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Willem Dafoe

Birth name: William Dafoe Jr.

Birth date: 22.07.1955

Willem Dafoe is one of the founding members of The Wooster Group, the New York-based experimental theater collective. He has created and performed in the group's work since 1977, both in the US and internationally. In 1979. after being seen in the theater, he was given a small role in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980), from which he was fired. His first feature role came shortly after in Kathryn Bigelow's The Loveless (1982). From there, while continuing his work with the Wooster Group, he went on to perform in over 50 films - in Hollywood (Spider-Man (2002), The English Patient (1996), Clear and Present Danger (1994), White Sands (1992), Mississippi Burning (1988), Streets of Fire (1984)) and in independent cinema in the US (The Clearing (2004), Animal Factory (2000), Basquiat (1996), The Boondock Saints (1999), American Psycho (2000)) and abroad (Lars von Trier's Manderlay (2005), Ho Yim's Pavilion of Women (2001), Yurek Bogayevicz's Edges of the Lord (2001), Wim Wenders' In weiter Ferne, so nah! (1993) and Brian Gilbert's Tom & Viv (1994)). He has chosen projects for diversity of roles and opportunities to work with strong directors. He has worked in the films of Wes Anderson (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)), Martin Scorsese (The Aviator (2004), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)), Paul Schrader )Auto Focus (2002), Affliction (1997), Light Sleeper (1992)), David Cronenberg (eXistenZ (1999)), Abel Ferrara (New Rose Hotel (1998)), David Lynch (Wild at Heart (1990)), William Friedkin (To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)) and Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Platoon (1986)). He was nominated twice for the Academy Award ("Platoon" and Shadow of the Vampire (2000)) and once for the Golden Globe. Among other nominations and awards, he received an LA Film Critics Award and an Independent Spirit Award. His upcoming projects include Spike Lee's Inside Man (2006), Paul Weitz's American Dreamz (2006), the Nobuhiro Suwa segment of Paris, je t'aime (2006) and Giada Colagrande's Before It Had a Name (2005). Written with Colagrande, this is his first screenplay.

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Filmography

# The Dust of Time (2007) (pre-production) # Bean 2 (2007) (filming) # The Walker (2007) (post-production) # Anamorph (2007) (post-production) .... Stan # Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... The cowboy (segment 'Place des Victoires') # Inside Man (2006) .... Captain John Darius # American Dreamz (2006) .... Chief of Staff ... aka American Dreamz (Australia) # Ripley Under Ground (2005) .... Neil Murchison # Before It Had a Name (2005) .... Leslie # Manderlay (2005) .... Grace's Father ... aka Manderlay (France) # xXx: State of the Union (2005) .... Gen. George Octavius Deckert ... aka XXX 2: The Next Level (Australia) (International: English title) (UK) ... aka xXx 2: The Next Level (Hong Kong: English title) (Malaysia: English title) ... aka Cold Circle & Intersection (Philippines: English title: review title) ... aka XXX²: The Next Level (Singapore: English title) ... aka xXx²: The Next Level (UK) ... aka xXx2: The Next Level (Australia) # The Aviator (2004) .... Roland Sweet # Control (2004) .... Dr. Michael Copeland # The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) .... Klaus Daimler # Spider-Man 2 (2004) .... Green Goblin/Norman Osborn ... aka Spider-Man 2: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) # James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Nikolai Diavolo ... aka Everything or Nothing (USA: short title) # The Clearing (2004) .... Arnold Mack ... aka Anatomie einer Entführung (Germany) # Camel Cricket City (2003) (voice) .... Camel Cricket # Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) .... Barillo # The Reckoning (2003/I) .... Martin ... aka Misterio de Wells, El (Spain) ... aka Morality Play # Finding Nemo (2003) (voice) .... Gill # Auto Focus (2002) .... John Carpenter # Spider-Man (2002) .... Green Goblin/Norman Osborn # Spider-Man (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Green Goblin/Norman Osborn # Edges of the Lord (2001) .... Priest ... aka Boze skrawki (Poland) # Pavilion of Women (2001) .... Father Andre ... aka Ting yuan li de nu ren (China: Mandarin title) # Bullfighter (2000) .... Father Ramirez # Shadow of the Vampire (2000) .... Max Schreck # Animal Factory (2000) .... Earl Copen # American Psycho (2000) .... Det. Donald Kimball # The Boondock Saints (1999) .... Paul Smecker ... aka Mission des dieux (Canada: French title) # eXistenZ (1999) .... Gas ... aka eXistenZ (France) # New Rose Hotel (1998) .... X # Lulu on the Bridge (1998) .... Dr. Van Horn # Affliction (1997) .... Rolfe Whitehouse # Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) .... John Geiger # "The Simpsons" - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson (1997) TV Episode (voice) .... The Commandant # The English Patient (1996) .... David Caravaggio # Basquiat (1996) .... The Electrician ... aka Build a Fort, Set It on Fire # The Night and the Moment (1995) .... The Writer ... aka Notte e il momento, La (Italy) ... aka Nuit et le moment, La (France) # Victory (1995) .... Axel Heyst ... aka Victory (France) # Tom & Viv (1994) .... Tom Eliot # Clear and Present Danger (1994) .... John Clark # In weiter Ferne, so nah! (1993) .... Emit Flesti ... aka Faraway, So Close! (USA) # Body of Evidence (1993) .... Frank Dulaney ... aka Body of Evidence (Canada: English title) ... aka Deadly Evidence # Light Sleeper (1992) .... John LeTour # White Sands (1992) .... Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal # Flight of the Intruder (1991) .... Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole # Wild at Heart (1990) .... Bobby Peru ... aka David Lynch's Wild at Heart (USA) # Cry-Baby (1990) .... Hateful Guard at Maryland Training School for Boys # Born on the Fourth of July (1989) .... Charlie - Villa Dulce # Triumph of the Spirit (1989) .... Salamo Arouch # Mississippi Burning (1988) .... Agent Alan Ward # The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) .... Jesus # Off Limits (1988) .... Buck McGriff ... aka Saigon (UK) ... aka Saigon: Off Limits (Philippines: English title) # Platoon (1986) .... Sgt. Elias Grodin # "The Hitchhiker" ... aka Deadly Nightmares (UK) ... aka Voyageur, Le (France) - Ghostwriter (1986) TV Episode .... Jeffrey Hunt # To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) .... Eric 'Rick' Masters # Streets of Fire (1984) .... Raven Shaddock, Bombers Leader # New York Nights (1984) .... Boyfriend # Roadhouse 66 (1984) .... Johnny Harte # The Hunger (1983) .... 2nd Phone Booth Youth # The Loveless (1982) .... Vance ... aka Breakdown # Heaven's Gate (1980) (uncredited) .... Extra ... aka Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (USA: complete title)