Paul Dano

Paul Dano

  • Born: 1984-6-19
  • Birthplace: New York, USA
  • Height: 6' 0½" (1.84 m)
  • Profession: Actor, director, screenwriter
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: LIE, Sunny Little Beauty, There Will Be Blood, Ruby Sparks, Love & Mercy, Young and Vigorous, Wildlife, Escape at Clinton Correctional, "Smart Guy"
  • Paul Franklin Dano (Paul Dano), born on June 19, 1984 in New York, USA, is an American actor, director, and screenwriter.
    In 1997, he participated in his first movie "Smart Guy". In 2001, with the feature film " LIE " won the Independent Spirit Awards Best Debut Performance Award. In 2005, starred in the family comedy movie " Little Sunshine " [1]  . In 2008, he starred in the feature film " There Will Be Blood " [2]  , with which he was nominated for the 61st British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Award-Best Supporting Actor Award. In 2012, starring in the romantic movie " Ruby Sparks " [3]  . In 2013, he starred in the drama " 12 Years a Slave " [4]  . In 2015, with the feature film " Love & Mercy ", he was shortlisted for the 73rd American Golden Globe Awards in the Film Category-Best Supporting Actor Award [5]  . In 2018, he directed his first film " Wildlife " [6]  , which was shortlisted for the 71st Cannes Film Festival Golden Camera Award and the 2nd Pingyao International Film Festival Premiere Unit Most Popular Film Award [7]  . In 2019, with the crime drama " Escape at Clinton Correctional"Finalists in the 24th Critics' Choice Awards for Best Limited TV Series and TV Movie Actor Award [8]  .

    Personal Life

    Paul Franklin Dano is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Cherry Revision, as well as the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Mook band. He has a younger sister and his girlfriend is Zoe Kazan  .

    Character Evaluation

    Paul Franklin Dano pays great attention to his personal style in his performances. He always plays some weird and remote characters, but he can accurately present the complex psychology of the characters, which is admirable   . As an actor, he has given many wonderful performances, from the earliest film "Little Girl on the Sun" to "There Will Be Blood" and "Love & Mercy", and he has obviously learned from the directors he has worked with. Many, many, played very naturally in the directorial debut "Wildlife" this time   . The audiovisual style of "Wildlife", contrary to the title, is precisely static. The tempo of the film is not fast even in the climax part. It can be seen that the director Paul Franklin Dano's calmness and self-control, never abuse the horse Tencent Entertainment comprehensive review). 
    Extended Reading

    Gigantic quotes

    • Al Lolly: Alright... I'll send my girl by this afternoon... take a look, work out the financing. Fourteen grand is the price you quoted me not a penny more so don't try to Jew the price up on me. You're not... Jewish, are you?

      Brian: No, I'm not, but there's...

      Al Lolly: [interrupting] Good. Just a figure of speech. I'm half Jew myself. I work with Jews. They Jew me all day long so I can say it.

    • Happy: [lying on bed] Hey! Can you see up my skirt?

      Brian: [looking] Not really.

      Happy: Great!