Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor. Starting his film career as a child, appearing in the cult horror film The Gate (1987), Dorff first rose to prominence playing Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat (1994) and then gained further mainstream attention for portraying Deacon Frost in Blade (1998). Other notable lead roles include Bob Rafelson's Blood and Wine (1997), the titular character in John Waters' Cecil B. DeMented (2000), and Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010), as well as Britney Spears’ boyfriend in her 2004 music video for "Everytime". Supporting roles include Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), Detective Scott Strauss in World Trade Centre (2006), Homer Van Meter in Public Enemies (2009), Stavros in Immortals (2011), Joseph Kuklinski in The Iceman (2012), and Ketchum in Old Henry (2021). He is also known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime drama anthology seriesTrue Detective (2019).

Filmography

• 2026Permanent Damage — LL
• 2026The Deputy — Billy Banks
• 2026Vampires of the Velvet Lounge — Randall/Ramsey
• 2026Viper
• 2025Bride Hard — Kurt
• 2025Gunslingers — Thomas Keller
• 2024Blood for Dust — Gus
• 2024Clear Cut — Ike
• 2024The Trainer — Will
• 2023Dead Man's Hand — Mayor Clarence Bishop, Executive Producer
• 2023Divinity — Jaxxon
• 2023King of Killers — Robert Xane
• 2023Mob Land — Clayton Minor, Executive Producer
• 2023The Price We Pay — Cody
• 2022Paradise City — Robbie Cole
• 2021Barely Legal — Narrator
• 2021Old Henry — Ketchum
• 2021Traveling Light — Todd
• Deputy — Bill Hollister
• 2020Embattled — Cash, Executive Producer
• 2019I'll Find You — General Huber
• The Righteous Gemstones — Vance Simkin
• 2018Don't Go — Ben Slater
• 2017Jackals — Jimmy Levine
• 2017Leatherface — Texas Ranger Hal Hartman
• 2017Life Boat
• 2017Sex Guaranteed — Hank
• 2017Wheeler — Wheeler, Writer, Producer
• 2016Albion: The Enchanted Stallion — Connor
• 2016Down by Love — Voice
• Star — Brody Dean
• 2015American Hero — Melvin
• 2015The Debt — Oliver Campbell
• True Detective — Roland West
• 2013A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III — Stephen
• 2013Heatstroke — Paul
• 2013Officer Down — Det. David 'Cal' Callahan
• 2013The Motel Life — Jerry Lee
• 2012Brake — Jeremy Reins, Executive Producer
• 2012Rites of Passage — Professor Nash
• 2012The Iceman — Joey Kuklinski
• 2012Tomorrow You're Gone — Charlie Rankin
• 2012Zaytoun — Yoni, Executive Producer
• 2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star — Dick Shadow
• 2011Carjacked — Roy
• 2011Immortals — Stavros
• 2010Somewhere — Johnny Marco
• 2009Public Enemies — Homer Van Meter
• 2008Felon — Wade Porter, Executive Producer
• XIII — Ross Tanner
• 2007Botched — Ritchie
• 2007Nanking — Lewis Smythe
• 2007The Passage — Luke
• 2006.45 — Reilly
• 2006Covert One: The Hades Factor — Jon Smith
• Covert One: The Hades Factor — Jon Smith
• 2006Tennis Anyone? — T.C. Jackson
• 2006World Trade Center — Scott Strauss
• 2005Alone in the Dark — Richard Burke
• 2005Shadowboxer — Clayton Mayfield
• Stacked
• 2003Cold Creek Manor — Dale Massie
• 2003Den of Lions — Mike Varga
• 2002Deuces Wild — Leon
• 2002FearDotCom — Mike
• 2002Steal — Slim
• 2002Ultimate Fights from the Movies — Deacon Frost (Blade) (archive footage)
• 2001Zoolander — Stephen Dorff
• 2000Cecil B. Demented — Cecil B. Demented
• 2000Quantum Project — Paul Pentcho
• 1999Earthly Possessions — Jake Simms, Jr.
• 1999Entropy — Jake Walsh
• 1998Blade — Deacon Frost
• 1997City of Industry — Skip Kovich
• 1996Blood and Wine — Jason
• 1996I Shot Andy Warhol — Candy Darling
• 1996Space Truckers — Mike Pucci
• 1995Innocent Lies — Jeremy Graves
• 1995One Hundred and One Nights — Mute Actor in Hollywood
• 1995Reckless — Tom Jr.
• 1995S.F.W. — Cliff Spab
• 1995Santa's Christmas Snooze
• 1994Backbeat — Stuart Sutcliffe
• 1993An Ambush of Ghosts — George Betts
• 1993Judgment Night — John Wyatt
• 1993Rescue Me — Fraser Sweeney
• 1992The Power of One — P.K. Age 18
• 1990A Son's Promise — Charles O'Kelly
• 1990Always Remember I Love You — Robert Mendham
• Blossom
• The Outsiders — Bobby Dean
• The Word
• What a Dummy — Tucker Brannigan
• 1989Do You Know the Muffin Man? — Sandy Dollison
• I Know My First Name Is Steven — Pete
• Empty Nest — Billy at 14
• 1988Hiroshima Maiden — Johnny Bennett
• 1988Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story — Kale Wedemeyer
• Roseanne
• 1987In Love and War — Stan Age 9
• Married... with Children — Boz
• 1987The Gate — Glen
• Family Ties — Martin
• Lear Rex — Poor Tom
• No Place Like Rome — Connor
• People Not Places
• Red Stick Hoods
• Slant — Sid
• What the F*ck Is My Password?!

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2021kid 90 — Self
• The Big Narstie Show — Self
• 2017John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs — Self
• 2014Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra — Self
• 2013Meir's Festival — Self
• 2011Making Somewhere — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2004Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative — Self
• 2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild — Self
• Punk'd — Self
• 2002The Last Minute — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• 1999Three Days — Self
• 1995R.E.M.: Rough Cut — Himself