New York Film Academy graduate, Paul Dano, played twin brothers, Eli and Paul Sunday in the acclaimed 2007 film “There Will Be Blood,” opposite actor, Daniel Day-Lewis. Inspired by (but not based on) Upton Sinclair's novel, Oil!, the movie tracks Day-Lewis’s character, the ruthless Daniel Plainview, a silver miner who discovers oil in turn of the century America. Paul Dano’s character Eli Sunday, a young preacher with high ideas of his own for the oil money, comes into conflict with Plainview as he threatens the oil man’s plans to dominate all the land’s reserves.
Paul Dano’s acting credits include Little Miss Sunshine & LIE, among other productions including “A Christmas Caro
l,” “Ragtime,” “Inherit the Wind,” and more on Broadway. For his roles in LIE he won various awards and he nabbed the SAG Award for “Little Miss Sunshine.”
Rumors abound for Dano’s next roles including a voice over part in the film version of the beloved children’s story, “Where the Wild Things Are,” scheduled for a 2009 release.
The Film & Acting Schools at The New York Film Academy congratulate Paul Dano on his awards and for his spectacular performance in the award-winning film, "There Will Be Blood."
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