Known for:	Spider-Man, Platoon, Finding Nemo
Birth name:	William Dafoe Jr.
Birthday:	22 July 1955, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Height:	5' 9½" (1.77 m)

SPIDER-MAN star WILLEM DAFOE was expelled from school as a teenager for shooting graphic profiles of his fellow students.The wannabe filmmaker was known for his controversial hobby but when one teacher found unedited footage in a school editing room, Dafoe was in trouble.He says, "I had stepped out of the editing room one day and
Willem Dafoe prefers playing bad guys on film, because they give him the chance to be more creative. The actor plays a cop in new movie Anamorph, but has made his name taking on big screen villains - from a blood sucker in 2000's Shadow of the Vampire, to comic book villain The Green Goblin in the Spider-Man series.


Spider-Man star Willem Dafoe has urged fans not to believe everything they read about him on the internet - because he's no longer a vegetarian. The actor admits he's often saluted for his meat-free stance, but confesses he's no longer a veggie, despite the fact he's still labeled as such in internet articles and biographies.


Willem Dafoe has hit out at Hollywood's obsession with making money at the expense of great art. Despite starring in Spider-Man - one of the most commercially lucrative franchises of recent years - Dafoe insists films are too often judged on their box office receipts.


WILLEM DAFOE has hit out at Hollywood’s obsession with making money at the expense of great art.Despite starring in Spider-Man - one of the most commercially lucrative franchises of recent years - Dafoe insists films are too often judged on their box office receipts.He says, "People get too obsessed with a kind of puritanical thing
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Willem Dafoe returned home to Wisconsin, where he said seeing childhood friends reminded him of the importance of old ties.


Actor DENIS LEARY was delighted to be granted free entry to a New York strip club recently - because the doorman thought he was WILLEM DAFOE.Leary was looking at potential locations for U.S. television show Rescue Me, when the fortunate mix-up occurred.He says, "I was scouting a strip club for Rescue Me and walked up
SPIDER-MAN star WILLEM DAFOE almost lost his chance at fame when he was fired from his first job as a movie extra.American actor Dafoe appeared briefly in the 1980 Western film HEAVEN’S GATE, which starred KRIS KRISTOFFERSON and CHRISTOPHER WALKEN.The 51-year-old says, "Well I was on Heaven’s Gate. "I saw it again recently. There’s something
Actors Willem Dafoe and Gael Garcia Bernal will be part of the jury at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.

The two film stars, along with jury president Paul Schrader, German actor Mario Adorf, Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass, film producer Nansun Shi from Hong Kong and Danish film editor Molly Malene Stensgaard, will decide who takes home the prestigious Golden Bear and the Silver Bears at the festival in the German capital next month.


Actors WILLEM DAFOE and GAEL GARCIA BERNAL will be part of the jury at this year’s (07) Berlin International Film Festival.The two film stars, along with jury president PAUL SCHRADER, German actor MARIO ADORF, Palestinian actress HIAM ABBASS, film producer NANSUN SHI from Hong Kong and Danish film editor MOLLY MALENE STENSGAARD, will decide who

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