Willem Dafoe

Also Credited As:

William J Dafoe
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Biography

After his attention-grabbing performance as a vicious counterfeiter in "To Live and Die in L. A." (1985), actor Willem Dafoe soared to stardom and earned an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor in the Academy Award-winning "Platoon" (1986). Prior to that performance, Dafoe used his menacing features and languid delivery to create an air of intensity for a succession of roles as toughs and villains, including in "The Loveless" (1981) and …
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Job Title

Actor, Writer, Casting

Born

William J Dafoe on July 22, 1955 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Victory

Axel Heyst

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Detective Hank Havenhurst

Bullfighter

Father Ramirez

Triumph of the Spirit

Salamo Arouch

Light Sleeper

John LeTour

Animal Factory

Earl Copen

The Last Temptation of Christ

Jesus

Antichrist

He

Pavilion of Women

brother Andre

Before it Had a Name

Leslie

Anamorph

Stan Aubray

The Boondock Saints

Paul Smecker

Off Limits

Buck McGriff

The Reckoning

Martin

Tom & Viv

T S Eliot

Boudapesti 3

Actor

The Communists Are Comfortable (And Three Other Stories)

Actor

Roadhouse 66

Johnny Harte

The Loveless

Vance

Untitled (Andy Warhol Project)

Actor (has been mentioned for the role of Andy Warhol. )

White Sands

Ray Dolezal

The Hunter

Martin

A Woman

Max

4:44 Last Day on Earth

Cisco

Whiskey Bay

Bud Carter