• Name: Willem Dafoe
  
• Birth Name: William Dafoe Jr.
  
• Height: 5' 9½
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: July 22, 1955
  
• Birth Place: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  
• Profession: actor, model
  
• Education: Einstein Junior High School in Appleton, WI
  
•   : University of Wisconsin (majored in drama; dropped out)
  
• Relationship: Elizabeth LeCompte (theater company director; together since 1977)
  
• Father: Willem Dafoe (doctor)
  
• Sister: Has five sisters
  
• Brother: Has two brothers
  
• Son: Jack (born in 1982; mother: Elizabeth LeCompte)
  
• Claim to fame: as Sergeant Elias in Platoon (1986)
  

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• On his role in THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (1988): "To this day, I can't believe I was so brazen to think I could pull off the Jesus role."
• "Casting people feel that they have to get someone who looks a certain way, and I think that jury is still out whether people find me attractive or not."
• "...I refuse to say that Clear and Present Danger is any less artful than Last Temptation...I only do work that for some reason I'm excited or curious about. I've been around long enough that I don't do anything for the money or for the nice trailer or for the perk of being in a big movie...Everything has its price."

• Camerimage: Special Award - for immense contribution to the art of film (2002)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (2001)
• Independent Spirit Awards: Best Supporting Male, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (2001)
• International Fantasy Film Award: Best Actor, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (2001)
• Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actor, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (2001)
• Catalonian International Film Festival, Sitges, Spain: Best Actor, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (2000)
• Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival: Outstanding Creative Performance, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (2000)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (2000)
• Sant Jordi Awards: Best Foreign Actor, LIGHT SLEEPER (1995)

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