Stephen Dorff

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Stephen Dorff
Dorff at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	July 29, 1973 (1973-07-29) (age 35) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Other name(s)	Brad Matlock
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Stephen Dorff (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor, best known for portraying Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat and for his roles in Blade and Cecil B. DeMented.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Music videos 4 Personal life 5 Awards 6 Filmography 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Early life

Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Nancy and Steve Dorff, who is a composer and music producer.^[1][2] He was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked.

[edit] Career

Dorff started acting in the late 1980s, appearing in only minor roles at first. He appeared in shows such as Diff'rent Strokes, Roseanne, Married With Children. He also 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 person who, along with a friend, discovers a hole in his back garden that is a gateway to another dimension.

He also played the title character of Peekay, in The Power of One, which was released in 1992.

Today, he is most famous for his part as the evil vampire Deacon Frost in the horror film Blade (1998). Dorff also played the role of transgendered Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), a film about Valerie Solanas, the woman infamous for shooting pop-art icon Andy Warhol. He had to shave his legs and wax his eyebrows to play the part.^{[citation needed]} In 1996 he starred in the movie Space Truckers (1996). It is said that he is most proud of the movie Backbeat (1994) for his role of Stuart Sutcliffe the fifth Beatle, "and not so proud of" Judgment Night (1993).^{[citation needed]} In the 2005 film Shadowboxer, he appears in a full-frontal nude scene. He was also one of the first actors to act in the first digitally downloadable movie, SightSound.com's Quantum Project, also starring John Cleese. He also played as the protagonist, XIII, of a live action TV series of the comic/video game of XIII.

He appeared in several 2009 films, including Public Enemies and Black Water Transit.^[3]

In 1999, he obtained the rights to Nickelodeon's My Brother and Me and has been trying to shop the idea around for a feature film based on his favorite show.

Dorff will star as adult actor Dick Shadow in the sex industry comedy "Born to Be a Star". Christina Ricci is signed to co-star. Adam Sandler, who co-wrote the screenplay, is also producing.^[4]

[edit] Music videos

Dorff has appeared in over 35 music videos^{[citation needed]}. He starred in Rollin' by Limp Bizkit, Cryin' by Aerosmith and Britney Spears' 2004 single Everytime.

[edit] Personal life

Dorff has been linked to Courtney Wagner, his first serious girlfriend, the daughter of Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood. He later briefly dated Clueless star, Alicia Silverstone. They both appeared in the music video "Cryin'" by Aerosmith. He has also dated Milla Jovovich, who starred opposite Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element; as well as model Rhea Durham for about 2 years (who currently has children with Mark Wahlberg), a woman named Eugenie (with him during the release of his movie Riders in France); model Georgina Grenville, model May Andersen (July 2003 to April/May 2004); and model Shannan Click (Aug. 2004 to Nov. 2004). Most recently, he has dated model and actress Pamela Anderson for five months (Dec 2004 to end/beginning of Apr/May 2005). He was also falsely linked with Girls Aloud band member Sarah Harding. Dorff is a good friend of Ben Stiller. He most recently dated singer/actress Rachel Stevens in 2006, but in January 2007 it was reported by Page Six that he is "on the hunt" for Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr.

[edit] Awards

• New York City Horror Film Festival 2007 Best Actor for Botched
• MTV Movie Award 1999 for Best Villain (Blade)
• NATO/ShoWest Male Star of Tomorrow Award 1992

[edit] Filmography

• The Gate (1987)
• Always Remember I Love You (1992)
• The Power of One (1992)
• An Ambush of Ghosts (1993)
• Judgment Night (1993)
• Rescue Me (1994)
• Backbeat (1994)
• S.F.W. (1994)
• Innocent Lies (1995)
• Reckless (1995)
• I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
• Blood and Wine (1996)
• Space Truckers (1996)
• City of Industry (1997)
• Blade (1998)
• Earthly Possessions (1999)
• Entropy (1999)
• Quantum Project (2000) internet movie
• Cecil B. Demented (2000)
• The Last Minute (2001)
• Deuces Wild (2002)
• Steal (2002)
• FeardotCom (2002)
• Den of Lions (2003)
• Cold Creek Manor (2003)
• Alone in the Dark (2005)
• Tennis, Anyone...? (2005)
• Shadowboxer (2005)
• Far Cry Instincts (2005) (VG) (voice)
• Far Cry Instincts: Evolution (2005) (VG) (voice)
• Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006) (mini) TV Series
• .45 (2006)
• World Trade Center (2006)
• The Passage (2007)
• Botched (2007)
• Felon (2008)
• XIII (2008) (TV)
• Public Enemies (2009)
• Black Water Transit (2009)
• Born to Be a Star (2010)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Stephen Dorff at the Internet Movie Database