Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead at 46

Monday, 03 February 2014 | by Pat's Picks

Bruce Weber writes the New York Times’ obituary for Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died over the weekend of an apparent drug overdose. Weber says that to merely recount Hoffman’s credits “undervalues his versatility and his willingness, rare in a celebrity actor, to explore the depths of not just creepy or villainous characters, but pathetically unattractive ones.” Weber says that while Hoffman did not have the look of the traditional leading man, he was more than capable of playing one.

SOURCE: New York Times