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 Somewhe...
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Complete Filmography

Bride Hard
2025
as Kurt
Sam is a secret agent whose toughest mission to date is pleasing her bride-to-be best friend at a lavish destination wedding. When a team of mercenari...

Gunslingers
2025
as Thomas Keller
When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king’s r...

The Trainer
2024
as Will
Jack Flex, a penniless, muscle-bound "creative genius" who maniacally pursues his dream of appearing on his mother's favorite home shopping channel to...

Clear Cut
2024
as Ike
Every moment is filled with danger for a man cutting timber in the Pacific Northwest, but Jack becomes the target of a brutal assault from more than t...

Blood for Dust
2024
as Gus
Reckless Ricky makes serious money dealing illegal weapons throughout the tri-state area and loves to flaunt it. Traveling salesman Cliff, covers the ...

Divinity
2023
as Jaxxon
Two brothers crash into the decaying Earth to stop a capitalist from manufacturing an immortality serum, which is synthesized utilizing heinous method...

King of Killers
2023
as Robert Xane
Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they'r...

Mob Land
2023
as Clayton Minor
A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man violently robs a pill mill with his brother-in-law, alerting an enforcer for the New Orl...

Mob Land
2023
Executive Producer
A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man violently robs a pill mill with his brother-in-law, alerting an enforcer for the New Orl...

Dead Man's Hand
2023
as Mayor Clarence Bishop
A newly married gunfighter seeks a quiet life with his bride. When he kills a bandit in self-defense, he finds them both pulled back into his old ways...

Dead Man's Hand
2023
Executive Producer
A newly married gunfighter seeks a quiet life with his bride. When he kills a bandit in self-defense, he finds them both pulled back into his old ways...

The Price We Pay
2023
as Cody
After a pawn shop robbery goes askew, two criminals take refuge at a remote farmhouse to try to let the heat die down, but find something much more me...

Paradise City
2022
as Robbie Cole
Renegade bounty hunter Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father.

Traveling Light
2021
as Todd
On May 30th, 2020, Uber and delivery driver Caddy searches for his missing son who has been living on the Los Angeles streets during the early days of...

Old Henry
2021
as Ketchum
A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the ...

Barely Legal
2021
as Narrator
Stephen Dorff and director Casey Tebo take us on a journey into the vast and confusing world of legal cannabis and hemp in the United States where thi...

kid 90
2021
as Self
As a teenager in the '90s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera everywhere she went. She documented hundreds of hours of footage and then locked it...

Embattled
2020
as Cash
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

Embattled
2020
Executive Producer
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

I'll Find You
2019
as General Huber
Inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 1930s and 40s. Two young lovers, Robert, a Catholic opera singer, and Rachel, a Jewish violin virtuos...

Don't Go
2018
as Ben Slater
Devastated by his daughter's death in a terrible accident, Ben becomes convinced that he can bring her back through a recurring dream. But is it just ...

Sex Guaranteed
2017
as Hank
Kevin has sworn off sex to win back his former fiancée when he meets a beautiful escort named Zade. Over the course of a legendary party, Zade just mi...

Leatherface
2017
as Texas Ranger Hal Hartman
A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equall...

Jackals
2017
as Jimmy Levine
Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege ...

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.

Life Boat
2017
Six teenagers are led into an intriguing game of survival by their guidance counselor.

Wheeler
2017
as Wheeler
The story of an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. By embodyi...

Wheeler
2017
Writer, Producer
The story of an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. By embodyi...

Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
2016
as Connor
A twelve-year-old girl is transported by a magical black stallion to the mystical world of Albion, where she discovers that she alone is the key to sa...
Down by Love
2016
as Voice
Martin is an unscrupulous chap who has never cared about anyone but himself until he meets Irina, a Russian girl.

American Hero
2015
as Melvin
Melvin, a reluctant hero who is far from super, has been suppressing his telekinetic powers for years with booze, drugs, and women. In the process, he...

The Debt
2015
as Oliver Campbell
Set against the backdrop of an international finance deal in New York and Peru, Oliver's Deal is an intense political drama which explores how far peo...

She's Funny That Way
2015
as Stephen Dorff
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the productio...

Heatstroke
2013
as Paul
On a family trip in the African desert, a research scientist unintentionally travels off course and is brutally murdered by an arms dealer. His girlfr...

The Motel Life
2013
as Jerry Lee
A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
Meir's Festival
2013
as Self
Meir's Festival is a 2013 no budget short documentary about the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles, USA and about the magic of the movie theater. The...

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
2013
as Stephen
Charles Swan III, a successful graphic designer, has it all: fame, money and devilish charm that have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. But ...

Officer Down
2013
as Det. David 'Cal' Callahan
When a cop's crooked past comes back to get him, can he do the right thing, or will he succumb to the threats of his dangerous connections?

Tomorrow You're Gone
2012
as Charlie Rankin
Charlie Rankin, recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail-house mentor William "The Buddha" Pettigrew. Along the way, he meets the e...

Zaytoun
2012
as Yoni
Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee and an Israeli fighter pilot form a tentative bond in their attempt to make their way across war-torn Lebano...

The Iceman
2012
as Joey Kuklinski
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

Rites of Passage
2012
as Professor Nash
Anthropology students and their professor experience terror when they visit a sacred burial ground.

Brake
2012
as Jeremy Reins
A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract neede...

Brake
2012
Executive Producer
A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract neede...

Carjacked
2011
as Roy
A single mom and her child are carjacked by a bank robber who has no intention of letting them go.

Immortals
2011
as Stavros
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that...

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011
as Dick Shadow
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.
Making Somewhere
2011
as Self
Like the movie, this behind the scenes takes a more artistic turn. It lingers on and around filmmakers as the discuss the movie.

Somewhere
2010
as Johnny Marco
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a vis...

Public Enemies
2009
as Homer Van Meter
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side o...
Black Water Transit
2009
as Nicky
In this action thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans, business owner Jack Vermillion (Laurence Fishburne) is struggling to run a legitimate shippin...

Felon
2008
as Wade Porter
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Felon
2008
Executive Producer
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Botched
2007
as Ritchie
Ritchie Donovan is a professional thief whose luck has just run out. The only survivor from a heist that goes terribly wrong, Ritchie is forced to tak...

The Passage
2007
as Luke
An American man who falls in love with a Moroccan woman realizes their romance could cost them both their lives.

Nanking
2007
as Lewis Smythe
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens o...

.45
2006
as Reilly
Kate and her brutish boyfriend Big Al sell handguns on the streets of New York. She's smart, stylish, and self-confident, but all that leaves her when...

World Trade Center
2006
as Scott Strauss
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Covert One: The Hades Factor
2006
as Jon Smith
Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino, Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Anjelica Huston and Stephen Dorff star in this nail-biting tale of action and...

Tennis Anyone?
2006
as T.C. Jackson
Two mid level Hollywood losers attempt to find redemption, revenge and meaning in their lives through celebrity tennis tournaments.

Shadowboxer
2005
as Clayton Mayfield
Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a...

Alone in the Dark
2005
as Richard Burke
Edward Carnby is a private investigator specializing in unexplainable supernatural phenomena. His cases delve into the dark corners of the world, sear...

Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative
2004
as Self
One of the biggest pop stars in the world, Britney Spears released this collection of 20 music videos to coincide with the unveiling of her greatest-h...

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self
The life and times of famous Jack Nicholson include his 30-years relationship with Anjelica Houston and find out his sister is his real mother.

Cold Creek Manor
2003
as Dale Massie
A family moves from New York into an old mansion in the countryside, still filled with the previous owner's things. As they begin to make it their own...

Den of Lions
2003
as Mike Varga
A Hungarian gypsy working for a Russian mobster becomes a double agent for the FBI.

The Last Minute
2002
as Self
The clock is ticking towards The Last Minute, but no one knows it. No one except Billy Byrne - young, cool and talented, he's the Next Big Thing. At l...

FearDotCom
2002
as Mike
When four bodies are discovered among the industrial decay and urban grime of New York City, brash young detective Mike Reilly teams with ambitious De...

Steal
2002
as Slim
An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a...

Deuces Wild
2002
as Leon
In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn between the Deuces and the vicious Vipers...

Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Deacon Frost (Blade) (archive footage)
In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from H...

Zoolander
2001
as Stephen Dorff
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's...

Cecil B. Demented
2000
as Cecil B. Demented
A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground...

Quantum Project
2000
as Paul Pentcho
Quantum Project is the story of physicist and prodigy Paul Pentcho (Stephen Dorff), whose exploration of the quantum universe leads him on a collision...

Entropy
1999
as Jake Walsh
Entropy is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls...

Earthly Possessions
1999
as Jake Simms, Jr.
A bored homemaker planning to run away from her minister husband is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in...

Three Days
1999
as Self
Three Days is a feature film exploring the on-and-off-tour lives of Jane's Addiction. Set predominately on their 1997 'Relapse Tour', this docu-drama ...

Blade
1998
as Deacon Frost
The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

City of Industry
1997
as Skip Kovich
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

Space Truckers
1996
as Mike Pucci
John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions b...

Blood and Wine
1996
as Jason
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife inte...

I Shot Andy Warhol
1996
as Candy Darling
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a f...

Santa's Christmas Snooze
1995
A grouchy bear doses Santa Claus with a sleeping potion in order to ruin Christmas in this animated feature.

Reckless
1995
as Tom Jr.
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.

R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995
as Himself
A behind-the-scenes documentary of R.E.M. as they prepare to embark on their 1995 Monster World Tour.

Innocent Lies
1995
as Jeremy Graves
In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate the death of a colleague. Prime suspects are the me...

One Hundred and One Nights
1995
as Mute Actor in Hollywood
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all ...

S.F.W.
1994
as Cliff Spab
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to the...

Backbeat
1994
as Stuart Sutcliffe
Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, an...

Judgment Night
1993
as John Wyatt
Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.

An Ambush of Ghosts
1993
as George Betts
A teenage boy coming to grips with his mother's insanity forms an unlikely friendship with a classmate on the run for murder.

Rescue Me
1992
as Fraser Sweeney
Fraser's unrequited love for the beautiful and rich Ginny gets a chance to prove itself, when she is suddenly kidnapped. He teams up with rebel Mac, w...

The Power of One
1992
as P.K. Age 18
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel...

Always Remember I Love You
1990
as Robert Mendham
Just after he turns sixteen, Robert finds out that he is adopted. His parents find to their horror that he was kidnaped from his real parents. They de...

A Son's Promise
1990
as Charles O'Kelly
An iron-willed Georgia boy accepts the burden of a man on his young shoulders. Fifteen-year-old Terry O'Kelly is fatherless and his remaining parent, ...

Do You Know the Muffin Man?
1989
as Sandy Dollison
Roger Dollison, a police officer, and his wife, Kendra, are living the American dream. They have two children, Teddy and Sandy, a lovely home, and a d...
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
1988
as Kale Wedemeyer
Film that tells the story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer. At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the ...
Hiroshima Maiden
1988
as Johnny Bennett
"You have to think about whether they're really your friends," Johnny's dad says when Johnny talks to him about the grief his pals have been giving hi...

The Gate
1987
as Glen
Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle bet...

In Love and War
1987
as Stan age 9
This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam. During his confinement in such camps as the infa...
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
N/A
A coven of vampires is hunting on dating apps where they meet vampire hunters and schedule dates. The nights that unfold are action-packed modern horr...
The Deputy
N/A
as Billy Banks
Part-time Deputy Toby Sawyer is jolted awake by Chief Krueger and assigned to guard a dead body until the coroner arrives. When the corpse mysteriousl...
People Not Places
N/A
An elderly widow living in Atlantic City meets an erratic homeless man who sleeps in cars. Their shared loneliness causes them to bond, as they find t...

Lear Rex
N/A
as Poor Tom
An aging king splits up his kingdom for his three daughters to govern, but is misled about their affections and driven into exile.
No Place Like Rome
N/A
as Connor
An emotionally fraught American photographer travels to the Eternal City from New York during the Christmas holidays for a combination of work and vac...
Slant
N/A
as Sid
The sole Asian teen in a redneck town learns his father was a Triad legend and seeks his legacy in the criminal underworld of the big city — only to f...
Viper
N/A
Following a nuclear holocaust, an elite team of soldiers is sent into a condemned zone to destroy a bio-weapons lab.