FrameThrower · Actors · Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
21 films · 1,319 frames · top-billed in 15 · 1996–2014
Born 23 July 1967 · Fairport, New York, USA · died 2 February 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman 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, including leading roles, 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 Scent of a Woman (1992), Boogie Nights (1997), Happiness (1998), Patch Adams (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 21 films · 1,319 frames · top-billed in 15 · 1996–2014
- Academy Award for Best Actor2006
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama2006
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role2006
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor2012
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play2003
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play2001
- Theatre World Award2000
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,319 frames from the 21 films we hold. This is the look of the work Philip takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 21 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Philip takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
God’s Pocket
2014 · Mickey Scarpato
The Master
2012 · Lancaster Dodd
Moneyball
2011 · Art Howe
Mary & Max
2009 · Max (voice)
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Caden Cotard
Doubt
2008 · Father Brendan Flynn
The Savages
2007 · Jon Savage
Mission: Impossible III
2006 · Owen Davian
Capote
2005 · Truman Capote
Along Came Polly
2004 · Sandy Lyle
Love Liza
2002 · Wilson Joel
Punch Drunk Love
2002 · Dean Trumbell
25th Hour
2002 · Jacob Elinsky
Magnolia
1999 · Phil Parma
Happiness
1998 · Allen
Cold Mountain
2003 · Reverend Veasey
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · Freddie Miles
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Brandt
Hard Eight
1996 · Young Craps Player
Twister
1996 · Dusty
Boogie Nights
· Scotty J.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,319 frames from Philip Seymour Hoffman's 21 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.