10 Best Performances of Dane DeHaan

Recently, Dane DeHaan wrapped up work on the international cocaine thriller Zero Zero Zero by Amazon Studio, which he stars in. DeHaan was last seen on the silver screen as Billy the Kid, opposite Ethan Hawke and Chris Pratt, in The Kid. In Luc Besson's Valerian and The City of a Thousand Worlds, he played the title character and was Gore Verbinski's leading man in A Solution For Wellness. In 2016, in the romantic drama Two Lovers and a Bear, which premiered in Cannes, he starred opposite Tatiana Maslany.

Posted On March 8th, 2021

Lucien Carr, Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings, unlike Life, has both a great title and a credible cast of Beat Generation members playing characters. Out of the entire lot, Lucien Carr (DeHaan) may be the one you're least familiar with, but he'll be the one you remember most after seeing DeHaan's performance.

Harry Osborn, Amazing Spider Man 2

When OsCorp, owned by his childhood friend Harry Osborn, unleashes a slew of genetically engineered villains against him, Spider-Man embarks on a mission to defend his loved ones.

James Dean, Life

In 1955, when taking photos of the rising Hollywood star, young photographer Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson) forms a strong relationship with actor James Dean (Dane DeHaan).

Trip, Metallica

The fact that he has to market Trip's increasingly crazy journey by his body language and facial gestures alone is what makes it a standout for DeHaan. That is a tough assignment. It's up to DeHaan (and, presumably, his stunt doubles, if we're truly honest). In all kinds of ways, Metallica Through the Never is absolutely a love letter to Metallica fans, but it is also a reminder that DeHaan is up to the physical task of a balls-to-the-wall action-adventure film while also conveying the emotion needed to bring sympathy to the dangerous plight of Trip.

Jan Van, Tulip Fever

A young orphan woman is married to a wealthy elderly person against her will. She falls in love with a painter, and they come up with a plot to escape and create a life together.

Roman, Two Lovers and A Bear

DeHaan stars as Roman, a kind of Jack-of-all-trades living in the nearly frozen north of Canada who has fallen for Lucy (Tatiana Maslany), a fellow bright-and-burning spirit. The duo has all-electric chemistry, and I hope we will see them again on the television together. But that's just half the fight; the other half had to do with Nunavut's harsh environmental conditions for filmmaking. Not only the cruel realities of life in the frozen north—like caribou herds drowning, one after the other, trying to ford a river—but the daily necessities of survival.

Lockhart, A Cure For Wellness

This is where DeHaan shoulders those heavy-duty demands. Basically, he is asked to channel The Shining's Jack Nicholson, Shutter Island's Leonardo DiCaprio, and classic characters like Frankenstein and Phantom of the Opera; happily, he's up to the role. As an unwitting patient of the Volmer Institute, his appearance as the manic and Nicorette-chewing stockbroker on the run quickly sinks deep into the happy and somewhat vacuous depths until, blissfully, discovering his inner and outer) fire again. It's a crazy ride, often elevated by impressive special effects that should be enjoyed by horror enthusiasts, but often enhanced by DeHaan's representation of a depressed man in a dogged search of the facts. That sounds like something everyone these days should be able to understand.

Andrew, Chronicle

Chronicle is also remembered for its "gimmick" found-footage, one that even in 2020 continues to keep up. why? Since the fact that Andrew Detmer is a young man who is shy, intimidated and terrified plays directly into his ability to place a lens between himself and those around him. Indeed the film opens with exactly such a warning—between Andrew and his drunk, belligerent, and violent father (Michael Kelly)—and doubles down with Andrew's cousin Matthew (Alex Russell) and his friend Steve (Michael B. Jordan) attempting to drag him from behind the camera. But Andrew's not just Chronicle's uncertain and apprehensive voice, he's even the face of it for better or for worse.

Chris , Devil’s Knot

Devil's Knot, directed by Atom Egoyan, is a 2013 American biographical crime thriller film. Adopted from the 2002 novel of the same name by Mara Leveritt, the film is about the real story of three children killed and the three teens identified as the West Memphis Three who were accused of murdering them during the hysteria of Satanic ritual abuse. Subsequently, the adolescents were sentenced to death (Echols) and life imprisonment (Baldwin and Misskelley), until they were all released after 18 years. Generated by Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Mireille Enos, Dane DeHaan, Kevin Durand, Bruce Greenwood, Stephen Moyer, Elias Koteas, Amy Ryan, and Alessandro Nivola, the film stars Elizabeth Fowler, Richard Saperstein, Clark Peterson, Christopher Woodrow, and Paul Harris Boardman.

Gil, Amigo

A Filipino leader (Joel Torre) must determine whether to preserve peace with his brother and son with the American troops invading his village or pursue the rebellion.