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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Willem_DafoeWillem Dafoe - Wikipedia

    Early life and education The Performing Garage, where Dafoe joined The Wooster Group William James Dafoe was born on July 22, 1955, in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Muriel Isabel (née Sprissler; 1922–2012) and Dr. William Alfred Dafoe (1917–2014). 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 ...

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000353Willem Dafoe - IMDb

    Willem was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Muriel Isabel (Sprissler), a nurse, and William Alfred Dafoe, a surgeon. He is of mostly German, Irish, Scottish, and English descent. He and his wife, director Giada Colagrande, have made three films together: Padre, A Woman, and Before It Had A Name. His natural adventurousness is evident in roles as ...

  3. 4 days ago · Willem Dafoe (born July 22, 1955, Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.) is an American actor known for his versatility and willingness to appear in controversial roles. Dafoe, the son of a surgeon and a nurse, was one of seven children. He studied theatre at the University of Wisconsin but left school to join Theater X, an experimental Wisconsin-based ...

  4. Jan 9, 2024 · Actor Willem Dafoe, who has appeared in almost 150 films throughout his long career, has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first such event this year. “It’s real ...

  5. Jan 17, 2020 · Willem Dafoe in "To Live and Die in L.A." (1986), based on the novel by Gerald Petievich and directed by William Friedkin. Sunset Boulevard/Corbis Historical/Corbis via Getty Images

  6. Mar 2, 2023 · WILLEM DAFOE WAS born William Dafoe in Appleton, Wis., where he was drawn to community theater, the kid who’d do anything for a laugh. The second youngest of eight children, he made sure he ...

  7. Oct 31, 2019 · Dafoe was born in Appleton, Wis., and moved to New York in the mid-1970s. His first film job was in Michael Cimino’s 1980 Heaven’s Gate, though Cimino fired him for laughing at a crew member ...

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