Willem Dafoe
Gender: Male
Born: 22nd July 1955 (currently 56 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special, Fishing with John
Movies: American Dreamz, Anamorph, Animal Factory, Auto Focus, Clear and Present Danger, Finding Nemo, Flight of the Intruder, Mr. Bean's Holiday, Heaven's Gate, Inside Man, Light Sleeper, Manderlay, Mississippi Burning, Off Limits, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Platoon, Shadow of the Vampire, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Spider-Man, Streets of Fire, The Boondock Saints, The English Patient, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, To Live and Die in L.A., Wild at Heart, XXX: State of the Union / XXX: The Next Level, White Sands, Spider-Man 3, Paris, je t'aime, Spider-Man 2, The Walker, Affliction, The Reckoning, The Aviator, The Clearing, The Night and the Moment, Daybreakers, Lulu on the Bridge, Roadhouse 66, Triumph of the Spirit, Edges of the Lord, Faraway, So Close!, American Psycho, Arrive Alive, Cry-Baby, New Rose Hotel, Body of Evidence, Born on the Fourth of July, Tom & Viv, Control, The Last Temptation of Christ, Pavilion of Women, Antichrist, The Diptherians Episode Two: The Rhythm That Forgets Itself, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, Go Go Tales, Fantastic Mr. Fox, John Carter, The Loveless, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, Howl, The Dust of Time, The Wild Bunch, Miral, Victory, Ripley Under Ground, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, L'affaire Farewell, Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, Basquiat, A Woman, Bullfighter, The Black Widow, Tales from Earthsea, Adam Resurrected, Directors: David Cronenberg, Madonna: Name of the Game, Ashtanga, NY, Festival Pass with Chris Gore, The Jesuit, Boot Tracks, EXistenZ, Odd Thomas, 4:44 Last Day on Earth, The Hunter, Fireflies in the Garden, Spider-Man 2, Pacific Rim, The Hunter
Willem Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He has had roles in a wide range of films, including Platoon, Affliction, Off Limits, Streets of Fire, To Live and Die in L.A., Born on the Fourth of July, The English Patient, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mississippi Burning, The Boondock Saints, Spider-Man, and The Aviator, and voice roles in Fantastic Mr. Fox and Finding Nemo.
Dafoe has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice. The first was for his role in Platoon in 1986 and the second time for his performance in Shadow of the Vampire in 2000.
Dafoe was born William J. Dafoe in Appleton, Wisconsin. One of seven children of Muriel Isabel (née Sprissler) and Dr. William Alfred Dafoe, he recalled in 2009, "My five sisters raised me because my father was a surgeon, my mother was a nurse and they worked together, so I didn't see either of them much." In high school, he acquired the nickname Willem. His ancestry includes Irish, Scottish, German, and Canadian.
Dafoe studied drama at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, but left after a
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