Stephen Dorff

Stephen Dorff
Dorff at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	July 29, 1973 (1973-07-29) Atlanta, Georgia, US
Other names	Brad Matlock
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Stephen Dorff (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor, best known for portraying Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat, Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, and for his roles in Blade and Cecil B. DeMented.

Early life

Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Nancy and Steve Dorff, who is a composer and music producer. He has described himself as "half Jewish" (on his father's side). He was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked, and began acting as a child, appearing in commercials for Kraft and Mattel. Dorff attended several private schools, and was expelled from five of them.

Career

Dorff started acting in the late 1980s, landing only minor roles at first. He guest appeared in television programs such as Diff'rent Strokes, Blossom, Roseanne, Married With Children. He appeared in the television movies In Love and War, I Know My First Name is Steven and What a Dummy. Dorff's first major film role was in The Gate (1987), a horror film about a boy who, along with a friend, discovers a hole in his back garden that is a gateway to Hell. In 1992 he starred in The Power of One opposite Sir John Gielgud and Daniel Craig.

He is known for his part as the evil vampire Deacon Frost in the superhero horror film, Blade (1998). Dorff played Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), a film about Valerie Solanas, the woman infamous for shooting pop-art icon Andy Warhol. In 1996, he starred in the movie Space Truckers. He was one of the first actors to act in the first digitally downloadable movie, SightSound.com's Quantum Project, also starring John Cleese. He played the protagonist, XIII, of a live action TV series of the comic/video game of XIII.

He appeared in the 2009 films Public Enemies and Black Water Transit. He is set to reprise his role as Deacon Frost in an upcoming trilogy of Blade prequels. He played Dale Massey in the 2003 thriller Cold Creek Manor, alongside Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone. Dorff recently starred in the drama Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola. In an interview with The Chic Spy, he described what landing the role meant to him after the loss of his mother, "It almost felt like a savior, this movie, because I felt like it helped me … I was real empty inside so this was an incredible thing that made me smile.” Dorff will appear as porn star Dick Shadow in the sex industry comedy Born to Be a Star. Christina Ricci is signed to co-star. Adam Sandler, who co-wrote the screenplay, is also producing.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Gate, TheThe Gate	Glen
1992	Power of One, TheThe Power of One	P.K. Age 18
1992	Rescue Me	Fraser Sweeney
1993	Ambush of Ghosts, AnAn Ambush of Ghosts	George Betts
1993	Judgment Night	John Wyatt
1994	Backbeat	Stuart Sutcliffe
1994	S.F.W.	Cliff Spab
1995	Hundred and One Nights, AA Hundred and One Nights	Un acteur muet à Hollywood	Alternative title: Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma
1995	Innocent Lies	Jeremy Graves
1995	Reckless	Tom Jr.
1996	I Shot Andy Warhol	Candy Darling
1996	Space Truckers	Mike Pucci
1996	Blood and Wine	Jason
1997	City of Industry	Skip Kovich
1998	Blade	Deacon Frost
1999	Entropy	Jake Walsh
2000	Quantum Project	Paul Pentcho	short film
2000	Cecil B. Demented	Cecil
2002	Deuces Wild	Leon
2002	Steal	Slim
2002	FeardotCom	Det. Mike Reilly
2003	Den of Lions	Mike Varga
2003	Cold Creek Manor	Dale Massie
2005	Alone in the Dark	Cmdr. Richard Burke
2005	Tennis, Anyone...?	T.C. Jackson
2005	Shadowboxer	Clayton Mayfield
2006	World Trade Center	Scott Strauss
2006	.45	Reilly
2007	Botched	Ritchie
2007	Passage, TheThe Passage	Luke
2008	Felon	Wade Porter
2009	Black Water Transit	Nicky
2009	Public Enemies	Homer Van Meter
2010	Somewhere	Johnny Marco
2011	Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star	Dick Shadow	Alternative title: Born to Be a Star
2011	Carjacked	Roy
2011	Creepers	Professor Nash
2011	Brake	Jeremy Reins
2011	Immortals	Stavros
2012	Motel Life, TheThe Motel Life	Jerry Lee Flannigan	filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	New Leave It to Beaver, TheThe New Leave It to Beaver	Tony	1 episode
1985	Diff'rent Strokes	Scott	1 episode
1987	In Love and War	Stan age 9	Television film
1988	Mutts	Eric Gillman	Television film
1988	Hiroshima Maiden	Johnny Bennett	Television film
1988	Absent-Minded Professor, TheThe Absent-Minded Professor	Curtis	Television film
1988	Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story		Television film
1989	Empty Nest	Billy at 14	1 episode
1989	Married... with Children	Boz	1 episode
1989	I Know My First Name Is Steven	Pete	Television film
1989	Do You Know the Muffin Man?	Sandy Dollison	Television film
1989	Roseanne	Jimmy Meltrigger	3 episodes
1990	Father Dowling Mysteries	Mark Oskowski	1 episode
1990	Son's Promise, AA Son's Promise	Charles O'Kelley	Television film
1990	Outsiders, TheThe Outsiders	Bobby Dean	1 episode
1990	Always Remember I Love You	Robert Mendham	Television film
1990–91	What a Dummy	Tucker Brannigan	24 episodes
1991	Blossom	Bobby	1 episode
1999	Earthly Possessions	Jake Simms, Jr.	Television film
2006	Covert One: The Hades Factor	Jonathan Smith	Miniseries
2008	Skip Tracer	Skip King	Television film
2008	XIII: The Conspiracy	Ross Tanner/Steve Rowland	Miniseries

External links

• Stephen Dorff at the Internet Movie Database