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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 19, 1984
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Paul Franklin Dano
- 폴 다노
- 保罗·达诺
- ポール・ダノ
- 保羅・迪諾
- پال دینو
Paul Dano
2.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.6
Paul Dano
The Studio
2025
6.9
Jeff
Fantasmas
2024
6.7
Hanuš (voice)
Spaceman
2024
6.5
Hot Neighbor
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024
6.7
Keith Gill
Dumb Money
2023
0.0
Self - Narrator
A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam
2023
7.2
Self
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023
7.6
Burt Fabelman
The Fabelmans
2022
8.0
Caspian Keyes (voice)
Pantheon
2022
7.7
The Riddler
The Batman
2022
Credits
The Studio
as Paul Dano
2025
7.6
Fantasmas
as Jeff
2024
6.9
Spaceman
as Hanuš (voice)
2024
6.7
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Hot Neighbor
2024
6.5
Dumb Money
as Keith Gill
2023
6.7
A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam
as Self - Narrator
2023
0.0
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
as Self
2023
7.2
The Fabelmans
as Burt Fabelman
2022
7.6
Pantheon
as Caspian Keyes (voice)
2022
8.0
The Batman
as The Riddler
2022
7.7
The Guilty
as Matthew Fontenot (voice)
2021
6.4
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Prior Walter
2020
10.0
Escape at Dannemora
as David Sweat
2018
7.5
Okja
as Jay
2017
7.4
Swiss Army Man
as Hank
2016
6.9
War and Peace
as Pierre Bezukhov
2016
7.6
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.3
Love & Mercy
as Brian Wilson 1960s
2015
7.1
Youth
as Jimmy Tree
2015
6.9
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2015
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.4
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.4
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
12 Years a Slave
as John Tibeats
2013
7.9
Prisoners
as Alex Jones
2013
8.1
Looper
as Seth
2012
6.9
Ruby Sparks
as Calvin
2012
7.1
Being Flynn
as Nick Flynn
2012
6.1
For Ellen
as Joby Taylor
2012
5.4
Flatscreen
as Paul
2012
7.5
Cowboys & Aliens
as Percy Dolarhyde
2011
5.6
Meek's Cutoff
as Thomas Gately
2011
6.5
The Extra Man
as Louis Ives
2010
5.8
Knight and Day
as Simon Feck
2010
6.2
Where the Wild Things Are
as Alexander (voice)
2009
6.5
The Good Heart
as Lucas
2009
6.3
Taking Woodstock
as VW Guy
2009
6.2
Gigantic
as Brian
2008
5.7
Light and the Sufferer
as Don (AKA: Light)
2008
4.0
Explicit Ills
as Rocco
2008
6.4
There Will Be Blood
as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
2007
8.1
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
as Self
2007
0.0
Weapons
as Chris
2007
4.6
Fast Food Nation
as Brian
2006
6.1
Little Miss Sunshine
as Dwayne Hoover
2006
7.7
The King
as Paul
2006
6.1
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
as Thaddius
2005
6.1
The Girl Next Door
as Klitz
2004
6.7
Taking Lives
as Young Asher
2004
6.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
The Emperor's Club
as Martin Blythe
2002
7.1
Too Young to Be a Dad
as Matt Freeman
2002
7.2
L.I.E.
as Howie Blitzer
2001
6.8
The Newcomers
as Joel
2000
3.5
The Sopranos
as Patrick Whaley
1999
8.7
Smart Guy
1997
7.8
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
6.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1944
7.0
🎬
Sensei Rainbow and the Dojo Kids
as Paul
N/A
4.0
The Wizard of the Kremlin
as Vadim Baranov
N/A
0.0