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Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe, born as William James Dafoe in Appleton, Wisconsin, is a renowned American actor. Recognized for his distinctive style spanning both mainstream and arthouse films, he has received numerous accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, four Academy Award nominations, a BAFTA Award nomination, four Golden Globe nominations, four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Dafoe collaborated with notable filmmakers like Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers, and was a founding member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group.
Dafoe started his film career with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980), followed by critical acclaim for his roles in movies like Platoon (1986), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also portrayed Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and was widely celebrated for his role as the supervillain Norman Osborn in the Spider-Man series. His other notable films include Mississippi Burning, Born on the Fourth of July, Wild at Heart, and Light Sleeper. Despite his prolific career, Dafoe maintains his connection with theater and is one of the co-founders of The Wooster Group, an experimental theater enterprise.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: William James Dafoe
Born: Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.
Citizenship: United States, Italy
Birthday: July 22, 1955
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1975-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Giada Colagrande
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Awards and Nominations Received by Willem Dafoe
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Movies Featuring Willem Dafoe
John Wick
Aquaman
Tales from Earthsea
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Platoon
The English Patient
To Live and Die in L.A.
The Lighthouse
The Florida Project
The Last Thing He Wanted
The Great Wall
Mr. Bean's Vacation
Asteroid City
Vox Lux
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Pasolini
Tommaso
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Antichrist
My Hindu Friend
At Eternity's Gate
Siberia
The Northman
Shadow of the Vampire
Inside
The Hunter
Light Sleeper
Auto Focus
Mountain
Nightmare Alley
The Clearing
The Reckoning
The Card Counter
The Last Temptation of Christ
Daybreakers
Pavilion of Women
Nymphomaniac: Volume II
Miral
Mississippi Burning
Adam Resurrected
Togo
Motherless Brooklyn
Out of the Furnace
Dead for A Dollar
John Carter
Murder on the Orient Express
Streets of Fire
Body of Evidence
What Happened to Monday
Death Note
New Rose Hotel
Clear and Present Danger
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
The Fault in Our Stars
xXx: State of the Union
A Family Man
The Boondock Saints
Friedkin Uncut
River
Swift
White Sands
The Loveless
The Boy and the Heron
Poor Things
Kinds of Kindness
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Nosferatu
The Legend of Ochi
The Phoenician Scheme
Career Timeline
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2024
Kinds of Kindness
Raymond, George, Omi
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Wolf Jackson
Nosferatu
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
2019
The Lighthouse
Thomas Wake
Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Togo
Leonhard Seppala
Motherless Brooklyn
Paul Randolph
Friedkin Uncut
Self
2017
The Florida Project
Bobby
The Great Wall
Murder on the Orient Express
Gerhard Hardman
What Happened to Monday
Death Note
A Family Man
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