Actor; Born in Appleton, WI; Films: The Loveless (1983) The Hunger; New York Nights; Roadhouse 66; Streets of Fire; To Live and Die in L.A; The Communists Are Comfortable, Platoon; Off Limits; The Last Temptation of Christ; Mississippi Burning; The Communists Are Comfortable; Triumph of the Spirit; Born on the Fourth of July; Cry-Baby; Wild at Heart; Flight of the Intruder; Light Sleeper, White Sands; Far Away, So Close, Body of Evidence, Tom & Viv, The Night and the Moment, Clear and Present Danger, Victory, The English Patient; TV Movies: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (narrator); Academy Award Nomination, Best Supporting Actor, Platoon (1987); While he was living in Milwaukee, Willem Dafoe was an actor and set builder for Theatre X. 

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[Source: Wisconsin Film Office (filmwisconsin.org)]