
Stephen Dorff
Biography
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).
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Bride Hard as Kurt
2025Gunslingers as Thomas Keller
2024The Trainer as Will
2024Clear Cut as Ike
2024Blood for Dust as Gus
2023Divinity as Jaxxon
2023King of Killers as Robert Xane
2023Mob Land as Clayton Minor
2023Dead Man's Hand as Mayor Clarence Bishop
2023The Price We Pay as Cody
2022Paradise City as Robbie Cole
2021Traveling Light as Todd
2021Old Henry as Ketchum
2021Barely Legal as Narrator
2021kid 90 as Self
2020Embattled as Cash
2020Deputy as Bill Hollister
2019The Righteous Gemstones as Vance Simkin
2019I'll Find You as General Huber
2018Don't Go as Ben Slater
2018The Big Narstie Show as Self
2017Sex Guaranteed as Hank
2017Leatherface as Texas Ranger Hal Hartman
2017Jackals as Jimmy Levine
2017John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
2017Life Boat
2017Wheeler as Wheeler
2016Star as Brody Dean
2016Albion: The Enchanted Stallion as Connor
2016Down by Love as Voice
2015American Hero as Melvin
2015The Debt as Oliver Campbell
2015She's Funny That Way as Stephen Dorff
2014True Detective as Roland West
2013Heatstroke as Paul
2013The Motel Life as Jerry Lee
2013Meir's Festival as Self
2013A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III as Stephen
2013Officer Down as Det. David 'Cal' Callahan
2012Tomorrow You're Gone as Charlie Rankin
2012Zaytoun as Yoni
2012The Iceman as Joey Kuklinski
2012Rites of Passage as Professor Nash
2012Brake as Jeremy Reins
2011Carjacked as Roy
2011Immortals as Stavros
2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Dick Shadow
2011Making Somewhere as Self
2010Somewhere as Johnny Marco
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Public Enemies as Homer Van Meter
2008XIII as Ross Tanner
2008Felon as Wade Porter
2007Botched as Ritchie
2007The Passage as Luke
2007Nanking as Lewis Smythe
2006.45 as Reilly
2006World Trade Center as Scott Strauss
2006Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith
2006Covert One: The Hades Factor as Jon Smith
2006Tennis Anyone? as T.C. Jackson
2005Shadowboxer as Clayton Mayfield
2005Stacked
2005Alone in the Dark as Richard Burke
2004Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative as Self
2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild as Self
2003Cold Creek Manor as Dale Massie
2003Den of Lions as Mike Varga
2003Punk'd as Self
2002The Last Minute as Self
2002FearDotCom as Mike
2002Steal as Slim
2002V Graham Norton as Self
2002Deuces Wild as Leon
2002Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Deacon Frost (Blade) (archive footage)
2001Zoolander as Stephen Dorff
2000Cecil B. Demented as Cecil B. Demented
2000Quantum Project as Paul Pentcho
1999Earthly Possessions as Jake Simms, Jr.
1999Entropy as Jake Walsh
1999Three Days as Self
1998Blade as Deacon Frost
1997City of Industry as Skip Kovich
1996Space Truckers as Mike Pucci
1996Blood and Wine as Jason
1996I Shot Andy Warhol as Candy Darling
1995Santa's Christmas Snooze
1995Reckless as Tom Jr.
1995R.E.M.: Rough Cut as Himself
1995Innocent Lies as Jeremy Graves
1995One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood
1995S.F.W. as Cliff Spab
1994Backbeat as Stuart Sutcliffe
1993Judgment Night as John Wyatt
1993An Ambush of Ghosts as George Betts
1992Rescue Me as Fraser Sweeney
1992The Power of One as P.K. Age 18
1990Always Remember I Love You as Robert Mendham
1990What a Dummy as Tucker Brannigan
1990Blossom
1990The Outsiders as Bobby Dean
1990A Son's Promise as Charles O'Kelly
1989Do You Know the Muffin Man? as Sandy Dollison
1989I Know My First Name Is Steven as Pete
1988Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story as Kale Wedemeyer
1988Roseanne
1988Empty Nest as Billy at 14
1988Hiroshima Maiden as Johnny Bennett
1987The Gate as Glen
1987Married... with Children as Boz
1987In Love and War as Stan age 9
1982Family Ties as Martin
—The Deputy as Billy Banks
—No Place Like Rome as Connor
—Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
—Lear Rex as Poor Tom
—Viper
—What the F*ck Is My Password?!
—Slant as Sid
—People Not Places









