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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 An Alternate World, America Won the Vietnam War, Superheroes Exist in The Real World, The Cold War is Still Happening, and Richard Nixon is Still the President of The United States. On One Night in 1985, A Man is Thrown Out of His Penthouse Window, This Man's Name was Edward Blake, Formerly the Superhero Called the Comedian. The Murder is Investigated by Rorschach, a Vigilante Who Didn't Retire, Rorschach Believes There Was a Conspiracy about Blake's Death, Rorschach Then Tells Another Retired Vigilante Dan Dreiberg, Formerly the Second Nite Owl, About the Murder, After Warning Dreiberg, Rorschach Warns Doctor Manhattan, A God Like Being with Actual Powers, solving this Conspiracy Could Possibly Lead to Nuclear War, Or Even the End of The Human Race.
