Truman Kaput

Philip Seymour Hoffman, best remembered as the inept police officer of North Bath, New York who gets punched by Paul Newman in Nobody’s Fool, has died of a drug overdose at the age of 46. Other memorable roles included a tornado chaser in Twister, part of the con job support staff in Leap of Faith, a prep school stool pigeon in Scent of a Woman, Patch Adams’ med school roommate, a human barbecue in Red Dragon, a porn shoot hanger-on and closeted gay fan of Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights and Art Howe in Moneyball. While these roles were ignored, he won a Best Actor Oscar for Capote, and  Best Supporting Actor nominations for Charlie Wilson’s War, Doubt and The Master and Tony nominations for True West, Death of a Salesman and Long Day's Journey into Night.