Philip Hoffman – A major loss to Indie Cinema

February 3, 2014 by Fashionmostwanted.com

Philip Seymour Hoffman, an icon of indie cinema, establishing a reputation as one of the screen’s finest actors, was found dead in the bathroom of his Greenwich Village apartment on Sunday in what a New York police source described as an apparent drug overdose.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, an icon of indie cinema, establishing a reputation as one of the screen’s finest actors, was found dead in the bathroom of his Greenwich Village apartment on Sunday in what a New York police source described as an apparent drug overdose. He acted in a variety of supporting and second leads in indie and major features, including Almost Famous (2000) and State and Main (2000) to name a few. He was also seen in supporting roles in mainstream, big-budget features as Red Dragon (2002), Cold Mountain (2003) and his unforgettable role in Mission: Impossible III (2006).

Philip Seymour Hoffman

He acted in a variety of supporting and second leads in indie and major features, including Almost Famous (2000) and State and Main (2000) to name a few. He was also seen in supporting roles in mainstream, big-budget features as Red Dragon (2002), Cold Mountain (2003) and his unforgettable role in Mission: Impossible III (2006).

Hoffman spoke in the past of struggling with drugs, including a 2006 interview in which he told CBS he had abused “anything I could get my hands on. I liked it all.”

His death, if confirmed from an overdose, We recall the 2008 death of actor Heath Ledger, who was found dead in his Manhattan apartment from a lethal combination of drugs.

By: Team FMW

Filed Under: For Him Tagged With: Cold Mountain (2003), Death Due to Drug Overdose, Drug Abuse, drug overdose, Fashion Most Wanted, FMW, Greenwich Village apartment, indie cinema, Mission: Impossible, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Red Dragon (2002)

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Paola says:

February 4, 2014 at 1:35 am

He was a great actor, I love the detail you put on all your post…

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