Willem Dafoe Net Worth

How much is Willem Dafoe worth?

$25 Million

Willem Dafoe net worth: Willem Dafoe is an American film, stage and voice actor who has a net worth of $25 million. Before making his acting debut, Dafoe joined an avant-garde theater group and toured with them across the USA and Europe. Thus, he became a founding member of the New York City-based experimental theater company called The Wooster Group. Dafoe made his foray into acting with a small part in 1980′s Heavens Gate, after which he took on the Oscar-nominated role of Sergeant Elias in Platoon (1986). However, he gained the widest exposure to that time by portraying compassionate Sergeant Elias in Oliver Stone's Platoon in 1986. While his roles in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988), Mississippi Burning (1988) and Born On The Fourth Of July (1989) only strengthened his position as the strongest character actor in Hollywood. His next movies include Spider-Man (1989), Tom and Viv (1994), The English Patient (1996), Speed 2 (1997), Animal Factory (2003), Manderlay (2005) etc. Furthermore, Dafoe lent his voice for the animation Finding Nemo (2003) and co-starred in Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007). Having boasted more than 80 titles to his name in his three-decade career, Dafoe has successfully avoided numerous scandals that seem to plague his fellow high fliers. He is now married to Italian actress and director Giada Colagrande and they divide their time among Colagrande's native Italy, New York City, and Los Angeles, California. However, he has one son with his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth LeCompte.

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