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
- Permanent Damage as LL
- Vampires of the Velvet Lounge as Randall/Ramsey
- Viper
2025
- Bride Hard as Kurt
- Gunslingers as Thomas Keller
2024
- Blood for Dust as Gus
- Clear Cut as Ike
- The Trainer as Will
2023
- King of Killers as Robert Xane
- Divinity as Jaxxon
- Mob Land as Clayton Minor
- 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
- Traveling Light as Todd
- Barely Legal as Narrator
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
- Sex Guaranteed as Hank
- Jackals as Jimmy Levine
- 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
- She's Funny That Way as Stephen Dorff
- 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
- Heatstroke as Paul
- Officer Down as Det. David 'Cal' Callahan
- The Motel Life as Jerry Lee
- A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III as Stephen
- Meir's Festival as Self
2012
- The Iceman as Joey Kuklinski
- Rites of Passage as Professor Nash
- Brake as Jeremy Reins
- Tomorrow You're Gone as Charlie Rankin
- 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
- .45 as Reilly
- Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith
- Tennis Anyone? as T.C. Jackson
- Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith
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
- The Last Minute as Self
- Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Deacon Frost (Blade) (archive footage)
- Steal as Slim
2001
- Zoolander as Stephen Dorff
2000
- Cecil B. Demented as Cecil B. Demented
- Quantum Project as Paul Pentcho
1999
- Entropy as Jake Walsh
- Earthly Possessions as Jake Simms, Jr.
- Three Days as Self
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
- Innocent Lies as Jeremy Graves
- R.E.M.: Rough Cut as Himself
- S.F.W. as Cliff Spab
- One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood
- Reckless as Tom Jr.
- Santa's Christmas Snooze
1994
- Backbeat as Stuart Sutcliffe
1993
- Judgment Night as John Wyatt
- An Ambush of Ghosts as George Betts
1992
- The Power of One as P.K. Age 18
- Rescue Me as Fraser Sweeney
1990
- Blossom
- 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
- Hiroshima Maiden as Johnny Bennett
- Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story as Kale Wedemeyer
1987
- Married... with Children as Boz
- The Gate as Glen
- In Love and War as Stan Age 9
1982
- Family Ties as Martin