Stephen Dorff

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).

Known For

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Blade

1998

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Zoolander

2001

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Public Enemies

2009

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True Detective

2014

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Immortals

2011

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World Trade Center

2006

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Leatherface

2017

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Married... with Children

1987

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The Iceman

2012

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Felon

2008

Acting

2026 Vampires of the Velvet Lounge as Randall/Ramsey
2026 Viper
2025 Bride Hard as Kurt
2025 Gunslingers as Thomas Keller
2024 Blood for Dust as Gus In Library
2024 The Trainer as Will
2024 Clear Cut as Ike
2023 Dead Man's Hand as Mayor Clarence Bishop
2023 Mob Land as Clayton Minor
2023 The Price We Pay as Cody
2023 King of Killers as Robert Xane
2023 Divinity as Jaxxon
2022 Paradise City as Robbie Cole
2021 Traveling Light as Todd
2021 Barely Legal as Narrator
2021 kid 90 as Self
2021 Old Henry as Ketchum
2020 Embattled as Cash
2020 Deputy as Bill Hollister (13 episodes)
2019 I'll Find You as General Huber
2019 The Righteous Gemstones as Vance Simkin (7 episodes)
2018 Don't Go as Ben Slater
2018 The Big Narstie Show as Self (1 episode)
2017 Leatherface as Texas Ranger Hal Hartman
2017 Wheeler as Wheeler
2017 Jackals as Jimmy Levine
2017 Sex Guaranteed as Hank
2017 Life Boat
2017 John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
2016 Down by Love as Voice
2016 Albion: The Enchanted Stallion as Connor
2016 Star as Brody Dean (9 episodes)
2015 The Debt as Oliver Campbell
2015 American Hero as Melvin
2015 She's Funny That Way as Stephen Dorff
2014 Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra as Self
2014 True Detective as Roland West (8 episodes)
2013 The Motel Life as Jerry Lee
2013 Meir's Festival as Self
2013 Officer Down as Det. David 'Cal' Callahan
2013 Heatstroke as Paul
2013 A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III as Stephen
2012 The Iceman as Joey Kuklinski
2012 Rites of Passage as Professor Nash
2012 Brake as Jeremy Reins
2012 Zaytoun as Yoni
2012 Tomorrow You're Gone as Charlie Rankin
2011 Immortals as Stavros
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Dick Shadow
2011 Carjacked as Roy
2011 Making Somewhere as Self
2010 Somewhere as Johnny Marco
2009 Public Enemies as Homer Van Meter
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2008 Felon as Wade Porter
2008 XIII as Ross Tanner (2 episodes)
2007 The Passage as Luke
2007 Botched as Ritchie
2007 Nanking as Lewis Smythe
2006 World Trade Center as Scott Strauss
2006 Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith
2006 .45 as Reilly
2006 Tennis Anyone? as T.C. Jackson
2006 Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith (2 episodes)
2005 Alone in the Dark as Richard Burke
2005 Shadowboxer as Clayton Mayfield
2005 Stacked
2004 Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative as Self
2004 Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild as Self
2003 Cold Creek Manor as Dale Massie
2003 Den of Lions as Mike Varga
2003 Punk'd as Self (1 episode)
2002 Steal as Slim
2002 FearDotCom as Mike
2002 Deuces Wild as Leon
2002 Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Deacon Frost (Blade) (archive footage)
2002 The Last Minute as Self
2002 V Graham Norton as Self (1 episode)
2001 Zoolander as Stephen Dorff
2000 Quantum Project as Paul Pentcho
2000 Cecil B. Demented as Cecil B. Demented
1999 Entropy as Jake Walsh
1999 Earthly Possessions as Jake Simms, Jr.
1999 Three Days as Self
1998 Blade as Deacon Frost
1997 City of Industry as Skip Kovich
1996 Space Truckers as Mike Pucci
1996 Blood and Wine as Jason
1996 I Shot Andy Warhol as Candy Darling
1995 S.F.W. as Cliff Spab
1995 Innocent Lies as Jeremy Graves
1995 Santa's Christmas Snooze
1995 Reckless as Tom Jr.
1995 R.E.M.: Rough Cut as Himself
1995 One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood
1994 Backbeat as Stuart Sutcliffe
1993 Judgment Night as John Wyatt
1993 An Ambush of Ghosts as George Betts
1992 The Power of One as P.K. Age 18
1992 Rescue Me as Fraser Sweeney
1990 A Son's Promise as Charles O'Kelly
1990 Always Remember I Love You as Robert Mendham
1990 Blossom
1990 What a Dummy as Tucker Brannigan (24 episodes)
1990 The Outsiders as Bobby Dean (1 episode)
1989 Do You Know the Muffin Man? as Sandy Dollison
1989 I Know My First Name Is Steven as Pete (2 episodes)
1988 Hiroshima Maiden as Johnny Bennett
1988 Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story as Kale Wedemeyer
1988 Roseanne
1988 Empty Nest as Billy at 14 (1 episode)
1987 The Gate as Glen
1987 In Love and War as Stan age 9
1987 Married... with Children as Boz (1 episode)
1982 Family Ties as Martin (1 episode)
The Deputy as Billy Banks
People Not Places
Lear Rex as Poor Tom
No Place Like Rome as Connor
Slant as Sid
What the F*ck Is My Password?!

Writing

2017 Wheeler Writer

Production

2023 Mob Land Executive Producer
2023 Dead Man's Hand Executive Producer
2020 Embattled Executive Producer
2017 Wheeler Producer
2012 Brake Executive Producer
2012 Zaytoun Executive Producer
2008 Felon Executive Producer