# Philip Seymour Hoffman has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364 "2014-02-02T18:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/21 "2014-02-02T19:15:23Z")
Whoa. That is shocking. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/22 "2014-02-02T19:15:25Z")
[CNN.com](http://CNN.com) confirms the story: [http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/02/showbiz/philip-seymour-hoffman-obit/index.html?hpt=hp\_t1](http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/02/showbiz/philip-seymour-hoffman-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t1) What a shame. A very, very talented actor with considerable range and a lot of good films still to make. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/23 "2014-02-02T19:16:02Z")
I loved this man’s work. He was an incredible actor who was memorable in every role he performed. Thinking of him in Boogie Nights and The Big Lebowski brings a smile to my face. I am sad he is gone. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/24 "2014-02-02T19:24:40Z")
Incredibly sad. A very talented actor. He was someone who always made any film he was in worth watching, if just for his scenes. Far too young. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/25 "2014-02-02T19:27:01Z")
PSH was one of the few actors (along with Streep, Foster, and maybe a couple others) who could actually get me to watch a movie I normally never would have watched, just because he was in it. The one where he played a teacher who got involved with a young student, he was just phenomenal in it. The one where he was some director doing a big project recreating his life on camera was interesting and a bit boring, but he was also fantastic in it. Very sad to know he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/26 "2014-02-02T19:34:02Z")
As others have said - geez!!! who expected news like this ?? He was one Hell of an actor. I didn’t see all of his films but thinking about his work in • The Big Lebowski • Capote and • Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead shows his astounding versatility. Sad that he’s gone. RIP Phil ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/27 "2014-02-02T19:35:00Z")
Heroin is the worst. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/28 "2014-02-02T19:41:20Z")
Holy crap. I remember first seeing him in _Scent of a Woman_, and he just kept getting better. All the time. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/29 "2014-02-02T19:44:26Z")
Now I have to watch The Talented Mr. Ripley again. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/30 "2014-02-02T19:48:15Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > NYP is now saying he had a need in his arm. > Heroin is such an unexpected drug of choice for a non-musician/college-educated/middle-aged guy. > > Not to be indelicate, but I wonder if they have recast Plutarch in Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay 1 yet, and if not whether they’re accepting photos and resumes from non SGA members. I heard a few minutes ago that Part 1 just wrapped, and TPTB haven’t decided what to do about part 2. I’m sure they’ll find a replacement. Drug addiction is such a horrible disease. BTW, whenever an addict is found dead with a needle in their arm, they probably didn’t die from an overdose. They probably died from an anaphylactic reaction to something the drug was cut with. p.s. I first became aware of him (that I can recall) when he played Truman Capote. He was absolutely brilliant. He did a great job in “The Master” too, although that movie was otherwise not very good. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/31 "2014-02-02T19:49:01Z")
I don’t really fawn over movie stars but aside from Edward Norton, PSH was my dude to see. Like Drew, he could get me to check out a movie just on his name. Huge, huge loss. I know he had at least one kid, too. So sad. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/32 "2014-02-02T19:49:20Z")
Wow, I had no idea he had a drug problem. He was an incredible actor. Probably one of the best from the last 15 or so years, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/33 "2014-02-02T19:51:13Z")
Just goes to show you can have fame and fortune, and yet still not be entirely happy and resort to drugs. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/34 "2014-02-02T19:52:18Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Huge, huge loss. I know he had at least one kid, too. So sad He had 3 kids apparently ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/35 "2014-02-02T19:56:26Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > Just goes to show you can have fame and fortune, and yet still not be entirely happy and resort to drugs. > > RIP I think there are peopl who can’t handle things going well. It’s tragic that this is how that urge expressed itself. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/36 "2014-02-02T19:56:41Z")
I really liked him in The Big Lebowski. So sad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/37 "2014-02-02T19:57:10Z")
the oldest is 11ish, with 2 younger. so sad for them. he and his so have been together since '99. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/38 "2014-02-02T19:58:25Z")
One of the greatest actors of our age. Despite having striking features, he could immerse himself in a role so that he was nearly unrecognizable. Fucking drugs and the fuckers who supply them. Success is never enough for an addict. What a terrible loss for us all. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/39 "2014-02-02T19:59:58Z")
Oh damn. I loved him in so many films. He was great in _Charlie Wilson’s War_… the bugged bottle of bourbon. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364/40 "2014-02-02T20:00:13Z")
Not expected. Sad - he was wonderful. I wonder how many different ways this will be explored and exploited in the media. He was very well networked and loved across a number of creative communities… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died/680364.md?page=3)