Ranking The 30 Best Actors of All-Time

25. Philip Seymour Hoffman

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The culture-wide sense of sadness around Philip Seymour-Hoffman’s death has never gone away. If you are even a casual film fan, chances are good that Hoffman starred in at least one of your favorite movies. He was no mere actor, and his work allowed us to understand ourselves and our world better. The beloved character actor began his career in 1992 with Al Pacino’s Scent of a Woman. Later, he appeared in classic movies including The Big Lebowski, Moneyball, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Capote (the latter in which he played the title role and won the Oscar for Best Actor). Even a cursory glance through Hoffman’s filmography shows how vital he remains to recent American cinema and theater. It’s clear that we lost one of the true acting greats in Hoffman. Fortunately, his towering legacy lives on through the great work he shared with us.