The Best of Willem Dafoe

[notchreturns]

Willem Dafoe
1.Jesus of Nazareth in The Last Temptation of Christ
2.Sgt.Elias in Platoon
3.Ward in Mississippi Burning
4.Norman Osbourne/The Green Goblin in Spiderman
5.Charlie in Born on the Fourth of July

Honorable mentions to "Affliction", "American Psycho", "Wild at Heart", and "To Live and Die in LA"

I still havent seen "The English Patient" and have no interest in seeing it.

[Dorian]

From what I've seen of him:

1. Sgt.Elias in Platoon
2. Charlie in Born on the Fourth of July
3. Ward in Mississippi Burning
4. Caravaggio in The English Patient
5. Sgt.1st Class Buck McGriff in Off Limits

[Gump]

I thought he was pretty good in the Boondock Saints also.

[thingsgoinon]

Jesus and Osbourne/Goblin.

I thought Osbourne particularly prob the best portrayal of a super hero villian ever.

[HEM1014]

1:norman/green goblin
2:sgt.elias platoon
3:jesus of nazareth in the temptation christ
4:Affliction

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[VicVega]

Although it was a small role, I liked his performance in "American Psycho" as the detective who likes Hugy Lewis and The News.

[paul calf]

he will always be sgt elias to me

[ColinM]

How could nobody have mentioned his dead-on, excellent performance as Max Shrek/Count Orlock in Shadow of the Vampire yet? It was probably helped by my love of Nosferatu, but I thought he was perfect in that movie! He deserved the Oscar over the overrated Benicio Del Toro if you ask me!

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[thingsgoinon]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ColinM:
How could nobody have mentioned his dead-on, excellent performance as Max Shrek/Count Orlock in Shadow of the Vampire yet? It was probably helped by my love of Nosferatu, but I thought he was perfect in that movie! He deserved the Oscar over the overrated Benicio Del Toro if you ask me!

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Oh CRAP you are so right &lt;kicking self in ass&gt; I think thats his damn best EVER!!

[HEM1014]

I completly forgot about that role,stupid me!

[Antonio]

WILLEM DAFOE
1. Max Schreck in SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE
2. Sgt. Elias in PLATOON
3. John LeTour in LIGHT SLEEPER
4. Jesus Christ in THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
5. Agent Ward in MISSISSIPPI BURNING
6. Rick Masters in TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A.
7. Rolfe Whitehouse in AFFLICTION
8. Caravaggio in THE ENGLISH PATIENT
9. Charlie in BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
10. Det. Donald Kimball in AMERICAN PSYCHO

[urbanlegend23]

He was spot-on perfect for the role of Max Schrek in SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE and gave an outstanding performance.

[thingsgoinon]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by HEM1014:
I completly forgot about that role,stupid me!</font>


I guess thats the sign of a great actor tho, eh? When they can make you forget it was them.....

[pavan]

To see a fantastic performance from Defoe, check out Lulu on the bridge, from novelist Paul Auster.

The film's a real piece of shit, but Defoe is a standout performance as the mysterious doctor. Vanessa Redgrave also turns in a great performance, while Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Mandy Patinkin all suck ass though

[italian fan]

Bobby Peru...("just like the continent...!")with his rotten teeths is an hell of a performance...outrageously funny and impressive. One of his best for sure.

[Danny L]

Shadow of the Vampire
Platoon

[QUENTIN]

1.) Jesus of Nazareth -The Last Temptation of Christ
2.) Max Schrek -Shadow of The Vampire
3.) Sergeant Elias -Platoon
4.) John LeTour –Light Sleeper
5.) Agent Ward -Mississippi Burning
6.) Rick Masters –To Live and Die in L.A.
7.) Klaus Daimler –The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
8.) Earl Copen -Animal Factory
9.) John Carpenter –Auto Focus
10.) Rolfe Whitehouse -Affliction

Dafoe, like the similar Gary Oldman, is an awesome actor that can play a wide variety of characters and dissapears into his roles.

[Cronos]

1 Shadow of the Vampire
2 Spider-Man
3 The Clearing
4 Platoon
5 The Boondock Saints

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Such a good actor with a great body of work. Even in the movies that aren't so good he takes the role he's given and makes the most of it.


1. Jesus of Nazareth- The Last Temptation of Christ
2. Sgt. Elias- Platoon
3. Max Schreck- Shadow of the Vampire
4. David Caravaggio- The English Patient
5. Charlie- Born on the Fourth of July
6. Bobby Peru- Wild at Heart
7. Alan Ward- Mississippi Burning
8. Detective Kimball- American Psycho
9. Green Goblin- Spider Man
10. Rolfe Whitehouse- Affliction

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Originally posted by notchreturns
I still havent seen "The English Patient" and have no interest in seeing it.

It's not a bad movie, it's just kinda so-so. Willem's really good in it though (he plays a heroin addict...just his kind of role).

[Tagia_Romero]

Originally posted by Brando @$$ Fat
Such a good actor with a great body of work. Even in the movies that aren't so good he takes the role he's given and makes the most of it.

6. Bobby Peru- Wild at Heart


The way he played that character was utterly reprehensible yet compellingly watchable.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Originally posted by Tagia_Romero
The way he played that character was utterly reprehensible yet compellingly watchable.


Yep, that's what you get when you hire Willem for a David Lynch movie. Granted, he's a good-looking guy, but he's also got some weird features and he used them to his advantage by using some really disgusting expressions to add on to his character's creepiness.


Still, does anybody else think that Willem is the best Jesus?

[blk_flower]

thank god somebody said that character.
Even the name Bobby Peru has some evil in it.

[RandalGraves]

Platoon
Last Temptation of Christ
Boondock Saints

[Tagia_Romero]

Originally posted by Brando @$$ Fat
Yep, that's what you get when you hire Willem for a David Lynch movie. Granted, he's a good-looking guy, but he's also got some weird features and he used them to his advantage by using some really disgusting expressions to add on to his character's creepiness.


Still, does anybody else think that Willem is the best Jesus?

Willem was a heck of a solid Jesus.

And @$$, I'm surprised and relieved somebody else honestly sees a degree of handsomeness in him.