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Willem Dafoe

William J. "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American

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film

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and stage

Theatre

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actor

Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, and a founding member of the experimental theatre

Experimental theatre

Experimental theatre is a general term for various movements in Western theatre that began in the 20th century as a reaction against the then-dominant conventions governing the writing and production of drama, and against naturalism in particular....
company The Wooster Group

The Wooster Group

The Wooster Group is a New York City-based experimental theater company known for creating numerous original dramatic works. It gradually emerged during 1975-1980 from Richard Schechner's The Performance Group and took its name in 1980 ....
. He is best known for his roles in Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart is a 1990 pulp, "neo-noir" novel by Barry Gifford which was adapted to Wild at Heart in 1990 in film.The novel begins the adventures of two sex-driven, star crossed protagonists on the road, Sailor and Lula....
, To Live and Die in L.A., Platoon
Platoon (film)

Platoon is a 1986 in film war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, John C....
, Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder

Flight of the Intruder is a 1991 in film film directed by John Milius, which is based on the Flight of the Intruder by A-6 Intruder pilot Stephen Coonts....
, The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 in film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1951 in literature The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis....
, Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire is an United States Horror film film directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven A. Katz, and starring John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe and Udo Kier....
, Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 crime drama film based on the FBI investigation into the real-life Mississippi civil rights workers murders in the U.S....
, The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints

The Boondock Saints is a 1999 crime film thriller film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as Irish Catholic Irish American fraternal twins, Connor and Murphy MacManus, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense....
, the Spider-Man films

Spider-Man (film series)

The Spider-Man film series consists of three superhero films based on the fictional character Marvel Comics Spider-Man, portrayed by Tobey Maguire....
, Clear and Present Danger
Clear and Present Danger (film)

Clear and Present Danger is a 1994 in film film directed by Phillip Noyce, based on the Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy. It is a 1994 in film sequel to the 1992 in film film Patriot Games and was followed by a 2002 in film sequel The Sum of All Fears ....
, and Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is a 2002 in film CGI animation film. It was written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures....
.

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William J. "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
and stage
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, and a founding member of the experimental theatre
Experimental theatre

Experimental theatre is a general term for various movements in Western theatre that began in the 20th century as a reaction against the then-dominant conventions governing the writing and production of drama, and against naturalism in particular....
company The Wooster Group
The Wooster Group

The Wooster Group is a New York City-based experimental theater company known for creating numerous original dramatic works. It gradually emerged during 1975-1980 from Richard Schechner's The Performance Group and took its name in 1980 ....
. He is best known for his roles in Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart is a 1990 pulp, "neo-noir" novel by Barry Gifford which was adapted to Wild at Heart in 1990 in film.The novel begins the adventures of two sex-driven, star crossed protagonists on the road, Sailor and Lula....
, To Live and Die in L.A., Platoon
Platoon (film)

Platoon is a 1986 in film war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, John C....
, Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder

Flight of the Intruder is a 1991 in film film directed by John Milius, which is based on the Flight of the Intruder by A-6 Intruder pilot Stephen Coonts....
, The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 in film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1951 in literature The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis....
, Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire is an United States Horror film film directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven A. Katz, and starring John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe and Udo Kier....
, Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 crime drama film based on the FBI investigation into the real-life Mississippi civil rights workers murders in the U.S....
, The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints

The Boondock Saints is a 1999 crime film thriller film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as Irish Catholic Irish American fraternal twins, Connor and Murphy MacManus, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense....
, the Spider-Man films
Spider-Man (film series)

The Spider-Man film series consists of three superhero films based on the fictional character Marvel Comics Spider-Man, portrayed by Tobey Maguire....
, Clear and Present Danger
Clear and Present Danger (film)

Clear and Present Danger is a 1994 in film film directed by Phillip Noyce, based on the Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy. It is a 1994 in film sequel to the 1992 in film film Patriot Games and was followed by a 2002 in film sequel The Sum of All Fears ....
, and Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is a 2002 in film CGI animation film. It was written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures....
.

Biography

Early life
Dafoe, the sixth of eight children, was born William J. Dafoe in Appleton, Wisconsin, the son of Muriel Isabel (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Sprissler), a nurse and Boston native, and Dr. William Alfred Dafoe, a surgeon. His paternal grandfather was from Belleville, Ontario
Belleville, Ontario

Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor....
. His birth name is William Dafoe; he changed it to "Willem" (Dutch
Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
for "William") so people would not call him "Billy". After being expelled from Appleton East High School
Appleton East High School

Appleton East High School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Appleton, Wisconsin. Part of the Appleton Area School District, Appleton East is one of three public four-year high schools in the city....
for making a video that school administrators deemed "pornographic", he finished his studies at nearby Lawrence University
Lawrence University

Lawrence University is a highly selective private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Appleton, Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849....
. He then studied drama
Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a Public University research university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. As Wisconsin's urban university, UW-Milwaukee is one of the two doctoral granting public research universities in the state....
, but left before graduation in order to join the newly formed avant-garde group Theatre X
Theatre X

Theatre X was an United States theatre company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Until its demise in 2004, it was one of the oldest operating experimental theatre ensembles in the U.S....
.

Career
After touring with Theatre X for four years in the United States and Europe, he moved to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
and joined the Performance Group
The Performance Group

The Performance Group was a New York City troupe of experimental theater started by Richard Schechner in 1967. TPG's home base was the Performing Garage in the SoHo district....
. Dafoe's film career began in 1981, when he was cast in Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate (film)

Heaven's Gate is a 1981 in film western movie depicting the Johnson County War, a dispute between land barons and European immigrants in Wyoming in the 1890s....
, but his role was removed from the film during editing. In the mid 80's he was cast by William Friedkin
William Friedkin

William Friedkin is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television film director, film producer and screenwriter best known for directing The Exorcist and The French Connection in the early 1970s....
to star in To Live And Die In LA, in which Dafoe portrays counterfeiter Rick Masters. A year later he starred as the leader of a motorcycle gang in The Loveless (and later played a similar role in Streets of Fire
Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire is a 1984 in film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. It was described in previews, trailers, and posters as "A Rock & Roll Fable." It is an unusual mix of musical film, action film, drama film, and comedy film with elements both of retro-1950s and 1980s....
), but his first breakthrough film role was as the compassionate Sergeant Elias in Platoon
Platoon (film)

Platoon is a 1986 in film war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, John C....
(1986). In 1988 Dafoe starred in another movie set during the Vietnam War
Vietnam War

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina Wars, the Vietnam Conflict, or often in Vietnam the American War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975....
, this time as CID
CID

CID may refer to:In criminal investigation:* Criminal Investigation Department, the branch of all British Police and many other Commonwealth police forces to which plain clothes detectives belong...
Agent Buck McGriff in Off Limits
Off Limits

Off Limits is a 1988 in film film set during the Vietnam War starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines and directed by Christopher Crowe. The term "off limits" referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of Saigon off limits to military personnel....
. He has since become a popular character actor
Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading actor ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to leading actor....
. He is often cast as unstable or villainous characters, such as the Green Goblin
Green Goblin

The Green Goblin is a name shared by several fictional supervillains that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #14 , and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko....
in the Spider-Man film series and Barillo in Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Once Upon a Time in Mexico is a 2003 in film action movie film written, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the final film in the "Mexico Trilogy", which also includes El Mariachi and Desperado ....
. Before that, he was briefly considered for the role of The Joker
Joker (comics)

The Joker is a Character , a comic book supervillain published by DC Comics and appearing as an enemy of Batman. Created by Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger and Bob Kane, the character first appeared in Batman #1 ....
by Tim Burton
Tim Burton

Tim Burton is an award-winning Film Director and Film Producer. Burton was born in Burbank, California, the first of two sons to Bill Burton and Jean Erickson....
and Sam Hamm
Sam Hamm

Sam Hamm is an United States screenwriter, perhaps best known for writing the screenplay for Tim Burton's Batman and an unused screenplay for the sequel....
for 1989's Batman
Batman (1989 film)

Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Michael Keaton as Batman, with Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale and Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox....
. Hamm recalls "We thought, 'Well, Willem Dafoe looks just like The Joker.'" The role ended up going to Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson

John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an United States actor, film director, film producer, and screenwriter, Movie star for his often dark-themed portrayals of Neurosis Fictional character....
. He also played Jesus
Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the Incarnation ....
in The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 in film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1951 in literature The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis....
(1988). He once remarked "To this day, I can't believe I was so brazen to think I could pull off the Jesus role", though Dafoe received acclaim despite the controversy surrounding the film.

He starred in the erotic drama Body of Evidence
Body of Evidence (film)

Body of Evidence is a 1993 in film Cinema of Germany/Cinema of the United States sex in film directed by Uli Edel and written by Brad Mirman....
with Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
. In this film, he appeared nude, as well as giving Madonna cunnilingus
Cunnilingus

Cunnilingus is the act of using the mouth, lips, and tongue to stimulate the female genitals.The term comes from an alternative Latin word for the vulva and from the Latin word for tongue ....
in a scene set in a parking lot. In 1991, Willem Dafoe portrayed a Manhattan drug dealer in the film Light Sleeper
Light Sleeper

Light Sleeper is a 1992 film written and Film director by Paul Schrader. It stars Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, David Clennon and Dana Delany....
. This film received very good reviews by both critics and fans. Dafoe played an eccentric FBI agent in The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints

The Boondock Saints is a 1999 crime film thriller film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as Irish Catholic Irish American fraternal twins, Connor and Murphy MacManus, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense....
(1999) and in American Psycho
American Psycho (film)

American Psycho is a 2000 in film film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's controversial novel American Psycho. The movie stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, with Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Justin Theroux, Bill Sage, Chlo? Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Willem Dafoe, and Samantha Mathis....
(2000). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
in 1986 for Platoon
Platoon (film)

Platoon is a 1986 in film war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, John C....
and 2000 for Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire is an United States Horror film film directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven A. Katz, and starring John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe and Udo Kier....
. He played a rare heroic film role when he provided the voice of Gill in the animated movie Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is a 2002 in film CGI animation film. It was written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures....
.

He worked briefly as a model
Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who poses or who is displayed for the purpose of art, fashion, or other product s and advertising....
in a 1990 Prada
Prada

Prada, S.p.A. is an Italy fashion label specializing in luxury goods for men and women . Prada is considered one of the most influential clothing designers in the fashion industry....
campaign. In 2004, Dafoe lent his likeness and voice for the James Bond
James Bond

James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections....
video game Everything or Nothing as villain Nikolai Diavolo. In 2006, he played NYPD detective Stan Aubray on the hunt for a serial killer, the lead in New York-set thriller Anamorph
Anamorph (film)

Anamorph is an independent film psychological thriller film film director by Henry S. Miller and starring Willem Dafoe. Dafoe plays a seasoned detective named Stan Aubray, who notices that a case he's been assigned to bares a striking similarity to a previous case of his....
, opposite Scott Speedman
Scott Speedman

Scott Speedman is a United Kingdom-born Canada film and television actor. He is best known for playing Ben Covington in the coming-of-age television drama Felicity and lycan-vampire hybrid Michael Corvin in the gothic horror/action Underworld films....
and Peter Stormare
Peter Stormare

is a Swedish film, theatre, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director, playwright, and musician....
. In his most recent film he stars alongside Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson

'Rowan Sebastian Atkinson' is an England comedian, actor and writer, famous for his work on the classic sitcoms Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line and Mr....
in the sequel to 1997's Bean
Bean (1997 film)

'Bean', also known as 'Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie' or 'Mr. Bean: The Movie' is a 1997 in film feature film based on the television series Mr....
, Mr. Bean's Holiday which was released worldwide March 30, 2007. After much speculation it was confirmed by Troy Duffy that Dafoe will not be returning for the sequel to The Boondock Saints as Agent Smecker.

Personal life
Dafoe met director Elizabeth LeCompte
Elizabeth LeCompte

Elizabeth LeCompte is a founding member and the theater director of experimental theater collective The Wooster Group . She is considered one of the "fifty key theatre directors" of today....
at the Performance Group. LeCompte and Dafoe were part of the restructuring of The Performance Group and became professional collaborators and founding members of The Wooster Group
The Wooster Group

The Wooster Group is a New York City-based experimental theater company known for creating numerous original dramatic works. It gradually emerged during 1975-1980 from Richard Schechner's The Performance Group and took its name in 1980 ....
, and began a relationship. Their son, Jack, was born in 1982. The pair would eventually split in 2004. Dafoe married Italian
Italian people

The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
director and actress Giada Colagrande
Giada Colagrande

Giada Colagrande is an Italy film maker and actress.Colagrande was born in Pescara, Abruzzo. In 1995, she started making video art; two years later she realized her first short film Carnaval ....
on March 25, 2005.

He is part-owner of a restaurant with friend and fellow actor John C. McGinley
John C. McGinley

John Christopher McGinley is an United States actor, most notable for his roles as Perry Cox in Scrubs , Bob Slidell in Office Space, and Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's Platoon ....
.

Dafoe's brother, Donald
Donald Dafoe

Donald C. Dafoe is an United States surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he is the director of the Pancreas Transplantation, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program and Director of Surgical Education , and holds the Eris M....
, is a transplant surgeon and researcher.

Filmography

Awards and nominations
Academy Awards
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....

1987: Nominated, "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" - Platoon
2001: Nominated, "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" - Shadow of the Vampire

Saturn Awards
2001: Won, "Best Supporting Actor" - Shadow of the Vampire

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, commonly called the Critics' Choice Awards, are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement....

2005: Nominated, "Best Acting Ensemble" - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (shared w/co-stars)

Camerimage
Camerimage

The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE is the greatest and most recognized festival dedicated to the art of cinematography and its creators - cinematographers....

2002: Won, "Special Award:For immense contribution to the art of film."

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Chicago Film Critics Association

The Chicago Film Critics Association is an American film criticism association....

2001: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" - Shadow of the Vampire
2003: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" - Auto Focus

Chlotrudis Awards
2002: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" - Shadow of the Vampire

Fantasporto
Fantasporto

Fantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international film festival, annually organized in Porto, Portugal. Giving space to big screen productions, to auteur films and to experimental projects from all over the world, Fantasporto has created enthusiastic audiences, ranging from cinephiles to more popular spectators, with an annual aver...

2001: Won, "Best Actor" - Shadow of the Vampire

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
2000: Won, "Outstanding Creative Performance" - Shadow of the Vampire

Golden Globe Awards
2001: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture" - Shadow of the Vampire

Independent Spirit Awards
Independent Spirit Awards

The Independent Spirit Awards , founded in 1984 in film, are awards dedicated to Independent film.Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films....

1987: Nominated, "Best Male Lead" - Platoon
1991: Nominated, "Best Supporting Male" - Wild at Heart
2001: Won, "Best Supporting Male" - Shadow of the Vampire

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association was founded in 1975. Its main purpose is to present yearly awards to members of the film industry who have excelled in their fields....

2000: Won, "Best Supporting Actor" - Shadow of the Vampire

MTV Movie Awards
MTV Movie Awards

The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV . It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances....

2003: Nominated, "Best Villain" - Spider-Man

MTV Movie Awards, Mexico
2004: Nominated, "Most Divine Miracle in a Movie" - The Last Temptation of Christ

Online Film Critics Society Awards
Online Film Critics Society

The Online Film Critics Society is a professional association for film critics as well as film journalists, scholars, and historians who publish their reviews, interviews and essays on the Internet....

2001: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" - Shadow of the Vampire

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2001: Won, "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" - Shadow of the Vampire

Razzie Awards
1994: Nominated, "Worst Actor" - Body of Evidence
1998: Nominated, "Worst Supporting Actor" - Speed 2: Cruise Control

Sant Jordi Awards
1995: Won, "Best Foreign Actor" - Light Sleeper

Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....

2001: Won, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical" - Shadow of the Vampire

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by members.SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995....

1997: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Cast" - The English Patient (shared w/co-stars)
2001: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role" - Shadow of the Vampire

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
2000: Won, "Best Actor" - Shadow of the Vampire

San Sebastian International Film Festival
San Sebastián International Film Festival

The San Sebasti?n International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spain city of San Sebasti?n ....

2005: Won, "Donostia Award
Donostia Award

The Donostia Award is an honorific award given every year to one, two or three actors in the San Sebastian International Film Festival. It was created in 1986....

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