| Variations of Name | William James 'Willem' Dafoe |
| Biography | William James "Willem" Dafoe (born 22 July 1955) is an American actor. A member of the experimental theater company the Wooster Group, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice for his roles as Elias in Oliver Stone's Platoon (1986) and Max Schreck in the horror film Shadow of the Vampire (2000).
One of the most prolific character actors of American cinema, Dafoe has appeared in films including To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), The English Patient (1996), American Psycho (2000), the Spider-Man trilogy (20022007), John Wick (2014), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He's also known for his roles in European arthouse films Faraway, So Close! (1993), The Dust of Time (2008) and Antichrist (2009).
He has also had voice roles in Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), John Carter (2012) and the recent adaptation of Death Note (2017). |