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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 a crumbling future ruled by corporate greed, a young man named Sigurd takes a job with the Company—an untraceable organization that sends workers to abandoned moons to scavenge scrap. The pay is decent. The risk is “manageable.” But as crewmates start disappearing and the shadows grow teeth, Sigurd begins to uncover a truth buried beneath bureaucracy and blood: they’re not alone out there. Something ancient, hungry, and waiting is tied to the very scrap they’re sent to collect. Haunted by his own thoughts and hunted by something far worse, Sigurd documents the descent—because if no one makes it home, someone still has to know. Based on the viral horror game Lethal Company, this grounded, psychological sci-fi thriller follows one man’s fight to hold onto his mind when the system is built to erase him.
