Cooper Hoffman is an American actor. The son of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, he made his acting debut with a leading role in Paul Thomas Anderson's coming-of-age film Licorice Pizza for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He has since portrayed Dick Ebersol in the comedy-drama Saturday Night and made his stage debut in an Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's tragedy play Curse of the Starving Class.