Fast Facts
-Philip was born on July 23, 1967 in Fairport, New York to a family court judge mother and a former Xerox executive father.
-His knack for acting developed in high school, after a neck injury forced him to stop wrestling.
-After participating in a number of prestigious summer acting programs, including the 1984 Theater School at the New York State Summer School of the Arts, and training with acting instructor Alan Langdon, Philip earned a BFA in drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
-What would eventually become an iconic acting career officially began with a guest role on
Law & Order back in 1991.
-Since then, Philip Seymour Hoffman developed the ability to be the subtle glue that held films together, not by holding back, but by pouring himself so completely into his roles.
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