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5 unusual facts about Willem Dafoe


Luis Fernandez de la Reguera

In addition to Redglare himself, the film features interviews with people who knew him well, including actors Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, and Matt Dillon.

Max Schreck

-- Per Wikipedia:Trivia sections, only include items, in prose, with reliable third-party, non-wikipedia cites that source "the effect of the topic on popular culture." -->The person and performance of Max Schreck in Nosferatu has been fictionalized by actor Willem Dafoe in E. Elias Merhige's Shadow of the Vampire.

Paradise Lost in popular culture

In the 2000 film Animal Factory, Willem Dafoe's character Earl quotes Satan, saying "This is my prison, after all."

Rocket Yoga

Rocket Yoga has attracted a wide following including: Willem Dafoe, Madonna, Sting, The Grateful Dead, and Christy Turlington.

Spierig brothers

Peter and Michael made their directing debut in 2003 with Undead, and rose to fame with their second film Daybreakers (2010) starring Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe, for which they won their country's top prize for Best Visual Effects at the Australian Film Institute Awards.


3-11 Porter

In 2008, the original song "Surround Me With Your Love" appeared on the soundtrack of the German-language version of the movie Fireflies in the Garden starring Julia Roberts, Willem Dafoe, and Emily Watson.

Arrive Alive

Arrive Alive is the title of an unfinished comedy film starring Willem Dafoe and Joan Cusack, directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and produced by Art Linson.

Count Orlok

The 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire presented a fictional account of the filming of Nosferatu in which Max Schreck (played by Willem Dafoe) is actually a vampire.

Edges of the Lord

Edges of the Lord is an award-winning 2001 film, written and directed by Yurek Bogayevicz, set in Poland during World War II, starring Willem Dafoe and Haley Joel Osment.

Emily Peachey

She will also be playing Monica in the film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars, alongside Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Willem Dafoe.

Gerard Parkes

In 1999, he appeared with Willem Dafoe and Billy Connolly in The Boondock Saints (playing a Tourette's syndrome-afflicted bartender, also named "Doc").

MV Seabourn Legend

In the movie, LAPD Police Officer Alex Shaw (Jason Patric) and his girlfriend Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock) are trapped on the ship, where navigation computers have been reprogrammed by a computer hacker, (Willem Dafoe) setting the ship on a collision course with a supertanker.

The Wooster Group

The ensemble is since directed by Elizabeth LeCompte and has launched the careers of many actors, including founding member Willem Dafoe.

Whiskey Bay

Whiskey Bay (also known as Bad Country) is an upcoming film starring Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Amy Smart, and Tom Berenger.

William Pope.L

He was featured alongside other performing artists: Sean Penn, Willem Dafoe, Brad Pitt, Steve Buscemi, and Juliette Binoche in Robert Wilson's LAB HD portraits.


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