Willem Dafoe (William Dafoe), naixito d'Appleton (Wisconsin) o 22 de chulio de 1955, ye un actor estausunidense, activo en o cine estausunidense dende primerías d'os anyos 1980 y con quantos premios recibitos mientres a suya carrera cinematografica. D'entre as suyas cintas, se puet destacar To Live and Die in L.A. (1985, William Friedkin), Platoon (1986, Oliver Stone), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, Martin Scorsese), Mississippi Burning (1988, Alan Parker), Born on the Fourth of July (1989, Oliver Stone), Flight of the Intruder (1991, John Milius), The English Patient (1996, Anthony Minghella), Shadow of the Vampire (2000, E. Elias Merhige), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003, Robert Rodriguez), u Go Go Tales (2007, Abel Ferrara).