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- Works
- 3
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- Acting And How To Be Good At It
- Acting
- Cold Reading and How to Be Good at It
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Film & TV
Houston, Texas, USA
Basil Harry Hoffman (January 18, 1938 — September 17, 2021) was an American actor with a film and television career spanning five decades, mostly in supporting roles. He starred in films with many award-winning directors, including Alan Pakula and Robert Redford. He has also authored two books about acting, including Acting and How to Be Good at It. Hoffman was born in Houston, Texas in January…
Known for
- Lucky Louie — Wilbert Moser2023
- Discovering Ella — Bob Stephens2023
- Third Act — Uncle Paul2022
- Mr. Roberts — Mr. Roberts2019
- The Last Word — Christopher Georrge2017
- Mommy I Didn't Do It — Otis Pell2017
- The Pineville Heist — Principal Parker2016
- Hail, Caesar! — Stu Schwartz (Accounting)2016
- The French American — Monsieur Tissot2015
- Throwdown — Judge Eller2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Basil
- Family name
- Hoffman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1938-01-18
- date of death
- 2021-09-17
- name in native language
- Basil Hoffman
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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