Paul Dano 1984 41
Paul Dano 1984 41
Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor. He began his career on Broadway before making his film debut in The Newcomers (2000). He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in L.I.E. (2001) and received accolades for his role as Dwayne Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). For his dual roles as Paul and Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (2007), he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Dano has also received accolades for roles such as John Tibeats in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Alex Jones in Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013). His acting portrayal of musician Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy (2014) earned him a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Supporting Actor. Dano made his directorial debut with the drama film Wildlife (2018), based on the novel by Richard Ford. He co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Zoe Kazan. In 2018, he starred in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2022, he played Edward Nashton / The Riddler in The Batman.
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2029 Chicago as Amos Hart
2025 The Wizard of the Kremlin as Vadim Baranov
2024 The Apprentice Thanks
2024 Spaceman as Hanuš (voice)
2023 Dumb Money as Keith Gill
2023 A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam as Self - Narrator
2023 The Fabelmans: A Family in Film as Self
2022 The Fabelmans as Burt Fabelman
2022 The Batman as The Riddler
2021 The Guilty as Matthew Fontenot (voice)
2020 The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Prior Walter
2018 Wildlife Screenplay, Director, Producer
2017 Okja as Jay
2016 Swiss Army Man as Hank
2015 Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson 1960s
2015 Youth as Jimmy Tree
2013 12 Years a Slave as John Tibeats
2013 Prisoners as Alex Jones
2012 Looper as Seth
2012 Ruby Sparks as Calvin Executive Producer
2012 Being Flynn as Nick Flynn
2012 For Ellen as Joby Taylor Executive Producer
2012 Flatscreen as Paul
2011 Cowboys & Aliens as Percy Dolarhyde
2011 Meek's Cutoff as Thomas Gately
2010 The Extra Man as Louis Ives
2010 Knight and Day as Simon Feck
2009 Where the Wild Things Are as Alexander (voice)
2009 The Good Heart as Lucas
2009 Taking Woodstock as VW Guy
2008 Light and the Sufferer as Don (AKA: Light)
2008 Gigantic as Brian Executive Producer
2008 Explicit Ills as Rocco
2007 There Will Be Blood as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
2007 The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
2007 Weapons as Chris
2006 Fast Food Nation as Brian
2006 Little Miss Sunshine as Dwayne Hoover
2006 The King as Paul
2005 The Ballad of Jack and Rose as Thaddius
2004 The Girl Next Door as Klitz
2004 Taking Lives as Young Asher
2002 The Emperor's Club as Martin Blythe
2002 Too Young to Be a Dad as Matt Freeman
2001 L.I.E. as Howie Blitzer
2000 The Newcomers as Joel