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Famous American actor and winner of the "Oscar" Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his apartment in New York. According to media reports the cause of death was an overdose of drugs. The actor was 46 years old.




The source of the newspaper The New York Times said that investigators found a syringe in his hand an actor and an envelope with an unidentified substance - presumably heroin. Earlier media reported that Hoffman in his youth faced with heroin addiction, but he managed not to use drugs for 20 years, until May 2013, when the actor went to relapse after treatment in a rehabilitation clinic.
Philip Seymour Hoffman began his acting career with small roles in low-budget films, and well-known paintings, such as "Scent of a Woman," "Twister," "The Big Lebowski," "The Talented Mr. Ripley," "Patch Adams." After his first major rollers writer Truman Capote in "Capote" director Bennett Miller - Hoffman received the award "Golden Globe" and "Oscar" in a nomination for Best Actor. Later, three more times Hoffman was nominated for "Oscar" for supporting actor in the film "Charlie Wilson's War," "Doubt" and "Master", but the rewards have not got an actor. Hoffman played a major role in the film "Mission: Impossible 3».



The last of the blockbusters with his participation, emerged on the screen was the film "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" where organizer Hoffman played games and mastermind of the uprising Plutarch Hevensbi. In 2014 and 2015 planned output divided into two parts, the last scene of the franchise - "The Hunger Games: Jay-Peresmeshnitsa." Shooting of the first part has been completed, but it is not clear what will happen with the second part, where he was filming Hoffman, says The Verge.



Source: www.forbes.ru