9 Overlooked Philip Seymour Hoffman Performances

Based on Richard Russo's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, Empire Falls aired over two late-May nights on HBO in 2005. With a packed cast that included Paul Newman (in one of his last roles), Hoffman once again stood out and scored his first Emmy nomination. Newman wound up taking home the prize, which didn't faze Hoffman since Newman was his admitted idol. "You want to grow up and be like him, to take his example and learn from it," Hoffman told New York magazine following Newman's passing in 2008. "He was so giving with art and life, and he connected the two, creating something that nobody does or has done."