15 Facts About Stephen Dorff

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Stephen Dorff is known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime drama anthology series True Detective.

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Stephen Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Nancy and Steve Stephen Dorff, who is a composer and music producer.

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Stephen Dorff was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked, and began acting as a child, appearing in commercials for Kraft and Mattel.

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Stephen Dorff started acting in the late 1980s, landing a few minor roles before being cast as the star of The Gate, a horror film about a boy who, along with a friend, discovers a hole in his back yard that is a gateway to Hell.

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Stephen Dorff made guest appearances in television programs such as Diff'rent Strokes, Family Ties, Blossom, Roseanne, and Married.

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Stephen Dorff appeared in the television movies In Love and War, I Know My First Name is Steven and What a Dummy.

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In 1994, Stephen Dorff starred in the Iain Softley film Backbeat as the "fifth Beatle" Stuart Sutcliffe during the early days of the Beatles' existence as a group.

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Stephen Dorff was one of the first actors to act in the first digitally downloadable movie, SightSound.

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Stephen Dorff is known for his part as the evil vampire Deacon Frost in the Marvel Comics superhero horror film, Blade.

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Stephen Dorff played Dale Massie in the 2003 thriller Cold Creek Manor, alongside Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone.

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In 2004, Stephen Dorff starred in the music video for "Everytime" by Britney Spears, playing Spears' boyfriend.

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Stephen Dorff appeared in the 2009 films Public Enemies and Black Water Transit.

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Stephen Dorff has appeared in television and print advertisements for blu eCigs, an electronic cigarette company.

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Stephen Dorff starred in The Motel Life opposite Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning and Kris Kristofferson and in the crime drama film Officer Down.

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Stephen Dorff starred as Detective Roland West in Season 3 of HBO's series True Detective.