Editing Stephen Dorff (section)

{{Short description|American actor}}
{{About|the actor|the songwriter|Steve Dorff}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Stephen Dorff
| image = Stephen Dorff (8084618366).jpg
| caption = Dorff in 2012
| birth_name = Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|7|29}}<ref name=fr/>
| birth_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S.
| other_names = Brad Matlock
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1985–present
| father = [[Steve Dorff]] 
}}

'''Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr.'''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dorff|first1=Steve|last2=Freedman|first2=Colette|date=2017|title=I Wrote That One, Too...: A Life in Songwriting from Willie to Whitney|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E1BDDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Stephen+Hartley+Dorff%2C+Jr.%22&pg=PT62|location=Montclair, NJ|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=9781495077296}}</ref> (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor. Starting his film career as a child appearing in the [[Cult following|cult]] [[horror (genre)|horror]] film ''[[The Gate (1987 film)|The Gate]]'' (1987), Dorff first rose to prominence playing [[Stuart Sutcliffe]] in ''[[Backbeat (film)|Backbeat]]'' (1994) and then gained further mainstream attention for portraying [[Deacon Frost]] in ''[[Blade (1998 film)|Blade]]'' (1998). Other notable lead roles include the titular character in [[John Waters]]' ''[[Cecil B. Demented|Cecil B. DeMented]]'' (2000) and  Johnny Marco in [[Sofia Coppola]]'s ''[[Somewhere (film)|Somewhere]]'' (2010).  

Supporting roles include [[Candy Darling]] in ''[[I Shot Andy Warhol]]'' (1996), Detective Scott Strauss ''[[World Trade Center (film)|World Trade Center]]'' (2006), [[Homer Van  Meter]] in ''[[Public Enemies (2009 film)|Public Enemies]]'' (2009), Stavros in ''[[Immortals (2011 film)|Immortals]]'' (2011), Joseph Kuklinski in ''[[The Iceman (film)|The Iceman]]'' (2012) and Ketchum in ''[[Old Henry (film)|Old Henry]]'' (2021). He is also  known for portraying Roland West in the [[True Detective (season 3)|third season]] of [[HBO]]'s [[Crime film|crime drama]] [[anthology series]] ''[[True Detective]]'' (2019).