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[h3]Willem Dafoe was considered an all-round good student and by the age of 17 he was happily enrolled at the University of Wisconsin studying Drama.[/h3]

However, several differences in opinion led to him leaving the course early to join an experimental Theatre troupe and tour Europe.

Having retuned from the tour he found himself penniless in New York and a part of ‘The Performance Group’. More experimental theatre led to the forming of the ‘The Wooster Group’ with his partner, Elizabeth LeCompte.

His first lead film role was in ‘The Loveless’ as the leader of a biker gang, and although subsequent roles helped raise his profile, they did little to make him a huge star. However, in 1985 he starred ‘To Live And Die In L.A’ and the following year in [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/875:0/Oliver_Stone.htm]Oliver Stone [/urlnew]epic ‘Platoon’. Both films proved to be great successes and catapulted Dafoe into the mainstream, with ‘Platoon’ earning him an Oscar nomination.

Roles in [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/96:0/Martin_Scorsese.htm]Martin Scorsese's[/urlnew] ‘The Last Temptation Of Christ’, ‘Mississippi Burning’ and ‘Born On The Fourth Of July’ only helped cement his position as one of Hollywood strongest character actors.

In 1993, he cropped up in a doomed ‘Madonna’ project – ‘Body of Evidence’ - a film about a young woman charged with murdering her elderly lover using sex as her weapon. The film was panned by critics and cinema goers alike.

However, proving that you can’t keep a good actor down, he bounced back with some sterling performances in ‘The English Patient’, ‘Speed 2: Cruise Control’ and ‘Affliction’.

Dafoe’s portrayal of the arch-villain The Green Goblin in Spider-Man was another huge success that added to an already impressive list of Hollywood blockbusters.

In 2006, he played NYPD detective Stan Aubray on the hunt for a serial killer, the lead in New York-set thriller Anamorph, opposite Scott Speedman and Peter Stormare. In his most recent film he stars alongside Rowan Atkinson in the sequel to 1997's Bean, Mr. Bean's Holiday.

Dafoe is married to Italian actress and director Giada Colagrande. However, he also a son, Jack, with ex-girlfriend Elizabeth LeCompte.
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- Willem is famously well-endowed. When he performed nude at production in Hammersmith, London one reviewer commented "the women in the audience let out a gasp of delighted astonishment".

- Willem made his film debut in Michael Cimino's ‘Heaven's Gate’, alongside Jeff Bridges and Christopher Walken. However, his part was lost in editing.

- In 2002, he spent $30,000 on a tapestry made from discarded bags of heroin, cocaine and marijuana collected from a local project.
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The Dust of Time (2007)

Daybreakers (2008) (filming)

Fireflies in the Garden (2008) (post-production)

Adam Resurrected (2008) (post-production)

Anamorph (2007) (completed)

Go Go Tales (2007)

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)

The Walker (2007)

Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Inside Man (2006)

American Dreamz (2006)

XXX: State of the Union (2005)

Before It Had a Name (2005)

Manderlay (2005)

The Aviator (2004)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2004)

The Clearing (2004)

Control (2004)

Mr. Ripley's Return (2004)

Camel Cricket City (2003)

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

The Reckoning (2003)

Finding Nemo (2003)

Auto Focus (2002)

Spider-Man (2002)

Edges of the Lord (2001)

Pavilion of Women (2001)

Bullfighter (2000)

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

Animal Factory (2000)

American Psycho (2000)

The Boondock Saints (1999)

eXistenZ (1999)

New Rose Hotel (1998)

Lulu on the Bridge (1998)

Affliction (1997)

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

The English Patient (1996)

Basquiat (1996)

The Night and the Moment (1995)

Victory (1995)

Tom & Viv (1994)

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Faraway, So Close! (1993)

Body of Evidence (1993)

Light Sleeper (1992)

White Sands (1992)

Flight of the Intruder (1991)

Wild at Heart (1990)

Cry-Baby (1990)

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

Triumph of the Spirit (1989)

Mississippi Burning (1988)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

Off Limits (1988)

Platoon (1986)

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

Streets of Fire (1984)

New York Nights (1984)

Roadhouse 66 (1984)

The Hunger (1983)

The Loveless (1982)

Heaven's Gate (1980)
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