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  • Dano embarrassed by nude De Niro - 22 February 2012
    -Actor Paul Dano didn't know where to look while shooting new movie Being Flynn with Robert De Niro - because the Hollywood icon had stripped completely nude for a bath scene.-The Taxi Driver star plays a con man who encounters his drug addict son Nick Flynn, portr


  • Dano signs on for Franco film - 26 January 2011
    -There Will Be Blood star Paul Dano has joined Michael Shannon among the stars of James Franco's directorial debut As I Lay Dying.- -Joaquin Phoenix and Richard Jenkins are also in talks to join the cast, according to CinemaBlend.com.- - Franco will take a leading


  • Dano went to cross-dressing school - 6 August 2010
    -Actor Paul Dano prepared himself for his raunchy cross-dressing role in The Extra Man by taking private lessons at a New York school for drag queens.- -The There Will Be Blood star admits he was nervous about putting on a red slip and getting spanked by model-turn

Paul Dano - what members say


  • There Will Be Blood
  • There Will Be Blood review by Vilmos from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars A definate "must see". 18 February 2008
    ...oles too. Michael, the son, as a young boy is really excellent and very moving. Paul Dano, who play Eli Sunday, the Minister in the small town where Plainview makes his ...   Read customer review
  • There Will Be Blood - Blu-ray
  • There Will Be Blood - Blu-ray review by Hedgehog1 from Colchester
    Rated - 5.0 stars Hypnotic Acting in Stunning Blu-ray 19 August 2008
    ...both fanatics, as capable of corruption as they are incapable of genuine love. Paul Dano makes a fine job of Eli, showing up well against the force of nature that is Da...   Read customer review
  • Gigantic
  • Gigantic review by A customer from Up a gum tree
    Rated - 1.0 stars Comedy??? I think not 26 July 2009
    ...Seriously weird. Shame Paul Dano can't act. ...   Read customer review

Paul Dano - filmography


  • Cowboys And Aliens - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Olivia Wilde,  Daniel Craig,  Harrison Ford
    Director: Jon Favreau
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, COWBOYS AND ALIENS starts in 1800s Arizona, where the local cowboys, headed by gunslinger Zeke Jackson (Daniel Craig), and the indigenous Apache tribe have been feuding fiercely for quite a while. Their skirmish is interrupted, however, by the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 8,411 members
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  • Knight and Day - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Cameron Diaz,  Maggie Grace
    Director: James Mangold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An action-comedy centered on a fugitive couple (Cruise and Diaz) on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 322 members
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  • Knight and Day on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Cameron Diaz,  Maggie Grace
    Director: James Mangold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An action-comedy centred on a fugitive couple (Cruise and Diaz) on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 42,015 members
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  • Taking Woodstock (2009)
    Starring: Demetri Martin,  Imelda Staunton,  Henry Goodman
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a failing interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has moved back home to help his parents run their dilapidated motel. The bank is about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still deciding how to "..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 126 members
    Not available for rental
  • Where the Wild Things Are on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Catherine O'Hara,  Forest Whitaker,  Paul Dano
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    The story follows Max, a young boy who wears his wolf suit, behaves badly and is sent to bed without any supper. Once there, he escapes to a forest where he is joined by the monstrous-yet-cuddly wild things for their wild rumpus. Adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 23,578 members
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  • Where the Wild Things Are - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Catherine O'Hara,  Forest Whitaker,  Paul Dano
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    The story follows Max, a young boy who wears his wolf suit, behaves badly and is sent to bed without any supper. Once there, he escapes to a forest where he is joined by the monstrous-yet-cuddly wild things for their wild rumpus. Adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 7,431 members
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  • Taking Woodstock - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Dan Fogler,  Adam LeFevre,  Kevin Chamberlain
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a failing interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has moved back home to help his parents run their dilapidated motel. The bank is about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still deciding how to "..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 25 members
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  • Gigantic on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Paul Dano,  Zooey Deschanel,  John Goodman
    Director: Matt Aselton,  Sebastian Schipper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gigantic is a funny, oddly romantic love story about the unanticipated anxiety that comes when two crazy people unexpectedly collide. Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano) is a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents (Ed Asner, Jane Alexander), ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,536 members
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  • Explicit Ills
    Starring: Paul Dano,  Rosario Dawson,  Naomie Harris
    Director: Mark Webber
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Explicit Ills" follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia. Babo, an asthma ridden seven-year-old lives with his mother in the badlands of North Philly. His neighbor Demetri transforms himself into a well-read "smart" boy in order to get the girl. ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 2 members
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Paul Dano facts

5 most recent films

Looper - 3.0 stars
Cowboys and Aliens - 3.0 stars
Cowboys And Aliens - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Knight and Day - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Knight and Day - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Little Miss Sunshine - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Little Miss Sunshine - 3.5 stars
There Will Be Blood - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
There Will Be Blood - 3.5 stars
Taking Woodstock - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Explicit Ills - 2.0 stars
Taking Woodstock - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Extra Man - 3.0 stars
Looper - 3.0 stars
The Good Heart - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Forest Whitaker - 3 times - show films
Catherine O'Hara - 3 times - show films
James Gandolfini - 3 times - show films
Clark Middleton - 3 times - show films
Max Records - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Paul Thomas Anderson - 3 times - show films
Spike Jonze - 3 times - show films
Ang Lee - 2 times - show films
James Mangold - 2 times - show films
Valerie Faris - 2 times - show films