Stephen Dorff (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor.
Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. to a Jewish father, Steve Dorff, and a Christian mother, Nancy Dorff. He was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked as a film composer. Dorff started acting in the late 1980s, appearing in only minor, guest roles at first. He appeared in shows such as Diff'rent Strokes, Roseanne, Married With Children. He also appeared in the television movies In Love and War, I Know My First Name is Steven and What a Dummy. Dorff's first major film role was in The Gate (1987), a horror film about a person who, along with a friend, discovers a hole in his back garden that is a gateway to another dimension. Today, he is most famous for his part as the evil vampire Deacon Frost in the horror film Blade.
Dorff has appeared in over 35 music videos. He starred in Rollin' by Limp Bizkit, Cryin' by Aerosmith and Britney Spears' 2004 single Everytime.
Dorff has been linked to Courtney Wagner, his first serious girlfriend, the daughter of Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood.
He later briefly dated Clueless star, Alicia Silverstone. They both appeared in the music video "Cryin'" by Aerosmith. He has also dated Milla Jovovich, who starred opposite Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element; as well as model Rhea Durham for about 2 years (who currently has children with Mark Wahlberg), a woman named Eugenie (with him during the release of his movie Riders in France); model Georgina Grenville, model May Andersen (July 2003-May 2004); and model Shannan Click (Aug. 2004-Nov. 2004). Most recently, he has dated model and actress Pamela Anderson for five months (Dec 2004-May 2005). He was also falsely linked with Girls Aloud band member Sarah Harding.
Dorff is a good friend of Ben Stiller. He most recently dated singer-actress Rachel Stevens in 2006, but in January 2007 it was reported by Page Six that he is "on the hunt" for Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr.