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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.
A new drug empire, Nigma Industries, pops up in Gotham city with Edward Nigma as CEO. At almost the same time, groups of people getting "fear gassed", and a string of robberies with puzzle boxes at them have popped up. Catwoman comes back to town but as a partner for Bruce rather than for crime. As Batman works the case, he finds that the chemical compound in the fear gas can only be found at one Nigma Industries laboratory run by Jonathan Crane. When Batman visits the lab Crane gasses Batman and beats him while asking what makes the Batman tick then leaves Batman to his fears. Batman goes to the CEO and interrogates him about the links to Crane and how he let Crane in charge. Something clicks in his head that Nigma is the puzzle box guy or, “The Riddler”. Batman goes to the cave and realizes all clues lead to Nigma's various warehouses. Alfred comes into the cave and shows that in each warehouse, a fear gas bomb was set off. Batman immediately goes back to Nigma Industries and finds Nigma isn’t there but Crane is. Crane gasses Batman but Batman overpowers his fear, gives Crane a large dose, and leaves him for the police. Batman gets a call from Alfred about the bank that holds Nigma's net worth is being robbed. Batman races down to the bank and brawls his way through all of Riddler's entourage, he finds Riddler and beats the everloving out of him for what he did. Before he kills Riddler, Gordon comes in and convinces him not to and Batman walks away.
