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Posted by: Josh! 25th June 2017, 07:25 AM

PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN


His Oscar nominations have been for:
Best Leading Actor (2006) - Capote (as Truman Capote)
Best Supporting Actor (2008) - Charlie Wilson's War (as Gust Avrakotos)
Best Supporting Actor (2009) - Doubt (as Father Brendan Flynn)
Best Supporting Actor (2013) - The Master (as Lancaster Dodd)

How would you rank these performances? Do you think he deserved to win in any of these years? Do you think he deserved nominations for any other performances?

Here are some other awards nominations/wins he has received:
GOLDEN GLOBES
Capote (Best Leading Actor - Drama)
Charlie Wilson's War (Best Supporting Actor)
The Savages (Best Leading Actor - Comedy/Musical)
Doubt (Best Supporting Actor)
The Master (Best Supporting Actor)

BAFTAS
Capote (Best Leading Actor)
Charlie Wilson's War (Best Supporting Actor)
Doubt (Best Supporting Actor)
The Ides of March (Best Supporting Actor)
The Master (Best Supporting Actor)

SAG AWARDS
Flawless (Best Leading Actor)
Capote (Best Leading Actor)
Doubt (Best Supporting Actor)
The Master (Best Supporting Actor)

Posted by: Josh! 25th June 2017, 07:36 AM

Seen all four of these and he really was brilliant.

1 Capote
2 The Master
3 Charlie Wilson
4 Doubt

The top two are both amazing performance. I imagine that Truman Capote is a very hard character to get right but he comoletely nailed it and the performance never got annoying. He was brilliant in The Master too and so believable as the charismatic leader of a religious movement. The other two aren't strong imo but still good. He's a big scene stealer in Charlie Wilson and I did like him in Doubt too, it's just that there never felt like there was much doubt due to the way he played the character.

I haven't seen any of his snubs but it's just crazy to look at how many brilliant films he was in. Aside from those above, he was in Boogie Nights, Magnolia, The Ides of March, Moneyball, The Big Lebowski, Along Came Polly, Scent of a Woman, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Almost Famous & of course, The Hunger Games and Mission Impossible franchises.

What a filmography! Such a shame he was taken so young. RIP