- Source of Wealth: Film and Television
- Age: 64
- Birth Place: Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Height: 1.75 m (5′ 9″)
- Weight: 78 kg (171.96 lbs)
- Marital Status: Married (Giada Colagrande)
- Full Name: William James Dafoe
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: July 22, 1955
- Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, Northern Irish, Scottish, distant Swiss-French and French
- Occupation: Actor
- Education: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Children: 1 (Jack)
Willem Dafoe has a net worth of $30 million. He is an American voice, stage, and film actor, and a member of the Wooster Group. Willem Dafoe began his long and very successful career in 1981 working in the film Heaven´s Gates.
He also gained exposure from the film Platoon, playing Sergeant Elias for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Dafoe worked as a model in a Prada advertising campaign in 1990. He has also won many awards, including the Stockholm Achievement Award in 2012, and the Donostia Award in 2005. Platoon, Wild at Heart, Body of Evidence, The English Patient, Speed 2, and Shadow of the Vampire are some of the most famous films in which he has appeared.
Willem Dafoe was born in Wisconsin on July 22, 1955. His parents are Dr. William Dafoe and Muriel Isabel, who did not see him much in his childhood because they worked a lot.