Willem Dafoe AKA William Dafoe Jr. Born: 22-Jul-1955 Birthplace: Appleton, WI
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States Executive summary: Last Temptation of Christ William Dafoe grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, about 100 miles north of Milwaukee, and was nicknamed "Willem" in high school. He was expelled from Appleton East High School for making a video that school administrators deemed pornographic. To get his diploma, Dafoe finished his studies at nearby Lawrence University. He studied drama at the University of Milwaukee, but soon dropped out, deciding he could learn more as an actor. Dafoe joined that city's experimental Theater X, and toured with them for two years before moving to New York in 1977. He was a founding member of the Wooster Group, an off-Broadway venture that survives to this day.
Before his breakthrough in To Live and Die in L.A., Dafoe's film roles were mostly tiny, and usually had him playing oddballs and bad guys. It was off-casting to have him play the embodiment of Good in Oliver Stone's allegorical Platoon, opposite handsome Tom Berenger as Evil. The gamble paid off, with Berenger, Dafoe, and the film all nominated for Oscars.
When movies aren't enough to occupy his time or mind, Dafoe still appears occasionally in the Wooster Group's stage productions, such as LSD and The Hairy Ape.
Father: William Dafoe (doctor) Mother: (nurse) Girlfriend: Elizabeth LeCompte (theater company director, b. 1945, together since 1977) Son: Jack Dafoe (b. 1982)
High School: Appleton East High School, Appleton, WI University: Drama, University of Wisconsin (dropped out)
Expelled from School Endorsement of Fortune Brands Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey (2011)
Risk Factors: Yoga
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Aquaman (26-Nov-2018) Vox Lux (4-Sep-2018) · Narrator [VOICE] At Eternity's Gate (3-Sep-2018) Murder on the Orient Express (3-Nov-2017) Death Note (24-Aug-2017) [VOICE] What Happened to Monday (6-Aug-2017) The Florida Project (22-May-2017) The Great Wall (6-Dec-2016) Finding Dory (8-Jun-2016) [VOICE] John Wick (13-Oct-2014) Pasolini (4-Sep-2014) The Fault in Our Stars (16-May-2014) Bad Country (10-Mar-2014) The Grand Budapest Hotel (6-Feb-2014) A Most Wanted Man (19-Jan-2014) Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (25-Dec-2013) Out of the Furnace (9-Nov-2013) Odd Thomas (6-Apr-2013) John Carter (7-Mar-2012) · Tars Tarkas The Hunter (9-Sep-2011) · Martin 4:44 Last Day on Earth (7-Sep-2011) · Cisco Miral (3-Sep-2010) Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (22-Oct-2009) · Gavner Purl Fantastic Mr. Fox (14-Oct-2009) · Rat [VOICE] Daybreakers (11-Sep-2009) · Lionel "Elvis" Cormac My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (6-Sep-2009) · Det. Havenhurst Farewell (4-Sep-2009) Antichrist (18-May-2009) · He The Dust of Time (22-Nov-2008) Adam Resurrected (30-Aug-2008) Fireflies in the Garden (10-Feb-2008) · Charles Anamorph (21-Sep-2007) · Stan Aubray Go Go Tales (23-May-2007) Spider-Man 3 (16-Apr-2007) Mr. Bean's Holiday (22-Mar-2007) · Carson Clay The Walker (13-Feb-2007) · Larry Lockner Paris, je t'aime (18-May-2006) Inside Man (16-May-2006) American Dreamz (4-Mar-2006) · Chief of Staff Ripley Under Ground (6-Nov-2005) Before It Had a Name (Sep-2005) Manderlay (16-May-2005) · Grace's Father xXx: State of the Union (27-Apr-2005) · Gen. George Octavius Deckert The Aviator (17-Dec-2004) Control (7-Dec-2004) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (20-Nov-2004) Spider-Man 2 (30-Jun-2004) The Clearing (Jan-2004) · Arnold Mack Once Upon a Time in Mexico (27-Aug-2003) · Barillo The Reckoning (6-Aug-2003) · Martin Overnight (12-Jun-2003) · Himself Finding Nemo (18-May-2003) · Gill [VOICE] Auto Focus (8-Sep-2002) · John Carpenter Spider-Man (3-May-2002) Edges of the Lord (12-Oct-2001) Pavilion of Women (16-Mar-2001) Bullfighter (Oct-2000) Shadow of the Vampire (15-May-2000) · Schreck Animal Factory (24-Jan-2000) American Psycho (21-Jan-2000) · Donald Kimball The Boondock Saints (4-Aug-1999) · Paul Smecker eXistenZ (16-Feb-1999) · Gas New Rose Hotel (14-Oct-1998) · X Lulu on the Bridge (14-Aug-1998) · Dr. Van Horn Affliction (28-Aug-1997) · Rolfe Whitehouse Speed 2: Cruise Control (13-Jun-1997) · Geiger The English Patient (6-Nov-1996) · Caravaggio Basquiat (9-Aug-1996) · The Electrician The Night and the Moment (5-Jul-1995) · The Writer Victory (1995) · Heyst Tom & Viv (11-Nov-1994) · Tom Eliot Clear and Present Danger (3-Aug-1994) Faraway, So Close! (18-May-1993) Body of Evidence (15-Jan-1993) · Frank Dulaney Light Sleeper (21-Aug-1992) · John LeTour White Sands (24-Apr-1992) Flight of the Intruder (18-Jan-1991) Wild at Heart (17-Aug-1990) · Bobby Peru Cry-Baby (6-Apr-1990) · Hateful Guard Born on the Fourth of July (20-Dec-1989) · Charlie Triumph of the Spirit (8-Dec-1989) Mississippi Burning (9-Dec-1988) · Ward The Last Temptation of Christ (12-Aug-1988) · Jesus Off Limits (11-Mar-1988) Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (Oct-1987) [VOICE] Platoon (19-Dec-1986) · Sgt. Elias To Live and Die in L.A. (1-Nov-1985) · Eric Masters Streets of Fire (1-Jun-1984) · Raven New York Nights (Mar-1984) Roadhouse 66 (1984) The Hunger (29-Apr-1983) The Loveless (13-Sep-1982)
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