Stephen Dorff

Stephen Dorff

Known for
Acting
Born
July 29, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Biography

Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor. Starting his film career as a child, appearing in the cult horror film The Gate (1987), Dorff first rose to prominence playing Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat (1994) and then gained further mainstream attention for portraying Deacon Frost in Blade (1998). Other notable lead roles include Bob Rafelson's Blood and Wine (1997), the titular character in John Waters' Cecil B. DeMented (2000), and Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010), as well as Britney Spears’ boyfriend in her 2004 music video for "Everytime". Supporting roles include Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), Detective Scott Strauss in World Trade Centre (2006), Homer Van Meter in Public Enemies (2009), Stavros in Immortals (2011), Joseph Kuklinski in The Iceman (2012), and Ketchum in Old Henry (2021). He is also known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime drama anthology seriesTrue Detective (2019).

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Filmography

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People Not Places

People Not Places

Movie

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Lear Rex

Lear Rex

Movie · as Poor Tom

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No Place Like Rome

No Place Like Rome

Movie · as Connor

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Slant poster

Slant

Movie · as Sid

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What the F*ck Is My Password?!

What the F*ck Is My Password?!

Movie

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Red Stick Hoods

Red Stick Hoods

Movie

2026
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge poster

Vampires of the Velvet Lounge

Movie · as Randall/Ramsey

2026
The Deputy poster

The Deputy

Movie · as Billy Banks

2026
Viper poster

Viper

Movie

2026
Permanent Damage

Permanent Damage

Movie · as LL

2025
Bride Hard poster

Bride Hard

Movie · as Kurt

2025
Gunslingers poster

Gunslingers

Movie · as Thomas Keller

2024
Blood for Dust poster

Blood for Dust

Movie · as Gus

2024
The Trainer poster

The Trainer

Movie · as Will

2024
Clear Cut poster

Clear Cut

Movie · as Ike

2023
Dead Man's Hand poster

Dead Man's Hand

Movie · as Mayor Clarence Bishop

2023
Mob Land poster

Mob Land

Movie · as Clayton Minor

2023
The Price We Pay poster

The Price We Pay

Movie · as Cody

2023
King of Killers poster

King of Killers

Movie · as Robert Xane

2023
Divinity poster

Divinity

Movie · as Jaxxon

2022
Paradise City poster

Paradise City

Movie · as Robbie Cole

2021
Traveling Light poster

Traveling Light

Movie · as Todd

2021
Barely Legal poster

Barely Legal

Movie · as Narrator

2021
kid 90 poster

kid 90

Movie · as Self

2021
Old Henry poster

Old Henry

Movie · as Ketchum

2020
Embattled poster

Embattled

Movie · as Cash

2020
Deputy poster

Deputy

TV · as Bill Hollister · 13 eps

2019
I'll Find You poster

I'll Find You

Movie · as General Huber

2019
The Righteous Gemstones poster

The Righteous Gemstones

TV · as Vance Simkin, Vance Simkins · 7 eps

2018
Don't Go poster

Don't Go

Movie · as Ben Slater

2018
The Big Narstie Show poster

The Big Narstie Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Leatherface poster

Leatherface

Movie · as Texas Ranger Hal Hartman

2017
Wheeler poster

Wheeler

Movie · as Wheeler

2017
Jackals poster

Jackals

Movie · as Jimmy Levine

2017
Sex Guaranteed poster

Sex Guaranteed

Movie · as Hank

2017
Life Boat poster

Life Boat

Movie

2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs poster

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Movie · as Self

2016
Down by Love

Down by Love

Movie · as Voice

2016
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion poster

Albion: The Enchanted Stallion

Movie · as Connor

2016
Star poster

Star

TV · as Brody Dean · 9 eps

2015
The Debt poster

The Debt

Movie · as Oliver Campbell

2015
American Hero poster

American Hero

Movie · as Melvin

2014
Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra poster

Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra

Movie · as Self

2014
True Detective poster

True Detective

TV · as Roland West · 8 eps

2013
The Motel Life poster

The Motel Life

Movie · as Jerry Lee

2013
Meir's Festival

Meir's Festival

Movie · as Self

2013
Officer Down poster

Officer Down

Movie · as Det. David 'Cal' Callahan

2013
Heatstroke poster

Heatstroke

Movie · as Paul

2013
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III poster

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

Movie · as Stephen

2012
The Iceman poster

The Iceman

Movie · as Joey Kuklinski

2012
Rites of Passage poster

Rites of Passage

Movie · as Professor Nash

2012
Brake poster

Brake

Movie · as Jeremy Reins

2012
Zaytoun poster

Zaytoun

Movie · as Yoni

2012
Tomorrow You're Gone poster

Tomorrow You're Gone

Movie · as Charlie Rankin

2011
Immortals poster

Immortals

Movie · as Stavros

2011
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star poster

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Movie · as Dick Shadow

2011
Carjacked poster

Carjacked

Movie · as Roy

2011
Making Somewhere

Making Somewhere

Movie · as Self

2010
Somewhere poster

Somewhere

Movie · as Johnny Marco

2009
Public Enemies poster

Public Enemies

Movie · as Homer Van Meter

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
Felon poster

Felon

Movie · as Wade Porter

2008
XIII poster

XIII

TV · as Ross Tanner · 2 eps

2007
The Passage poster

The Passage

Movie · as Luke

2007
Botched poster

Botched

Movie · as Ritchie

2007
Nanking poster

Nanking

Movie · as Lewis Smythe

2006
World Trade Center poster

World Trade Center

Movie · as Scott Strauss

2006
Covert One: The Hades Factor poster

Covert One: The Hades Factor

Movie · as Jon Smith

2006
.45 poster

.45

Movie · as Reilly

2006
Tennis Anyone? poster

Tennis Anyone?

Movie · as T.C. Jackson

2006
Covert One: The Hades Factor poster

Covert One: The Hades Factor

TV · as Jon Smith · 2 eps

2005
Alone in the Dark poster

Alone in the Dark

Movie · as Richard Burke

2005
Shadowboxer poster

Shadowboxer

Movie · as Clayton Mayfield

2005
Stacked poster

Stacked

TV · 1 ep

2004
Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative poster

Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative

Movie · as Self

2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Movie · as Self

2003
Cold Creek Manor poster

Cold Creek Manor

Movie · as Dale Massie

2003
Den of Lions poster

Den of Lions

Movie · as Mike Varga

2003
Punk'd poster

Punk'd

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Steal poster

Steal

Movie · as Slim

2002
FearDotCom poster

FearDotCom

Movie · as Mike

2002
Deuces Wild poster

Deuces Wild

Movie · as Leon

2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies poster

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Movie · as Deacon Frost (Blade) (archive footage)

2002
The Last Minute poster

The Last Minute

Movie · as Self

2002
V Graham Norton poster

V Graham Norton

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Zoolander poster

Zoolander

Movie · as Stephen Dorff

2000
Quantum Project poster

Quantum Project

Movie · as Paul Pentcho

2000
Cecil B. Demented poster

Cecil B. Demented

Movie · as Cecil B. Demented

1999
Entropy poster

Entropy

Movie · as Jake Walsh

1999
Earthly Possessions poster

Earthly Possessions

Movie · as Jake Simms, Jr.

1999
Three Days poster

Three Days

Movie · as Self

1998
Blade poster

Blade

Movie · as Deacon Frost

1997
City of Industry poster

City of Industry

Movie · as Skip Kovich

1996
Space Truckers poster

Space Truckers

Movie · as Mike Pucci

1996
Blood and Wine poster

Blood and Wine

Movie · as Jason

1996
I Shot Andy Warhol poster

I Shot Andy Warhol

Movie · as Candy Darling

1995
S.F.W. poster

S.F.W.

Movie · as Cliff Spab

1995
Innocent Lies poster

Innocent Lies

Movie · as Jeremy Graves

1995
Santa's Christmas Snooze poster

Santa's Christmas Snooze

Movie

1995
Reckless poster

Reckless

Movie · as Tom Jr.

1995
R.E.M.: Rough Cut poster

R.E.M.: Rough Cut

Movie · as Himself

1995
One Hundred and One Nights poster

One Hundred and One Nights

Movie · as Mute Actor in Hollywood

1994
Backbeat poster

Backbeat

Movie · as Stuart Sutcliffe

1993
Judgment Night poster

Judgment Night

Movie · as John Wyatt

1993
Rescue Me poster

Rescue Me

Movie · as Fraser Sweeney

1993
An Ambush of Ghosts poster

An Ambush of Ghosts

Movie · as George Betts

1992
The Power of One poster

The Power of One

Movie · as P.K. Age 18

1990
A Son's Promise poster

A Son's Promise

Movie · as Charles O'Kelly

1990
Always Remember I Love You poster

Always Remember I Love You

Movie · as Robert Mendham

1990
Blossom poster

Blossom

TV · 1 ep

1990
What a Dummy

What a Dummy

TV · as Tucker Brannigan · 24 eps

1990
The Outsiders poster

The Outsiders

TV · as Bobby Dean · 1 ep

1990
The Word poster

The Word

TV · 2 eps

1989
Do You Know the Muffin Man? poster

Do You Know the Muffin Man?

Movie · as Sandy Dollison

1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven poster

I Know My First Name Is Steven

TV · as Pete · 2 eps

1988
Hiroshima Maiden poster

Hiroshima Maiden

Movie · as Johnny Bennett

1988
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story

Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story

Movie · as Kale Wedemeyer

1988
Roseanne poster

Roseanne

TV · 3 eps

1988
Empty Nest poster

Empty Nest

TV · as Billy at 14 · 1 ep

1987
The Gate poster

The Gate

Movie · as Glen

1987
In Love and War poster

In Love and War

Movie · as Stan Age 9

1987
Married... with Children poster

Married... with Children

TV · as Boz · 1 ep

1982
Family Ties poster

Family Ties

TV · as Martin · 1 ep