that's when I decided it was what I
wanted to do."[8] At the age of 17, he was selected to attend the 1984
New York State Summer School of the Arts in Saratoga Springs, where he
met his future collaborators
Bennett Miller

Bennett Miller and Dan Futterman.[9]
Miller later commented on Hoffman's popularity at the time: "We were
attracted to the fact that he was genuinely serious about what he was
doing. Even then, he was passionate."[5] Hoffman applied for several
drama degree programs and was accepted to New York University's (NYU)
Tisch School of the Arts.[5] Between starting on the program and
graduating from Fairport High School, he continued his training at the
Circle in the Square Theatre's summer program.[1] Hoffman had positive
memories of his time at NYU, where he supported himself by working as
an usher. With friends, he co-founded the Bullstoi Ensemble acting
troupe.[8] He received a drama degree in 1989.[3]
Career[edit]
Early career (1991–95)[edit]
After graduating, Hoffman worked in off-Broadway theater and made
additional money with customer service jobs.[7][8] He made his screen
debut in 1991, in a Law & Order episode called "The Violence of
Summer", playing a man accused of rape.[10] His first cinema role came
the following year, when he was credited as "Phil Hoffman" in the
independent film Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole. After this, he
adopted his grandfather's name, Seymour, to avoid confusion with
another actor.[11] More film roles promptly followed, with appearances
in the studio production My New Gun, and a small role in the comedy
Leap of Faith, starring Steve Martin.[12][13] Following these roles,
he gained attention playing a spoiled student in the Oscar-winning Al
Pacino film Scent of a Woman (1992). Hoffman auditioned five times for
his role, which
The Guardian

The Guardian journalist Ryan Gilbey says gave him an
early opportunity "to indulge his skill for making unctuousness
compelling".[14] The film earned US$134 million worldwide[15] and was
the first to get Hoffman noticed.[16] Reflecting on Scent of a Woman,
Hoffman later said "If I hadn't gotten into that film, I wouldn't be
where I am today."[10] At this time, he abandoned his job in a
delicatessen to become a professional actor.[11][17]
Hoffman continued playing small roles throughout the early 1990s.
After appearing in
Joey Breaker and the critically panned teen zombie
picture My Boyfriend's Back,[18] he had a more notable role playing
John Cusack's wealthy friend in the crime comedy Money for
Nothing.[19] In 1994, he portrayed an inexperienced mobster in the
crime thriller The Getaway, starring
Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin and Kim
Basinger,[20] and appeared with
Andy García

Andy García and
Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan in the
romantic drama When a Man Loves a Woman. He then played an uptight
police deputy who gets punched by Paul Newman – one of
Hoffman's acting idols – in the drama Nobody's Fool.[10][21]
Still considering stage work to be fundamental to his career,[16][22]
Hoffman joined the
LAByrinth Theater Company of
New York City

New York City in
1995.[19] This association lasted the remainder of his life; along
with appearing in multiple productions, he later became co-artistic
director of the theater company with John Ortiz, and directed various
plays over the years.[22] Hoffman's only film appearance of 1995 was
in the 22-minute short comedy The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, which
satirized the film industry in an Elizabethan setting. He played the
characters of Bernardo, Horatio, and Laertes alongside Austin
Pendleton's Hamlet.[23]
A rising actor (1996–99)[edit]
Between April and May 1996, Hoffman appeared at the Joseph Papp Public
Theater in a
Mark Wing-Davey
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Mark Wing-Davey production of Caryl Churchill's The
Skriker.[24] Following this, based on his work in Scent of a Woman, he
was cast by writer–director
Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson to appear in his
debut feature Hard Eight (1996).[14] Hoffman had only a brief role in
the crime thriller, playing a cocksure young craps player, but it
began the most important collaboration of his career.[14][a] Before
cementing his creative partnership with Anderson, Hoffman appeared in
one of the year's biggest blockbusters,[25] Twister, playing a grubby,
hyperactive storm chaser alongside
Helen Hunt
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Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.
According to a People survey of
Twitter

Twitter and
Facebook

Facebook users, Twister is
the film with which Hoffman is most popularly associated.[26] He then
reunited with Anderson for the director's second feature, Boogie
Nights, about the Golden Age of Pornography. The ensemble-piece
starred Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and Burt Reynolds; Hoffman
played a boom operator, described by David Fear of
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone as a
"complete, unabashed loser",[19] who attempts to seduce Wahlberg's
character. Warmly received by critics, the film grew into a cult
classic,[10][27] and it has been cited as the role in which Hoffman
first showed his full ability. Fear commended the "naked emotional
neediness" of the performance, adding that it made for compulsive
viewing.[19][28] Hoffman later expressed his appreciation for Anderson
when he called the director "incomparable".[29]
That wasn't easy. It's hard to sit in your boxers and jerk off in
front of people for three hours. I was pretty heavy, and I was afraid
that people would laugh at me. Todd said they might laugh, but they
won't laugh at you. He saw what we were working for, which was the
pathos of the moment. Sometimes, acting is a really private thing that
you do for the world.
– Hoffman on his role in Happiness (1998)[5]
Continuing with this momentum, Hoffman appeared in five films in 1998.
He had supporting roles in the crime thriller Montana and the romantic
comedy Next Stop Wonderland, both of which were commercial
failures,[30][31] before working with the Coen brothers in their dark
comedy The Big Lebowski. Hoffman had long been a fan of the directors,
and relished the experience of working with them.[32] Appearing
alongside
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges and John Goodman, Hoffman played Brandt, the
smug personal assistant of the titular character. Although it was only
a small role, he claimed it was one for which he was most recognized,
in a film that has achieved cult status and a large fan base.[32]
Between March and April 1998, Hoffman made 30 appearances on stage at
the
New York Theatre Workshop

New York Theatre Workshop in a production of Mark Ravenhill's
Shopping and Fucking, portraying an ex-heroin addict.[33]
Hoffman took an unflattering role in Todd Solondz's Happiness
(1998),[34] a misanthropic comedy about the lives of three sisters and
those around them. He played Allen, a strange loner who makes crude
phone calls to women; the character furiously masturbates during one
conversation, producing what film scholar Jerry Mosher calls an
"embarrassingly raw performance".[34] Jake Coyle of the Associated
Press rated Allen as one of the creepiest characters in American
cinema,[35] but critic Xan Brooks highlighted the pathos that Hoffman
brought to the role.[36] Happiness was controversial but widely
praised,[37] and Hoffman's role has been cited by critics as one of
his best.[35][38] His final 1998 release was more mainstream, as he
appeared as a medical graduate in the
Robin Williams
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Robin Williams comedy Patch
Adams. The film was critically panned, but one of the highest-grossing
of Hoffman's career.[39][40]
In 1999, Hoffman starred opposite
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro as drag queen Rusty
Zimmerman in Joel Schumacher's drama Flawless. Hoffman considered De
Niro the most imposing actor with whom he had appeared, and felt that
working with the veteran performer profoundly improved his own
acting.[7] Hoffman's ability to avoid clichés in playing such a
delicate role was noted by critics,[19][41] and
Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert said it
confirmed him as "one of the best new character actors".[42] He was
rewarded with his first
Screen Actors Guild Award

Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.[43]
Hoffman then reunited with Paul Thomas Anderson, where he was given an
atypically virtuous role in the ensemble drama Magnolia.[14] The film,
set over one day in Los Angeles, features Hoffman as a nurse who cares
for Jason Robards' character. The performance was approved of by the
medical industry,[44] and Jessica Winter of the Village Voice
considered it Hoffman's most indelible work, likening him to a
guardian angel in his caring for the dying father.[44] Magnolia has
been included in lists of the greatest films of all time,[45][46] and
it was a personal favorite of Hoffman's.[29]
One of the most critically and commercially successful films of
Hoffman's career was The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999),[40][47] which he
considered "as edgy as you can get for a
Hollywood

Hollywood movie".[48] He
played a "preppy bully" who taunts Matt Damon's Ripley in the
thriller, a character which Jeff Simon of The Buffalo News called "the
truest upper class twit in all of American movies".[7] Hoffman's
performance caught the attention of Meryl Streep – another of
his cinematic idols – with his performance: "I sat up straight
in my seat and said, 'Who is that?' I thought to myself: My God, this
actor is fearless. He's done what we all strive for – he's
given this awful character the respect he deserves, and he's made him
fascinating."[16] In recognition of his work in Magnolia and The
Talented Mr. Ripley, Hoffman was named the year's Best Supporting
Actor by the National Board of Review.[49]
Theatrical success and leading roles (2000–04)[edit]
Hoffman at Cannes in 2002 promoting Punch-Drunk Love
Following a string of roles in successful films in the late 1990s,
Hoffman had established a reputation as a top supporting player who
could be relied on to make an impression with each performance.[50]
His film appearances were likened by David Kamp of GQ to "discovering
a prize in a box of cereal, receiving a bonus, or bumping unexpectedly
into an old friend".[16] According to Jerry Mosher, as the year 2000
began, "it seemed Hoffman was everywhere, poised on the cusp of
stardom".[51]
Hoffman had begun to be recognized as a theater actor in 1999, when he
received a
Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor
for the off-Broadway play The Author's Voice.[52][53] This success
continued with the 2000 Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's True West,
where Hoffman alternated roles nightly with co-star John C. Reilly,[b]
making 154 appearances between March and July 2000.[54][34] Ben
Brantley of
The New York Times

The New York Times felt that it was the best stage
performance of Hoffman's career, calling him "brilliant",[55] and the
actor earned a
Tony Award

Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play.[52] The
following year, Hoffman appeared with Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman,
and
John Goodman

John Goodman in a
Delacorte Theater

Delacorte Theater production of Chekhov's The
Seagull – although Brantley felt that this performance was less
fully realized.[56] As a stage director, Hoffman received two Drama
Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Director of a Play: one for
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train in 2001, and another for Our Lady of 121st
Street in 2003.[57] In a 2008 interview, Hoffman opined that
"switching hats" between acting and directing helped him improve in
both roles.[58]
David Mamet's comedy State and Main, about the difficulties of
shooting a film in rural New England, was Hoffman's first film role of
2000 and had a limited release.[59] He had a more prominent supporting
role that year in Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe's popular coming-of-age
film set around the 1970s music industry.[35] Hoffman portrayed the
enthusiastic rock critic Lester Bangs, a task by which he felt
burdened,[60] but he managed to convey the real figure's mannerisms
and sharp wit after watching him in a
BBC

BBC interview.[61] The following
year, Hoffman featured as the narrator and interviewer in The Party's
Over, a documentary about the 2000 U.S. elections. He assumed the
position of a "politically informed and alienated Generation-Xer" who
seeks to be educated in U.S. politics, but ultimately reveals the
extent of public dissatisfaction in this area.[62]
In 2002, Hoffman was given his first leading role (despite joking at
the time "Even if I was hired into a leading-man part, I'd probably
turn it into the non-leading-man part")[63] in Todd Louiso's
tragicomedy
Love Liza

Love Liza (2002). His brother Gordy wrote the script,
which Hoffman had seen at their mother's house five years earlier,
about a widower who starts sniffing gasoline to cope with his wife's
suicide. He considered it the finest piece of writing he had ever
read, "incredibly humble in its exploration of grief",[11] but critics
were less enthusiastic about the production. A review for the BBC
wrote that Hoffman had finally been given a part that showed "what
he's truly capable of",[64] but few witnessed this as the film had a
limited release and earned only US$210,000.[65]
Director Paul Thomas Anderson, who cast Hoffman in five of his first
six films
Later in 2002, Hoffman starred opposite
Adam Sandler
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Adam Sandler and Emily Watson
in Anderson's critically acclaimed fourth picture, the surrealist
romantic comedy-drama
Punch-Drunk Love

Punch-Drunk Love (2002), where he played an
illegal phone-sex "supervisor".[66] Drew Hunt of the
Chicago

Chicago Reader
saw the performance as a fine example of Hoffman's "knack for turning
small roles into seminal performances", and praised the actor's
comedic ability.[67] In a very different film, Hoffman was next seen
with
Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins in the high-budget thriller Red Dragon, a prequel
to The Silence of the Lambs, portraying the meddlesome tabloid
journalist Freddy Lounds.[68] His fourth appearance of 2002 came in
Spike Lee's drama 25th Hour, playing an English teacher who makes a
devastating drunken mistake.[69] Both Lee and the film's lead Edward
Norton were thrilled to work with Hoffman, and Lee confessed that he
had long wanted to do a picture with the actor, but had waited until
he found the right role.[70] Hoffman considered his character, Jakob,
to be one of the most reticent characters he had ever played, a
straight-laced "corduroy-pants-wearing kind of guy."[11] Roger Ebert
promoted
25th Hour

25th Hour to one of his "Great Movies" in 2009,[71] and along
with A. O. Scott,[72] considered it to be one of the best films of the
2000s.[73]
The drama
Owning Mahowny

Owning Mahowny (2003) gave Hoffman his second lead role,
starring opposite
Minnie Driver

Minnie Driver as a bank employee who embezzles money
to feed his gambling addiction. Based on the true story of Toronto
banker Brian Molony, who committed the largest fraud in Canadian
history, Hoffman met with Molony to prepare for the role and help him
play the character as accurately as possible.[74] He was determined
not to conform to "movie character" stereotypes,[65] and his portrayal
of addiction won approval from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.[74]
Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert assessed Hoffman's performance as "a masterpiece of
discipline and precision",[75] but the film earned little at the box
office.[76]
Hoffman's second 2003 appearance was a small role in Anthony
Minghella's successful Civil War epic Cold Mountain.[77] He played an
immoral preacher, a complex character that Hoffman described as a
"mass of contradictions".[78] The same year, from April to August, he
appeared with
Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave in a Broadway revival of Eugene
O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night.[79] Director Robert Falls
later commented on the dedication and experience that Hoffman brought
to his role of alcoholic Jamie Tyrone: "Every night he ripped it up to
an extent that he couldn't leave [the role]. Phil carried it with
him."[80] Hoffman received his second
Tony Award

Tony Award nomination, this time
for Best Featured Actor in a Play.[52] In 2004, he appeared as the
crude, has-been actor friend of Ben Stiller's character in the
box-office hit Along Came Polly.[81] Reflecting on the role, People
said it proved that "Hoffman could deliver comedic performances with
the best of them".[26]
Critical acclaim (2005–09)[edit]
Truman Capote

Truman Capote in 1959: Hoffman won many awards for his portrayal of
the writer in Capote (2005).
A turning point in Hoffman's career came with the biographical film
Capote (2005), which dramatized Truman Capote's experience of writing
his true crime novel
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood (1966).[82] Hoffman took the title
role, in a project that he co-produced and helped come to
fruition.[83][84] Portraying the idiosyncratic writer proved highly
demanding, requiring significant weight loss and four months of
research – such as watching video clips of Capote to help him
affect the author's effeminate voice and mannerisms. Hoffman stated
that he was not concerned with perfectly imitating Capote's speech,
but did feel a great duty to "express the vitality and the nuances" of
the writer.[85][86] During filming, he stayed in character constantly
so as not to lose the voice and posture: "Otherwise", he explained, "I
would give my body a chance to bail on me."[86] Capote was released to
great acclaim, particularly regarding Hoffman's performance.[87] Many
critics commented that the role was designed to win awards,[88] and
indeed Hoffman received an Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild
Award, BAFTA, and various other critics' awards.[89] In 2006, Premiere
listed his role in Capote as the 35th-greatest movie performance of
all time.[90] After the film, several commentators began to describe
Hoffman as one of the finest, most ambitious actors of his
generation.[84]
Hoffman received his only
Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his
supporting role in the
HBO

HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005), about life
in a
New England

New England town, but lost to castmate Paul Newman.[91] In 2006,
he appeared in the summer blockbuster Mission: Impossible III, playing
the villainous arms dealer Owen Davian opposite Tom Cruise. A
journalist for Vanity Fair stated that Hoffman's "black-hat
performance was one of the most delicious in a
Hollywood

Hollywood film since
Alan Rickman's in
Die Hard

Die Hard ",[54] and he was generally approved of for
bringing gravitas to the action film. With a gross of nearly US$400
million, it exposed Hoffman to a mainstream audience.[92]
Returning to independent films in 2007, Hoffman began with a starring
role in Tamara Jenkins's The Savages, where
Laura Linney

Laura Linney and he played
siblings responsible for putting their dementia-ridden father (Philip
Bosco) in a care home. Jake Coyle of the
Associated Press

Associated Press stated that
it was "the epitome of a Hoffman film: a mix of comedy and tragedy
told with subtlety, bone-dry humor, and flashes of grace".[35] Hoffman
received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in The
Savages.[93] He next appeared in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead,
the final film by veteran director Sidney Lumet, where he played a
realtor who embezzles funds from his employer to support his drug
habit. Mosher comments that the character was one of the most
unpleasant of Hoffman's career, but that his "fearlessness again
revealed the humanity within a deeply flawed character" as he appeared
naked in the opening anal sex scene.[94] The film was received
positively by critics as a powerful and affecting thriller.[95]
Mike Nichols's political film Charlie Wilson's War (2007) gave Hoffman
his second Academy Award nomination, again for playing a real
individual – Gust Avrakotos, the
CIA

CIA agent who conspired with
Congressman Charlie Wilson (played by Tom Hanks) to aid Afghani rebels
in their fight against the Soviet Union. Todd McCarthy wrote of
Hoffman's performance: "Decked out with a pouffy '80s hairdo,
moustache, protruding gut and ever-present smokes ... whenever
he's on, the picture vibrates with conspiratorial electricity."[96]
The film was a critical and commercial success,[97] and along with his
Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Hoffman was nominated for
a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award.[89]
Hoffman at the
81st Academy Awards

81st Academy Awards in February 2009, where he was
nominated for Doubt
The year 2008 contained two significant Hoffman roles. In Charlie
Kaufman's enigmatic drama Synecdoche, New York, he starred as Caden
Cotard, a frustrated dramatist who attempts to build a scale replica
of New York inside a warehouse for a play.[98] Hoffman again showed
his willingness to reveal unattractive traits, as the character ages
and deteriorates, and committed to a deeply psychological role.[99]
Critics were divided in their response to the "ambitious and baffling"
film.[100] Sonny Bunch of
The Washington Times

The Washington Times found it
"impressionistic, inaccessible, and endlessly frustrating", likening
Hoffman's character to "God, if God lacked imagination".[101] Roger
Ebert, on the contrary, named it the best film of the decade and
considered it one of the greatest of all time,[102] and Robbie Collin,
film critic for The Daily Telegraph, believes Hoffman gave one of
cinema's best performances.[103]
Hoffman's second role of the year came opposite
Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep and Amy
Adams in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt, where he played Father Brendan
Flynn – a priest accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old
African American student in the 1960s. Hoffman was already familiar
with the play and appreciated the opportunity to bring it to the
screen; in preparing for the role, he talked extensively to a priest
who lived through the era.[104] The film had a mixed reception, with
some critics such as
Peter Bradshaw of
The Guardian

The Guardian suspicious of it
as Oscar bait,[105] but Hoffman gained second consecutive Best
Supporting Actor nominations at the Oscars, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes,
and was also nominated by the Screen Actors Guild.[89]
On stage in 2009, Hoffman played
Iago

Iago in Peter Sellars' futuristic
production of
Othello

Othello (with the title role by John Ortiz), which
received mixed reviews.[106] Ben Brantley, theatre critic of The New
York Times, found it to be "exasperatingly misconceived", remarking
that even when Hoffman is attempting to "manipulate others into
self-destruction, he comes close to spoiling everything by erupting
into genuine, volcanic fury".[107] Hoffman also did his first vocal
performance for the claymation film Mary and Max, although the film
did not initially have an American release.[108] He played Max, a
depressed New Yorker with Asperger syndrome, while Toni Collette
voiced Mary – the Australian girl who becomes his pen pal.
Continuing with animation, Hoffman then worked on an episode of the
children's show Arthur and received a
Daytime Emmy Award nomination
for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program.[109] Later in the
year, he played a brash American disc jockey opposite
Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy and
Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans in Richard Curtis's British comedy The Boat That Rocked
(also known as Pirate Radio) – a character based on Emperor
Rosko, a host of
Radio Caroline

Radio Caroline in 1966.[110] He also had a cameo role
as a bartender in Ricky Gervais's The Invention of Lying.[111]
Reflecting on Hoffman's work in the late 2000s, Mosher writes that the
actor remained impressive, but had not delivered a testing performance
on the level of his work in Capote. The film critic David Thomson
believed that Hoffman showed indecisiveness at this time, unsure
whether to play spectacular supporting roles or become a lead actor
who is capable of controlling the emotional dynamic and outcome of a
film.[112]
Final years (2010–14)[edit]
Hoffman's profile continued to grow with the new decade, and he became
an increasingly recognizable figure.[21] Despite earlier reservations
about directing for the screen,[7] his first release of the 2010s was
also his first as a film director. The independent drama Jack Goes
Boating was adapted from Robert Glaudini's play of the same name, in
which Hoffman had starred and directed for the LAByrinth Theater
Company in 2007. He originally intended only to direct the film, but
decided to reprise the main role of Jack – a lonely limousine
driver looking for love – after the actor he wanted for it was
unavailable.[113] The low-key film had a limited release, and was not
a high earner,[114] though it received many positive
reviews.[115][116] However, Dave Edwards of the
Daily Mirror

Daily Mirror remarked
that "Hoffman's directing debut delivers a film so weak I could barely
remember what it was about as I left",[117] while critic Mark Kermode
appreciated the cinematic qualities that Hoffman brought to the film,
and stated that he showed potential as a director.[118] In addition to
Jack Goes Boating, in 2010 Hoffman also directed Brett C. Leonard's
tragic drama The Long Red Road for the
Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
Steven Oxman of Variety described the production as "heavy handed" and
"predictable", but "intriguing and at least partially
successful".[119]
Hoffman at the Moneyball premiere in September 2011
Hoffman next had significant supporting roles in two films, both
released in the last third of 2011. In Moneyball, a sports drama about
the 2002 season of the
Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics baseball team, he played the
manager Art Howe. The film was a critical and commercial success, and
Hoffman was described as "perfectly cast" by Ann Hornaday of The
Washington Post, but the real-life
Art Howe

Art Howe accused the filmmakers of
giving an "unfair and untrue" portrayal of him.[120] Hoffman's second
film of the year was George Clooney's political drama The Ides of
March, in which he played the earnest campaign manager to the
Democratic presidential candidate Mike Morris (Clooney). The film was
well-received and Hoffman's performance, especially in the scenes
opposite Paul Giamatti – who played the rival campaign
manager – was positively noted.[121] Hoffman's work on the film
earned him his fourth
BAFTA Award

BAFTA Award nomination.[89]
In the spring of 2012, Hoffman made his final stage appearance,
starring as
Willy Loman

Willy Loman in a Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman.
Directed by Mike Nichols, the production ran for 78 performances and
was the highest-grossing show in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre's
history.[122] Many critics felt that Hoffman, at 44, was too young for
the role of 62-year-old Loman,[1] and Chris Jones of the Chicago
Tribune felt that the character had been interpreted poorly.[123]
Hoffman admitted that he found the role difficult,[29] but he
nevertheless earned his third
Tony Award

Tony Award nomination.[52]
Hoffman collaborated with
Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson for the fifth time in
The Master (2012), where he turned in what critic Peter Bradshaw
considered the most memorable performance of his career.[124] Set in
1950s America, the film featured Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd, the
charismatic leader of a nascent Scientology-type movement who brings a
troubled man (Joaquin Phoenix) under his tutelage. Hoffman was
instrumental in the project's development, having been involved with
it for three years.[29] He assisted Anderson in the writing of the
script by reviewing samples of it, and suggested making Phoenix's
character, Freddie Quell, the protagonist instead of Dodd.[125] A
talented dancer,[36] Hoffman was able to showcase his abilities by
performing a jig during a surreal sequence; Bradshaw called it an
"extraordinary moment" that "only Hoffman could have carried
off."[124] The Master was praised as an intelligent and challenging
drama,[126] and Drew Hunt of the
Chicago Reader also felt that it
contained Hoffman's finest work: "He's inscrutable yet welcoming,
intimidating yet charismatic, villainous yet fatherly. He epitomizes
so many things at once that it's impossible to think of [Dodd] as mere
movie character".[67] Hoffman and Phoenix received a joint Volpi Cup
Award at the
Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival for their performances, and Hoffman
was also nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award
and a SAG Award for the supporting role.[89]
Hoffman,
Anton Corbijn
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Anton Corbijn and
Grigoriy Dobrygin
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Grigoriy Dobrygin promoting A Most Wanted
Man at the
Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014, less than two
weeks before his death
A Late Quartet

A Late Quartet was Hoffman's other film release of 2012, where he
played a violinist in a string quartet whose members (played by
Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ivanir) face a crisis
when one is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The drama received
favorable reviews, and Stephen Holden of
The New York Times

The New York Times called
Hoffman's performance "exceptional".[127][128] In 2013, Hoffman joined
the popular Hunger Games series in its second film, The Hunger Games:
Catching Fire, where he played gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee. The film
finished as the 10th-highest grossing in history to that point,[129]
and made Hoffman recognizable to a new generation of film-goers.[124]
In January 2014, shortly before his death, he attended the Sundance
Film Festival to promote two films. In Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted
Man, a thriller based on John le Carré's novel, Hoffman played a
German intelligence officer. His performance was praised by Xan Brooks
as one of "terrific, lip-smacking relish: full of mischief, anchored
by integrity."[130] The other was God's Pocket, the directorial debut
of actor John Slattery, in which Hoffman played a thief.[131] In
November 2014, nine months after his death, Hoffman was seen in The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.[132]
At the time of his death, Hoffman was filming The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay – Part 2, the final film in the series, and had already
completed the majority of his scenes.[133] His two remaining scenes
were rewritten to compensate for his absence,[134] and the film was
released in November 2015.[135] Hoffman was also preparing for his
second directorial effort, a Prohibition-era drama titled Ezekiel
Moss, which was to star
Amy Adams
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Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal.[136] In
addition, he had filmed a pilot episode for the Showtime series
Happyish, in which he played the lead role of an advertising
executive, but plans for a full season were put on hold following his
death.[137] The role was later passed on to Steve Coogan.[138]
Personal life[edit]
Hoffman at a Hudson Union Society event in September 2010
Hoffman rarely mentioned his personal life in interviews, stating in
2012 that he would "rather not because my family doesn't have any
choice. If I talk about them in the press, I'm giving them no choice.
So I choose not to."[139] For the last 14 years of his life, he was in
a relationship with costume designer Mimi O'Donnell, whom he had met
in 1999 when they were both working on the play In Arabia We'd All Be
Kings, which Hoffman directed.[140] They lived in
New York City

New York City and
had a son, Cooper (2003), and two daughters, Tallulah (2006) and Willa
(2008).[141] Hoffman and O'Donnell separated in the fall of 2013, some
months before his death.[142]
Hoffman was also discreet about his religious and political beliefs,
but it is known that he voted for the Green Party candidate Ralph
Nader in the 2000 presidential election.[4][139] He felt that keeping
his personal life private was beneficial to his career: "The less you
know about me the more interesting it will be to watch me do what I
do".[17]
In a 2006 interview with 60 Minutes, Hoffman revealed he had engaged
in drug and alcohol abuse during his time at New York University,
saying he had used "anything I could get my hands on. I liked it
all."[143] Following his graduation in 1989, he entered a drug
rehabilitation program at age 22, and remained sober for 23 years.
However, he relapsed in 2013, and admitted himself to drug
rehabilitation for about 10 days in May of that year.[1][143]
Death and legacy[edit]
Although friends stated that Hoffman's drug use was under control at
the time,[142] on February 2, 2014, the actor was found dead in the
bathroom of his
Manhattan

Manhattan apartment by a friend, playwright and
screenwriter David Bar Katz. Hoffman was 46 years old.[144] Detectives
searching the apartment found heroin and prescription medications at
the scene, and revealed that he was discovered with a syringe in his
arm.[145] The death was officially ruled an accident caused by "acute
mixed drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines,
and amphetamine".[146] Whether Hoffman had taken all of the substances
on the same day, or whether any of the substances had remained in his
system from earlier use was not determined.[147] A funeral was held at
St. Ignatius Loyola Church in
Manhattan

Manhattan on February 7, 2014, and was
attended by many of his former co-stars.[148]
Hoffman's unexpected death was widely lamented by fans and the film
industry, and was described by several commentators as a considerable
loss to the profession.[67][103][124][149] On February 5, 2014, the
LAByrinth Theatre Company honored his memory by holding a candlelight
vigil, and Broadway dimmed its lights for one minute.[150] In another
tribute, actress
Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett dedicated her BAFTA trophy to Hoffman
when she received the award for
Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine on February 16.[151]
Three weeks after Hoffman's death,
David Bar Katz established the
American Playwriting Foundation in the actor's memory. With the money
received from a libel lawsuit against the
National Enquirer
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National Enquirer (which had
inaccurately published that Hoffman and Katz were lovers), the
foundation awards an annual prize of US$45,000 to the author of an
unproduced play. Katz named this the "Relentless Prize" in honor of
Hoffman's dedication to the profession.[152] Hoffman left his fortune,
around US$35 million, to Mimi O'Donnell in his October 2004 will,
trusting her to distribute money to their children.[153]
At the 2018 Academy Awards,
Sam Rockwell
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Sam Rockwell dedicated his win for Best
Supporting Actor to him, stating at the end of his acceptance speech
"This is for my buddy, Phil Hoffman. For Phil Hoffman". [154]
Reception and acting style[edit]
No modern actor was better at making you feel sympathy for fucking
idiots, failures, degenerates, sad sacks and hangdogs dealt a bum hand
by life, even as – no, especially when – he played them
with all of their worst qualities front and center. But Philip Seymour
Hoffman had a range that seemed all-encompassing, and he could breathe
life into any role he took on: a famous author, a globetrotting
party-boy aristocrat, a German counterintelligence agent, a
charismatic cult leader, a genius who planned games of death in
dystopic futures. He added heft to low-budget art films, and nuance
and unpredictability to blockbuster franchises. He was a
transformative performer who worked from the inside out, blessed with
an emotional transparency that could be overwhelming, invigorating,
compelling, devastating.
– David Fear of
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone on Hoffman[19]
Hoffman was held in high regard within the film and theater industry,
and cited in the media as one of the finest actors of his
generation.[1][139][155] Despite this status among his peers and
critics, he was never one of the most popular film stars, and has been
overlooked in lists of all-time greatest actors.[156] He was not a
typical movie actor, with a pudgy build and lacking matinée idol
looks,[36][157] but Hoffman claimed that he was grateful for his
appearance as it made him believable in a wide range of roles.[68]
Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher once said of him in 2000, "The bad news is that Philip
won't be a $25-million star. The good news is that he'll work for the
rest of his life".[112] The
Aiken Standard of South Carolina referred
to him as an "anti-star", whose real identity remained "amorphous and
unmoored".[158] Hoffman was acutely aware that he was often too
unorthodox for the Academy voters. He remarked, "I'm sure that people
in the big corporations that run
Hollywood

Hollywood don't know quite what to do
with someone like me, but that's OK. I think there are other people
who are interested in what I do."[11]
Most of Hoffman's notable roles came in independent films, including
particularly original ones, but he also featured in several Hollywood
blockbusters.[1][14] He generally played supporting roles, appearing
in both dramas and comedies,[159] but was noted for his ability to
make small parts memorable.[9][14] Peter Bradshaw, film critic for The
Guardian, felt that "Almost every single one of his credits had
something special about it".[124]
Hoffman was praised for his versatility and ability to fully inhabit
any role,[10][36] but specialized in playing creeps and misfits: "his
CV was populated almost exclusively by snivelling wretches,
insufferable prigs, braggarts and outright bullies", writes the
journalist Ryan Gilbey.[14] Hoffman was appreciated for making these
roles real, complex and even sympathetic;[1][14][19] while Todd
Louiso, director of Love Liza, believed that Hoffman connected to
people on screen because he looked like an ordinary man and revealed
his vulnerability.[160] Xan Brooks of
The Guardian

The Guardian remarked that the
actor's particular talent was to "take thwarted, twisted humanity and
ennoble it".[36] "The more pathetic or deluded the character," writes
Gilbey, "the greater Hoffman's relish seemed in rescuing them from the
realms of the merely monstrous."[14] When asked in 2006 why he
undertook such roles, Hoffman responded, "I didn't go out looking for
negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle
and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me."[161]
Work ethic[edit]
The journalist Jeff Simon described Hoffman as "probably the most
in-demand character actor of his generation",[7] but Hoffman claimed
never to take it for granted that he would be offered roles.[70]
Although he worked hard and regularly,[11] he was humble about his
acting success, and when asked by a friend if he was having any luck
he quietly replied, "I'm in a film, Cold Mountain, that has just come
out."[6] Patrick Fugit, who worked with Hoffman on Almost Famous,
recalled the actor was intimidating but an exceptional mentor and
influence in "a school-of-hard-knocks way", remarking that "there was
a certain weight that came with him".[162] Hoffman admitted that he
sometimes appeared in big-budget studio films for the money, but said,
"ultimately my main goal is to do good work. If it doesn't pay well,
so be it."[163] He kept himself grounded and invigorated as an actor
by attempting to appear on stage once a year.[163]
Hoffman occasionally changed his hair and lost or gained weight for
parts,[9] and he went to great lengths to reveal the worst in his
characters.[51] But in a 2012 interview he confessed that performing
to a high standard was a challenge: "The job isn't difficult. Doing it
well is difficult."[14] In an earlier interview with The New York
Times, he explained how deeply he loved acting but added, "that deep
kind of love comes at a price: for me, acting is torturous, and it's
torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing ... Wanting it
is easy, but trying to be great – well, that's absolutely
torturous."[5] This struggle was confirmed by the author John le
Carré, who met Hoffman during the adaptation of his novel A Most
Wanted Man. While praising the actor's intelligence and intuition, le
Carré acknowledged the burden that Hoffman felt: "It was painful and
exhausting work, and probably in the end his undoing. The world was
too bright for him to handle."[164]
Filmography and awards[edit]
Main articles:
Philip Seymour Hoffman on stage and screen

Philip Seymour Hoffman on stage and screen and List of
awards and nominations received by Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hoffman appeared in 55 films and one miniseries during his screen
career spanning 22 years. He won the
Academy Award for Best Actor

Academy Award for Best Actor for
Capote (2005), and was nominated three times for Best Supporting Actor
for Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Doubt (2008), and The Master (2012).
He also received five
Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Award nominations (winning one),
five
BAFTA Award

BAFTA Award nominations (winning one), four Screen Actors Guild
Awards (winning one), and won the
Volpi Cup

Volpi Cup at the Venice Film
Festival.[89] Hoffman remained active in theater throughout his
career, starring in ten and directing 19 stage productions
(predominantly in New York). He received three
Tony Award

Tony Award nominations
for his Broadway performances: two for Best Leading Actor, in True
West (2000) and
Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman (2012), and one for Best Featured
Actor in
Long Day's Journey into Night

Long Day's Journey into Night (2003).[52]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
^ Hoffman continued to collaborate with Anderson, appearing in all but
one of the director's first six films. The others were Boogie Nights,
Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, and The Master.[14]
^
John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly co-starred with Hoffman in Anderson's films Hard
Eight, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia, and the pair were already
well-acquainted with each other as actors.
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Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins (1986)
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Bill Murray

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Jamie Foxx

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
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Frank Langella

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Gary Oldman (2017)
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Cuba Gooding Jr. (1996)
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Anthony Hopkins (1997)
Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton (1998)
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Michael Clarke Duncan (1999)
Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix (2000)
Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley (2001)
Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper (2002)
Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins (2003)
Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church (2004)
Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti (2005)
Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy (2006)
Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem (2007)
Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger (2008)
Christoph Waltz
.jpg/440px-Christoph_Waltz_Viennale_2017_b_(cropped).jpg)
Christoph Waltz (2009)
Christian Bale
.jpg/440px-Christian_Bale_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Christian Bale (2010)
Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer (2011)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2012)
Jared Leto
.jpg/440px-Jared_Leto,_San_Diego_Comic_Con_2016_(2).jpg)
Jared Leto (2013)
J. K. Simmons

J. K. Simmons (2014)
Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone (2015)
Mahershala Ali
.jpg/440px-Mahershala_Ali_(29953410761).jpg)
Mahershala Ali (2016)
Sam Rockwell
.jpg/440px-Sam_Rockwell_(8279227257).jpg)
Sam Rockwell (2017)
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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Paul Lukas

Paul Lukas (1943)
Alexander Knox
_trailer.jpg)
Alexander Knox (1944)
Ray Milland

Ray Milland (1945)
Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck (1946)
Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman (1947)
Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier (1948)
Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford (1949)
José Ferrer

José Ferrer (1950)
Fredric March

Fredric March (1951)
Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper (1952)
Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy (1953)
Marlon Brando
.jpg/440px-Marlon_Brando_(cropped).jpg)
Marlon Brando (1954)
Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine (1955)
Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (1956)
Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness (1957)
David Niven

David Niven (1958)
Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa (1959)
Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster (1960)
Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell (1961)
Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck (1962)
Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier (1963)
Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole (1964)
Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif (1965)
Paul Scofield

Paul Scofield (1966)
Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger (1967)
Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole (1968)
John Wayne

John Wayne (1969)
George C. Scott

George C. Scott (1970)
Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman (1971)
Marlon Brando
.jpg/440px-Marlon_Brando_(cropped).jpg)
Marlon Brando (1972)
Al Pacino

Al Pacino (1973)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1974)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1975)
Peter Finch

Peter Finch (1976)
Richard Burton

Richard Burton (1977)
Jon Voight

Jon Voight (1978)
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman (1979)
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro (1980)
Henry Fonda
.JPG/440px-Henry_Fonda_as_Mr._Roberts_1948_(cropped).JPG)
Henry Fonda (1981)
Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley (1982)
Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall /
Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay (1983)
F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham (1984)
Jon Voight

Jon Voight (1985)
Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins (1986)
Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas (1987)
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman (1988)
Tom Cruise
.jpg/440px-Jack_Reacher-_Never_Go_Back_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Tom_Cruise_(35375035831).jpg)
Tom Cruise (1989)
Jeremy Irons
_(cropped).jpg/440px-SDCC_2015_-_Jeremy_Irons_(19524260758)_(cropped).jpg)
Jeremy Irons (1990)
Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte (1991)
Al Pacino

Al Pacino (1992)
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (1993)
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (1994)
Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage (1995)
Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush (1996)
Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda (1997)
Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey (1998)
Denzel Washington
.jpg/440px-The_Equalizer_07_(15127104638).jpg)
Denzel Washington (1999)
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (2000)
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe (2001)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (2002)
Sean Penn
.jpg)
Sean Penn (2003)
Leonardo DiCaprio
_cropped.jpg/440px-Leonardo_DiCaprio_visited_Goddard_Saturday_to_discuss_Earth_science_with_Piers_Sellers_(26105091624)_cropped.jpg)
Leonardo DiCaprio (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker (2006)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (2007)
Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke (2008)
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges (2009)
Colin Firth

Colin Firth (2010)
George Clooney

George Clooney (2011)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey (2013)
Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne (2014)
Leonardo DiCaprio
_cropped.jpg/440px-Leonardo_DiCaprio_visited_Goddard_Saturday_to_discuss_Earth_science_with_Piers_Sellers_(26105091624)_cropped.jpg)
Leonardo DiCaprio (2015)
Casey Affleck
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Casey_Affleck_at_the_Manchester_by_the_Sea_premiere_(30199719155)_(cropped).jpg)
Casey Affleck (2016)
Gary Oldman
.jpg/440px-Gary_Oldman_in_2017_(36334517524).jpg)
Gary Oldman (2017)
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh (1985)
James Woods

James Woods (1986)
Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid (1987)
Edward James Olmos
.jpg/440px-Edward_James_Olmos_at_Filly_Brown_Miami_premiere_(cropped).jpg)
Edward James Olmos (1988)
Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon (1989)
Danny Glover

Danny Glover (1990)
River Phoenix

River Phoenix (1991)
Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel (1992)
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges (1993)
Samuel L. Jackson
.jpg/440px-Samuel_L._Jackson_SDCC_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Samuel L. Jackson (1994)
Sean Penn
.jpg)
Sean Penn (1995)
William H. Macy

William H. Macy (1996)
Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall (1997)
Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen (1998)
Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth (1999)
Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem (2000)
Tom Wilkinson
.jpg/440px-Belle_13_(9779878364).jpg)
Tom Wilkinson (2001)
Derek Luke (2002)
Bill Murray

Bill Murray (2003)
Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling (2006)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2007)
Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke (2008)
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges (2009)
James Franco

James Franco (2010)
Jean Dujardin
.jpg)
Jean Dujardin (2011)
John Hawkes (2012)
Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey (2013)
Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton (2014)
Abraham Attah
.jpg)
Abraham Attah (2015)
Casey Affleck
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Casey_Affleck_at_the_Manchester_by_the_Sea_premiere_(30199719155)_(cropped).jpg)
Casey Affleck (2016)
Timothée Chalamet
.jpg/440px-Timothée_Chalamet_at_Berlinale_2017_(cropped).jpg)
Timothée Chalamet (2017)
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London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actor of the Year
Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh (2011)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2012)
Barkhad Abdi

Barkhad Abdi (2013)
J. K. Simmons

J. K. Simmons (2014)
Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance (2015)
Mahershala Ali
.jpg/440px-Mahershala_Ali_(29953410761).jpg)
Mahershala Ali / Tom Bennett (2016)
Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant (2017)
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Al Pacino

Al Pacino (1975)
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro (1976)
Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss (1977)
Jon Voight

Jon Voight (1978)
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman (1979)
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro (1980)
Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster (1981)
Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley (1982)
Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall (1983)
F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham /
Albert Finney

Albert Finney (1984)
William Hurt
_crop.jpg)
William Hurt (1985)
Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins (1986)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson /
Steve Martin

Steve Martin (1987)
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (1988)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (1989)
Jeremy Irons
_(cropped).jpg/440px-SDCC_2015_-_Jeremy_Irons_(19524260758)_(cropped).jpg)
Jeremy Irons (1990)
Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte (1991)
Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood (1992)
Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins (1993)
John Travolta

John Travolta (1994)
Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage (1995)
Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush (1996)
Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall (1997)
Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen (1998)
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe (1999)
Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas (2000)
Denzel Washington
.jpg/440px-The_Equalizer_07_(15127104638).jpg)
Denzel Washington (2001)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis /
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (2002)
Bill Murray

Bill Murray (2003)
Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen /
Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker (2006)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (2007)
Sean Penn
.jpg)
Sean Penn (2008)
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges (2009)
Colin Firth

Colin Firth (2010)
Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (2011)
Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix (2012)
Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern (2013)
Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy (2014)
Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (2015)
Adam Driver
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Star_Wars-_The_Last_Jedi_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Adam_Driver_(27163437599)_(cropped).jpg)
Adam Driver (2016)
Timothée Chalamet
.jpg/440px-Timothée_Chalamet_at_Berlinale_2017_(cropped).jpg)
Timothée Chalamet (2017)
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National Board of Review

National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
Ray Milland

Ray Milland (1945)
Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier (1946)
Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave (1947)
Walter Huston

Walter Huston (1948)
Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson (1949)
Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness (1950)
Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart (1951)
Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson (1952)
James Mason

James Mason (1953)
Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby (1954)
Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine (1955)
Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner (1956)
Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness (1957)
Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy (1958)
Victor Sjöström

Victor Sjöström (1959)
Robert Mitchum
.jpg/440px-Robert_Mitchum_1949_(no_signature).jpg)
Robert Mitchum (1960)
Albert Finney

Albert Finney (1961)
Jason Robards

Jason Robards (1962)
Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison (1963)
Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn (1964)
Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin (1965)
Paul Scofield

Paul Scofield (1966)
Peter Finch

Peter Finch (1967)
Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson (1968)
Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole (1969)
George C. Scott

George C. Scott (1970)
Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman (1971)
Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole (1972)
Al Pacino

Al Pacino /
Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan (1973)
Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman (1974)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1975)
David Carradine

David Carradine (1976)
John Travolta

John Travolta (1977)
Jon Voight

Jon Voight /
Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier (1978)
Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers (1979)
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro (1980)
Henry Fonda
.JPG/440px-Henry_Fonda_as_Mr._Roberts_1948_(cropped).JPG)
Henry Fonda (1981)
Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley (1982)
Tom Conti

Tom Conti (1983)
Victor Banerjee

Victor Banerjee (1984)
William Hurt
_crop.jpg)
William Hurt /
Raúl Juliá

Raúl Juliá (1985)
Paul Newman

Paul Newman (1986)
Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas (1987)
Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman (1988)
Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman (1989)
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro /
Robin Williams
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Robin_Williams_(6451536411)_(cropped).jpg)
Robin Williams (1990)
Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty (1991)
Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon (1992)
Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins (1993)
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (1994)
Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage (1995)
Tom Cruise
.jpg/440px-Jack_Reacher-_Never_Go_Back_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Tom_Cruise_(35375035831).jpg)
Tom Cruise (1996)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1997)
Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen (1998)
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe (1999)
Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem (2000)
Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton (2001)
Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott (2002)
Sean Penn
.jpg)
Sean Penn (2003)
Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker (2006)
George Clooney

George Clooney (2007)
Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood (2008)
George Clooney

George Clooney /
Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman (2009)
Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg (2010)
George Clooney

George Clooney (2011)
Bradley Cooper
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Bradley_Cooper_(3699322472)_(cropped).jpg)
Bradley Cooper (2012)
Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern (2013)
Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton /
Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac (2014)
Matt Damon

Matt Damon (2015)
Casey Affleck
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Casey_Affleck_at_the_Manchester_by_the_Sea_premiere_(30199719155)_(cropped).jpg)
Casey Affleck (2016)
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (2017)
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National Board of Review

National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
John Williams (1954)
Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford (1955)
Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart (1956)
Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa (1957)
Albert Salmi

Albert Salmi (1958)
Hugh Griffith
.jpg)
Hugh Griffith (1959)
George Peppard
.jpg/440px-George_Peppard_(1964).jpg)
George Peppard (1960)
Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason (1961)
Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith (1962)
Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas (1963)
Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam (1964)
Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews (1965)
Robert Shaw (1966)
Paul Ford

Paul Ford (1967)
Leo McKern

Leo McKern (1968)
Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret (1969)
Frank Langella

Frank Langella (1970)
Ben Johnson (1971)
Joel Grey

Joel Grey /
Al Pacino

Al Pacino (1972)
John Houseman

John Houseman (1973)
Holger Löwenadler

Holger Löwenadler (1974)
Charles Durning

Charles Durning (1975)
Jason Robards

Jason Robards (1976)
Tom Skerritt
.jpg/440px-Tom_Skerritt_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Tom Skerritt (1977)
Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth (1978)
Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley (1979)
Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci (1980)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1981)
Robert Preston (1982)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1983)
John Malkovich

John Malkovich (1984)
Klaus Maria Brandauer

Klaus Maria Brandauer (1985)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (1986)
Sean Connery

Sean Connery (1987)
River Phoenix

River Phoenix (1988)
Alan Alda
.jpg/440px-Alan_Alda_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Alan Alda (1989)
Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci (1990)
Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins (1991)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1992)
Leonardo DiCaprio
_cropped.jpg/440px-Leonardo_DiCaprio_visited_Goddard_Saturday_to_discuss_Earth_science_with_Piers_Sellers_(26105091624)_cropped.jpg)
Leonardo DiCaprio (1993)
Gary Sinise
.jpg/440px-Gary_Sinise_2011_(cropped).jpg)
Gary Sinise (1994)
Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey (1995)
Edward Norton

Edward Norton (1996)
Greg Kinnear

Greg Kinnear (1997)
Ed Harris

Ed Harris (1998)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1999)
Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix (2000)
Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent (2001)
Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper (2002)
Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin (2003)
Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church (2004)
Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal (2005)
Djimon Hounsou

Djimon Hounsou (2006)
Casey Affleck
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Casey_Affleck_at_the_Manchester_by_the_Sea_premiere_(30199719155)_(cropped).jpg)
Casey Affleck (2007)
Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin (2008)
Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson (2009)
Christian Bale
.jpg/440px-Christian_Bale_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Christian Bale (2010)
Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer (2011)
Leonardo DiCaprio
_cropped.jpg/440px-Leonardo_DiCaprio_visited_Goddard_Saturday_to_discuss_Earth_science_with_Piers_Sellers_(26105091624)_cropped.jpg)
Leonardo DiCaprio (2012)
Will Forte

Will Forte (2013)
Edward Norton

Edward Norton (2014)
Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone (2015)
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges (2016)
Willem Dafoe
.jpg/440px-Willem_Dafoe_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Willem Dafoe (2017)
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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Michael Caine
.jpg/440px-Michael_Caine_-_Viennale_2012_g_(cropped).jpg)
Michael Caine (1966)
Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger (1967)
Per Oscarsson

Per Oscarsson (1968)
Jon Voight

Jon Voight (1969)
George C. Scott

George C. Scott (1970)
Peter Finch

Peter Finch (1971)
Al Pacino

Al Pacino (1972)
Marlon Brando
.jpg/440px-Marlon_Brando_(cropped).jpg)
Marlon Brando (1973)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1974)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1975)
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro (1976)
Art Carney

Art Carney (1977)
Gary Busey

Gary Busey (1978)
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman (1979)
Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole (1980)
Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster (1981)
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman (1982)
Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu (1983)
Steve Martin

Steve Martin (1984)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1985)
Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins (1986)
Steve Martin

Steve Martin (1987)
Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton (1988)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (1989)
Jeremy Irons
_(cropped).jpg/440px-SDCC_2015_-_Jeremy_Irons_(19524260758)_(cropped).jpg)
Jeremy Irons (1990)
River Phoenix

River Phoenix (1991)
Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea (1992)
David Thewlis

David Thewlis (1993)
Paul Newman

Paul Newman (1994)
Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage (1995)
Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy (1996)
Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall (1997)
Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte (1998)
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe (1999)
Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem (2000)
Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman (2001)
Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody (2002)
Bill Murray

Bill Murray (2003)
Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker (2006)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (2007)
Sean Penn
.jpg)
Sean Penn (2008)
Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner (2009)
Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg (2010)
Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt (2011)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac (2013)
Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall (2014)
Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan (2015)
Casey Affleck
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Casey_Affleck_at_the_Manchester_by_the_Sea_premiere_(30199719155)_(cropped).jpg)
Casey Affleck (2016)
Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya (2017)
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Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture
Musical or Comedy
(1996–2010, retired)
Tom Cruise
.jpg/440px-Jack_Reacher-_Never_Go_Back_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Tom_Cruise_(35375035831).jpg)
Tom Cruise (1996)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1997)
Ian Bannen

Ian Bannen (1998)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1999)
Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas (2000)
Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor (2001)
Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin (2002)
Bill Murray

Bill Murray (2003)
Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx (2004)
Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard (2005)
Joseph Cross (2006)
Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling (2007)
Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais (2008)
Michael Stuhlbarg
.jpg/440px-Michael_Stuhlbarg_in_2018_(3).jpg)
Michael Stuhlbarg (2009)
Michael Cera
.jpg/440px-Michael_Cera_2012_(Cropped).jpg)
Michael Cera (2010)
Motion Picture Drama
(1996–2010, retired)
Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush (1996)
Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall (1997)
Edward Norton

Edward Norton (1998)
Terence Stamp

Terence Stamp (1999)
Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush (2000)
Brian Cox (2001)
Michael Caine
.jpg/440px-Michael_Caine_-_Viennale_2012_g_(cropped).jpg)
Michael Caine /
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (2002)
Sean Penn
.jpg)
Sean Penn (2003)
Don Cheadle
.jpg/440px-Don_Cheadle_UNEP_2011_(cropped).jpg)
Don Cheadle (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker (2006)
Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen (2007)
Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins (2008)
Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner (2009)
Colin Firth

Colin Firth (2010)
Motion Picture
(2011–present)
Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling (2011)
Bradley Cooper
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Bradley_Cooper_(3699322472)_(cropped).jpg)
Bradley Cooper (2012)
Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey (2013)
Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton (2014)
Leonardo DiCaprio
_cropped.jpg/440px-Leonardo_DiCaprio_visited_Goddard_Saturday_to_discuss_Earth_science_with_Piers_Sellers_(26105091624)_cropped.jpg)
Leonardo DiCaprio (2015)
Andrew Garfield
.jpg/440px-Andrew_Garfield_by_Gage_Skidmore_(cropped).jpg)
Andrew Garfield /
Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen (2016)
Gary Oldman
.jpg/440px-Gary_Oldman_in_2017_(36334517524).jpg)
Gary Oldman /
Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton (2017)
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Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture
Sideways
2004
Crash
2005
The Departed
2006
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
No award
2008
Nine
2009
No award
2010
The Help
2011
Les Misérables
2012
Nebraska
2013
Into the Woods
2014
Spotlight
2015
Hidden Figures
2016
Mudbound
2017
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Screen Actors Guild Award

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor
in a Leading Role
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (1994)
Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage (1995)
Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush (1996)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1997)
Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni (1998)
Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey (1999)
Benicio del Toro
.jpg/440px-Benicio_Del_Toro_-_Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_premiere_-_July_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Benicio del Toro (2000)
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe (2001)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (2002)
Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp (2003)
Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker (2006)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (2007)
Sean Penn
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Sean Penn (2008)
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges (2009)
Colin Firth

Colin Firth (2010)
Jean Dujardin
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Jean Dujardin (2011)
Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey (2013)
Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne (2014)
Leonardo DiCaprio
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Leonardo DiCaprio (2015)
Denzel Washington
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Denzel Washington (2016)
Gary Oldman
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Gary Oldman (2017)
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Volpi Cup

Volpi Cup for Best Actor
1934–68
Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery (1934)
Pierre Blanchar

Pierre Blanchar (1935)
Paul Muni

Paul Muni (1936)
Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings (1937)
Leslie Howard (1938)
Ermete Zacconi

Ermete Zacconi (1941)
Fosco Giachetti

Fosco Giachetti (1942)
Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay (1947)
Ernst Deutsch

Ernst Deutsch (1948)
Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten (1949)
Sam Jaffe

Sam Jaffe (1950)
Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin (1951)
Fredric March

Fredric March (1952)
Henri Vilbert (1953)
Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin (1954)
Curd Jürgens/
Kenneth More

Kenneth More (1955)
Bourvil

Bourvil (1956)
Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa (1957)
Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness (1958)
James Stewart
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James Stewart (1959)
John Mills

John Mills (1960)
Toshiro Mifune

Toshiro Mifune (1961)
Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster (1962)
Albert Finney

Albert Finney (1963)
Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay (1964)
Toshiro Mifune

Toshiro Mifune (1965)
Jacques Perrin

Jacques Perrin (1966)
Ljubiša Samardžić
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Ljubiša Samardžić (1967)
John Marley (1968)
1983–2000
Guy Boyd/George Dzundza/David Alan Grier/Mitchell Lichtenstein/Matthew
Modine/Michael Wright (1983)
Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah (1984)
Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu (1985)
Carlo Delle Piane

Carlo Delle Piane (1986)
Hugh Grant/
James Wilby (1987)
Don Ameche/
Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna (1988)
Marcello Mastroianni/
Massimo Troisi

Massimo Troisi (1989)
Oleg Borisov

Oleg Borisov (1990)
River Phoenix

River Phoenix (1991)
Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon (1992)
Fabrizio Bentivoglio/
Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni (1993)
Xia Yu/
Roberto Citran

Roberto Citran (1994)
Götz George/
Ian Hart (1995)
Liam Neeson/
Chris Penn

Chris Penn (1996)
Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes (1997)
Sean Penn
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Sean Penn (1998)
Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent (1999)
Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem (2000)
2001–present
Luigi Lo Cascio

Luigi Lo Cascio (2001)
Stefano Accorsi

Stefano Accorsi (2002)
Sean Penn
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Sean Penn (2003)
Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem (2004)
David Strathairn
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David Strathairn (2005)
Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck (2006)
Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt (2007)
Silvio Orlando

Silvio Orlando (2008)
Colin Firth

Colin Firth (2009)
Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo (2010)
Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (2011)
Philip Seymour Hoffman/
Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix (2012)
Themis Panou (2013)
Adam Driver
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Adam Driver (2014)
Fabrice Luchini

Fabrice Luchini (2015)
Oscar Martínez (2016)
Kamel El Basha (2017)
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WorldCat Identities
VIAF: 85511162
LCCN: no00013388
ISNI: 0000 0001 2142 1566
GND: 135875218
SUDOC: 059667508
BNF: cb141874141 (data)
BIBSYS: 4064652
MusicBrainz: 02bd20e5-08c1-4243-bba8-bc4295bcf9b0
NLA: 41278501
NKC: xx0034089
ICCU: ITICCUUBOV680590
BNE: XX1499507
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