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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.
In 1941 Chicago, square-jawed police detective Dick Tracy is assigned on a big case that may prove to be his biggest case yet as a faceless assassin known only as "The Blank" begins targeting important figures connected to the criminal underworld, led by his archenemy Big Boy Caprice... Dick Tracy has to PROTECT his rogues gallery and Caprice from the mysterious assassin whilst still looking for incriminating evidence tying Caprice to the mob. But when Tracy is framed by the Blank, he is forced to receive help from private eye Q.T. Hush, his "private nose" bloodhound Shamus, and their shadow Quincy. It's a race against time... but who will get to Big Boy first?
