Willem Dafoe (natural July 22, 1955) is a versatile American actor. He occurs as innovation member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group.

Born William Dafoe Jr., inside Appleton, Wisconsin, a seventh of eight children, he acquired the nickname "Willem" inside childhood. He exposed drama at the University of Wisconsin, but left prior to graduation sequentially to join a recently formed avant-garde class action Theatre X. When touring by using Theatre X for little joe years in the United States and Europe, he moved to New York City and joined the Performance Group, where he met director Elizabeth LeCompte. LeCompte & Dafoe left a Performance Class action together & became private & agency collaborators. Their boy, Jack, was natural within 1982. Dafoe married Italian actress Giada Golagrande in March 25, 2005.

Willem's film career began within 1981, when he was cast inside ''Heaven's Gate, but his role was removed from the film during editing. the year late he starred when a leader of a motorcycle gang in The Loveless, but his foremost breakthrough film role wwhen as a sympathize with Sergeant Elias within Platoon (1986). He hwhen since turn into a popular character actor even; due to his coarse facial features, he is typically typecast as unstable or nefarious characters, last the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man movies. He as well played Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). Twice he has played peculiar detectives, once in The Boondock Saints (1999), and over againside in American Psycho (2000). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1986 for the Platoon and 2000 for the Shadow of the Vampire. Fallowing Spider-Human, Willem experienced a uncommon chance to play the heroic film role whilst he provided the voice of Gill in the alive moving-picture show Finding Nemo.

Willem too worked briefly as a model in a 1990 Prada campaign.

Within 2004 Dafoe lent his likeness and voice for the extremely successful James Bond video game Everything or Nothing.

Willem is the sole enrolled cast member for the Deus Ex movie, tentatively to be freed around 2006.

Filmography
XXX: State of the Union (2005) .... George Deckert The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) .... Klaus Daimler Mr. Ripley's Return (2004) .... Murchison The Aviator (2004) .... Tabloid editor Spider-Man 2 (2004) .... Norman Osborn The Clearing (2004) .... Arnold Mack Finding Nemo (2003) .... Gill (voice) Auto Focus .... John Carpenter Spider-Man (2002) .... Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin Bullfighter .... Father Ramirez The Reckoning .... Martin Edges of the Lord .... Priest Pavilion of Women .... Father Andre Shadow of the Vampire (2000) .... Max Schreck Animal Factory .... Earl Copen American Psycho (2000) .... Donald Kimball The Boondock Saints (1999) .... FBI Professional Paul Smecker eXistenZ (1999) .... Gas New Rose Hotel (1998) .... X Lulu on the Bridge .... Dr. Van Horn Affliction (1997) .... Rolfe Whitehouse Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) .... John Geiger The English Patient (1996).... Caravaggio Basquiat (1996) .... A Electrician Victory .... Axel Heyst The Night and the Moment (1995) .... A Writer Tom & Viv (1994) .... Thomas Stearns Eliot Clear and Present Danger (1994) .... John Clark In weiter Ferne, so nah! .... Emit Flesti Cop & 1/2 Light Sleeper .... John LeTour White Sands (1992) .... Deputy Ray Dolezal Flight of the Intruder'' .... Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole Wild at Heart (1990) .... Bobby Peru Cry Baby (1990) .... Mean Guard at Maryland How to videos School for Boys Born on the Fourth of July (1989) .... Charlie - Villa Dulce Triumph of the Spirit .... Salamo Arouch Mississippi Burning (1988) .... Professional Ward The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) .... Jesus Off Limits .... Sfc. Buck McGriff, CID Platoon (1986) .... Sgt. Elias Grodin To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) .... Eric 'Rick' Masters Roadhouse 66 .... Johnny Harte Streets of Fire (1984) .... Raven Shaddock, Bombers Leader New York Nights .... Boyfriend The Hunger (1983) .... Second Phone Booth Youth The Loveless .... Vance ''Heaven's Gate (1980) .... Extra King Rat'' (1965) .... Bit parts

Trivia

His birth title is William Dafoe. He changed it to "Willem" and then humans wouldn't call for him "Billy."