![]() I first remember being terrified of him in his role as Raven in Walter Hill's STREETS OF FIRE. More than any other actor I can think of, Dafoe has the God-given ability to work with even the most notoriously temperamental directors, including Abel Ferrara, Oliver Stone, and Von Trier, whom Dafoe has actually worked with twice (ANTICHRIST follows their previous collaboration on MANDERLAY). But it is for his work in Lars von Trier's beyond-controversial ANTICHRIST that Dafoe will be most remembered in 2009, and that's not even taking into account recent festival screenings of his work in Werner Herzog's MY SON MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE and the soon-to-be-released Wes Anderson animated tale FANTASTIC MR. He also has a juicy supporting role in DAYBREAKERS, a film about a world that has been taken over by vampires who have nearly depleted their supply of their most valuable natural resource: human blood. ![]() ![]() The first was an extended cameo as the vampire Gavner Purl in CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT. At this year's Fantastic Fest alone, Dafoe was featured in three very different movies. It's difficult to think of another actor working today that has the range, the credibility, and the guts that Willem Dafoe has, and has had for nearly 30 years of film acting. ![]()
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