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Paul Dano. Actor: There Will Be Blood. An actor for all seasons and all kinds of roles (from dark, difficult characters to more loving ones) Paul Dano has an extensive body work that includes working with directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Steve McQueen, Dayton & Ferris, Ang Lee, Denis Villenueve and Paolo Sorrentino; acting with ...
- January 1, 1
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- New York City, New York, USA
- The Newcomers
- Weapons
- Light and The Sufferer
- Explicit Ills
- Gigantic
- Cowboys & Aliens
- Taking Lives
- L.I.E.
- Knight and Day
- Fast Food Nation
The Newcomers is a family drama featuring the film debuts of both Paul Dano and Chris Evans. After their son is threatened by bullies, the Docherty family makes the move from Boston to rural Vermont in hopes of starting anew. The story and direction are fairly basic, making The Newcomersa largely forgettable installment in Dano’s catalog.
Weapons (stylized as WEAPONS) is a crime drama starring Paul Dano and former America’s Got Talent host Nick Cannon. The story is told non-sequentially, beginning with a gruesome murder and working backward to unveil the culprit and their motivations. Weaponsreceived largely negative critical reviews due to its graphic and disturbing content, includ...
Light and the Suffereris a science fiction film based on the short story by Jonathan Lethem. Two brothers from New York City dream to leave and start new lives in California, but their plans change after the appearance of a mysterious alien. The film’s strange and cerebral tone is at times jarring, and the story’s contemplative nature answers fewer...
Explicit Ills is an indie drama featuring the directorial debut of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’sMark Webber in his second collaboration with Dano. The film follows four interconnected stories taking place in Philadelphia, dealing with heavy subject matter such as drugs and poverty. The film boasts an impressive cast, including Dano, Naomie Harris, ...
Gigantic is an independent comedy written and directed by French Exit producer Matt Aselton in his directorial debut. A young mattress salesman applies to adopt a baby from China, but his plans take a turn when he falls for the quirky daughter of a rich customer. Dano stars alongside New Girl actress Zooey Deschanelas the unlikely lovers, their unu...
Cowboys & Aliensis a sci-fi/Western movie on the 2006 graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. A mysterious gunslinger with memory loss wanders into the town of Absolution shortly before an alien attack, quickly proving to be the only person capable of stopping it. The film is packed with celebrities, from Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig to direct...
Taking Lives is a psychological thriller loosely based on the 1999 Michael Pye novel by the same name. FBI Agent Ileana Scott (played by Eternals actress Angelina Jolie) travels to Canada to investigate an active serial killer who impersonates the identities of their victims. Dano appears briefly at the beginning of the film as a younger version of...
L.I.E. (an acronym for the Long Island Expressway) is an American drama written by poet and producer Stephen M. Ryder. The film is an exploration of grief and sexuality, with young Howie Blitzer (played by Dano) falling in with a pair of troubled men after the death of his mother. Despite quality performances, the movie has aged poorly in the 20 ye...
Knight and Day is an action-comedy from Logandirector James Mangold. June Havens (played by Cameron Diaz) is hunted by corrupt CIA operatives after a chance encounter with Roy Miller (played by Tom Cruise), an agent on the run. Dano appears as Simon Feck, the inventor of a coveted perpetual energy battery that Miller is tasked with guarding. The fi...
Fast Food Nation is a film adaptation of Eric Schlosser's 2001 novel from Boyhood director Richard Linklater. A marketing executive for a burger chain faces reality as he investigates claims that the company’s meat is being contaminated by manure, uncovering layers of unsavory methods in the process. Dano appears alongside a star-studded cast inclu...
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- Little Miss Sunshine. Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette. 61 votes. In the indie comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine, the dysfunctional Hoover family embarks on an unpredictable road trip.
- Prisoners. Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis. 31 votes. In the heart-pounding thriller Prisoners, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces every parent's worst nightmare when his six-year-old daughter and her friend go missing.
- Ruby Sparks. Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas. 29 votes. Young author Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano), once a literary darling, is having trouble composing his next novel.
- There Will Be Blood. Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor. 45 votes. Set amidst the rugged American West landscape, There Will Be Blood unfolds as a historical drama of epic proportions.
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 ...
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- There Will Be Blood (2007) Stream on Paramount+ In Paul Thomas Anderson's fifth feature film, Dano works double-time playing twins Paul and Eli Sunday.
- 12 Year A Slave (2013) Stream on MGM+ 12 Years A Slave is a biographical drama that tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free Black man in New York State in 1841 who is sold into slavery.
- The Fabelmans (2022) Rent on Apple TV. The Fabelmans is the latest film from legendary director Steven Spielberg, which tells a semi-autobiographical story about his childhood and early love of cinema.
- The Batman (2022) Stream on HBO Max. Paul Dano took on the villain role in The Batman, opposite Robert Pattinson. It went down as one of the highest-rated movies of Dano's career, kickstarting a new franchise for the DC Comics character, portending the return of the Riddler in some capacity in the near future.
1. 12 Years a Slave (2013) R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History. 8.1. Rate. 96 Metascore. In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt.
1. Prisoners (2013) R|153 min| Crime, Drama, Mystery. 8.2. Rate. 70 Metascore. When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo.
