My Take
Stephen Dorff is one of those actors who should have been a much bigger deal than Hollywood ever allowed him to be. He showed up as a kid in The Gate and spent his early twenties quietly building something real — his Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat was genuinely affecting, all doomed charisma and raw vulnerability — but it was Deacon Frost in Blade that turned heads and earned him that 1998 MTV Best Villain win. He played that vampire lord with a kind of coiled, electric menace that almost stole the whole movie from Wesley Snipes. His career since has been a mix of great indie work and inexplicable detours, but when he's engaged, there's a natural coolness to him that most people can't manufacture. An underrated talent from Atlanta who deserved a longer run at the top.
Overview
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 Peter Philip Kennith Keith (nicknamed "PK") in The Power of One (1992) and later as Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat (1994) and then gained further mainstream attention for portraying Deacon Frost in Blade (1998).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stephen Dorff
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーヴン・ドーフ
- Reading
- すてぃーゔん・どーふ
- Born
- July 29, 1973 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Ox
- Origin
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Montclair College Preparatory School
Awards & achievements
- 1999 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.