---
name: "Cliff Dorfman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cliff-dorfman"
fi1m_id: "cliff-dorfman"
imdb_id: "nm0233561"
tmdb_id: 181550
wikidata_id: "Q2125725"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 April 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T02:40:36.569093+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cliff Dorfman

## Identity

Cliff Dorfman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cliff-dorfman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cliff-dorfman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0233561
- **TMDB ID:** 181550
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2125725
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Dorfman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2125725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233561/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/181550

Writer. Born 14 April 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 April 1968
- **Active:** 2002–2011
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 writing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 64 (2), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Dorfman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2125725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233561/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/181550

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Warrior*](https://film.one/film/warrior.md) (80)
- **HBO Max:** [*Entourage*](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cliff Dorfman is an American screenwriter, director and actor. Born on 14 April 1968, he began his career in the 1990s with recurring acting roles on television series including *Beverly Hills, 90210* and *7th Heaven* before moving into screenwriting.

He wrote 14 episodes of the HBO series *Entourage* (2004) and co-wrote the story and screenplay for the feature film *Warrior* (2011). He also provided the original story for *Brothers* (2015). Dorfman has worked as an instructor with the UCLA Extension Writers' Program and is a Writers Guild of America Award nominee.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Red Dragon* (2002), Fi1m 64, as Cop — [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Warrior* (2011), Fi1m 80, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *Entourage* (2004), Fi1m 63, Writer, Staff Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Brothers* (2015), Original Story
- *Warrior* (2011), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *Farce of the Penguins* (2006), as Pissed Penguin's Bro (voice)
- *Entourage* (2004), series, as Auditioner, Cliff · Writer, Staff Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Red Dragon* (2002), as Cop — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Martin
- *Pacific Blue* (1996), series, as Luke Fletcher
- *Baywatch Nights* (1995), series, as Manny Sosa
- *Erotic Confessions: Intrigue* (1995), Actor
- *Acting on Impulse* (1993), as Clerk
- *The Waiter* (1993), as Doorman
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Michael Cetta, Joe Patch — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Blossom* (1990), series, Actor
- *Untitled Sheikh Zayed Biopic*, Screenplay

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