Stephen Dorff
Stephen Dorff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Stephen Dorff Jr. |
| Other names | Brad Matlock |
| Height | 5 ft 7 (170cm) |
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.
Acting
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. to a Jewish father (composer Steve Dorff) and a Christian mother, Dorff was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked as a film composer. Stephen started acting in television, doing guest roles. He appeared in shows such as Diff'rent Strokes, Roseanne, Married With Children, Blossom and some television movies like In Love and War, I Know My First Name Is Steven, A Son's Promise, Do You Know The Muffin Man? and What A Dummy.
Today, he is most famous for his part as the evil vampire Deacon Frost in the horror film Blade (1998). Fans of horror movies may remember him from The Gate (1987) (his first major film.) 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. In 1996 he starred in the movie Space Truckers (1996). It is said that he is most proud of the movie Backbeat (1994) "and not so proud of" Judgment Night (1993).[citation needed] 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.
Dorff appeared in over 35 music videos. He starred in Rollin' by Limp Bizkit and Britney Spears' 2004 single Everytime. In Shadowboxer, he appears in a full-frontal nude scene.
Relationships
Dorff has been linked to Courtney Wagner, his first serious girlfriend, the daughter of Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood. He was known to be in love with her at the age of 18. 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). When she began dating Jackass star Steve-O in 2004 it apparently angered Dorff enough for him to leave threatening messages on Steve-O's answering machine as shown in a widely seen Youtube video.[1]; 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 with Ben Stiller. His most recent dating partner was 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.
Awards
- MTV Movie Award 1999 for Best Villain (Blade)
- NATO/ShoWest Male Star of Tomorrow Award 1992
Selected filmography
- The Gate (1987)
- 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)
- Ari Zatlin's Escapades of Fun in Troubletown (1996)
- Blood and Wine (1996)
- Space Truckers (1996)
- City of Industry (1997)
- Blade (1998)
- Earthly Possesions (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)
- 13 (2006) (filming)
- Botched (2007)