Willem Dafoe Biography
A native of Appleton, Wisconsin, United States, Willem Dafoe is an American actor. He is the recipient of different awards, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to obtaining nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, four Academy Awards, and a British Academy Film Award.
Willem Dafoe Age
Dafoe is 67 years old as of 2022. He was born on 22 July 1955 in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. He celebrates his birthday on 22 July every year.
Willem Dafoe Height
Dafoe stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m)tall and weighs 77 kg (169 pounds).
Willem Dafoe Education
After attending Appleton East High School, Dafoe studied drama at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee but left after a year and a half to join the experimental theater company Theatre X in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before transferring to New York City in 1976.
Willem Dafoe Family
Dafoe was born and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin by his loving parents. One of eight siblings of Muriel Isabel (née Sprissler) and Dr. William Alfred Dafoe, he recalled in 2009: “My five sisters raised me because my father was a surgeon, my mother was a nurse and they worked together, so I didn’t see either of them much.”
His brother, Donald Dafoe, is a transplant surgeon and researcher. He has Irish, German, English, French, and Scottish ancestry. His surname, Dafoe, is the Anglicized version of the Swiss Thévou.
Willem Dafoe Wife
In 1977, Dafoe started a relationship with director Elizabeth LeCompte. Their son, Jack, was born in 1982 and later separated in 2004 and were never married because “to her, marriage represented ownership”.
He married Italian screenwriter, actress, and director Giada Colagrande on March 25, 2005, a year after the two had met in Rome at the premiere of one of her films. Dafoe said in 2010, “We were having lunch and I said: ‘Do you want to get married tomorrow?'” They did so the following afternoon at a small ceremony with two friends as witnesses. The couple worked together on her films Before It Had a Name and A Woman. They divide their time between Rome, New York City, and Los Angeles. He now holds dual American and Italian citizenship.
Willem Dafoe Net Worth
Dafoe has an estimated net worth of $40 million
Willem Dafoe Movies and Tv Shows
- The Lighthouse 2019
- Spider-Man™ 2002
- Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
- Antichrist 2009
- Northman 2022
- Platoon 1986
- American Psycho 2000
- At Eternity’s Gate 2018
- Aquaman 2018
- Finding Nemo 2003
- Death Note 2017
- The Boondock Saints 1999
- The Last Temptation Of Christ 1988
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 2023
- The Florida Project 2017
- John Wick 2014
- Togo 2019
- Spider-Man™ 2 2004
- Mississippi Burning 1988
- Spider-Man™ 3 2007
- Nightmare Alley 2021
- The Fault in Our Stars 2014
- Mr. Bean’s Holiday 2007
- Justice League 2017
- Speed 2: Cruise Control 1997
- What Happened on Monday 2017
- The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
- Murder on the Orient Express 2017
- Cry-Baby 1990
- The Card Counter 2021
- Streets of Fire 1984
- The Hunter 2011
- The Great Wall 2016
- Nymphomaniac 2013
- Clear And Present Danger 1994
- Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009
- Wild At Heart 1990
- John Carter 2012
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003
- Inside Man 2006
- The Last Thing He Wanted 2020
- Odd Thomas 2013
- XXx: State of the Union 2005
- Born on the Fourth of July 1989
- The English Patient 1996
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League 2021
- Shadow of the Vampire 2000
- Body of Evidence 1993
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004
- Dead for a Dollar 2022
- To Live and Die in L.A. 1985