Paul Dano
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.…
Filmography
Sia: Nostalgic for the Present
2026 · 10.0
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020 · 10.0
The Sopranos
1999 · 8.7
Pantheon
2022 · 8.2
Prisoners
2013 · 8.1
There Will Be Blood
2007 · 8.1
12 Years a Slave
2013 · 7.9
Smart Guy
1997 · 7.9
The Studio
2025 · 7.8
Little Miss Sunshine
2006 · 7.7
The Batman
2022 · 7.7
The Fabelmans
2022 · 7.5
War and Peace
2016 · 7.5
Flatscreen
2012 · 7.5
Escape at Dannemora
2018 · 7.5
Okja
2017 · 7.3
The Emperor's Club
2002 · 7.1
Ruby Sparks
2012 · 7.1
Love & Mercy
2015 · 7.1
Looper
2012 · 6.9
Swiss Army Man
2016 · 6.9
Youth
2015 · 6.9
Too Young to Be a Dad
2002 · 6.9
L.I.E.
2001 · 6.8
The Girl Next Door
2004 · 6.8
Spaceman
2024 · 6.7
Dumb Money
2023 · 6.7
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024 · 6.6
Where the Wild Things Are
2009 · 6.5
Meek's Cutoff
2011 · 6.5
Explicit Ills
2008 · 6.5
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026 · 6.4
The Guilty
2021 · 6.4
The Good Heart
2009 · 6.4
Taking Lives
2004 · 6.4
Fantasmas
2024 · 6.3
Knight and Day
2010 · 6.2
Taking Woodstock
2009 · 6.2
Being Flynn
2012 · 6.2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005 · 6.1
Fast Food Nation
2006 · 6.0
The King
2006 · 6.0
The Extra Man
2010 · 5.8
Cowboys & Aliens
2011 · 5.7
Gigantic
2008 · 5.6
For Ellen
2012 · 5.4
Weapons
2007 · 4.6
Light and the Sufferer
2008 · 4.4
Sensei Rainbow and the Dojo Kids
— · 4.0
The Newcomers
2000 · 4.0
Bunker
2026 · 0.0
The Chaperones
— · 0.0
Once
— · 0.0
Vegas: A Love Story
— · 0.0
Possession
2027 · 0.0