Widely recognized as one of the strongest stage and film actors of his generation, Philip Seymour Hoffman delivered knockout supporting roles in films like “Boogie Nights” (1997), “Magnolia” (1999) and “Almost Famous” (2000), before breaking out with an Oscar-winning lead as the famed author in “Capote” (2005). The co-creative director of New York’s LAByrinth theater company brought theater-trained sensibilities and a fearless approach to some of cinema’s most uncomfortably realistic portrayals, battling dark human urges, addictions, and moral conflicts with powerful if unflattering vulnerability. That was not to overlook Hoffman’s considerable comedic talents, expressed in finely nuanced characterizations of a loyal assistant in “The Big Lebowski” (1997), a blocked screenwriter in “State and Main” (2000), a desperate former child actor in “Along Came Polly” (2004), and a maturity challenged college professor in “The Savages” (2007).