Editing Stephen Dorff (section)

==Early life==
Dorff was born in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], the son of Nancy and [[Steve Dorff]], who is a composer and music producer.<ref name=fr>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/40/Stephen-Dorff.html|title=Stephen Dorff Biography (1973-)|publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=June 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF5154227D55ED7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| title=Successful Steve Dorff Also Has a Son With Many Talents|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 5, 1987|access-date=September 8, 2014}}</ref> His father is [[Jews|Jewish]], and his mother was [[Catholic Church|Catholic]],<ref name=salon>{{cite journal| title=Stephen Dorff: "I never went away"|url=http://www.salon.com/2013/09/13/stephen_dorff_i_never_went_away/singleton|journal=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|date=September 13, 2013|first=Aysegul|last=Sert|access-date=September 8, 2014}}</ref> and Dorff has stated that he was "brought up [[half-Jewish]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/e-nina-rothe/stephen-dorff_b_2113580.html|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|first=E. Nina| last=Rothe|title=Stephen Dorff: 'Today Is a Gift'|date=November 14, 2012|access-date=September 8, 2014}}</ref><ref name="tcella">{{cite episode|series=Politically Incorrect|series-link=Politically Incorrect|airdate=August 2000|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTNWdkqzNIE&p=E2915934760B715&playnext=1&index=38| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/OTNWdkqzNIE| archive-date=2021-11-13 | url-status=live|title=Unknown}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/02/18/stephen_dorff_learns_hebrew_for_new_fi|title=Stephen Dorff Learns Hebrew For New Film|publisher=Starpulse.com|date=February 18, 2012|access-date=June 13, 2012|archive-date=April 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425015913/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/02/18/stephen_dorff_learns_hebrew_for_new_fi|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dorff's brother Andrew (1976–2016) was a country music songwriter.<ref>{{cite web|author=Edward Morris |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1774863/songwriter-andrew-dorff-dead-at-40/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221153239/http://www.cmt.com/news/1774863/songwriter-andrew-dorff-dead-at-40/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |title=Songwriter Andrew Dorff Dead at 40 |publisher=CMT |date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=June 12, 2017}}</ref> He was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked, and began acting as a child, appearing in commercials for [[Kraft Foods|Kraft]] and [[Mattel]]. Dorff attended several private schools.<ref name=aau>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Tom|title=Stephen Dorff, a star in the making| page=1D| work=[[USA Today]]| date=February 19, 1992| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56189970.html?dids=56189970:56189970&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19%2C+1992&author=Tom+Green&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Stephen+Dorff%2C+a+star+in+the+making&pqatl=google| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104165503/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56189970.html?dids=56189970:56189970&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19,+1992&author=Tom+Green&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Stephen+Dorff,+a+star+in+the+making&pqatl=google| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 4, 2012|access-date=September 8, 2014}}</ref>