Born in Appleton, Wis., on July 22, 1955, Willem Dafoe majored in theatre arts at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. After a series of smaller parts in films such as The Hunger (1983) and Streets of Fire (1984), Dafoe received high praise for his work in To Live and Die in L.A., Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ and Mississippi Burning. Platoon (1986) earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.Since then, he's made a career of playing darker characters in movies such as Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Clear and Present Danger (1994) and The English Patient (1996).
Dafoe earned his second Best Supporting Actor nomination playing actor Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000). He later played the villainous Green Goblin in his most commercially successful film, Spider-Man (2002).
AddThe Last Temptation of ChristNikos Kazantzakis's landmark novel comes to life in Martin Scorsese's moving, spiritual and highly controversial film that challenges the Christian notion that Jesus (Willem Dafoe) was both God and man. With an all-star cast that includes Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton and David... Read More
AddTom & VivDirector Brian Gilbert beautifully renders the life of poet T.S. Eliot (Willem Dafoe) and his short-lived marriage to muse Vivienne Haigh-Wood (Miranda Richardson). A gifted writer who encouraged Eliot's success, Vivienne was plagued with a hormonal imbalance that wreaked havoc on her moods, her... Read More
AddAnimal FactoryAfter receiving a long prison sentence for drug trafficking, Ron Decker (Edward Furlong) must learn to cope with life on the inside. Luckily, he befriends Earl Copen (Willem Dafoe), an ex-gang leader with considerable influence among the other inmates. Although Earl protects Ron and shows him the... Read More
AddVictoryAxel Heyst (Willem Dafoe) lives in the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya, in a hotel owned by a racist German. An all-woman orchestra plays in the hotel each night, and the orchestra owner agrees to "sell" one of the girls, Alma (Irene Jacob), to the German. Heyst saves Alma from this terrible fate... Read More
AddWhite SandsSmall-town lawman Ray Dolezal (Willem Dafoe) gets in over his head when he assumes a dead man's identity after finding his rotting body -- and a nearby briefcase containing $500,000 -- in the New Mexico desert. A little sleuthing and an autopsy turn up a vital clue to the mystery, but before long... Read More
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