 Still considering stage work to be fundamental to his career , Hoffman joined the LAByrinth Theater Company of New York City in 1995 . It was an association that lasted the remainder of his life ; along with appearing in multiple productions , he later became co @-@ artistic director of the theater company with John Ortiz and directed various plays over the years . Hoffman 's only film appearance of 1995 was in the 22 @-@ minute short comedy The Fifteen Minute Hamlet , which satirized the film industry in an Elizabethan setting . He played the characters of Bernardo , Horatio , and Laertes alongside Austin Pendleton 's Hamlet . 
