Stephen Dorff

Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Nancy and Steve Dorff, who is a composer and music producer.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/40/Stephen-Dorff.html|title=Stephen Dorff Biography (1973-)|publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=June 13, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF5154227D55ED7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| title=Successful Steve Dorff Also Has a Son With Many Talents|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 5, 1987|access-date=September 8, 2014}} His father is Jewish, and his mother was Catholic,{{cite journal| title=Stephen Dorff: "I never went away"|url=http://www.salon.com/2013/09/13/stephen_dorff_i_never_went_away/singleton|journal=Salon|date=September 13, 2013|first=Aysegul|last=Sert|access-date=September 8, 2014}} and Dorff has stated that he was "brought up half-Jewish."{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/e-nina-rothe/stephen-dorff_b_2113580.html|work=The Huffington Post|first=E. Nina| last=Rothe|title=Stephen Dorff: 'Today Is a Gift'|date=November 14, 2012|access-date=September 8, 2014}}{{cite episode|series=Politically Incorrect|series-link=Politically Incorrect|airdate=August 2000|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTNWdkqzNIE&p=E2915934760B715&playnext=1&index=38| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/OTNWdkqzNIE| archive-date=2021-11-13 | url-status=live|title=Unknown}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/02/18/stephen_dorff_learns_hebrew_for_new_fi|title=Stephen Dorff Learns Hebrew For New Film|publisher=Starpulse.com|date=February 18, 2012|access-date=June 13, 2012|archive-date=April 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425015913/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/02/18/stephen_dorff_learns_hebrew_for_new_fi|url-status=dead}} Dorff's brother Andrew (1976–2016) was a country music songwriter.{{cite web|author=Edward Morris |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1774863/songwriter-andrew-dorff-dead-at-40/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221153239/http://www.cmt.com/news/1774863/songwriter-andrew-dorff-dead-at-40/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |title=Songwriter Andrew Dorff Dead at 40 |publisher=CMT |date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=June 12, 2017}} He was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked, and began acting as a child, appearing in commercials for Kraft and Mattel. Dorff attended several private schools.{{cite news|last=Green|first=Tom|title=Stephen Dorff, a star in the making| page=1D| work=USA Today| date=February 19, 1992| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56189970.html?dids=56189970:56189970&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19%2C+1992&author=Tom+Green&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Stephen+Dorff%2C+a+star+in+the+making&pqatl=google| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104165503/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56189970.html?dids=56189970:56189970&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19,+1992&author=Tom+Green&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Stephen+Dorff,+a+star+in+the+making&pqatl=google| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 4, 2012|access-date=September 8, 2014}}

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Dorff started acting in the late 1980s, landing a few minor roles before being cast as the star of The Gate (1987), a horror film about a boy who, along with a friend, discovers a hole in his back yard that is a gateway to hell. The film was a moderate box office success. He made guest appearances in television programs such as Diff'rent Strokes, Family Ties, Blossom, Roseanne, and Married... with Children. He appeared in the television movies In Love and War, I Know My First Name is Steven and What a Dummy. In 1990, he landed a leading role opposite Patty Duke in the TV movie Always Remember I Love You. In 1992, he starred in The Power of One opposite Sir John Gielgud, Morgan Freeman, and Daniel Craig. In 1993, director Marty Callner hired him to star alongside teen idol Alicia Silverstone in the music video Cryin' by American rock band Aerosmith.{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5118894/| title=Aerosmith: Cryin' (1993)|work=IMDb| access-date=October 4, 2016}} He had a leading role as the love interest of Reese Witherspoon's character in S.F.W. (1994). In 1994, Dorff starred in the Iain Softley film Backbeat as the "fifth Beatle" Stuart Sutcliffe during the early days of the Beatles' existence as a group. Dorff's performance was critically acclaimed, with Paul McCartney remarking that while he was disappointed with some aspects of the film, "I was quite taken, however, with Stephen Dorff's astonishing performance as Stu."

In 1996, he starred in the movie Space Truckers and as Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol, a film about Valerie Solanas, the woman infamous for attempting to assassinate pop art icon Andy Warhol. In 1997 he appeared as the protagonist of Blood and Wine alongside an all-star cast. He was one of the first actors to act in the first digitally downloadable movie, SightSound.com's Quantum Project, also starring John Cleese. He played the protagonist, XIII, of a live action TV series of the comic/video game of XIII. He is known for his part as the evil vampire Deacon Frost in the Marvel Comics superhero horror film, Blade (1998). In 1999 he starred opposite Susan Sarandon in Earthly Possessions. He played Dale Massie in the 2003 thriller Cold Creek Manor, alongside Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone. In 2004, Dorff starred in the music video for "Everytime" by Britney Spears, playing Spears' boyfriend. He appeared in the 2009 films Public Enemies and Black Water Transit.{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001151/| title=Stephen Dorff |publisher=Internet Movie Database| access-date=August 9, 2014}}

In 2010, he starred in the drama Somewhere opposite Elle Fanning, directed by Sofia Coppola. He described what landing the role meant to him after the loss of his mother as "It almost felt like a savior, this movie, because I felt like it helped me ... I was real empty inside so this was an incredible thing that made me smile."{{cite web| url=http://thechicspy.com/?p=7037 |title=Interview: Sofia Coppola and Stephen Dorff For 'Somewhere'| publisher=The Chic Spy| date=December 2010| access-date=September 8, 2014}}

Dorff appeared as porn star Dick Shadow in the sex industry comedy Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, a film produced by Adam Sandler, who also co-wrote the screenplay.{{cite journal| title=Dorff Goes for Laughs As Porn Star for Next Film| url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/Stephen+Dorff-66263.html| last=Shine| first=Matt| date=April 26, 2009| journal=Female First| access-date=September 8, 2014| archive-date=September 8, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908201927/http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/Stephen+Dorff-66263.html| url-status=dead}} Dorff has appeared in television and print advertisements for blu eCigs, an electronic cigarette company.{{cite web| title=Stephen Dorff Behind the Scenes with blu eCigs| url=http://www.blucigs.com/stephen-dorffs-rise-ashes-behind-scenes-blu-ecigs/|publisher=Blu-Cigs| access-date=September 8, 2014}} Dorff also starred in The Motel Life opposite Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning and Kris Kristofferson and in the crime drama film Officer Down.{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/94921/stephen-dorff-gets-range-on-leatherface/|title=Stephen Dorff Gets Range on Leatherface|work=Dread Central|date=2015-03-27}} In 2013, he was a guest of honor on 6th Off Plus Camera{{cite web| title=Roland Joffe and Volker Schlondorff Lead Panels at Off Plus Camera 2013| url=http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/poland/105368-roland-joffe-and-volker-schlondorff-lead-panels-at-off-plus-camera-2013/menu-id-158| first=Barbara| last=Łukaszewicz| date=April 10, 2013| work=Film New Europe| access-date=September 8, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129050805/http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/poland/105368-roland-joffe-and-volker-schlondorff-lead-panels-at-off-plus-camera-2013/menu-id-158| archive-date=November 29, 2014| df=mdy-all}} In 2017, he played obsessed Texas Ranger Hal Hartman in the Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel Leatherface.{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3337890/stephen-dorff-joins-leatherface-texas-ranger-exclusive/|title=Stephen Dorff Joins 'Leatherface' Cast!|work=Bloody Disgusting!|date=March 27, 2015 }} Dorff starred as Detective Roland West in Season 3 of HBO's series True Detective.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbo.com/true-detective/season-3/interview-with-stephen-dorff|title=True Detective - Stephen Dorff Explores Uncharted Territory in True Detective|website=HBO|language=en|access-date=2019-01-29}}

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