How tall was Philip Seymour Hoffman
Emily Cortez
Updated on March 17, 2026
American actor, best remembered for roles in films such Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Twister, Magnolia, 25th Hour, Capote, Mission: Impossible III, Doubt, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, The Hunger Games:Catching Fire and The Master. He's said he's 5ft 9/9.5, i.e. "I'm 5' 9", 220lbs" in totalfilm, but his posture at times made him appear shorter than that.![]()
Philip, Evan Rachel Wood and George Clooney
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Philip, Evan Rachel Wood and George Clooney
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I have a body that I'm like 5'10", I weigh 200 pounds, and, you know, I'm kind of built like a wrestler.
-- NPR.com, 2014