Paul Dano was born on 19th June 1984, in New York City, USA, and is an actor, producer, singer, and musician, best known for his roles in such movies as “Little Miss Sunshine” (2006), “There Will Be Blood” (2007), “Looper” (2012), and “Prisoners” (2013). Dano has won an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe too. His career started in 1998.
Have you ever wondered how rich Paul Dano is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Dano’s net worth is as high as $10 million, an amount earned largely through his successful acting career. In addition to being a popular and inspiring young actor, Dano also works as a producer, which has improved his wealth too.
Paul Dano Net Worth $10 Million
Paul Dano was born to Gladys and Paul A. Dano and spent his early years in New York with his sister Sarah, where he initially went to the Browning School in NYC, but then Dano’s family moved to Connecticut and settled in Wilton, where he continued his education at Wilton High School, matriculating in 2002, and then studied at the Eugene Lang College in New York City.
Following his experience in theatre, Dano took the opportunity to start his on-screen career with an appearance in an episode of the sitcom called “Smart Guy” in 1998. Paul’s movie debut came in 2000 in “The Newcomers”, before his starring role in “L.I.E.” (2001) secured him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance. In the early 2000s, Dano played in “The Emperor’s Club” (2002) alongside Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch and Joel Gretsch, and appeared in two episodes of the cult TV series “The Sopranos” (2002-2004). He continued with supporting roles in the comedy “The Girl Next Door” (2004), and in D. J. Caruso’s thriller “Taking Lives” (2004) alongside Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, and Kiefer Sutherland. His net worth was established.
One of the most notable parts of his young career was in the Oscar-winning family comedy “Little Miss Sunshine” (2006), in which Dano played the rebellious teenager Dwayne; he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture with Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, and Greg Kinnear. The movie hit the box office with over $100 million grossed, and helped Dano to increase his net worth significantly. Paul teamed up with Kinnear again in Richard Linklater’s “Fast Food Nation” (2006), but then received excellent critiques for his dual role as Paul and Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning drama “There Will Be Blood” (2007) starring Daniel Day-Lewis, which secured Dano a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. By the end of the decade, he starred in such movies as “Gigantic” (2008) with Zooey Deschanel and John Goodman, and “The Good Heart” (2009) alongside Brian Cox.
Dano began the current decade with roles in “Knight and Day” (2010) starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, and Peter Sarsgaard, and then played in Jon Favreau’s sci-fi “Cowboys & Aliens” (2011) with Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. Paul was very busy in 2012 when he starred in “Being Flynn” alongside Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore, and together with Zoe Kazan in “Ruby Sparks”. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt, Dano appeared in Rian Johnson’s “Looper” (2012) – the movie grossed over $175 million and additionally improved Dano’s wealth. In 2013, he played Alex Jones in the Oscar-nominated mystery “Prisoners” with Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Viola Davis, and then appeared in the Oscar-winning drama “12 Years a Slave” (2013). Dano co-starred alongside John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks, and Paul Giamatti in “Love & Mercy” (2014), while in 2015, he played in Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth” with Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, and Rachel Weisz. Most recently, Dano filmed “Swiss Army Man” (2016) with Daniel Radcliffe, and starred in the TV mini-series “War & Peace” also in 2016.
In addition to being an actor, Dano has also produced several movies, and is currently directing “Wildlife”, which will come out in 2017 as his directorial debut. Paul is also a vocalist and lead guitarist of the band called Mook.
Regarding his personal life, Paul Dano has been with actress and screenwriter Zoe Kazan since 2007.
