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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 21st, 2026 | The Wizard of the Kremlin | Vadim Baranov | 6.4 | |
February 23rd, 2024 | Spaceman | Hanuš (voice) | 6.7 | |
September 15th, 2023 | Dumb Money | Keith Gill | 6.7 | |
August 1st, 2023 | A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam | Self - Narrator | TBD | |
February 14th, 2023 | The Fabelmans: A Family in Film | Self | 7.1 | |
November 11th, 2022 | The Fabelmans | Burt Fabelman | 7.6 | |
March 1st, 2022 | The Batman | The Riddler | 7.7 | |
September 24th, 2021 | The Guilty | Matthew Fontenot (voice) | 6.4 | |
October 8th, 2020 | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Prior Walter | 10 | |
June 28th, 2017 | Okja | Jay | 7.3 | |
June 24th, 2016 | Swiss Army Man | Hank | 6.9 | |
May 29th, 2015 | Love & Mercy | Brian Wilson 1960s | 7.1 | |
May 20th, 2015 | Youth | Jimmy Tree | 6.9 | |
October 18th, 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | John Tibeats | 7.9 | |
September 19th, 2013 | Prisoners | Alex Jones | 8.1 | |
September 26th, 2012 | Looper | Seth | 6.9 | |
July 25th, 2012 | Ruby Sparks | Calvin | 7.1 | |
March 2nd, 2012 | Being Flynn | Nick Flynn | 6.2 | |
February 12th, 2012 | For Ellen | Joby Taylor | 5.4 | |
February 9th, 2012 | Flatscreen | Paul | 7.5 | |
July 29th, 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Percy Dolarhyde | 5.7 | |
April 8th, 2011 | Meek's Cutoff | Thomas Gately | 6.5 | |
August 1st, 2010 | The Extra Man | Louis Ives | 5.8 | |
June 15th, 2010 | Knight and Day | Simon Feck | 6.2 | |
October 16th, 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Alexander (voice) | 6.5 | |
September 11th, 2009 | The Good Heart | Lucas | 6.4 | |
August 26th, 2009 | Taking Woodstock | VW Guy | 6.2 | |
September 9th, 2008 | Gigantic | Brian | 5.6 | |
September 9th, 2008 | Light and the Sufferer | Don (AKA: Light) | 4.7 | |
March 8th, 2008 | Explicit Ills | Rocco | 6.5 | |
December 26th, 2007 | There Will Be Blood | Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday | 8.1 | |
February 7th, 2007 | The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' | Self | TBD | |
January 19th, 2007 | Weapons | Chris | 4.6 | |
November 17th, 2006 | Fast Food Nation | Brian | 6.1 | |
July 26th, 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Dwayne Hoover | 7.7 | |
May 5th, 2006 | The King | Paul | 6.1 | |
February 25th, 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and Rose | Thaddius | 6.1 | |
April 9th, 2004 | The Girl Next Door | Klitz | 6.7 | |
March 19th, 2004 | Taking Lives | Young Asher | 6.4 | |
November 22nd, 2002 | The Emperor's Club | Martin Blythe | 7.1 | |
June 10th, 2002 | Too Young to Be a Dad | Matt Freeman | 7.2 | |
September 7th, 2001 | L.I.E. | Howie Blitzer | 6.8 | |
October 1st, 2000 | The Newcomers | Joel | 3.8 | |
TBD | The Chaperones | TBD | TBD | |
TBD | Bunker | TBD | TBD | |
TBD | Vegas: A Love Story | Ryder | TBD |