Profile of Stephen Dorff on Famous Like Me

Stephen Dorff (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor.

Acting

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA 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 televison, guest roles. He appeared in shows such as Different Strokes, Rosanna, 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 evil Deacon Frost in the vampire movie Blade (1998). (Even though, he has worked as an actor for over 12 years.) Blade was the third most successful movie in 1998. For research on the movie Blade, Stephen went to goth, vampires clubs. He stated that he didn't like it. Fans of horror movies may remember him from The Gate (1987) (his first major film.) Dorff also played the role of drag queen 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 Trucker, which was considered to be the worst movie ever. It is said that he is most proud of the movie Backbeat (1994) "and not so proud of" Judgment Night (1993).

Dorff appeared in over 35 music videos.He starred in Rollin' by Limp Bizkit and just recently starred in the video to Britney Spears' 2004 single Everytime.

Romance

In his younger days, Dorff has been linked to have dated Drew Barrymore, in third grade, to his first serious girlfriend, Courtney Wagner. The daughter of Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood. They were known to be madly in love at 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 Fifth Element; as well as model Rhea Durham for about 2 years (who has a child with Mark Wahlberg), a woman named Eugenie (with him during the release of his movie Riders in France); model May Anderson (July 2003 to April/May 2004); model Shannan Click (Aug. 2004 to Nov. 2004). Most recently, he also dated Pamela Anderson for five months (Dec 2004 to end/beginning of Apr/May 2005).

Famous Friends

• pals w/ Bono of U2 (they starred together in the movie Entropy)
• pals w/ Michael Stipe of R.E.M.
• He admires Jack Nicholson.
• Stephen once had a party w/ 80% girls and 20% guys.
• Is good friends with actor Donal Logue
• Also good friends with actors Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson

Awards

• MTV Movie Award 1999 for Best Villain (Blade)
• NATO/ShoWest Male Star of Tomorrow Award 1992

A Few Personal Notes About Him

• Stephen is right handed
• Plays piano and guitar
• Collects vintage guitars, cameras, pianos and T-shirts
• He loves Moby, Nirvana and Massive Attack
• Has a Spider man obsession
• He makes up his own theme music for each character he plays

Disclaimer: This information was gathered from a variety of sources, and could contain false material. Please be warned that this is not accurate information and was not provided from Stephen Dorff, himself.

Selected Filmography

• Alone in the Dark (2005)
• Cold Creek Manor (2003)
• Deuces Wild (2002)
• Cecil B. Demented (2000)
• Quantum Project (2000)
• Blade (1998)
• I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
• Backbeat (1994)
• Judgment Night (1993)
• Power of One (1992)
• The Gate (1987)

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