Cooper Hoffman

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Cooper Hoffman
Born
Cooper Alexander Hoffman

(2003-03-20) March 20, 2003 (age 22) [1]
OccupationActor
Years active2020–present
Father Philip Seymour Hoffman
Relatives Gordy Hoffman (uncle)

Cooper Alexander Hoffman (born March 20, 2003) is an American actor. The son of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, he made his acting debut with a leading role in Paul Thomas Anderson's coming-of-age film Licorice Pizza (2021) for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He has since portrayed Dick Ebersol in the comedy-drama Saturday Night (2024) and made his stage debut in an Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's tragedy play Curse of the Starving Class (2025).

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Early life

Hoffman was born in 2003. [2] He is the son of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and costume designer Mimi O'Donnell. [3] He has two younger sisters. [4] His father died when he was 10 years old. In his will, Philip Hoffman wished for his son to live life outside of Hollywood. [5] While growing up, Cooper did not seriously consider becoming an actor. His only involvement in school plays was as part of the stage crew and he participated in making short films with his friends, including family friend Paul Thomas Anderson, a director, and Anderson's son, Jack. [6] [7] [8]

Career

Cooper Hoffman made his film debut in Licorice Pizza (2021), [9] written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, a frequent collaborator of his late father. [10] [11] [12] For Hoffman's performance, he received critical acclaim and was nominated for, among other awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. [13]

In 2023, he acted in the Flannery O'Connor biopic Wildcat, directed by Ethan Hawke, who is also an actor. The film premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado. [14] In 2024, Hoffman played Dick Ebersol in the biographical comedy-drama Saturday Night . The film's director was Jason Reitman. [15]

In 2025, Hoffman starred in The Long Walk based on the novel by Stephen King and directed by Francis Lawrence, who had previously worked with Hoffman's late father. [16] About taking the role of a young man grieving from the loss of his father like Hoffman had himself, Hoffman said: "When your trauma is on display for the world, there’s no actually hiding it... I might as well talk about it or I might as well put it into something. Because if I keep hiding it and running from it, that’s not fair to anyone else who has gone through that... hopefully someone else watches it and goes, He sees me, he understands me and that’s, in my opinion, the only reason to do any sort of art." [17] Hoffman talked about being on his favorite role his father had in film, in The Master. "It has everything, love, a relationship, friendship, parental guidance...", he told the 3rd Hour of Today on NBC on September 5, 2025. In the same interview he related what it was like filming the movie in Manitoba, near Winnipeg and Garson from July to September 2024 and he cited the overwheming charismatism of David Jonsson, "We ended up walking... 400 miles... we were walking like 15 miles (the actors walked eight to 15 miles a day) a day in 100 degree heat on concrete no shade. where you got there and you start(ed) walking, the anxiety of making it through the day." [18] [19]

Acting credits

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Licorice Pizza Gary Valentine
2023 Wildcat Manley Pointer
2024 Old Guy Wihlborg
Saturday Night Dick Ebersol
2025 The Long Walk Raymond GarratyPost-production
Poetic License Ari ZimmerPost-production
TBA I Want Your Sex ElliotPost-production
Artificial Greg Brockman Filming

Theater

YearTitleRolePlaywrightVenueRef.
2025 Curse of the Starving Class Wesley Tate Sam Shepard The New Group, Off-Broadway [20]

Awards and nominations

Accolades for Cooper Hoffman
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2021
 National Board of Review Awards Breakthrough Performance Licorice PizzaWon [21]
2022
 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Performer Nominated [22]
Golden Globe Awards Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated [13]

References

  1. ↑ Langston, Keith (October 11, 2024). "All about Philip Seymour Hoffman's son, actor Cooper Hoffman". People. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Philip Seymour Hoffman's son Cooper to star in coming-of-age drama". Newsweek . September 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Galuppo, Mia (September 2, 2020). "Cooper Hoffman, Son of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Leads Paul Thomas Anderson '70s Drama". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ D’Zurilla, Christie (February 19, 2014). "Philip Seymour Hoffman will: I want my son to be a New Yorker". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ Selby, Jenn (February 20, 2014). "Philip Seymour Hoffman's will: Actor wished for son to stay away from Hollywood". The Independent . Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ Coyle, Jake (February 9, 2022). "Cooper Hoffman discovers that, like his dad, he's an actor". Associated Press . Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ Hirschberg, Lynn (January 13, 2022). "Cooper Hoffman Comes of Age". W . Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ Lang, Brent (November 10, 2021). "Paul Thomas Anderson on 'Licorice Pizza' and Moviemaking: 'Anyone Who's Done This Knows That Confidence Is an Illusion'". Variety . Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ Thompson, Paul (September 22, 2021). "The Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's New Film Licorice Pizza Gives Boogie Nights Vibes". GQ . Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  10. ↑ Tenreyro, Tatiana (September 27, 2021). "Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman Fall in Love in the Licorice Pizza trailer". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  11. ↑ Fernández, Alexia (September 27, 2021). "Bradley Cooper Stars Alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman's Son Cooper in Trailer for Licorice Pizza". People. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  12. ↑ Garvey, Marianne. "Philip Seymour Hoffman's son stars in 'Licorice Pizza'". CNN.
  13. 1 2 "Golden Globes 2022: The winners and nominees". Entertainment & Arts. BBC News. January 10, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  14. ↑ McCarthy, Todd (September 2, 2023). "'Wildcat' Review: Ethan Hawke's Oddball Character Study Cleverly Illuminates Life Of Flannery O'Connor–Telluride Film Festival". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  15. ↑ Kroll, Justin (January 19, 2024). "'The Fabelmans' Star Gabriel LaBelle To Play Lorne Michaels in Sony's 'SNL 1975'; Cooper Hoffman & Rachel Sennott also Join Ensemble". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  16. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 10, 2024). "Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson in Talks to Lead Lionsgate's Feature Take of Stephen King's 'The Long Walk". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  17. ↑ Ang, Raymond (August 19, 2025). "Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson on Breaking Out, Their Real-Life Bromance, and Adapting Stephen King". GQ . Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Cooper Hoffman on Physical Demands of "The Long Walk" Movie". 3rd Hour of Today . September 5, 2025. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  19. ↑ Lewis, Hazel (July 26, 2025). "Where was The Long Walk Filmed? All Filming Locations Explained". Net Filming. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  20. ↑ Tran, Diep (December 12, 2024). "Cast Complete for Curse of the Starving Class With Calista Flockhart, Cooper Hoffman, and Christian Slater". Playbill . Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  21. ↑ Lewis, Hilary (December 2, 2021). "National Board of Review Names 'Licorice Pizza' as Best Film of 2021". Movies > Movie News. The Hollywood Reporter . ISSN   0018-3660 . Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  22. ↑ Cohn, Gabe (March 13, 2022). "Critics Choice 2022: Complete List of Winners". Movies. The New York Times . ISSN   1553-8095. OCLC   1645522 . Retrieved June 15, 2023.
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