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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.

Live Action and Animation universal universe made from dreams and whims of the Caster. This cinematic universe is made up with different shows and movies being told as multiple stories until they become one. The Caster is a boy made of stars that brings dreams inspired by others to life, until nightmares start seeping in. The Casters dreams start going dark and crumbling, were heros collide out of there world to stop the Null, a being made of the Caster's nightmare of being unseen and alone, and saving the Caster. Saving the boy from himself the Caster reshapes it all having more multiversal dreams in store for the cinematic universe, ending the Caster Chapter.

