Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies [VIDEO]

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The NYPD confirms to FOX News– Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in his New York City apartment. The Academy Award winning actor was 46 years old. The NYPD says Hoffman died of an apparent drug overdose.

Hoffman most recently starred in “The Hunger Games” movies as Plutarch Heavensbee. He also gained notoriety for his role of Brandt in “The Big Lebowski” and Scotty J. in “Boogie Nights”.

He won the Academy Award for ‘Best Actor’ for the 2005 biographical film “Capote”.

FOX News Radio’s Hank Weinbloom reports from New York: