The decorated and adored actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, has died at just 46 years of age.
He is believed to have died of a suspected drug overdose.
Having stated prior to the launch of his lustrous and hugely popular career, that:
“I didn’t have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.”
Who would have guessed at the time that the man could be so ever wrong.
The New York born University graduate fist became interested in the art of film following many visits to theatrical productions with his mum in New York City.
His first television appearance was in an episode of Law & Order with his big time debut in film not arriving until his role in Scent Of A Woman.
The acclaimed actor went on to star in the likes of Nobody’s Fool, The Talented Mr. Ripley, When A Man Loves A Woman, State And Main and 25th Hour, with a career that also saw 7 Oscar nominations and one win for Best Actor in director Bennett Miller’s Capote.
The actor was unfortunately known to succumb to periods of deep depression to which he stated: “Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the expectations I have of myself, I’m unhappy.
Then it’s a miserable existence. I’m putting a piece of myself out there. If it doesn’t do anything, I feel so ashamed. I’m afraid I’ll be the kind of actor who thought he would make a difference and didn’t. Right now, though, I feel like I made a little bit of difference.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman lives on in the memory of his loving wife, Mimi O’ Donnell, and the pairs three children.
