NEWS: Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead

<encoded><p>News reports are coming in that actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in New York</p> <p>by Newsdesk | 2nd Feb 2014</p><p></p><p>* Actor has been found dead at home in Manhattan, New York</p><p>* Famously played and won Oscar for Truman Capote biopic</p><p>* Tributes from Celebrities as Twitter Reacts to the news of Hoffman's passing</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4605254618.jpg" width="460" height="626" alt="This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3" title="This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3"/></p> <p></p><p></p><p>.</p><p>The actor was just 46 and was found in his Manhattan apartment.</p><p></p><p>In an interview with <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/feb/26/awardsandprizes.oscars2006">The Guardian in 2006</a>- the late actor talked about how people though that he was gay saying:</p><p></p><p> 'Because I played a couple of gay men,' he reasons. 'If I wasn't in Boogie Nights or I wasn't in Flawless, people wouldn't think that. Also in The Talented Mr Ripley, I was playing a very heterosexual man, but he was a dandy. I would read sometimes about people thinking I was gay and I would think, "Oh, that's so great!" I take it as a compliment.' (At his Bafta acceptance speech later in the day he made a special play of thanking his 'very hot' girlfriend, with whom he recently had a baby.)</p><p></p><p>In the 2005 Oscars he won best actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Daily Mail is reporting that 'The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hoffman was discovered in the bathroom on the 4th floor with a needle sticking out of his arm'</p><p></p><p>He was reportedly found by a screenwriter who immediately contacted 911. The New York Police Department is investigating.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/INTERVIEW-MARGARET-CHO/3896410">Margaret Cho </a>tweeted:</p><p></p><p>"Philip Seymour Hoffman RIP One of the greatest actors who ever lived. I never knew him but I thought I did. Xoxo"</p><p></p><p>And Stephen Fry said:</p><p></p><p>Oh no, I’ve just heard the news of the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. What a blow to the industry & most of all of course to his family…'</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p></encoded>