
Biography
Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) 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).
Awards & recognition
- MTV Movie Award — Best Villain · 1999
Filmography50+ titles

True Detective

Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story

Star

Married... with Children

The Power of One

Hiroshima Maiden

The Righteous Gemstones

Old Henry

Family Ties

Felon

Nanking

Kid 90

Santa's Christmas Snooze

Deputy

Do You Know the Muffin Man?

Vampires of the Velvet Lounge

Dead Man's Hand

Wheeler

Blade

Roseanne

Embattled

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Public Enemies

The Iceman

Judgment Night

Cecil B. Demented

A Son's Promise

King of Killers

Zaytoun

Gunslingers

Zoolander

Blossom

The Debt

Somewhere

World Trade Center

One Hundred and One Nights

Backbeat

The Gate

Immortals

S.F.W.

Blood for Dust

She's Funny That Way

Entropy

Clear Cut

The Price We Pay

Brake

Albion: The Enchanted Stallion

Blood and Wine

Bride Hard

Leatherface