Daniel Dorr Biography: In His Own Words – Exclusive Video, News, Photos, Age

Daniel Dorr is a German-American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his distinct roles as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the sci-fi/adventure film Bill & Ted Face the Music, Lt. Obersturmfuhrer Schmidt in the action film Fury, and for playing a smaller role in the hit drama/comedy film 20th Century Women.

DANIEL DORR BIOGRAPHY: AGE, EARLY LIFE, FAMILY, EDUCATION

Daniel Dorr was born on April 25, 1993 (Daniel Dorr age: 30) in Munich, Germany. He grew up in between Israel and Spain and relocated with his family to Los Angeles at a young age. Dorr graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, located in Los Angeles.

DANIEL DORR BIOGRAPHY: CAREER

In an exclusive interview with uInterview, Dorr revealed his unique experience getting into acting.

“Well, my dad’s an actor, my mom’s an opera singer, so I kind of was screwed from the get-go, you know? I was born in Germany and moved to the States when I was a little kid. And so, there was a long time where I was sort of lost in translation,” Dorr reflected. “And I think that imitating people and mimicking and doing voices was something that I sort of naturally gravitated towards, probably to just deal with the trauma of moving to a new country. It was a natural progression really, you know? I pretended that I could play basketball in high school. There was a great drama teacher named Eric Boles in my high school. He was like, ‘Hey, you should maybe stick around here and try this thing.’ So, yeah I had great encouragement along the way, and then we went to the academy together, Dillon [Tucker] and I. And, yeah took off from there. It just was a completely organic trajectory. I just couldn’t help myself. And here we are.”

Moving on to the newly released drama film Pure O, Dorr discussed the scene in the film that stood out to him the most.

“There’s a scene later on in the film, and I want to be careful not to give anything away. There’s a scene later on in the film, you know, my character Cooper works in a rehab facility and he is somebody who is white-knuckling his diagnosis and his mental health issues. And it’s an amazing monologue that Dylan wrote,” Dorr declared. “Where I’m speaking to a character named Brandon who is played by Jeff Baker, who we’re always butting heads in rehab and there’s kind of a very cathartic scene that happens in the film where, as I’m trying to sort of give him a final opportunity to sort of take responsibility for his life and for his disease, I’m sort of starting to realize that I can’t do this on my own either, and it’s through this vulnerability that we’re able to heal and to move past the anger and rage and sadness. It’s just so well written and it was such a great scene to do on the day and I still think about it sometimes. I still sort of like, you know, repeat it to myself every once in a while driving around because it’s the core of what the film is to me. So, that was the first one that stood out. I was like, Oh man can’t wait.”

When asked about what takeaway they hope the audience will have after watching this film, here is what Dorr and film director Tucker had to say:

“Well, for me I just want the takeaway of the film to be that all of us need the help of other people and that’s okay,” Tucker exclaimed. “It’s obviously, it’s a film that’s very focused on mental health, but I think that it’s also a much more universal appeal than that. I think that it’s going to be not quite as niche as some people might think it is because it’s not only dealing with mental health, it’s obviously dealing with how mental health affects all the loved ones around somebody who experiences that. So, I just want to destigmatize first and foremost, this condition. Even me,” Tucker confessed. “I mean, I have my own, as a sufferer from this disease. I was late onset and so I was already, you know, I was going into my 30s when this kind of presented itself. And I had my own hang-ups and my own world viewpoints that came into play, judging myself as I was going through this because it was just so misunderstood. I didn’t understand it. It’s a hard thing to understand. I know some people they’ve gotten, the film is giving them a bit of an insight into it and I do as best as I can, but they still are, ‘Wow, I still don’t, you know, I don’t understand this fully even after having seen the film.’ So, it’s a tough thing to wrap your head around. I just want people to understand first and foremost that we all need the help of other people and that’s okay and vulnerability is courage.” 

“Yeah, I’d second that,” Dorr remarked. “I think for me, there’s something great in sort of the specificity of the specific condition that it sort of then ends up transcending that disorder. It’s not about OCD necessarily. It’s about, again, people helping each other and the courage and vulnerability, but also being able to articulate that you’re just not okay or you’re not doing so well. You know, I think we’ve all sort of gotten into the habit of just like ‘It’s all good,’ and we pick and choose who we open up to for sure. But I think that there needs to be more of that, you know? To just kind of, to be in company with one another and be vulnerable. I think that’s the hope. Yeah, something like that,” Dorr smiled.