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Stephen Dorff
Dorff at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	July 29, 1973 (1973-07-29) (age 36) 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.

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.

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.

Today, he is most famous for his part as the evil vampire Deacon Frost in the horror film Blade (1998). Dorff also played Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), a film about Valerie Solanas, the woman infamous for shooting pop-art icon Andy Warhol. In 1996 he starred in the movie Space Truckers (1996). 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] He is also set to reprise his role as Deacon Frost in an upcoming trilogy of Blade prequels. ^[4] He played Dale Massey in the 2003 thriller Cold Creek Manor, alongside Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone.

Dorff will star as porn star 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.^[5]

Music videos

Dorff has appeared in over 35 music videos. He starred in Rollin' by Limp Bizkit, Cryin' by Aerosmith and Britney Spears' 2004 single Everytime.

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

Filmography

• In Love and War (1987) (TV)
• The Gate (1987)
• Hiroshima Maiden (1988) (TV)
• The Absent-Minded Professor (1988) (TV)
• I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) (TV)
• Do You Know the Muffin Man? (1989) (TV)
• A Son's Promise (1990) (TV)
• Always Remember I Love You (1992)
• The Power of One (1992)
• An Ambush of Ghosts (1993)
• Judgment Night (1993)
• Rescue Me (1993)
• 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)
• Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006) (mini) TV Series
• .45 (2006)
• World Trade Center (2006)
• Nanking (2007)
• The Passage (2007)
• Botched (2007)
• Felon (2008)
• XIII (2008) (TV)
• Public Enemies (2009)
• Black Water Transit (2009)
• Born to Be a Star (2010)
• Somewhere (2010)
• Deacon Frost (2011)

References

External links

• Stephen Dorff at the Internet Movie Database