Paul Dano

American actor

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March 2025 Set to appear as a guest star in The Studio.
2024 Received his second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his appearance in Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
March 2024 Appeared in Netflix's Spaceman, an adaptation of Jaroslav Kalfaƙ's novel, alongside Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan.
2023 Served as a member of the Feature Film Jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
2022 Played The Riddler in The Batman and a caring father in The Fabelmans, receiving a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for the latter.
October 2022 Welcomed his second child, a son, with partner Zoe Kazan.
September 2022 Announced as a cast member in Craig Gillespie's film Dumb Money, an adaptation of The Antisocial Network, alongside Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, and Pete Davidson.
March 2022 Dano was announced to make his comic book writing debut with The Riddler: Year One, a six-issue limited series for DC's Black Label imprint set in The Batman continuity.
April 2021 Paul Dano was cast as Burt Fabelman in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, portraying a character based on Spielberg's father.
October 2019 Cast as The Riddler in Matt Reeves's upcoming superhero film The Batman.
March 17 2019 Concluded his run in the Broadway production of True West.
2018 Made his directorial debut with the drama film Wildlife, which he also co-wrote with Zoe Kazan.
2018 Starred in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor.
December 27 2018 Began starring in the Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's True West with Ethan Hawke at the Roundabout Theater Company's American Airlines Theater.
August 2018 Welcomed his first child, a daughter, with partner Zoe Kazan.
July 2016 Announced his directorial debut with Wildlife, based on Richard Ford's 1990 novel, starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal.
January 22 2016 Premiered Swiss Army Man at the Sundance Film Festival, playing Hank Thompson, a suicidal man stranded on an island.
2014 Earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy.
2013 Portrayed John Tibeats in the critically acclaimed 12 Years a Slave, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
2012 Starred in three feature films: Ruby Sparks (as a writer), Looper (alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis), and Being Flynn (as writer Nick Flynn alongside Robert De Niro).
2011 Took a supporting role in the science fiction film Cowboys and Aliens.
2010 Performed on Broadway in A Free Man of Color.
2010 Appeared in Knight and Day as a genius inventor, and starred in the historical drama Meek's Cutoff.

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