Birthday: 1955-07-22
Birthplace: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 221
Drafted By: Goutbreak
Owned By: Goutbreak
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 2
Win Bonus: 4
Nom Bonus: 4
Total Points: 12
William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/ də-FOH; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including a Volpi Cup Award for Best Actor, with nominations for four Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. He received an Honorary Golden Bear in 2018.
Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Dafoe made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). He is known for collaborating with both mainstream and auteur filmmakers, including Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Sam Raimi, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Andrew Stanton, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. He received Academy Award nominations for playing a compassionate army sergeant in the war drama Platoon (1986), Max Schreck in the mystery film Shadow of the Vampire (2000), a kindly motel manager in the coming-of-age film The Florida Project (2017), and Vincent van Gogh in the biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018).
His other films credits include To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), The English Patient (1996), American Psycho (2000), Animal Factory (2000), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Antichrist (2009), The Hunter (2011), John Carter (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), John Wick (2014), The Lighthouse (2019), Togo (2019), Poor Things (2023), and Nosferatu (2024).
Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He portrayed Norman Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007) and reprised the role in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He has also voiced roles in the animated films Finding Nemo (2003), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and The Boy and the Heron (2023).
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| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1987 | 32 | Platoon (1986) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 2001 | 46 | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 2018 | 63 | The Florida Project (2017) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 4 | |
| 2019 | 64 | At Eternity's Gate (2018) | Lead Actor | Nom | 8 | |
| Career | 12 |
| Date | Location | Team | Receives | Team | Receives | Team | Receives |
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| Year | Title | Character | |
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| Tenzing | Colonel John Hunt | ||
| Tropico | Raymond | ||
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The Sleeping Shepherd | ||
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Cuddle | Dante | |
| A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | ||
| Time Out | |||
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2026-12-25 | Werwulf | |
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2026-08-07 | Late Fame | Ed Saxberger |
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2026-04-17 | The Birthday Party | Marcos Timoleon |
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2026-04-09 | The Resurrection of Christ | |
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2026-02-13 | The Souffleur | Lucius |
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2025-10-22 | Pet Shop Days | Francis |
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2025-09-12 | The Man in My Basement | Anniston Bennett |
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2025-06-13 | Avrio Vrady | Dancing man |
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2025-05-23 | The Phoenician Scheme | Knave |
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2025-05-19 | Grande Envie | Count |
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2025-04-18 | The Legend of Ochi | Maxim |
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2025-04-11 | Zero | (voice) |
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2024-12-25 | Nosferatu | Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz |
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2024-10-19 | run 002 | |
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2024-09-27 | Saturday Night | David Tebet |
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2024-09-04 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Jackson |
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2024-05-30 | Kinds of Kindness | Raymond / George / Omi |
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2024-02-14 | Finally Dawn | Rufo Priori |
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2023-12-07 | Poor Things | Godwin Baxter |
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2023-10-05 | Willem Dafoe | |
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2023-09-07 | Gonzo Girl | Walker Reade |
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2023-06-08 | Asteroid City | Saltzburg Keitel |
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2023-03-09 | Inside | Nemo |
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2022-11-28 | Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone | |
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2022-09-30 | Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens |
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2022-07-24 | 7 Deaths of Maria Callas | Film Actor |
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2022-05-18 | Il coraggio di essere Franco | Sé stesso |
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2022-04-07 | The Northman | Heimir the Fool |
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2021-12-15 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin |
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2021-12-02 | Nightmare Alley | Clem Hoatley |
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2021-10-21 | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun | Albert 'the Abacus' |
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2021-09-03 | The Card Counter | Gordo |
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2021-03-18 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Vulko |
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2020-07-02 | Siberia | Clint |
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2020-02-28 | Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago | |
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2020-02-14 | The Last Thing He Wanted | Richard McMahon |
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2020-01-08 | Tommaso | Tommaso |
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2019-12-20 | Togo | Leonhard Seppala |
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2019-10-31 | Motherless Brooklyn | Paul Randolph |
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2019-10-18 | The Lighthouse | Thomas Wake |
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2019-01-25 | Manou the Swift | Manou's Father (voice) |
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2018-12-28 | Opus Zero | Paul |
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2018-12-07 | Aquaman | Nuidis Vulko |
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2018-11-15 | At Eternity's Gate | Vincent van Gogh |
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2018-03-30 | Theatron. Romeo Castellucci | |
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2017-11-03 | Murder on the Orient Express | Gerhard Hardman |
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2017-10-06 | The Florida Project | Bobby |
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2017-08-25 | Death Note | Ryuk (voice) |
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2017-08-18 | What Happened to Monday | Terrence Settman |
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2016-12-16 | The Great Wall | Ballard |
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2016-11-04 | Dog Eat Dog | Mad Dog |
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2016-10-25 | Father | James Verdun |
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2016-09-13 | A Family Man | Ed Blackridge |
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2016-08-16 | Sculpt | |
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2016-06-16 | Finding Dory | Gill (voice) |
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2016-06-04 | Nelson Algren Live | Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh |
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2016-03-03 | My Hindu Friend | Diego Fairman |
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2014-10-16 | John Wick | Marcus |
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2014-09-26 | Bad Country | Bud Carter |
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2014-09-25 | Pasolini | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
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2014-07-25 | A Most Wanted Man | Tommy Brue |
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2014-06-02 | The Fault in Our Stars | Peter van Houten |
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2014-02-26 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Jopling |
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2013-12-25 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | L |
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2013-11-12 | Out of the Furnace | John Petty |
| 2013-06-19 | Love's Routine | Barry | |
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2013-06-15 | The Smile Man | Willem |
| 2013-05-25 | Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | |
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2013-01-29 | Odd Thomas | Wyatt Porter |
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2012-10-31 | Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha |
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2012-03-23 | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco |
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2012-03-07 | John Carter | Tars Tarkas |
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2011-10-06 | The Hunter | Martin David |
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2010-09-15 | Miral | Eddie |
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2010-09-04 | A Woman | Max Oliver |
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2010-07-08 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Detective Hank Havenhurst |
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2010-01-06 | Daybreakers | Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac |
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2009-11-24 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Paul Smecker (uncredited) |
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2009-10-23 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Gavner Purl |
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2009-10-14 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat (voice) |
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2009-09-23 | Farewell | Feeney |
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2009-05-20 | Antichrist | He |
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2008-11-22 | The Dust of Time | A |
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2008-08-08 | Adam Resurrected | Commandat Klein |
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2008-08-07 | Fireflies in the Garden | Charles Waechter |
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2008-06-20 | Go Go Tales | Ray Ruby |
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2007-09-21 | Anamorph | Stan Aubray |
| 2007-08-01 | The Procedure | Christopher | |
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2007-05-01 | Spider-Man 3 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn |
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2007-03-22 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Carson Clay |
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2007-02-13 | The Walker | Larry Lockner |
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2006-06-21 | Paris Je T'aime | Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) |
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2006-03-17 | Inside Man | John Darius |
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2006-03-04 | American Dreamz | Chief of Staff |
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2005-11-06 | Ripley Under Ground | Neil Murchison |
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2005-09-10 | Before It Had a Name | Leslie |
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2005-06-03 | Manderlay | Grace's Father |
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2005-05-08 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Willem Dafoe (uncredited) |
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2005-04-27 | xXx: State of the Union | Gen. George Octavius Deckert |
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2004-12-17 | The Aviator | Roland Sweet |
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2004-12-10 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Klaus Daimler |
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2004-12-07 | Control | Dr. Michael Copeland |
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2004-12-07 | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart | |
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2004-07-02 | The Clearing | Arnold Mack |
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2004-06-25 | Spider-Man 2 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn |
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2004-02-26 | The Reckoning | Martin |
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2003-09-12 | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | |
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2003-09-11 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Armando Barillo |
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2003-05-30 | Finding Nemo | Gill (voice) |
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2002-12-15 | Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure | Hunter (voice) |
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2002-10-18 | Auto Focus | John Carpenter |
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2002-05-01 | Spider-Man | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn |
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2001-10-12 | Edges of the Lord | Priest |
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2001-04-20 | Pavilion of Women | Father Andre |
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2000-10-13 | Animal Factory | Earl Copen |
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2000-10-01 | Bullfighter | Father Ramirez |
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2000-08-30 | Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck |
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2000-04-13 | American Psycho | Donald Kimball |
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1999-04-14 | eXistenZ | Gas |
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1999-03-19 | New Rose Hotel | X |
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1999-01-22 | The Boondock Saints | Paul Smecker |
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1998-09-06 | Lulu on the Bridge | Dr. Van Horn |
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1998-02-12 | Affliction | Rolfe Whitehouse |
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1997-06-13 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Geiger |
| 1997-01-01 | Wrong Guys | Jack Straw | |
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1996-12-13 | Victory | Axel Heyst |
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1996-11-14 | The English Patient | David Caravaggio |
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1996-08-09 | Basquiat | The Electrician |
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1995-07-05 | The Night and the Moment | Lo scrittore |
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1994-08-03 | Clear and Present Danger | John Clark |
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1994-04-15 | Tom & Viv | Tom Eliot |
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1993-09-01 | Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti |
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1993-04-01 | Brace Up! | Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin |
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1993-03-04 | White Homeland Commando | Karl |
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1993-01-15 | Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney |
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1993-01-01 | Rhyme 'Em to Death | |
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1992-08-21 | Light Sleeper | John LeTour |
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1992-04-24 | White Sands | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal |
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1992-01-27 | North on Evers | |
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1991-01-18 | Flight of the Intruder | Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole |
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1990-08-17 | Wild at Heart | Bobby Peru |
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1990-04-06 | Cry-Baby | Hateful Guard |
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1989-12-20 | Born on the Fourth of July | Charlie |
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1989-12-08 | Triumph of the Spirit | Salamo Arouch |
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1988-12-08 | Mississippi Burning | Agent Alan Ward |
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1988-05-28 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Jesus |
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1988-03-11 | Off Limits | Buck McGriff |
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1987-10-01 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Elephant Grass (voice) |
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1986-12-19 | Platoon | Sergeant Elias Grodin |
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1985-11-01 | To Live and Die in L.A. | Rick Masters |
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1985-01-01 | O Panama | |
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1984-08-31 | Roadhouse 66 | Johnny Harte |
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1984-06-01 | Streets of Fire | Raven Shaddock |
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1984-03-01 | New York Nights | Boyfriend |
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1984-01-20 | The Loveless | Vance |
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1984-01-01 | Atalanta Strategy | Immigration Staff |
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1983-04-29 | The Hunger | 2nd Phone Booth Youth |
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1980-11-19 | Heaven's Gate | Willy (uncredited) |