On what would have been Philip Seymour Hoffman’s 53rd birthday, a reminder that no actor in recent memory had wider emotional amplitude — from the passivity of Phil Parma ..

(1/2)
“Magnolia” (1999)

.. to the explosive temper of Dean Trumbell.

“Shut up! .. Shut! Shut! Shut! Shut! .. Shut up!”

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“Punch-Drunk Love” (2002) #RIP

3. Can't argue here.

"The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999) https://twitter.com/winterjessica/status/1269103298734424067

4.

I mean, who ELSE could make counting to ten sound this terrifying?

“Mission: Impossible III” (2006)

5.

.. Or be as unctuous as Brandt!

“The Big Lebowski” (1998)

6.

The end of this sequence in “Boogie Nights” (1997) just tears your heart out. Every time.