{{Short description|American actor (born 2003)}} {{Use American English|date=November 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = CooperHoffmanWikiPic.jpg | image_size = | caption = Hoffman in 2025 | birth_name = Cooper Alexander Hoffman | other_names = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|3|20}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/all-about-philip-seymour-hoffman-son-cooper-hoffman-7971832|last=Langston|first=Keith|title=All about Philip Seymour Hoffman's son, actor Cooper Hoffman|website=People|date=October 11, 2024|accessdate=February 1, 2025}}</ref> | birth_place = | occupation = Actor | net_worth = | years_active = 2020–present | father = Philip Seymour Hoffman | mother = | relatives = Gordy Hoffman (uncle) | website = }}
'''Cooper Alexander Hoffman''' (born March 20, 2003) is an American actor. The son of late 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 played the lead role in ''The Long Walk'' (2025), adapted from Stephen King's novel. He made his stage debut in an Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's tragedy play ''Curse of the Starving Class'' (2025).
== Early life, family, and education == {{expand section| date= December 2025}} Born in 2003,<ref>{{Cite web |date= September 3, 2020 |title= Philip Seymour Hoffman's son Cooper to star in coming-of-age drama |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-cooper-hoffman-philip-seymour-son-age-movie-1529418?amp=1 |website= Newsweek}}</ref> Hoffman is the son of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and costume designer Mimi O'Donnell.<ref name="TheHollywoodReporter_Galuppo2020">{{Cite magazine |last1= Galuppo |first1=Mia |date=September 2, 2020 |title=Cooper Hoffman, Son of Phillip [sic] Seymour Hoffman, Leads Paul Thomas Anderson '70s Drama |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/cooper-hoffman-son-of-phillip-seymour-hoffman-leads-paul-thomas-anderson-70s-drama-4050355/ |access-date= December 4, 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> He has two younger sisters.<ref name="LosAngelesTimes_DZurilla2014">{{Cite news |last=D’Zurilla |first= Christie |date=February 19, 2014 |title=Philip Seymour Hoffman will: I want my son to be a New Yorker |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-philip-seymour-hoffman-will-20140219-story.html |access-date=December 4, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> His father died when Cooper was 10 years old. In his will, Philip Hoffman wished for his son to live in Manhattan, New York City; Chicago, Illinois; or San Francisco, California.<ref name="TheIndependent_Selby2014">{{Cite news |last=Selby |first=Jenn |date= February 20, 2014 |title=Philip Seymour Hoffman's will: Actor wished for son to stay away from Hollywood |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/philip-seymour-hoffman-s-will-actor-wished-for-son-to-stay-away-from-hollywood-9140612.html |work=The Independent |access-date=December 4, 2024}}</ref>
Growing up, Cooper did not seriously consider becoming an actor. His only involvement in school plays was as part of the stage crew but he did participate in making short films with his friends, including the director Paul Thomas Anderson, a family friend, and Anderson's son, Jack.<ref name="AssociatedPress_Coyle2022">{{Cite news |last=Coyle |first=Jake |date= February 9, 2022 |title=Cooper Hoffman discovers that, like his dad, he's an actor |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-cooper-hoffman-paul-thomas-paul-thomas-anderson-philip-seymour-hoffman-c56bc5d9142ad3bbd8a42483459c9b53 |work= apnews.com| publisher= Associated Press |access-date= December 4, 2024}}</ref><ref name="W_Hirschberg2022">{{Cite magazine |last=Hirschberg |first=Lynn |date=January 13, 2022 |title=Cooper Hoffman Comes of Age |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/cooper-hoffman-licorice-pizza-interview-2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |magazine=W}}</ref><ref name="Variety_Lang2021">{{Cite magazine |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=November 10, 2021 |title=Paul Thomas Anderson on 'Licorice Pizza' and Moviemaking: 'Anyone Who's Done This Knows That Confidence Is an Illusion' |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/features/paul-thomas-anderson-licorice-pizza-alana-haim-cooper-hoffman-1235107853/|magazine=Variety |access-date=December 4, 2024}}</ref>
== Career == Cooper Hoffman made his film debut in ''Licorice Pizza'' (2021),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gq.com/story/paul-thomas-anderson-new-movie-licorice-pizza-trailer-breakdown|title=The Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's New Film ''Licorice Pizza'' Gives ''Boogie Nights'' Vibes|last=Thompson|first=Paul|date=September 22, 2021|access-date=September 5, 2025|website=GQ}}</ref> written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, a frequent collaborator of his late father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avclub.com/alana-haim-and-cooper-hoffman-make-their-feature-film-d-1847751942|title=Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman Fall in Love in the Licorice Pizza trailer|last=Tenreyro|first=Tatiana|date=September 27, 2021|access-date=September 5, 2025|website=The A.V. Club}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-and-philip-seymour-hoffmans-son-cooper-star-in-trailer-for-licorice-pizza/|title=Bradley Cooper Stars Alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman's Son Cooper in Trailer for Licorice Pizza|last=Fernández|first=Alexia|website=People|date=September 27, 2021|access-date=September 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/28/entertainment/philip-seymour-hoffman-cooper-hoffman-paul-thomas-anderson/index.html|title=Philip Seymour Hoffman's son stars in 'Licorice Pizza'|first=Marianne|last=Garvey|website=CNN}}</ref> 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.<ref name="gg2021">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59638152 |title=Golden Globes 2022: The winners and nominees |department=Entertainment & Arts |publisher=BBC News |date=January 10, 2022 |accessdate=June 15, 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2023/09/wildcat-review-ethan-hawke-maya-hawke-telluride-film-festival-1235534630/|title= 'Wildcat' Review: Ethan Hawke's Oddball Character Study Cleverly Illuminates Life Of Flannery O'Connor–Telluride Film Festival|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 2, 2023|accessdate=February 10, 2024}}</ref> In 2024, Hoffman played Dick Ebersol in the biographical comedy-drama ''Saturday Night''. The film's director was Jason Reitman.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2024/01/the-fablemans-gabriel-labelle-lorne-michaels-snl-1975-cooper-hoffman-rachel-sennott-1235797505/|title= 'The Fabelmans' Star Gabriel LaBelle To Play Lorne Michaels in Sony's 'SNL 1975'; Cooper Hoffman & Rachel Sennott also Join Ensemble|last=Kroll|first=Justin|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 19, 2024|accessdate=February 10, 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson in Talks to Lead Lionsgate's Feature Take of Stephen King's 'The Long Walk|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/stephen-king-the-long-walk-cooper-hoffman-david-jonsson-1235969702|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 10, 2024|access-date=June 11, 2024|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612014928/https://deadline.com/2024/06/stephen-king-the-long-walk-cooper-hoffman-david-jonsson-1235969702/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gq.com/story/cooper-hoffman-and-david-jonsson-gq-hype|title= Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson on Breaking Out, Their Real-Life Bromance, and Adapting Stephen King|last=Ang|first=Raymond|work=GQ|date=August 19, 2025|access-date=September 5, 2025}}</ref>
== Acting credits == === Film === {| class="wikitable" |- !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col"| Notes |- | 2021 | scope="row"| ''Licorice Pizza'' | Gary Valentine | |- | 2023 | scope="row"| ''Wildcat'' | Manley Pointer | |- | rowspan=2|2024 | scope="row"| ''Old Guy'' | Wihlborg | |- | scope="row"|''Saturday Night'' | Duncan "Dick" Ebersol | |- | rowspan="2" | 2025 | scope="row"|''The Long Walk'' | Raymond "Ray" Garraty | |- | ''Poetic License'' | Ari Zimmer | |- | rowspan="2" | 2026 | ''I Want Your Sex'' | Elliot | |- | ''The Chaperones'' | | Post-production |- | 2027 | ''Artificial'' | Greg Brockman | Post-production |}
=== Theater === {| class="wikitable" |- !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col"| Playwright !scope="col"| Venue !class=unsortable|Ref. |- | 2025 | ''Curse of the Starving Class'' | Wesley Tate | Sam Shepard | The New Group, Off-Broadway | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/cast-complete-for-curse-of-the-starving-class-with-calista-flockhart-cooper-hoffman-and-christian-slater|title= Cast Complete for Curse of the Starving Class With Calista Flockhart, Cooper Hoffman, and Christian Slater|last=Tran|first=Diep|website= Playbill|date=December 12, 2024|accessdate=April 17, 2025}}</ref> |- |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Accolades for Cooper Hoffman |- !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Award !scope="col"| Category !scope="col"| Work !scope="col"| Result !class=unsortable| Ref. |- | rowspan="2" | {{center|2021}} | National Board of Review Awards |scope="row"| Breakthrough Performance | rowspan="8"| ''Licorice Pizza'' | {{won}} | <ref name="nbr2021">{{Cite magazine |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nbr-2021-winners-list-1235056383/ |title=National Board of Review Names 'Licorice Pizza' as Best Film of 2021 |department=Movies > Movie News |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=December 2, 2021 |accessdate=June 15, 2023 |language=en-US |issn=0018-3660}}</ref> |- | Florida Film Critics Circle | Pauline Kael Breakout Award | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2021-florida-film-critics-circle-ffcc-winners/ |title=The 2021 Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners |first=Matt |last=Neglia |publisher=Next Best Picture |date=December 22, 2021 |access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="6"| {{center|2022}} | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2021-eda-awards-nominees/?doing_wp_cron=1639166909.2972590923309326171875|title=2021 EDA AWARDS NOMINEES|publisher=Alliance of Women Film Journalists|date=December 10, 2021|accessdate=December 10, 2021}}</ref> |- | Critics' Choice Movie Awards |scope="row"| Best Young Performer | {{nom}} | <ref name="cca2021">{{Cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/movies/critics-choice-2022-winners.html |title=Critics Choice 2022: Complete List of Winners |last=Cohn |first=Gabe |date=March 13, 2022 |accessdate=June 15, 2023 |language=en-US |department=Movies |oclc=1645522 |issn=1553-8095}}</ref> |- | Georgia Film Critics Association | Breakthrough Award | {{nom}} | |- | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | {{nom}} | <ref name="gg2021" /> |- | Online Film & Television Association | Best Youth Performance | {{nom}} | |- | Seattle Film Critics Society | Best Youth Pefromance | {{nom}} | |- | {{center|2025}} | Independent Spirit Awards | Robert Altman Award | ''The Long Walk'' | {{won}} |<ref>[https://variety.com/2025/film/news/spirit-awards-2026-nominations-1236596640/ Spirit Awards 2026 Nominations: Full List – Variety]</ref> |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|11866274}}
{{National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance}}
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