Hoffman received his only Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his supporting role in the HBO miniseries "Empire Falls" (2005), about life in a New England town. He ultimately lost to castmate Paul Newman. In 2006, he appeared in the summer blockbuster "", playing the villainous arms dealer Owen Davian opposite Tom Cruise. A journalist for "Vanity Fair" stated that Hoffman's "black-hat performance was one of the most delicious in a Hollywood film since Alan Rickman's in "Die Hard" ", and he was generally approved of for bringing gravitas to the action film. With a gross of nearly US$400 million, it exposed Hoffman to a mainstream audience.