Acting credits
17
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Dustin Lance Black
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
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Movies: 23Series: 6Crew credits: 16
TMDB ID: 123997
IMDb ID: nm0085257
Known for: Writing
Born: June 10, 1974
Age: 51
Place of birth: Sacramento, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2025
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q717302
Other jobs
Director (4)Writer (4)Executive Producer (3)Producer (2)Screenplay (2)Book (1)
Biography
Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist. He is known for writing the film Milk, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2009. He has also subsequently written the screenplays for the film J. Edgar and the 2022 crime miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dustin Lance Black.
Rock Out
Director
2025 Movie
6.5
Rustin
Screenplay
2023 Movie
3.0
Mama's Boy
as Self
2022 Movie
6.2
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
as Self
2019 Movie
7.7
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
as Self
2018 Movie
9.0
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2017 Movie
7.4
Prophet's Prey
Executive Producer
2015 Movie
5.1
The Text
Director
2015 Movie
6.8
The Case Against 8
as Self
2014 Movie
5.9
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
as Self
2014 Movie
5.9
The Out List
as Himself
2013 Movie
4.0
8
as Self
2012 Movie
6.2
J. Edgar
Writer
2011 Movie
6.6
Hollywood to Dollywood
as Self
2011 Movie
1.0
Illegal Love
as Self
2011 Movie
5.2
Virginia
Director
2010 Movie
5.5
8: The Mormon Proposition
as Narrator
2010 Movie
7.2
Milk
as Castro Clone
2008 Movie
5.0
Pedro
Screenplay
2008 Movie
4.0
The Singing Forest
as Bill
2003 Movie
2.0
Becoming Men
Producer
2002 Movie
2.0
On the Bus
as Self
2002 Movie
5.6
The Journey of Jared Price
Producer
2000 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dustin Lance Black.
7.5
Under the Banner of Heaven
Executive Producer • 7 eps
2022 Series
6.9
Visible: Out on Television
as Self • 5 eps
2020 Series
6.2
When We Rise
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2017 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.9
Big Love
Writer • 5 eps
2006 Series
5.5
Question Time
as Himself - Panellist • 1 eps
1979 Series