His folks separated in 1976. Growing up, he was keen on sports.

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He was 12 years of age when he saw a phase creation of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons and later reviewed in 2008, “I was changed – forever different – by that experience. It resembled a supernatural occurrence to me”. Hoffman was selected for Tony Awards for his exhibitions in the Broadway plays – True West in 2000, Long Day’s Journey into Night in 2003, and Death of a Salesman in 2012. His burial service was gone to by numerous specialists like Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Ellen Burstyn, Ethan Hawke, Laura Linney, Julianne Moore, Joaquin Phoenix, Chris Rock, Diane Sawyer, Meryl Streep, Marisa Tomei, and Michelle Williams.