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Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of the best and most versatile character actors of his generation.
Without meaning to, he steals the show from the big stars in whose shadow he plays: whether Tom Cruise in "Magnolia", Al Pacino in "The Scent of Women" or Robert de Niro in "Flawless".
His performance always remains in the minds of the audience.
He doesn't just act, he literally merges with the roles.
He has shown his versatility in more than 50 films.
He is also considered one of the best on Broadway and off-Broadway theater.
He was nominated for an Oscar four times and won it once.
Hoffman is "right at the top".
Apparently.
On February 2, 2014, the 46-year-old was found dead in his apartment in New York - with a needle in his arm.
Died of a heroin overdose.
The news of his death comes as a shock.
Hardly anyone knew that he was a drug addict and had tried in vain to get clean by withdrawing only a few months earlier.
The documentary "TOO young TO DIE: Philip Seymour Hoffman - All Actor" tells the story of this extraordinary actor.
The film follows him from his first steps as an actor in the high school auditorium to his greatest successes on Broadway and in front of the Hollywood cameras.
Friends, colleagues, film critics and teachers remember his clever humor, his unpretentiousness and his fearlessness on stage.
Even as a 14-year-old, Hoffman played the role of Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman" so convincingly that the audience felt transported to another world, Hoffman's teacher Midge Marshall tells us.
30 years later, Hoffman is a global star, but he shies away from the media hype and the flurry of flashbulbs.
He is only in his element on the film set and on stage.
He demands everything of himself in order to be as believable as possible in his roles.
Hoffman is so successful that he becomes a global star.
The star he didn't want to be.
