Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 as writer Truman Capote, was found dead Sunday in his apartment. He was 46.
Cause of death was believed to be a drug overdose.
The stage-trained actor was nominated for Academy Awards four times in all: for “Capote,” “The Master,” “Doubt” and “Charlie Wilson’s War.” He also received three Tony nominations for his work on Broadway, which included an acclaimed turn as a weary and defeated Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman.”
Hoffman spoke candidly over the years about past struggles with drug addiction. After 23 years sober, he admitted in interviews last year to falling off the wagon and developing a heroin problem that led to a stint in rehab.
He often played comic, slightly off-kilter characters in movies like “Along Came Polly,” “The Big Lebowski” and “Almost Famous.”
More recently, he was Plutarch Heavensbee in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and was reprising that role in the two-part sequel, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay,” which is in the works. And in “Moneyball,” he played Art Howe, the grumpy manager of the Oakland Athletics who resisted new thinking about baseball talent.
Just weeks ago, Showtime announced Hoffman would star in “Happyish,” a new comedy series about a middle-aged man’s pursuit of happiness.
Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.
