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re: What is Willem Dafoe’s best role?

Posted on 8/25/25 at 4:56 pm to
Posted by FredBear
Georgia
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 4:56 pm to
Platoon probably but I also liked his role in Born on the 4th of July.
Posted by Locoguan0
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:03 pm to
Posted by Underwood
Member since Dec 2022
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:09 pm to
When he stands up to Barnes in Platoon was so badass


This post was edited on 8/25/25 at 5:12 pm
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:20 pm to
Bobby Peru
Posted by Espritdescorps
Member since Nov 2020
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:51 pm to
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He KILLED it as Klaus. The scene where he doesn't understand Steve's instructions and crosses the line always kills me


Haha i know that scenes great. Wes anderson is a master of those awkward moment scenes.

Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 6:13 pm to
My favorite Dafoe roles:
Born On The 4th of July - Charlie (wheelchair vet)
Shadow of The Vampire - Max Schreck
Platoon - Sgt. Elias
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 6:15 pm to
Klaus in the Life Aquatic
Posted by TigerBornTigerBred
Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:14 am to
I enjoyed his role in American Psycho.
Posted by Sunnyvale
Little ST. James
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:30 am to
Anyone Seen AntiChrist?
Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:08 am to
Love him. He’s almost always my favorite character in anything he does.
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
40958 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:14 am to
Platoon was hackneyed tripe. It was every Vietnam War cliché rolled into one script. Only Hollywood could celebrate that crap movie as some kind of artistic achievement.
Posted by Seldom Seen
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:23 am to
Posted by TT9
Seychelles
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:26 am to
He's fantastic in White sands.
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:36 am to
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Point is that you don’t need to be 6’4” with muscles to be intimidating. With Dafoe, it’s his believable facial expression, voice and delivery that does the trick.


And his Milton Burle level hog.
Posted by Grievous Angel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Member since Dec 2008
10892 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:37 am to
Don't know about his best, but the first thing that pops in my mind when I think of him is Last Temptation.
Posted by Don Quixote
Member since May 2023
5007 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:48 am to
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But also Raven


glad someone else is old enough to remember this one! I can't argue against Elias, Rick Masters, or really any other choices but Raven in Streets of Fire is where I first saw him in 1984 and he made an impression that has lasted since then






worth going back to watch for the younger crowd if only for Raven and Diane Lane was a smokeshow at 19



but then she's always a smokeshow - probably worth a separate thread but can't think of anyone else who's aged as well as she has over the years
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 12:51 pm
Posted by USEyourCURDS
Member since Apr 2016
12925 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:04 pm to
Togo is a good movie if you all have not seen it
Posted by Don Quixote
Member since May 2023
5007 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:07 pm to
I have - good one.

Dafoe is one of those who I'll watch any film he's in just for him regardless of the subject matter
Posted by Seldom Seen
Member since Feb 2016
48737 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:13 pm to
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He's fantastic in White sands.




Yeah that's good one, came out the same year as Light Sleeper.
Posted by Esquire
Chiraq
Member since Apr 2014
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:42 pm to
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Togo is a good movie if you all have not seen it


Togo was great and makes me irrationally angry that Balto gets all the credit
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