Tuesday 6 October 2020

Dane DeHaan


Dane William DeHaan, the American actor, was born on 6th February 1986, at Pennsylvania, U.S. He is the son of Jeff DeHaan, a computer programmer, and Cynthia Boscia, an executive at Metlife. His childhood was described by the New York Times Magazine as a “very normal, super-supportive childhood.”

DeHaan started his stage life with the short-lived Broadway revival of the American Buffalo. His television debut was with a guest-appearance in the Law & Order Special Victims Unit in 2008, and had his film debut through the 2010 feature film Amigo. He rose to prominence with his performance in several movies including Chronicle (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), A Cure for Wellness (2016), and Valerian and the City of Thousand Planets (2017).

His latest films include the 17th century romance Tulip Fever, Vincent D’Onofrio’s western film The Kid, in which he portrays Billy the Kid and co-starring with Ethan Hawke. He has played his own fictional version in Imagine Dragon’s music video ‘I Bet My Life’. He is the brand ambassador of the Prada fashion house. 


Dane DeHaan Religion

He has Dutch, German, Italian, English, Welsh, and Scotch-Irish ancestry. There are sources that define the religion of DeHaan to be unknown, but he is Christian by religion. He has not stated anything regarding his religion yet. Also, his spiritual interests are also not known. It is safe to assume that Dane DeHaan is the kind of person that does not likes to share his personal details out in the public. 


Dane DeHaan Political Views

The American actor does not seems to be the kind of person who will raise his voice about the current political situation in his country. He has not appeared in any political or election campaigns yet, and is not known to be donating for any of them. 

He always tries to stay away from the controverting matters, it seems. 


Who is he dating?   

DeHaan started dating actress Anna Wood in 2006, and the couple got married on June 2012. They’re living in Brooklyn now, with their two kids, a daughter and a son. 


Dane DeHaan Hobbies

He loves sports activities. He is a great fan of golf, and knows how to play it. He has admitted his passion towards golf by saying that he would have been a golf player if he was not an actor. 


Interesting Facts

    • DeHaan has a pet dog named Fanny, whom he brings up as his own son, and also as his first child.

    • He once admitted in an interview that he has Arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, which he developed during his childhood years.  

    • His parents have signed up for Google to get Google notifications about DeHaan. 

    • His surname is Dutch, where de Haan means “The Rooster”. 

    • His most favourite actors are Al Pacino, James Dean, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. 

    • While filming Lawless, he learned how to build a bike and take care of a bike, as he wanted to improve his character, who had a likeness for bikes. 


Sources

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_DeHaan]

[https://www.ifc.com/2012/11/dane-dehaan-lawless-spider-man-2-interview]