Stephen Dorff
Born: 1973-07-29 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. 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
2025
- Bride Hard as Kurt
- Gunslingers as Thomas Keller
2024
- Clear Cut as Ike
- Blood for Dust as Gus
- The Trainer as Will
2023
- Mob Land as Clayton Minor
- Divinity as Jaxxon
- King of Killers as Robert Xane
- The Price We Pay as Cody
- Dead Man's Hand as Mayor Clarence Bishop
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
- Don't Go as Ben Slater
- The Big Narstie Show as Self
2017
- Leatherface as Texas Ranger Hal Hartman
- Jackals as Jimmy Levine
- Sex Guaranteed as Hank
- Wheeler as Wheeler
- John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
- Life Boat
2016
- Star as Brody Dean
- Albion: The Enchanted Stallion as Connor
- Down by Love as Voice
2015
- American Hero as Melvin
- She's Funny That Way as Stephen Dorff
- The Debt as Oliver Campbell
2014
- True Detective as Roland West
2013
- Officer Down as Det. David 'Cal' Callahan
- The Motel Life as Jerry Lee
- A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III as Stephen
- Heatstroke as Paul
- Meir's Festival as Self
2012
- Brake as Jeremy Reins
- The Iceman as Joey Kuklinski
- Zaytoun as Yoni
- Tomorrow You're Gone as Charlie Rankin
- Rites of Passage as Professor Nash
2011
- Immortals as Stavros
- Carjacked as Roy
- Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Dick Shadow
- 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
- Botched as Ritchie
- The Passage as Luke
- Nanking as Lewis Smythe
2006
- Tennis Anyone? as T.C. Jackson
- World Trade Center as Scott Strauss
- .45 as Reilly
- Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith
- Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith
2005
- Shadowboxer as Clayton Mayfield
- Stacked
- Alone in the Dark as Richard Burke
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
- Steal as Slim
- Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Deacon Frost (Blade) (archive footage)
- The Last Minute as Self
2001
- Zoolander as Stephen Dorff
2000
- Quantum Project as Paul Pentcho
- Cecil B. Demented as Cecil B. Demented
1999
- Entropy as Jake Walsh
- Three Days as Self
- Earthly Possessions as Jake Simms, Jr.
1998
- Blade as Deacon Frost
1997
- City of Industry as Skip Kovich
1996
- Space Truckers as Mike Pucci
- Blood and Wine as Jason
- I Shot Andy Warhol as Candy Darling
1995
- Reckless as Tom Jr.
- Innocent Lies as Jeremy Graves
- S.F.W. as Cliff Spab
- One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood
- R.E.M.: Rough Cut as Himself
- Santa's Christmas Snooze
1994
- Backbeat as Stuart Sutcliffe
1993
- Judgment Night as John Wyatt
- An Ambush of Ghosts as George Betts
1992
- Rescue Me as Fraser Sweeney
- The Power of One as P.K. Age 18
1990
- Blossom
- The Outsiders as Bobby Dean
- Always Remember I Love You as Robert Mendham
- A Son's Promise as Charles O'Kelly
- What a Dummy as Tucker Brannigan
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