BREAKING NEWS: Philip Seymour Hoffman dead at 46: Oscar winning actor found dead in his Manhattan apartment

• Oscar winning actor, 46, found dead in his Manhattan apartment according to law enforcement officials
• A drug overdose is believed to be the cause of death
• The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hoffman was discovered in the bathroom on the 4th floor with a needle sticking out of his arm 
• Won the Oscar for 2005 movie, Capote

Oscar winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in his Manhattan apartment after an apparent overdose.

Hoffman, who was 46, won the Academy Award for Best actor for the 2005 film, Capote.

The American actor and father of three was found in his bathroom on Sunday morning on the 4th floor of his West Village Apartment according to law enforcement officials with a syringe still sticking out of his arm surrounded by bags of heroin.