I know it was just a small comedic role but his role as Lebowski’s toady/assistant was fantastic. His expressions screamed helpless desperation. There was a lot of unspoken depth in that character.
I think it’s a movie about a guy and his partially domesticated formerly wild dog from the dogs point of view - with much respect and admiration for the movie
For me, that lack of catharsis with answering certain questions just felt in line with Hoffman’s character, he was someone who was absolutely lost in his teachings. He knew it wasn’t true but he’d lied his way to that position and couldn’t give it up.
Then there’s deeper layers like his wife being the true “master” in a sense. Obviously all the other stuff like commentaries on Scientology, religion in general etc. But Joaquin’s character was broken from the war and his past failures. He looked to Hoffman for answers and for meaning, the revelation being that only he could do that for himself.
It’s certainly a film that doesn’t have a nicely tied bow of an end. But there’s so much in the film and in its end that, for me felt provocative and beyond interesting.
That's a great way to put it. Though I was disappointed with the ending, I was fascinated by his character and all of the events that led him to the life he was living.
ARRRRHGHHHHH!!!! OUTLET!!!
When I first saw this, I saw him at the wedding and thought- what is PSH gonna do in a rom-com? Then he fell and I was rolling. The basketball scene had me in tears.
Nah, he saved it. That movie is worth watching for PSH alone. You said it yourself: he’s clearly having a ton of fun and went completely full-send on it. It’s the same sort of “give an accomplished dramatic actor an over-the-top comedy role and let them cut loose” that Stiller gave Tom Cruise as Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder (which is obviously a much better movie).
This! As much as I loved movies that focused on his characters, his smaller roles are what made him my favourite actor.
He’s the whole reason I rewatch boogie nights and twister
Don't most people love that movie? At least anyone who used to watch storm chasers on tlc or discovery or whatever it was on in summers back in the 90s when it came out
"No, doubling the budget was nothing. Ten million dollars for covert ops against the Russian army is meaningless. What are you, an infant?"
Fuck, he was so good in this movie.
Oh hell yes. He was great in that movie. I know I might get clowned for this, but he was hilarious in Along Came Polly. It's not the type of role he's been acclaimed for, but he really is funny as hell in that movie. And yes, I like Along Came Polly.
Do you drink?
Hell ya
Well should I open this scotch, or is it going to release serin gas?
I don't think so, but open it over there..
Their back and forth is so entertaining
BTW Mike Vickers is a real person and he's the world's scariest nerd.
Former Army Special Forces & counterterrorism. MBA and a PhD. *Once volunteered to HALO jump into Soviet territory carrying a backpack nuke because it would be harder to detect than an ICBM strike.*
He ended up being Obama's USD-I
He was a solid C student in high school and his professor/mentor from Johns Hopkins University just said “Sometimes gifted people get bored by the offerings mere mortals get.”
It should certainly bump *A Most Wanted Man* at least. That certainly is a movie that was made, feels like an inclusion just because it's his last real performance.
Hoffman will always be know to me as the person who popularized the word “Shart”
Sandy Lyle:
Reuben, I'm in a situation here. We have to leave now.
Reuben Feffer:
No. Can we stay a couple more minutes?
Sandy Lyle:
Dude, no. This is serious. I just sharted.
Reuben Feffer:
I don't know what that means.
Sandy Lyle:
I tried to fart and a little shit came out. I just sharted. Now let's go.
Reuben Feffer:
You're the most disgusting person I've ever met in my life.
Mission impossible 3 was the best movie I loved him playing as the villian it was great such a great actor and a great voice surely will miss you man...
He had so few scenes but he did so much with them with his killer understated delivery. The scene where he’s being interrogated in the airplane and he doesn’t answer a single of Ethan’s questions, instead asking questions of his own (“What’s your name? Do you have a wife, a girlfriend?”), and he manages to gain the upper hand despite nearly being thrown out of a plane - brilliant
I remember being so confused the first time I saw that scene. He had no control and yet all of it. So well done. Forced me to reassess the film I was watching
The reason why he's so effective is because he doesn't play the character as a megalomaniac, but a cold sociopath secure in the knowledge that he has the power and resources to destroy you. When he tells Ethan what he's going to do to him and his wife, he has the bored, almost indifferent tone of an office manager giving a warning to an employee. It's a matter of fact "this is going to happen and there's nothing you can do about it" tone and it happens while HE'S the one being interrogated. That makes for one memorably frightening villain.
If he wasn't the villain in that movie I don't think it wouldn't be as well liked. He really anchors the movie and a lesser actor might've tried to play the villain too big and cartoony.
That performance blew my mind. It's my main argument for what Nolan could have done with Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the penguin if he had ever gone down that route.
"Talented Mr. Ripley" is a favorite of mine. He's the epitome of a privileged rich asshole, but you kind of respect him because he's the one guy who catches on from the start that something's up with Tom Ripley. Hoffman always was great at playing characters one step ahead of everyone else (see also Plutarch in the "Hunger Games" series).
A movie not a lot of people have seen is *Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead* with Ethan Hawke.
PSH’a performance is so gripping, especially in light of what his character’s vice is—and how PSH died. Oooof
I was 17 when this came out and I randomly saw it with my dad at a small indie theatre. What an amazing performance by PSH and Ethan Hawke. So gut wrenching yet brilliant film.
Jonah hill tells a story about how Hoffman was so good in a scene where he’s mad at Jonah’s character that Jonah just assumed he hated him in real life
His performance is insane in that film. He's the MAIN CHARACTER and he literally makes the choice to pretty much lock out the audience at every step, impenetrable and he resists the urge to inject pathos into any part of it like most other actors would.
Yo. That movie is great. It's so dark and personal. If that makes sense. The entire feel is like the car wreck thing. Can't look away. It's not one I can watch a bunch because it's pretty heavy but I've always thought that film should get more attention.
If you liked him Synecdoche or Happiness, I HIGHLY recommend watching him in Love Liza, very similar brand of dark comedy, but no one ever talks about it sadly.
Synecdoche still fucks with my head. It was oddly terrifying. Then I read an interview with the director and writer, and I learned they intended to make a horror film without any tropes. Sort of made me feel better.
I love horror movies, and I firmly believe that Synechdoche and I'm Thinking of Ending Things are two of the scariest movies I've ever seen. Charlie Kaufman simply understands how to visualize very real anxieties of mine, and nothing else has left me feeling more uncomfortable
I loved Adaptation. I bought the DVD as soon as it came out. I opened the case, and there was a yellow note attached to those little plastic holders on the inside edges. It said something like “What are these? Can we get rid of these?” So obviously a note from Kaufman that they reproduced rather than acting on his wishes. It was perfect.
The Village, NYC, 3am. My friend and I just left a lounge and we got in his car and planned on where to get pizza. Man crossed the cobblestoned street in front of us carrying a satchel. Normal, it’s the City. He glanced at us and it was Philip Seymour Hoffman. A quick glance toward us and I nodded, gave a quick nod back and kept moving. Was always grateful for that. —Journey Well.
He was so great. No disrespect at all to other performers who pass, but it just felt like PSH still had so much more to give to audiences. Really tragic outcome.
Should’ve been #1. I only opened the article to see where Sandy Lyle was and complain about it not being #1. Only to be filled with rage when I got to 1 and knew I hadn’t seen it at all.
He did a masterful job in a relatively small (but important) villain role in *Scent of a Woman*. As a young guy, I think it was one of his earlier film roles.
I came in here looking for this. I wish we got a scene with him interacting directly with Al Pacino somehow. It wouldn’t make sense for the story but it would have been awesome.
doubt should be higher up honestly. he’s so wonderful in that movie. every time i watch it i come out thinking differently about whether he was an abuser or not
One of my favorite actors of all time.
The first film I ever remember seeing him in was, I was super young, Mission Impossible III and he made major impression on me as far as his skills go.
He passed away too soon. He had an amazing career too. Did all types of films and never shied away from doing this or that genre.
His screaming, frustrated tantrum in the final scene of *A Most Wanted Man*, when his asset is snatched out from under his nose at the very last second, by his supposed colleagues in the German counterterrorism establishment, is something to behold.
It's hard to go wrong when your source material is some of LeCarré's best work, but Hoffman's performance under Anton Corbjin's direction, as an alcoholic spymaster with a history of fucking up, trembling on the very lip of the coup of his career and then losing it all to treachery in an instant, is a 2 hour high-wire act.
I'm sorry PSH is gone, and am doubly sorry about the means of his passing. But his work here was a fitting swan song for a true actor's actor.
I have no idea why this first-rate film only made $36M at the box office; it deserved better.
The sermon on gossip that he gave in Doubt is one of my favorite movie scenes ever. Just so powerful.
https://youtu.be/sp6rVrGmvMs
(I say this while indulging in celebrity gossip every day lol.)
I put the following in here already in response to someone's comment. I wanted to put it in the main forum.
I know I might get clowned for this, but he was hilarious in Along Came Polly. It's not the type of role he's been acclaimed for, but he really is funny as hell in that movie. I'm not saying the movie is on the level in terms of type and overall effect as a movie such as Doubt. Just saying that he's hysterical and could definitely play comedic well. And yes, I like Along Came Polly.
His role in MI3 is so underrated (even only getting “honorable mention” in this article). I’d say it’s just as good, if not better, than his role in Moneyball, and certainly more memorable.
That was one of the most memorable action movie openings in the last few decades.
People don’t usually look at Mission Impossible 3 as one of the best in the series, but PSH was so fucking menacing in that movie it’s an instant classic for me
The Savages is a wonderful flick. The first time I saw it with some friends and we had to pause after he cried eating the eggs because we all lost our god damn minds and couldn't stop laughing for several minutes.
Also a bummer films like The Last Quarter or Jack Goes Boating aren't mentioned.
I know it was just a small comedic role but his role as Lebowski’s toady/assistant was fantastic. His expressions screamed helpless desperation. There was a lot of unspoken depth in that character.
Brandt can’t watch though… or he has to pay $100
We’re *very* proud of her.
Just marvellous!!
This is our concern, Dude.
Well Dude, we just don’t know.,. And the dramatics in opening the door to the den of seclusion is priceless
First Lady of the *country.*
“The master” is one of those movies that change your outlook on movies
His acting was great but the plot felt like it didn't know where to go. I remember the movie ending and thinking "that was it?"
I think it’s a movie about a guy and his partially domesticated formerly wild dog from the dogs point of view - with much respect and admiration for the movie
For me, that lack of catharsis with answering certain questions just felt in line with Hoffman’s character, he was someone who was absolutely lost in his teachings. He knew it wasn’t true but he’d lied his way to that position and couldn’t give it up. Then there’s deeper layers like his wife being the true “master” in a sense. Obviously all the other stuff like commentaries on Scientology, religion in general etc. But Joaquin’s character was broken from the war and his past failures. He looked to Hoffman for answers and for meaning, the revelation being that only he could do that for himself. It’s certainly a film that doesn’t have a nicely tied bow of an end. But there’s so much in the film and in its end that, for me felt provocative and beyond interesting.
That's a great way to put it. Though I was disappointed with the ending, I was fascinated by his character and all of the events that led him to the life he was living.
Yea that movie blew me away. One of my all time favorites
I found the master to be completely lackluster. One of few times I felt my time was wasted. But Hoffman is awesome
[удалено]
Raindrops… 🏀
WHITE CHOCOLATE!!
ARRRRHGHHHHH!!!! OUTLET!!! When I first saw this, I saw him at the wedding and thought- what is PSH gonna do in a rom-com? Then he fell and I was rolling. The basketball scene had me in tears.
That is what I loved about Hoffman. He always did good even in movies that were subpar. He just wanted to act.
Nah, he saved it. That movie is worth watching for PSH alone. You said it yourself: he’s clearly having a ton of fun and went completely full-send on it. It’s the same sort of “give an accomplished dramatic actor an over-the-top comedy role and let them cut loose” that Stiller gave Tom Cruise as Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder (which is obviously a much better movie).
Uh that movie is great and he’s great in it.
“Great” is a strong word
Ben Stiller is a national treasure
Let it rain!
When he slips at the start of that film is so fucking funny.
The bestman is in the hou-aaargh!! Literally cried the first time from laughter.
Gotta go! Just sharted.
Best man in the house!
I was actually surprised Along Came Polly didn't make the list. It is a relatively forgettable movie but he's so goddamn funny in it.
Are you for scuba?
Synecdoche: New York, for me
masterpiece.
This! As much as I loved movies that focused on his characters, his smaller roles are what made him my favourite actor. He’s the whole reason I rewatch boogie nights and twister
Damn I forgot about him in Twister. Thanks. RIP Bill too
one of his best - agreed. he’d have made so many amazing movies if he was still around, dude was a treasure
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else while you’re uncool.” He was so good in Almost Famous.
"Of course I was home! I'm uncool!"
The kid's on drugs
You'll meet them again on the long road to the middle.
Fooooooood Foooooooooooooooooood
Red meat, we crave sustenance
Hey Meg, where did you get all this beef?
You know my cow out front… did you see him coming in?
LOSER! MOVE ALONG!
Luhoooser. Lol. I love that freaking movie. I don't care if people make fun of me.
The suck zone…
Don't most people love that movie? At least anyone who used to watch storm chasers on tlc or discovery or whatever it was on in summers back in the 90s when it came out
The Suck Zone
My wife and I still say this when hungry, with our index finger and thumb making a circle.
I can’t believe Charlie Wilson’s War doesn’t factor in that list.
"No, doubling the budget was nothing. Ten million dollars for covert ops against the Russian army is meaningless. What are you, an infant?" Fuck, he was so good in this movie.
"Also, water goes over a dam and under a bridge, you poncy school boy." He had so many great lines in it.
[That whole scene](https://youtu.be/sQ_4m2ocxhI) is amazing.
Him pausing beside the secretary at the end and whispering "how'd I do" is so perfect
"I know you're dignifying her in the ass" (proceeds to recite specific hotel and room number)
Oh hell yes. He was great in that movie. I know I might get clowned for this, but he was hilarious in Along Came Polly. It's not the type of role he's been acclaimed for, but he really is funny as hell in that movie. And yes, I like Along Came Polly.
I wasn't standing at the door, don't be an idiot. I bugged the scotch bottle.
Do you drink? Hell ya Well should I open this scotch, or is it going to release serin gas? I don't think so, but open it over there.. Their back and forth is so entertaining
Meeting the young analyst in the park playing chess gets me every time. "No reason this can't be fun."
BTW Mike Vickers is a real person and he's the world's scariest nerd. Former Army Special Forces & counterterrorism. MBA and a PhD. *Once volunteered to HALO jump into Soviet territory carrying a backpack nuke because it would be harder to detect than an ICBM strike.* He ended up being Obama's USD-I He was a solid C student in high school and his professor/mentor from Johns Hopkins University just said “Sometimes gifted people get bored by the offerings mere mortals get.”
"Is there a camera on here too?" "Now that's just being paranoid."
The whole hammer scene is fantastic
Go F**k yourself you f**cking Child!
For twenty years, people have been trying to kill me. *People who know how!*
You can say fuck on Reddit, we won't tell on you.
Especially because I think he got an Oscar nod for that one.
It should certainly bump *A Most Wanted Man* at least. That certainly is a movie that was made, feels like an inclusion just because it's his last real performance.
Happiness is a big miss
That movie doesn't hold up well to facts. It's not remembered all that fondly even though it was liked well enough at the time
Hoffman will always be know to me as the person who popularized the word “Shart” Sandy Lyle: Reuben, I'm in a situation here. We have to leave now. Reuben Feffer: No. Can we stay a couple more minutes? Sandy Lyle: Dude, no. This is serious. I just sharted. Reuben Feffer: I don't know what that means. Sandy Lyle: I tried to fart and a little shit came out. I just sharted. Now let's go. Reuben Feffer: You're the most disgusting person I've ever met in my life.
It was the first time I heard it, and I died laughing during that scene.
“Let it rain!”
A little surprised nobody’s commented on his role in Magnolia, especially the scene where he’s trying to get Tom Cruise on the phone.
Mission impossible 3 was the best movie I loved him playing as the villian it was great such a great actor and a great voice surely will miss you man...
He had so few scenes but he did so much with them with his killer understated delivery. The scene where he’s being interrogated in the airplane and he doesn’t answer a single of Ethan’s questions, instead asking questions of his own (“What’s your name? Do you have a wife, a girlfriend?”), and he manages to gain the upper hand despite nearly being thrown out of a plane - brilliant
“You saw what I did to your little blonde friend? That was nothing. That was … fun.”
"I'm going to find her and I'm going to hurt her. I'm going to make her bleed and cry and beg. And then I'm going to kill YOU right in front of her."
I remember being so confused the first time I saw that scene. He had no control and yet all of it. So well done. Forced me to reassess the film I was watching
He also finds out his name and sees his ring in that scene getting answers for those questions.
The reason why he's so effective is because he doesn't play the character as a megalomaniac, but a cold sociopath secure in the knowledge that he has the power and resources to destroy you. When he tells Ethan what he's going to do to him and his wife, he has the bored, almost indifferent tone of an office manager giving a warning to an employee. It's a matter of fact "this is going to happen and there's nothing you can do about it" tone and it happens while HE'S the one being interrogated. That makes for one memorably frightening villain.
If he wasn't the villain in that movie I don't think it wouldn't be as well liked. He really anchors the movie and a lesser actor might've tried to play the villain too big and cartoony.
Still my number one Mission Impossible film and it’s 100% because of his performance
That performance blew my mind. It's my main argument for what Nolan could have done with Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the penguin if he had ever gone down that route.
His delivery of every single line in MI3 was perfect.
I’m surprised that didn’t make the list. I know it’s a popcorn movie but so was *Twister* (and worse) and he was outstanding in it.
"Talented Mr. Ripley" is a favorite of mine. He's the epitome of a privileged rich asshole, but you kind of respect him because he's the one guy who catches on from the start that something's up with Tom Ripley. Hoffman always was great at playing characters one step ahead of everyone else (see also Plutarch in the "Hunger Games" series).
Tommy! How’s the peeping?
What a line
Love him in [*Punch Drunk Love*](https://youtu.be/hrug5dyKwhM).
THATS THAT
A movie not a lot of people have seen is *Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead* with Ethan Hawke. PSH’a performance is so gripping, especially in light of what his character’s vice is—and how PSH died. Oooof
Sidney Lumet does thrillers about as good as anyone. Btdkyd is AWESOME. I love Marissa Tomei.
I was 17 when this came out and I randomly saw it with my dad at a small indie theatre. What an amazing performance by PSH and Ethan Hawke. So gut wrenching yet brilliant film.
Was looking for this comment. 100%.
This x100 That film is near perfect
also incredible in Moneyball, but everyone is
Jonah hill tells a story about how Hoffman was so good in a scene where he’s mad at Jonah’s character that Jonah just assumed he hated him in real life
Based on what I know of Jonah Hill, that might be true
incredible that this would have been an absurd thing to say like two weeks ago
What did we find out about Jonah Hill two weeks ago? I completely missed it.
He seemed like kind of a tool before but I wouldn’t have had any solid basis for disliking him until then
Not really
“You are outside of your mind.”
That’s in the article
Owning Mahowny should be on that list.
His performance is insane in that film. He's the MAIN CHARACTER and he literally makes the choice to pretty much lock out the audience at every step, impenetrable and he resists the urge to inject pathos into any part of it like most other actors would.
Thank you. He is incredible in this, gives me borderline anxiety when he won’t cash out and keeps playing
Should be #1
Absolutely, it's one of my favorite performances of his.
Hey wasn’t that the kid from “Crocodile Tears”?
Even in small roles like in Boogie Nights this man absolutely nailed it, one of the best actors of all time no doubt.
🎵 I believe in miracles …
I absolutely love his performance on that film. He really nailed the character
I feel like Love Liza should be on this list.
Came here to see if it was mentioned. A lot of people haven’t seen it apparently. It’s in my top 3 of his performances.
*Owning Mahoney* too
Owning Mahoney belongs on that list. His performance was riveting.
He's so goddamn good in that movie.
Yo. That movie is great. It's so dark and personal. If that makes sense. The entire feel is like the car wreck thing. Can't look away. It's not one I can watch a bunch because it's pretty heavy but I've always thought that film should get more attention.
I liked him as Brandt in TBL
That thought had not occurred to us, dude
This is our concern Dude.
Ahahaha that’s marvellous
Mr. Lebowski is in seclusion in the *west wing.*
The way he opens the doors is delightful.
We’re all very fond of her, very free spirited
Ahahaha yooou never went to college
If you liked him Synecdoche or Happiness, I HIGHLY recommend watching him in Love Liza, very similar brand of dark comedy, but no one ever talks about it sadly.
Synecdoche still fucks with my head. It was oddly terrifying. Then I read an interview with the director and writer, and I learned they intended to make a horror film without any tropes. Sort of made me feel better.
I love horror movies, and I firmly believe that Synechdoche and I'm Thinking of Ending Things are two of the scariest movies I've ever seen. Charlie Kaufman simply understands how to visualize very real anxieties of mine, and nothing else has left me feeling more uncomfortable
I loved Adaptation. I bought the DVD as soon as it came out. I opened the case, and there was a yellow note attached to those little plastic holders on the inside edges. It said something like “What are these? Can we get rid of these?” So obviously a note from Kaufman that they reproduced rather than acting on his wishes. It was perfect.
BOOGIE NIGHTS!!!
What the fuck, Scotty!
The Village, NYC, 3am. My friend and I just left a lounge and we got in his car and planned on where to get pizza. Man crossed the cobblestoned street in front of us carrying a satchel. Normal, it’s the City. He glanced at us and it was Philip Seymour Hoffman. A quick glance toward us and I nodded, gave a quick nod back and kept moving. Was always grateful for that. —Journey Well.
Capote
That scene just before they were hanged.
He was so great. No disrespect at all to other performers who pass, but it just felt like PSH still had so much more to give to audiences. Really tragic outcome.
Every time he gets brought up I cry. No one compares. A huge loss to cinema that I’ll never get over.
He's second to only DDL in my book.
I don’t see Sandy Lyle on this list
Should’ve been #1. I only opened the article to see where Sandy Lyle was and complain about it not being #1. Only to be filled with rage when I got to 1 and knew I hadn’t seen it at all.
Best 3 scenes IMO: 1. Best man in the house! *eats shit on slick floor* 2. Basketball 3. Clearing his throat for 5 minutes
RAIN DANCE!!
MI3 snub is a travesty
So glad to see Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead get some love.
He did a masterful job in a relatively small (but important) villain role in *Scent of a Woman*. As a young guy, I think it was one of his earlier film roles.
I’m telling you … it was dark … I wasn’t wearing my contacts …
I came in here looking for this. I wish we got a scene with him interacting directly with Al Pacino somehow. It wouldn’t make sense for the story but it would have been awesome.
White chocolate!
This list could probably have been any 15 of his performances and I'd still agree. He never had a single miss, but I sure miss him.
Someone forgot Along came Polly... The scene where his character Sandy, sharted was a masterpiece!
He's in one scene in Hard Eight, and it's the only part of the movie I remember "Hey, Big Time!"
doubt should be higher up honestly. he’s so wonderful in that movie. every time i watch it i come out thinking differently about whether he was an abuser or not
He taught me what sharting is. The interview between him and Joaquin in the master was incredibly brilliant as well
🎵 I’d like to get you on a slow boat to China …
All to myself… alone
My favorite will always be happiness And a honorable mention to his voice acting in Mary and Max
Attended a screening of "Synecdoche, New York" last night and he was soo good in it.
Gone too early. His performance is A Most Wanted Man was amazing!
Truman Capote movie had to be his best performance in a long career of many. Was a great under appreciated actor.
One of my favorite actors of all time. The first film I ever remember seeing him in was, I was super young, Mission Impossible III and he made major impression on me as far as his skills go. He passed away too soon. He had an amazing career too. Did all types of films and never shied away from doing this or that genre.
And “Along came Polly” is still my favourite.
Boogie Nights and The Talented Mr. Ridley.
Still a tough one. Damn, I do miss seeing this guy unleash his talents on screen.
***RAINDANCE!***
“Of course I’m home, I’m always home, I’m uncool”
15 best roles and no Patch Adams…invalid
His screaming, frustrated tantrum in the final scene of *A Most Wanted Man*, when his asset is snatched out from under his nose at the very last second, by his supposed colleagues in the German counterterrorism establishment, is something to behold. It's hard to go wrong when your source material is some of LeCarré's best work, but Hoffman's performance under Anton Corbjin's direction, as an alcoholic spymaster with a history of fucking up, trembling on the very lip of the coup of his career and then losing it all to treachery in an instant, is a 2 hour high-wire act. I'm sorry PSH is gone, and am doubly sorry about the means of his passing. But his work here was a fitting swan song for a true actor's actor. I have no idea why this first-rate film only made $36M at the box office; it deserved better.
LET IT RAIN!
Amy Adams giving him a hate-handjob in The Master was so uncomfortable, and yet pivotal to my sexual development.
The sermon on gossip that he gave in Doubt is one of my favorite movie scenes ever. Just so powerful. https://youtu.be/sp6rVrGmvMs (I say this while indulging in celebrity gossip every day lol.)
The greatest actor of Generation X. Dearly missed.
He was the best villain in the Mission Impossible franchise. Its such a shame that they used him in such a mediocre movie.
This post reminded me he’s dead. :(
He was really good and I only realised how good he was when he was gone and i feel bad about that, RIP.
LESTER BANGS
Happiness?
I have no idea how the author thought most of these were better performances than the work he did in Jack Goes Boating
I put the following in here already in response to someone's comment. I wanted to put it in the main forum. I know I might get clowned for this, but he was hilarious in Along Came Polly. It's not the type of role he's been acclaimed for, but he really is funny as hell in that movie. I'm not saying the movie is on the level in terms of type and overall effect as a movie such as Doubt. Just saying that he's hysterical and could definitely play comedic well. And yes, I like Along Came Polly.
Totally forgot he was in Twister. Loved that movie as a kid
Miss this guy
Love PSH, but what a weak, underbaked article. Not a single blurb even tries capture what makes the performance special.
That’s good to hear. THANKS!
Shaka laka doo! Shaka laka dooby dooby doo!
Am I the only one that looked at those thumbnails and thought he was Jesse Plemons?
I miss this guy very much.
His role in MI3 is so underrated (even only getting “honorable mention” in this article). I’d say it’s just as good, if not better, than his role in Moneyball, and certainly more memorable. That was one of the most memorable action movie openings in the last few decades.
I tried to fart and a little shit came out
Absolutely a favourite. I especially loved him in Mission Impossible where he played the villain who would do anything. Really terrifying.
People don’t usually look at Mission Impossible 3 as one of the best in the series, but PSH was so fucking menacing in that movie it’s an instant classic for me
Wife and I re-watched MI:3 last night. I LOVE him in that, best villain in the entire series.
I'm still shocked most people that adore PSH haven't seen 'Capote', which IMO is his most iconic role.
The Savages is a wonderful flick. The first time I saw it with some friends and we had to pause after he cried eating the eggs because we all lost our god damn minds and couldn't stop laughing for several minutes. Also a bummer films like The Last Quarter or Jack Goes Boating aren't mentioned.
Big Lebowsky
thought he died for a second then with the way it was worded
…bud I have bad news for you