Stephen Dorff
Born: 1973-07-29 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2026
- The Deputy as Billy Banks
- Vampires of the Velvet Lounge as Randall/Ramsey
- Permanent Damage as LL
- Viper
2025
- Bride Hard as Kurt
- Gunslingers as Thomas Keller
2024
- Blood for Dust as Gus
- The Trainer as Will
- Clear Cut as Ike
2023
- Mob Land as Clayton Minor
- King of Killers as Robert Xane
- Dead Man's Hand as Mayor Clarence Bishop
- The Price We Pay as Cody
- Divinity as Jaxxon
2022
- Paradise City as Robbie Cole
2021
- Old Henry as Ketchum
- kid 90 as Self
- Barely Legal as Narrator
- Traveling Light as Todd
2019
- The Righteous Gemstones as Vance Simkin
- I'll Find You as General Huber
2018
- The Big Narstie Show as Self
- Don't Go as Ben Slater
2017
- Leatherface as Texas Ranger Hal Hartman
- John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
- Jackals as Jimmy Levine
- Wheeler as Wheeler
- Sex Guaranteed as Hank
- Life Boat
2016
- Star as Brody Dean
- Albion: The Enchanted Stallion as Connor
- Down by Love as Voice
2015
- American Hero as Melvin
- The Debt as Oliver Campbell
2014
- True Detective as Roland West
- Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra as Self
2013
- A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III as Stephen
- Officer Down as Det. David 'Cal' Callahan
- The Motel Life as Jerry Lee
- Heatstroke as Paul
- Meir's Festival as Self
2012
- The Iceman as Joey Kuklinski
- Rites of Passage as Professor Nash
- Tomorrow You're Gone as Charlie Rankin
- Brake as Jeremy Reins
- Zaytoun as Yoni
2011
- Immortals as Stavros
- Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Dick Shadow
- Carjacked as Roy
- Making Somewhere as Self
2010
- Somewhere as Johnny Marco
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Public Enemies as Homer Van Meter
2007
- Nanking as Lewis Smythe
- Botched as Ritchie
- The Passage as Luke
2006
- World Trade Center as Scott Strauss
- Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith
- .45 as Reilly
- Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith
- Tennis Anyone? as T.C. Jackson
2005
- Stacked
- Alone in the Dark as Richard Burke
- Shadowboxer as Clayton Mayfield
2004
2003
- Punk'd as Self
- Cold Creek Manor as Dale Massie
- Den of Lions as Mike Varga
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
- Deuces Wild as Leon
- FearDotCom as Mike
- Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Deacon Frost (Blade) (archive footage)
- The Last Minute as Self
- Steal as Slim
2001
- Zoolander as Stephen Dorff
2000
- Cecil B. Demented as Cecil B. Demented
- Quantum Project as Paul Pentcho
1999
- Earthly Possessions as Jake Simms, Jr.
- Entropy as Jake Walsh
- Three Days as Self
1998
- Blade as Deacon Frost
1997
- City of Industry as Skip Kovich
1996
- Blood and Wine as Jason
- Space Truckers as Mike Pucci
- I Shot Andy Warhol as Candy Darling
1995
- One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood
- Innocent Lies as Jeremy Graves
- R.E.M.: Rough Cut as Himself
- S.F.W. as Cliff Spab
- Reckless as Tom Jr.
- Santa's Christmas Snooze
1994
- Backbeat as Stuart Sutcliffe
1993
- Judgment Night as John Wyatt
- Rescue Me as Fraser Sweeney
- An Ambush of Ghosts as George Betts
1992
- The Power of One as P.K. Age 18
1990
- Blossom
- The Word
- The Outsiders as Bobby Dean
- What a Dummy as Tucker Brannigan
- A Son's Promise as Charles O'Kelly
- Always Remember I Love You as Robert Mendham
1989
- I Know My First Name Is Steven as Pete
- Do You Know the Muffin Man? as Sandy Dollison
1988
- Empty Nest as Billy at 14
- Roseanne
- Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story as Kale Wedemeyer
- Hiroshima Maiden as Johnny Bennett
1987
- Married... with Children as Boz
- The Gate as Glen
- In Love and War as Stan Age 9
1982
- Family Ties as Martin