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Umuntu useminyakeni yakhe yokuqala. Futhi ungawujabulela umsebenzi owakhile nokuba ngomunye wabangcono kakhulu esizukulwaneni sakho. Ireferensi ivela Philip Seymour Hoffman, ohlanganisa iminyaka engu-40 namuhla.
Wazalelwa eFairport, eNew York, ngo-July 23, 1967, lo mlingisi waqala umsebenzi wakhe wefilimu ekuqaleni kwawo-90. Ngaleyo minyaka, ingabe wayelingisa emafilimini? "Iphunga Owesifazane" (1992) kanye "Twister" (1996), phakathi kwabanye abaningi.
Kodwa-ke, ngemva kwamafilimu angaphezu kuka-30 emhlabeni waseHollywood, ukuqashelwa okukhulu kwafika ngo-2005. Ngalowo nyaka, wadlala ngokugqamile efilimini ethi "Capote", lapho azifaka khona ezicathulweni zomlobi waseMelika. Leyo ndima imenze wahlomula ngendondo ye-Oscar emkhakheni we-Best Actor.