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Basil Hoffman(1938-2021)

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Basil Hoffman in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Basil Hoffman, Daniel Roebuck, Stephanie Zimbalist, Madelyn Dundon, Duane Whitaker, Willard Pugh, Tim E. Goodwin and Marsha Dietlein Bennett star in this Faith based mystery movie about one man's obsession to solve a fifty year old bank robbery.
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Basil Hoffman was an American character actor, known for his work, often in classic films, with distinguished film directors including Peter Bogdanovich, Mario Monicelli, Richard Benjamin, Carl Reiner (twice), Peter Medak (five times) and Alan J. Pakula (twice); Academy Award winners Ethan and Joel Coen, Paolo Sorrentino, Michel Hazanavicius, Steven Spielberg, Delbert Mann, Blake Edwards, Stanley Donen, Sydney Pollack, Ron Howard and Robert Redford (twice); and many others.

A long-time private acting teacher and coach, he was also a frequent guest lecturer and teacher at prestigious academic institutions, including (among many others) the American Film Institute, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Emerson College, University of Southern California, the National University of Theater and Film in Bucharest Romania, Confederation College in Canada and the Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in Beirut, Lebanon.

In 2008, he returned to Beirut as a U.S. State Department Cultural Envoy to Lebanon to teach acting and directing at the University of Balamand's Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Lebanese University, Notre Dame University and St. Joseph University's Institut D'Etude Sceniques Audiovisuelles et Cinematographiques.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of Screen Actors Guild and the Fine Arts Advisory Council of Loyola Marymount University. He was an Advisory Director of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and is a member of both the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Basil was the author of the acting textbooks, "Cold Reading and How to Be Good at It" and "Acting and How to Be Good at It" (and The Second Edition) with a foreword by Sydney Pollack.
BornJanuary 18, 1938
DiedSeptember 17, 2021(83)
BornJanuary 18, 1938
DiedSeptember 17, 2021(83)
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  • Awards
    • 7 wins

Photos17

Basil Hoffman, Willard E. Pugh, Daniel Roebuck, Duane Whitaker, Patrick Voss Davis, and Madelyn Dundon in Lucky Louie
Basil Hoffman in Lucky Louie
Basil Hoffman in Lucky Louie
Stephanie Zimbalist, Marsha Dietlein, Basil Hoffman, Willard E. Pugh, Daniel Roebuck, Duane Whitaker, Patrick Voss Davis, Timothy E. Goodwin, and Madelyn Dundon in Lucky Louie
Cristine Rose, Basil Hoffman, and Lynne Marie Stewart in The Elvira Show (1993)
Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Basil Hoffman, Paul Lambert, John McMartin, and Jack Warden in All the President's Men (1976)
Basil Hoffman in M*A*S*H (1972)
Alan Alda, Basil Hoffman, and Wayne Rogers in M*A*S*H (1972)
Alan Alda, Basil Hoffman, and Wayne Rogers in M*A*S*H (1972)
Basil Hoffman in M*A*S*H (1972)
Lou Beatty Jr., Tony Cummings, Basil Hoffman, and J.K. Simmons in 3 Geezers! (2013)
Basil Hoffman and J.K. Simmons in 3 Geezers! (2013)

Known for

Cameron Diaz in The Box (2009)
The Box
5.6
  • Don Poates
  • 2009
George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, and Jonah Hill in Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Hail, Caesar!
6.3
  • Stu Schwartz - Accounting
  • 2016
Bérénice Bejo and Jean Dujardin in The Artist (2011)
The Artist
7.9
  • Auctioneer
  • 2011
The Pineville Heist (2016)
The Pineville Heist
4.0
  • Principal Parker
  • 2016

Credits

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Actor

  • Discovering Ella
    • Bob Stephens
    • Completed
    • Short
    • 2023
  • Lucky Louie
    • Wilbert Moser
    • Completed
  • Rescued Innocence
    • Judge Richard Taylor
    • Pre-production
  • Bulldoque
    • Mr.Lee
    • In Development
  • Veterans Day
    • Lenny Schwartz
    • In Development
  • 1 Dark Night
    • Pre-production
  • Colors of the Sun
    • Reverend Maxim
    • Post-production
  • Third Act (2022)
    Third Act
    • Uncle Paul
    • 2022
  • Angela L. Wilson, Vic Browder, Doug Montoya, and Keith Allen West in Deeply Superficial (2022)
    Deeply Superficial
    • Dad
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Keaton & Lloyd (2021)
    Keaton & Lloyd
    • Buster Keaton
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Vic Browder in Voices (2021)
    Voices
    • Dark Figure
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Basil Hoffman in Mr. Roberts (2019)
    Mr. Roberts
    • Mr. Roberts
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Project: Puppies for Christmas (2019)
    Project: Puppies for Christmas
    • Fred
    • 2019
  • The French American (2017)
    The French American
    • Monsieur Tissot
    • 2017
  • Shirley MacLaine and Amanda Seyfried in The Last Word (2017)
    The Last Word
    • Nervous Older Man
    • 2017
  • Mommy, I Didn't Do It (2017)
    Mommy, I Didn't Do It
    • Otis Pell
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • The Pineville Heist (2016)
    The Pineville Heist
    • Principal Parker
    • 2016
  • George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, and Jonah Hill in Hail, Caesar! (2016)
    Hail, Caesar!
    • Stu Schwartz - Accounting
    • 2016
  • Mia (2015)
    Mia
    • Dr. Hoffman
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Rio, I Love You (2014)
    Rio, I Love You
    • James (segment "La Fortuna")
    • 2014
  • Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones, Mischa Barton, Luke Goss, and Timothy Woodward Jr. in Throwdown (2014)
    Throwdown
    • Judge Eller
    • 2014
  • Dead Drop (2014)
    Dead Drop
    • Kole
    • Short
    • 2014

Additional Crew

  • FrackNation (2013)
    FrackNation
    • voice coach
    • 2013
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos7

Official Trailer
Trailer 2:55
Official Trailer
Project: Puppies for Christmas
Trailer 1:54
Project: Puppies for Christmas
Rio, I Love You
Trailer 1:59
Rio, I Love You
Throwdown
Trailer 1:24
Throwdown
3 Geezers!
Trailer 2:00
3 Geezers!
LUCKY LOUIE TRAILER
Trailer 2:31
LUCKY LOUIE TRAILER
Rio, I Love You Trailer
Trailer 2:05
Rio, I Love You Trailer

Personal details

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  • Born
    • January 18, 1938
    • Houston, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • September 17, 2021
    • USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Christine Elizabeth ReedJune 3, 1988 - January 10, 2006 (her death)
  • Other works
    TV commercial: Dayco Top Cog Fan Belts (Seated fan belt tester)

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    In 2008 he served in Beirut as U.S. State Department Cultural Envoy to Lebanon.

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