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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.
Ninth movie of the Batmanverse: 2 years have passed since Batman defeated the Court of Owls and now Gotham City seems safer, until news breaks out that the Batman is now killing innocent people. Bruce takes up the mantle again and looks for the imposter, but at the same time he has to fight the GCPD that is now against him. In the end Batman finds out that the imposter is a man that has the resemblance of a bat. After a brutal confrontation, Batman takes a sample of his blood and finds out that the man is Dr. Kirk Langstrom, a doctor to whom it has been injected the blood of a bat . Bruce then finds out that behind all of this there is one man, Jonathan Crane, who was a researcher at Wayne Ent. that was fired by Bruce because of his experiments with the fear toxin. Jonathan now calls himself Scarecrow and not only does he know Batman's real identity, but he is also determined to see him fail to save Gotham. As visions of his past haunt him, Batman has to overcome the greatest challenge that he has ever had. But God only knows what's in store for the Dark Knight next.
