Paul Dano
Date of birth: 1984-06-19
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Paul Franklin Dano, 保罗·达诺, ポール・ダノ, 保羅・迪諾, پال دینو
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Little Miss Sunshine
2006-07-26
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California
The Girl Next Door
2004-04-09
Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls
Explicit Ills
2008-03-08
The film follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelp
The Good Heart
2009-09-11
Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley asso
There Will Be Blood
2007-12-26
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using
Taking Woodstock
2009-08-26
The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the fame
Gigantic
2008-09-09
Young mattress salesman Brian decides to adopt a baby from China but is distracted when he forms a r
Weapons
2007-01-19
Weapons presents a series of brutal, seemingly random youth-related killings over the course of a we
Knight and Day
2010-06-15
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even
Where the Wild Things Are
2009-10-16
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira,
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005-02-25
Jack Slavin is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose, on an i
The Extra Man
2010-08-01
A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright und
L.I.E.
2001-09-07
With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and
Cowboys & Aliens
2011-07-29
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic s
For Ellen
2012-02-12
After an overnight long-distance drive, Joby has a special meeting—with lawyers and his ex-wife. A s
Meek's Cutoff
2011-04-08
A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in har
12 Years a Slave
2013-10-18
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abdu
Looper
2012-09-26
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the
Being Flynn
2012-03-02
Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-procla
Ruby Sparks
2012-07-25
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling
Too Young to Be a Dad
2002-06-10
When 15-year-old Matt Freeman gets his girlfriend, Francesca, pregnant, her family decides to put th
Prisoners
2013-09-19
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing,
The Newcomers
2000-10-01
A 12-year-old boy and his family start life over in a new town.
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007-02-07
A full-length documentary chronicling filmmaker Richard Linklater and author Eric Schlosser througho
Light and the Sufferer
2008-09-09
Realism and fantasy collide in Jonathan Lethem's genre-bending coming-of-age story, which follows tw
Love & Mercy
2015-05-29
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to l
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023-02-14
A fascinating behind-the-scenes special about Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans."
Dumb Money
2023-09-15
Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media
The King
2006-05-05
A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, who
Taking Lives
2004-03-19
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the id
Youth
2015-05-20
Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement.
Swiss Army Man
2016-06-24
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one da
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026-01-21
Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path.
The Emperor's Club
2002-11-22
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled w
Okja
2017-06-28
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnappi
Fast Food Nation
2006-11-17
A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with
The Batman
2022-03-01
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his
Flatscreen
2012-02-09
A bookclub meeting that ends up in a orgie.
The Guilty
2021-09-24
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergenc
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020-10-08
An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fu
The Fabelmans
2022-11-11
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as h
Spaceman
2024-02-23
Six months into a solo mission, a lonely astronaut confronts the cracks in his marriage with help fr
A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam
2023-08-01
Forced to flee Vietnam as a child, Chung Truong went on to create a beautiful life and family in the
The Chaperones
Three slacker friends are hired to transport a troubled teen across the country.