Paul Dano

Known for ActingBorn 1984-06-19 (age 41)New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

The Sopranos

Pantheon

Prisoners

There Will Be Blood

12 Years a Slave

The Studio

The Batman

Smart Guy

The Fabelmans

Little Miss Sunshine

War and Peace

Escape at Dannemora

Flatscreen

Okja

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film

Love & Mercy

Hot Ones

Ruby Sparks

Too Young to Be a Dad

The Emperor's Club

The Apprentice

Swiss Army Man

Youth

Looper

Spaceman

Dumb Money

Wildlife

The Girl Next Door

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

L.I.E.

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Saturday Night Live

Fantasmas

Golden Globe Awards

The Guilty

Meek's Cutoff

Where the Wild Things Are

Explicit Ills

The Oscars

The Good Heart

Taking Lives

The Daily Show

Knight and Day

Being Flynn

Taking Woodstock

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Ballad of Jack and Rose