Paul Franklin Dano (/ˈdeɪnoʊ/;[1] born June 19, 1984)[2] is an American actor and comic book writer. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in L.I.E. (2001) and gained wider recognition for playing a troubled teenager in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). For playing identical twins in Paul Thomas Anderson's period drama There Will Be Blood (2007), he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Following supporting roles in such mainstream films as Knight and Day (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), and Looper (2012), Dano had critically acclaimed roles in 12 Years a Slave and Prisoners (both 2013). For his portrayal of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy (2014), he earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2018, he starred as a convicted murderer in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor. In 2022, he played The Riddler in The Batman and a caring father in The Fabelmans, receiving a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for the latter.
Dano made his directorial debut with the drama film Wildlife (2018), which he also co-wrote with his partner, Zoe Kazan. He has also written the comic book The Riddler: Year One (2022). On Broadway theatre, Dano has starred in productions of A Free Man of Color (2010–2011) and True West (2019).
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^Cammila Collar (2015). "Paul Dano – Biography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 6, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
Paul Franklin Dano (/ˈdeɪnoʊ/; born June 19, 1984) is an American actor and comic book writer. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance...
also wrote Ruby Sparks and co-wrote Wildlife (2018) with her partner PaulDano. Kazan made her Broadway debut in the revival of the William Inge play...
received by American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and musician PaulDano. Cast Member "Baftas 2008: Atonement wins top prize". The Daily Telegraph...
squeeze of January 2021. The film features an ensemble cast that includes PaulDano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony...
him. It stars Gabriel LaBelle as Sammy, alongside Michelle Williams, PaulDano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch in supporting roles. The film is dedicated...
Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. PaulDano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier co-star. The film...
2022). "Sydney actor Sam Rechner stars alongside Michelle Williams and PaulDano in new Spielberg film". DailyTelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 31 March 2023...
directed by Ben Stiller. It stars Benicio del Toro, Patricia Arquette, PaulDano, Bonnie Hunt, Eric Lange, and David Morse. The series is based on the...
Scheinert and Daniel Kwan in their feature directorial debuts. The film stars PaulDano, Daniel Radcliffe, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Swiss Army Man premiered...
American drama film written, produced and directed by So Yong Kim. It stars PaulDano, who also served as an executive producer. It is Kim's first English-language...
Roundabout Theater Company's revival of Sam Shepard's play True West alongside PaulDano. List of awards and nominations received by Ethan Hawke "Explorers - Rotten...
along with Byun Hee-bong, Yoon Je-moon, Choi Woo-shik, Tilda Swinton, PaulDano, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Devon...
for Best Actor and Robert Elswit won the prize for Best Cinematography. PaulDano received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Anderson was nominated...
ensemble cast consisting of Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, PaulDano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, all of whom play members of a dysfunctional...
Zoe Kazan and directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton. It stars PaulDano as an anxious novelist whose fictional character, Ruby Sparks, played...
Off-Broadway company The New Group. The play has four characters played by PaulDano, Peter Dinklage, Josh Hamilton, and Zoe Kazan. New York magazine praised...
Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The film, co-starring Daniel Radcliffe and PaulDano, follows a hopeless man stranded on an island who befriends an apparent...
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