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.
67 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 67
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Sopranos
1999
Saturday Night Live
1975
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hot Ones
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Batman
2022
The Oscars
1953
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Prisoners
2013
Pantheon
2022
The Studio
2025
The Girl Next Door
2004
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024
Smart Guy
1997
There Will Be Blood
2007
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
War and Peace
2016
12 Years a Slave
2013
Ruby Sparks
2012
Looper
2012
Fantasmas
2024
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
Okja
2017
Knight and Day
2010
The Fabelmans
2022
Little Miss Sunshine
2006
Dumb Money
2023
Escape at Dannemora
2018
Spaceman
2024
Youth
2015
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
The Guilty
2021
Taking Lives
2004
Swiss Army Man
2016
Love & Mercy
2015
Taking Woodstock
2009
L.I.E.
2001
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
Meek's Cutoff
2011
The Emperor's Club
2002
The Extra Man
2010
Fast Food Nation
2006
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
Gigantic
2008
Being Flynn
2012
Sensei Rainbow and the Dojo Kids
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The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005
The Good Heart
2009
Weapons
2007
Bunker
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The King
2006
Too Young to Be a Dad
2002
Explicit Ills
2008
For Ellen
2012
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023
The Newcomers
2000
Vegas: A Love Story
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Light and the Sufferer
2008
The Chaperones
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A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam
2023
Flatscreen
2012
