Willem Dafoe | |
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Name: | William J. Dafoe, |
Birthplace: | Appleton, Wisconsin, United States |
Birthdate: | 22 July, 1955 |
Active: | 1970s–present |
Films appeared in: | Clear and Present Danger Speed 2: Cruise Control 007: Everything or Nothing The Clearing xXx: State of the Union Inside Man John Wick |
Role: | John Clark (Clear & Present Danger) John Geiger (Speed 2: Cruise Control) Nikolai Diavolo (Everything or Nothing) Arnold Mack (The Clearing) General George Deckert (xXx 2) Capt. John Darius (Inside Man) Marcus (John Wick) |
Willem Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an Academy Award-nominated American film, stage, and voice actor, and a member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group. Willem has often worked with filmmakers such as Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Lars Von Trier, Abel Ferrara, Paul Schrader and Sam Raimi. Dafoe's credits include: The Last Temptation of Christ, Platoon (with Tony Todd, Forest Whitaker and Tom Berenger), Body of Evidence, Shadow of the Vampire (with John Malkovich), Spider-Man and it's two sequels (with Bruce Campbell), The Aviator, The Walker, Daybreakers, The Fault in Our Stars and A Most Wanted Man. He has been married to Italian actress and filmmaker Giada Colagrande since 2005 and has both one child and one sibling each.
In 1997, he appeared in the heavily criticized sequel Speed 2: Cruise Control but was praised for his scene-chewing role as the main antagonist John Geiger.