Pervy, belligerent, self - loathing, substance - dependent, greedy, oily, spiteful, pathetic — he is an omnibus of Hoffman types and tropes, from the deliciously snitchy George Willis, Jr., in Scent of a
Woman to the
pitiable Scotty J. in Boogie Nights to the sweaty Allen in Happiness to the unscrupulous, loudmouthed Dean Trumbell in Punch - Drunk Love.