Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor,
known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime
drama anthology series True Detective, PK in The Power of One, Stuart
Sutcliffe in Backbeat, Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, Glen
in The Gate, and for his roles in Cecil B. DeMented, The Motel Life,
S.F.W., Space Truckers, and Blade as vampire-overlord Deacon
Frost.Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Nancy and Steve
Dorff, who is a composer and music producer. His father is Jewish, and
his mother was Catholic, and Dorff has stated that he was "kinda
brought up half-Jewish." Dorff's brother Andrew (1976â€"2016) was a
country music songwriter. 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, and was
expelled from five of them.Dorff started acting in the late 1980s,
landing only minor roles at first. He made guest appearances in
television programs such as Diff'rent Strokes, Blossom, Roseanne,
Married... with Children. He appeared in the television movies In Love
and War, I Know My First Name is Steven and What a Dummy. Dorff's
first major film role was in 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. 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. 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."
known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime
drama anthology series True Detective, PK in The Power of One, Stuart
Sutcliffe in Backbeat, Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, Glen
in The Gate, and for his roles in Cecil B. DeMented, The Motel Life,
S.F.W., Space Truckers, and Blade as vampire-overlord Deacon
Frost.Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Nancy and Steve
Dorff, who is a composer and music producer. His father is Jewish, and
his mother was Catholic, and Dorff has stated that he was "kinda
brought up half-Jewish." Dorff's brother Andrew (1976â€"2016) was a
country music songwriter. 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, and was
expelled from five of them.Dorff started acting in the late 1980s,
landing only minor roles at first. He made guest appearances in
television programs such as Diff'rent Strokes, Blossom, Roseanne,
Married... with Children. He appeared in the television movies In Love
and War, I Know My First Name is Steven and What a Dummy. Dorff's
first major film role was in 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. 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. 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."
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