Willem DafoeWillem Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a versatile American actor. He is a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. Born William Dafoe Jr., in Appleton, Wisconsin, the seventh of eight children, he acquired the nickname "Willem" in childhood. He studied drama at the University of Wisconsin, but left before graduation in order to join the newly formed avant-garde group Theatre X. After touring with Theatre X for four 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 and Dafoe left the Performance Group together and became both collaborators and life partners; they are not married, but have a son. Dafoe's film career began in 1981, when he was cast in Heaven's Gate, but his role was removed from the film during editing. A year later he starred as the leader of a motorcycle gang in The Loveless, but his first breakthrough film role was as Sergeant Elias in Platoon (1986). He has since become a popular character actor; due to his harsh facial features, he is often typecast as unstable or villainous characters, most recently the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man movies. He also played Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1986 for the Platoon and 2000 for the Shadow of the Vampire. Dafoe also worked briefly as a model in a 1990 Prada campaign. In 2004 Dafoe lent his likeness and voice for the highly successful James Bond video game Everything or Nothing. Filmography
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In 2004 Dafoe lent his likeness and voice for the highly successful James Bond video game Everything or Nothing. 1Kettering Magazine (http://www.bodnotbod.org.uk/kettering) Issue #2. Dafoe also worked briefly as a model in a 1990 Prada campaign. Feldman was an active member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1986 for the Platoon and 2000 for the Shadow of the Vampire. The songs were written, not by him, but by Dennis King, John Junkin and Bill Solly (a writer for Max Bygraves and The Two Ronnies).1. He also played Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). He also released one long playing record called I Feel A Song Going Off (1969), re-released as The Crazy World of Marty Feldman. He has since become a popular character actor; due to his harsh facial features, he is often typecast as unstable or villainous characters, most recently the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man movies. He directed and starred in The Last Remake of Beau Geste and died from a heart attack in Mexico filming his last performance in the film Yellowbeard. A year later he starred as the leader of a motorcycle gang in The Loveless, but his first breakthrough film role was as Sergeant Elias in Platoon (1986). Feldman appeared in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes's Smarter Brother and several Mel Brooks films, including Silent Movie and Young Frankenstein. Dafoe's film career began in 1981, when he was cast in Heaven's Gate, but his role was removed from the film during editing. He is remembered for his role as the hunchback Igor in Young Frankenstein - in which, as usual, many of his lines were improvised. Lecompte and Dafoe left the Performance Group together and became both collaborators and life partners; they are not married, but have a son. His performances on American television included The Dean Martin Show and Marty Feldman's Comedy Machine. After touring with Theatre X for four years in the United States and Europe, he moved to New York City and joined the Performance Group, where he met director Elizabeth Lecompte. Following his success on At Last the 1948 Show, Feldman had a memorable series of his own shows on the BBC, called It's Marty. He studied drama at the University of Wisconsin, but left before graduation in order to join the newly formed avant-garde group Theatre X. The sketch was revived as part of the Monty Python stage show repertoire (without Feldman). Born William Dafoe Jr., in Appleton, Wisconsin, the seventh of eight children, he acquired the nickname "Willem" in childhood. In one memorable sketch, first broadcast on March 1, 1967, Feldman harassed a patient shop assistant (John Cleese) for a series of fictitious books, finally achieving success with Ethel the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying. He is a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. The television sketch comedy series At Last the 1948 Show featured Feldman's first screen performances. Willem Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a versatile American actor. He was also a writer on The Frost Report with several future Pythons. Bit Parts. For British television they wrote sitcoms The Army Game, Bootsie and Snudge, and most notably the ground-breaking BBC radio show Round the Horne, which starred Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams. King Rat... Like Spike Milligan, Feldman started his show-business career as a trumpet player, but soon turned to comedy. He formed a flourishing writing partnership with Barry Took in 1954. Extra. English writer, comedian and film and television actor, famous for his bulging eyes, which were the result of a thyroid condition. Heaven's Gate ... Marty Feldman (July 8, 1933 - December 2, 1982). Loveless, The .... Vance. 2nd Phone Booth Youth. Hunger, The ... Boyfriend. New York Nights ... Raven Shaddock, Bombers Leader. Streets of Fire ... Roadhouse 66 .... Johnny Harte. Eric 'Rick' Masters. To Live and Die in L.A. ... Elias Grodin. Sgt. Platoon ... Buck McGriff, CID. Sfc. Off Limits ... Jesus. The Last Temptation of Christ ... Agent Ward. Mississippi Burning ... Salamo Arouch. Triumph of the Spirit ... Born on the Fourth of July .... Charlie - Villa Dulce. Hateful Guard at Maryland Training School for Boys. Cry Baby ... Bobby Peru. Wild at Heart ... Virgil 'Tiger' Cole. Cmdr. Lt. Flight of the Intruder ... Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal. White Sands ... Light Sleeper .... John LeTour. Frank Dulaney. Body of Evidence ... Emit Flesti. In weiter Ferne, so nah! ... John Clark. Clear and Present Danger ... Thomas Stearns Eliot. Tom & Viv ... The Writer. The Night and the Moment ... Victory .... Axel Heyst. The Electrician. Basquiat ... Caravaggio. The English Patient ... John Geiger. Speed 2: Cruise Control ... Rolfe Whitehouse. Affliction ... Van Horn. Dr. Lulu on the Bridge ... X. New Rose Hotel ... Gas. eXistenZ ... FBI Agent Paul Smecker. The Boondock Saints ... Donald Kimball. American Psycho ... Animal Factory .... Earl Copen. Max Schreck. Shadow of the Vampire ... Father Andre. Pavilion of Women ... Priest. Edges of the Lord ... The Reckoning .... Martin. Father Ramirez. Bullfighter ... Norman Osborne/The Green Goblin. Spider-Man (2002) ... John Carpenter. Auto Focus ... Gill (voice). Finding Nemo ... Arnold Mack. The Clearing (2004) ... Norman Osborne. Spider-Man 2 (2004) ... |