David Dorfman Biography

Date of Birth

7 December 1993, Los Angeles, California, USA

Height

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Mini Biography

David Dorfman made his feature film debut as William H. Macy's son in the acclaimed drama Panic, and then played Gwyneth Paltrow's son in Bounce. Dorfman also appeared the independent film 100 Mile Rule. He also played Aidan in The Ring a remake of the Japaneese film Ringu, he was outstanding in this role for such a young actor. He repeated the role in the sequel The Ring 2 three years later in 2005, in between in 2003 he appeared in the remake of the cult classic horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He also appeared in the musical comedy The Singing Detective, playing young Robert Downey, Jr.

David is in the cast for the 2008 film Drillbit Taylor and the IMDB has announced The Ring 3 which is scheduled for 2011. On television, Dorfman starred in the central role of Charles Wallace Murry in the miniseries A Wrinkle in Time, based on the beloved children's book by Madeleine L'Engle. Dorfman's other television work includes the recurring role of Kathleen Quinlan's son on the series "Family Law," and a guest role on Ally McBeal as Robert Downey, Jr.'s son. David has also guest starred in three episodes of Joan of Arcadia and more recently an episode of Ghost Whisperer.

Trivia

Played the younger version of Robert Downey Jr. in The Singing Detective (2003) and played his son in Ally McBeal (1997).

His father is a dentist in Los Angeles, California.

Collects maps from all over the United States. On the Disney Channel filler "Show Your Stuff," he estimated that he had around 2500 maps as of 2005.

Accepted into Harvard Law School at age 17, after graduating from UCLA.

David graduated Harvard Law School at 21 y/o Magna Cum Laude.