History Creator / PaulDano

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pantheon}}'' as Caspian Keyes

* ''WesternAnimation/Pantheon'' as Caspian Keyes

** Raised in a verbally and emotionally abusive household [[spoiler:as an attempt to be raised identically as the man he's cloned from to recreate that genius, right down to being constantly monitored and having a girl hired to be his love interest]], having his existing paranoia validated and life destroyed by learning all of the above, and then immediately thrown into a war between uploaded human minds now capable of hijacking nearly anything with online capabilities as [[spoiler:the only person who can fix a problem that forces them to burn themselves out]] when he would ''really'' much rather not to.

* ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'' (2022) as [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler Edward Nashton / The Riddler]]

** Gets a lifelong dream of his crushed in ''Film/LittleMissSunshine''.

** Slapped around, dragged into mud and [[spoiler:beaten to death with a bowling pin]] in ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''.

** Ironically, this is mostly {{averted|Trope}} in [[spoiler:''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'', where he's [[NonActionBigBad taken into custody without a fight]] and protected behind glass during his confrontation with Batman. The most he gets is his head slammed into a counter by a cop during his arrest. Ironic because he's playing the Riddler, who's usually the kind of SmugSnake who gets at least one cathartic punch from Batman over the course of the story.]]

Paul Franklin Dano[[noted]]pronounced "Day-no", contrary to the common mispronunciation "Dan-oh"[[/note]] (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor, director, and producer.

Paul Franklin Dano (pronounced "Day-no," contrary to common mispronunciation "Dan-oh"), born June 19, 1984 in New York City, is an American actor, director and producer.

He has appeared in films such as ''L.I.E.'', ''Film/{{The Girl Next Door|2004}}'', ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', ''Film/{{Gigantic}}'', ''Film/MeeksCutoff'', ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'', ''Film/{{Looper}}'', ''Film/BeingFlynn'', ''Film/RubySparks'', ''Film/{{Prisoners}}'', ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave'', and ''Film/TheBatman2022''.

** Hit in the crotch with a fencing sabre in ''Film/TheGirlNextDoor''.

** Ironically, this is completely {{averted|Trope}} in [[spoiler:''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'', where he's [[NonActionBigBad taken into custody without a fight]] and protected behind glass during his confrontation with Batman. The most he gets is slammed into a counter by a cop during his arrest. Ironic because he's playing the Riddler, who's usually the kind of SmugSnake who gets at least one cathartic punch from Batman over the course of the story.]]

** Ironically, this is completely {{averted|Trope}} in [[spoiler:''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'', where he's [[NonActionBigBad taken into custody without a fight]] and protected behind glass during his confrontation with Batman. The most he gets is slammed into a counter by a cop. Ironic because he's playing the Riddler, who's usually the kind of SmugSnake who gets at least one cathartic punch from Batman over the course of the story.]]

** Ironically, this is completely {{averted|Trope}} in [[spoiler:''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'', where he's [[NonActionBigBad taken into custody without a fight]] and protected behind glass during his confrontation with Batman. Ironic because he's playing the Riddler, who's usually the kind of SmugSnake who gets at least one cathartic punch from Batman over the course of the story.]]

* StarMakingRole: ''Film/LittleMissSunshine''.

* TheChewToy: He's not killed off enough to be a ChronicallyKilledActor, but his characters tend to take ''a lot'' of punishment, to the point where a podcast called "[[https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/ispauldanook Is Paul Dano OK?]]" was created to cover his career and lampoon all the abuse he's taken. Needless to say, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfeXkeHp4F4 fans love making jokes about his track record of being beaten up.]]
For example, he's been:

Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19, 1984 in New York City) is an American actor, director and producer.

** Ironically, this is completely {{averted|Trope}} in [[spoiler:''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'', where he's [[NonActionBigBad taken into custody without a fight]] and protected behind glass during his confrontation with Batman.]]

* {{Mook}}: The name of his band.

* TheChewToy: He's not killed off enough to be a ChronicallyKilledActor, but his characters tend to take ''a lot'' of punishment, to the point where a podcast called "[[https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/ispauldanook Is Paul Dano OK?]]" was created to cover his career and lampoon all the abuse he's taken. For example, he's been:

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfeXkeHp4F4 Needless to say, fans love making jokes about his track record of being beaten up.]]

** Gets the absolute ''snot'' beaten out of him by an enraged Batman in ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}''.

Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor, director and producer.

His debut as a director, ''Wildlife'', was released in early 2018. Besides directing, he also co-wrote the script with Creator/ZoeKazan, his long-term girlfriend and [[CreatorCouple a recurring collaborator in earlier movies of his]]. In 2018 she also gave birth to their daughter.

* BigApplesauce: Was born there.

* LargeHam: Has a tendency to scream at least once in every movie he's in.

** Gets the absolute ''snot'' beaten out of him by Batman in ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}''.

He has appeared in films such as ''L.I.E.'', ''Film/{{The Girl Next Door|2004}}'', ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', ''Film/{{Gigantic}}'', ''Film/MeeksCutoff'', ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'', ''Film/{{Looper}}'', ''Film/BeingFlynn'', ''Film/RubySparks'', ''Film/{{Prisoners}}'', ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave'', and ''Film/TheBatman2022'' as ComicBook/TheRiddler.

* ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'' (2022) as [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Edward Nashton / The Riddler]]
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** Gets hit by a car [[spoiler:and dies because of it]] in ''The Good Heart''.