Paul Dano

Paul Dano

Director & Actor (b. 1984)
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The ThumbScore for Paul Dano (71.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 28 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Paul's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

28
Movies
71.3%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Paul Dano’s films lower than 53% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): There Will Be Blood (Pluto TV) · Love & Mercy (YouTube, Plex, Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Prime Video (free)) · The Girl Next Door (Plex) · Looper (Plex) · Swiss Army Man (YouTube, Fandango at Home, Plex, Xumo Play, Tubi, Kanopy) · The Fabelmans (Fandango at Home) and 3 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Jake Gyllenhaal (4)Peter Sarsgaard (3)Viola Davis (2)Paul Giamatti (2)Jeffrey Wright (2)

Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor. He began his career on Broadway before making his film debut in The Newcomers (2000). He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in L.I.E. (2001) and received accolades for his role as Dwayne Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). For his dual roles as Paul and Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (2007), he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Dano has also received accolades for roles such as John Tibeats in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Alex Jones in Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013).

His acting portrayal of musician Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy (2014) earned him a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Supporting Actor. Dano made his directorial debut with the drama film Wildlife (2018), based on the novel by Richard Ford. He co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Zoe Kazan. In 2018, he starred in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2022, he played Edward Nashton / The Riddler in The Batman.

Born 1984-06-19 in New York City, New York, USA.

On ThumbScore, Paul Dano appears in 28 films with an average audience score of 71.3%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Paul Dano movie, ranked by audience score

There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood
2007
👍 91%
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013
👍 90%
Love & Mercy
Love & Mercy
2015
👍 90%
Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine
2006
👍 87%
Okja
Okja
2017
👍 84%
The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door
2004
👍 82%
The Batman
The Batman
2022
👍 81%
Looper
Looper
2012
👍 77%
Prisoners
Prisoners
2013
👍 76%
The Emperor's Club
The Emperor's Club
2002
👍 74%
Cowboys & Aliens
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
👍 73%
Swiss Army Man
Swiss Army Man
2016
👍 72%
The Fabelmans
The Fabelmans
2022
👍 71%
Taking Lives
Taking Lives
2004
👍 70%
Knight and Day
Knight and Day
2010
👍 69%
Ruby Sparks
Ruby Sparks
2012
👍 69%
L.I.E.
L.I.E.
2001
👍 69%
Meek's Cutoff
Meek's Cutoff
2011
👍 68%
Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation
2006
👍 66%
Being Flynn
Being Flynn
2012
👍 65%
The Wizard of the Kremlin
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
👍 64%
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005
👍 64%
Youth
Youth
2015
👍 63%
Spaceman
Spaceman
2024
👍 61%
The Guilty
The Guilty
2021
👍 60%
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
👍 60%
Dumb Money
Dumb Money
2023
👍 55%
Wildlife
Wildlife
2018
👍 44%