NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials say Philip Seymour Hoffman was found with a syringe in his arm, and a drug overdose is suspected as his cause of death.

The two officials spoke Sunday to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about evidence found at the scene.

The officials say glassine envelopes they suspect contained heroin were also found in Hoffman’s New York City apartment. Those items are being tested.

Hoffman, who was no matinee idol figure with his tubby, lumpy build and limp blond hair, made his career mostly as a character actor. He was nominated for Oscars four times in all, winning in 2005 for “Capote.” The film gave him a link to Kansas, as he portrayed Truman Capote, author of “In Cold Blood.” The book was a controversial retelling of the 1959 Clutter family murders in Holcomb.

One of his breakthrough roles came as a gay member of a porno film crew in “Boogie Nights.” He often played comic, slightly off-kilter characters in movies like “The Big Lebowski” and “Almost Famous.” More recently, he had a role in “Moneyball” as the grumpy manager of the Oakland Athletics.