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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.
This series delves into the history and current dealings of Jason Todd aka Red Hood. He goes after criminals who have done things seriously wrong and some he kills and some he doesn’t. In the first season, he mostly goes after the likes of Riddler, Black Mask, Killer Croc, and other similar criminals. But the worst of them all he goes after, is of course the Joker. In the second season, Jason lightens up a little and starts to relent from killing his enemies and lets them get apprehended by the police. He has gotten over his past and killing every criminal he sees and gets more merciful in his interrogation tactics. But that doesn’t make him any less brutal. Jason starts tracking a string of murders that involve high ranking Gotham officials. These murders turn out to be orchestrated by the Court of Owls, a secretive organization started in the late 1700s to “purify” Gotham. The members of the Court include rich or powerful people or families of Gotham.
