Philip Seymour Hoffman statue.

Philip Seymour Hoffman Statue

Hands in his pockets, messenger bag slung over his shoulder, a bronze version of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman strolls along a sidewalk. It was sculpted by Scottish artist David A. Annand, and commissioned by James Declan Tobin, a film producer who became friends with Hoffman's family after the actor OD'd in 2014. Hoffman played eccentric character roles in many independent films, such as Boogie Nights, but also Hollywood's Twister and Hunger Games and in stage productions.

Annand originally planned to make the statue heroic scale, but instead made it life-size so that people could pose with it.

Unveiled in May 2022, the statue was originally supposed to be erected somewhere in New York City, preferably in Greenwich Village, where Hoffman often strolled looking just like he does in the statue. But since he grew up in Fairport, 15 minutes from Rochester, it was decided to permanently place the statue here.

Philip Seymour Hoffman Statue

George Eastman Museum

Address:: 900 East Ave., Rochester, NY
Directions:: George Eastman Museum. East side of the city. I-490 exit 18. Turn north onto NY-31/Monroe Ave., then make an immediate hard right at the stoplight onto Canterbury Rd. Drive one block. Turn left (no stoplight) onto Westminster Rd. Drive a half-mile until it dead-ends at East Ave. Turn left, then make an immediate right into the driveway for the George Eastman Museum. When you reach the parking lot you'll see a neoclassical columned building on the right; the statue is on the sidewalk to the right of it.

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