Dane DeHaan

Dane William DeHaan ( ; born February 6, 1986) is an American actor. His roles include Andrew Detmer in Chronicle, Jason Glanton in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Lucien Carr in Kill Your Darlings (2013), Harry Osborn / Green Goblin in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Lockhart in A Cure for Wellness (2016), Valerian in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Chris Lynwood in ZeroZeroZero, and Kenneth Nichols in Oppenheimer (2023). In 2021, he starred in the psychological romance horror miniseries Lisey's Story. He also had a role in the true crime limited series adaptation of The Staircase in 2022.

Early life and education DeHaan was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on February 6, 1986, to Jeffrey and Cynthia DeHaan. His father is a computer programmer and his mother is an executive at MetLife. He has an older sister, and had what The Independent described in 2017 as a "very normal, super-supportive childhood".

DeHaan attended Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, for three years and appeared in community theater. He transferred to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) for his senior year of high school, where he said he was "around artists for the first time". He continued at UNCSA for undergraduate studies, graduating in 2008.

Career

DeHaan began his professional acting career as an understudy for Haley Joel Osment in the short-lived 2008 Broadway revival of American Buffalo. Also in 2008, he made his television debut, guest-appearing on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2012, DeHaan starred in the sci-fi found footage film Chronicle, In 2013, he starred as the main character "Trip" in Metallica's surrealist concert film Metallica: Through the Never. He was the cover star of Hero magazine issue 10 in October 2013, shot by Hedi Slimane.

In 2014, Annie Leibovitz photographed DeHaan for Prada's men's clothing spring advertising campaign. That same year, he played Harry Osborn / Green Goblin in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 In 2016, DeHaan played Roman in the independent drama film Two Lovers and a Bear and Lockhart in the 2016 horror film A Cure for Wellness. He also starred in the 17th-century romance Tulip Fever.

From 2019 to 2020, DeHaan starred as Chris Lynwood in the Amazon Prime series ZeroZeroZero, alongside Andrea Riseborough and Gabriel Byrne.

In February 2022, DeHaan was cast as Kenneth Nichols in Christopher Nolan’s biographical film Oppenheimer (2023).

Personal life

DeHaan and American actress Anna Wood began a relationship in 2006, and married in a private ceremony on June 30, 2012. They met at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They live in Brooklyn in New York City with their two children.

Filmography

Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Vincent Beckwith Episode: "Lunacy" 2010 In Treatment Jesse D'Amato 7 episodes At Risk Cal Tradd Television film The Front 2011 True Blood Timbo 3 episodes 2020 ZeroZeroZero Chris Lynwood Main role The Stranger Carl E. 2021 Lisey's Story Jim Dooley 2022 The Staircase Clayton Peterson 2025 American Primeval Jacob Pratt TBA Peter Riviera Post-production

Music videos Year Title Artist 2013 "Metallica: Through the Never" Metallica 2014 "I Bet My Life" Imagine Dragons

Awards and nominations Film Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival Breakthrough PerformerKill Your Darlings Gotham Awards Breakthrough ActorKill Your Darlings 2014 BAFTA Awards EE Rising Star Award

Theater Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2010 Obie Award Obie Award for Performance The Aliens