Paul Dano

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1984-06-19

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2000	The Newcomers	Joel	35
2	2001	L.I.E.	Howie Blitzer	68
3	2002	Too Young to Be a Dad	Matt Freeman	71
4	2002	The Emperor's Club	Martin Blythe	71
5	2004	Taking Lives	Young Asher	64
6	2004	The Girl Next Door	Klitz	67
7	2005	The Ballad of Jack and Rose	Thaddius	61
8	2006	The King	Paul	61
9	2006	Little Miss Sunshine	Dwayne Hoover	77
10	2006	Fast Food Nation	Brian	61
11	2007	Weapons	Chris	46
12	2007	The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'	Self	0
13	2007	There Will Be Blood	Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday	81
14	2008	Explicit Ills	Rocco	64
15	2008	Gigantic	Brian	57
16	2008	Light and the Sufferer	Don (AKA: Light)	40
17	2009	Taking Woodstock	VW Guy	62
18	2009	The Good Heart	Lucas	63
19	2009	Where the Wild Things Are	Alexander (voice)	65
20	2010	Knight and Day	Simon Feck	62
21	2010	The Extra Man	Louis Ives	58
22	2011	Meek's Cutoff	Thomas Gately	65
23	2011	Cowboys & Aliens	Percy Dolarhyde	56
24	2012	Flatscreen	Paul	75
25	2012	For Ellen	Joby Taylor	54
26	2012	Being Flynn	Nick Flynn	62
27	2012	Ruby Sparks	Calvin	71
28	2012	Looper	Seth	69
29	2013	Prisoners	Alex Jones	81
30	2013	12 Years a Slave	John Tibeats	79
31	2015	Youth	Jimmy Tree	69
32	2015	Love & Mercy	Brian Wilson 1960s	71
33	2016	Swiss Army Man	Hank	69
34	2017	Okja	Jay	74
35	2020	The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America	Prior Walter	100
36	2021	The Guilty	Matthew Fontenot (voice)	64
37	2022	The Batman	The Riddler	77
38	2022	VENGEANCE IN THE MAKING	Self	100
39	2022	The Fabelmans	Burt Fabelman	76
40	2023	The Fabelmans: A Family in Film	Self	72
41	2023	Dumb Money	Keith Gill	67
42		The Wizard of the Kremlin	Vadim Baranov	0
43	2023	A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam	Self - Narrator	0
44	2024	Spaceman	Hanuš (voice)	67

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Audience Member	72
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
3	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
4	1997	Smart Guy		78
5	1999	The Sopranos	Patrick Whaley	87
6	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
7	2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self	40
8	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
9	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
10	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
11	2015	Hot Ones	Self	75
12	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	53
13	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	53
14	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
15	2016	War and Peace	Pierre Bezukhov	76
16	2018	Escape at Dannemora	David Sweat	75
17	2022	Pantheon	Caspian Keyes (voice)	79
18		Sensei Rainbow and the Dojo Kids	Paul	40
19	2024	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Hot Neighbor	66
20	2024	Fantasmas	Jeff	69
21	2025	The Studio	Paul Dano	76

Paul Dano

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