Stephen Dorff

Born: July 29, 1973 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Other name(s): Brad Matlock
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1987–present

Detailed Biography

Stephen Dorff 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. 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 , 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 . Dorff also played Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol , a film about Valerie Solanas, the woman infamous for shooting pop-art icon Andy Warhol. In 1996 he starred in the movie Space Truckers . 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. He is also set to reprise his role as Deacon Frost in an upcoming trilogy of Blade prequels. 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.