THE MASTER

PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (Lancaster Dodd) will next be seen on the big screen in A LATE QUARTET with Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener. Previously Hoffman was seen in THE IDES OF MARCH, directed by George Clooney and in MONEYBALL with Brad Pitt, directed by Bennett Miller. Hoffman made his feature directorial debut with JACK GOES BOATING, which was produced by Cooper's Town Productions and based on the play of the same name. Other recent film credits include PIRATE RADIO, SYNECDOCHE, NY, DOUBT, THE SAVAGES, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR and BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD. It was Hoffman's performance in CAPOTE, also directed by Bennett Miller and produced through his company, Cooper's Town Productions, for which he earned an Academy Award .

As an actor, his theater credits include a limited run in "Othello," adapted and directed by Peter Sellars, LAByrinth's production of "Jack Goes Boating," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "The Seagull," "True West," "Defying Gravity," "The Merchant of Venice" (also directed by Peter Sellars), "Shopping and F*cking" and "The Author's Voice."

His theater directing credits include the world premieres of "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," "Our Lady of 121st Street," "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train," "In Arabia We'd All Be Kings" and "The Little Flower of East Orange," all written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and produced by LAByrinth. Additionally Hoffman directed Rebecca Gilman's "The Glory of Living" at MCC Theater. He traveled to Australia to direct Andrew Upton's "Riflemind" at the famed Sydney Theater Company and later mounted the play in London. He also directed Brett C. Leonard's "The Long Red Road" for the Goodman Theater in Chicago and returned to the Sydney Theater Company to direct "True West."

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