He has made more than 150 films, including Nosferatu and Green Goblin, and now has a unique hobby: alpacas.

Experience in Poor creature It’s already good. So why not accept it? Types of Kindness when Yorgos Lanthimos yes Emma Stone Are they here to provide you with it? That’s what he thought. Willem Dafoe (Appleton, Wisconsin, 1955) tells a fable that premieres in Uruguay this Thursday the 22nd.

He admitted that he had difficulty understanding the script at first, “but once we started filming, the connection was there,” he told the Spanish newspaper.

The actor knows this. He is about to celebrate 50 years in the film industry. Filmed over 150 films It has everything here, and the actors and directors are diverse.

It started in 1980 Michael Cimino exist Heaven’s Gatebut they fired him during filming because they were curious about one of his scenes being included in the final cut. From that point on, titles were added until it reached Row (1986), for which he received his first of four Oscar nominations. The others were Shadow of the Vampire (Since 2000, he has played Max SchreckSilent version actor Nosferatu), Florida Project (2017) Van Gogh: At Eternity’s Gate (2018).

He is an actor who many define as either complex or unorthodox evil characters. Perhaps the latter is his super villain Norman Osborn/Green Goblin He embodies this in four films. Spider-Manbetween 2002 and 2021. He is also ready to put himself in clown exist Batman of Tim Burton (1989), but Jack Nicholson He earned the position.

Among this series of characters, only Jesus of Nazareththe role he played The Last Temptation of Christ of Martin ScorseseThe actor emerged from this controversial film to great acclaim.

Despite his extensive and prolific career – he released seven films in one year – it was only in January that he was awarded a star at the festival. Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“I couldn’t stop smiling and I looked like an idiot, but it was amazing,” he said that day. “It’s incredible to be part of this community of artists and entertainers (…) I hope that what we’re doing can make the world a better place in some way,” he added.

William’s world – his first name is actually William, but he kept the nickname he was given at school to distance himself from his father of the same name – had moved away from Hollywood a few years ago and was based in Italy, where he fell in love with his now-wife, the actress, director and producer Jada Colagrande.

They met in Rome in 2004, when he was filming the movie Aquatic life By command Wes Anderson. Within a year, they were married.

“Our wedding was very impulsive and romantic. We were having dinner together one day and I said, ‘Will you marry me tomorrow?’ ” “We got married the next day at City Hall with just two witnesses, our best friends: my manager and his editor,” he told the Guardian.

The actor had a 27-year relationship with the director Elizabeth LeconteWith whom he had his only son, Jack, in 1982. He is a lawyer specializing in environmental policy, with whom he maintains a very close relationship.

William and Giada live on a farm on the outskirts of Rome, where they have a garden and raise turkeys, chickens, sheep, goats and alpacas. He perfectly identifies the latter, of which he has fourteen, and feels regret every time he has to give one of them up for adoption. This “strange” relationship with the alpacas is reported by his actor friends. Mark Ruffaloalong with some photos he posted online during his visit to the farm.

It’s worth clarifying that William is a vegetarian. He admitted to The Guardian: “I keep animals just for the company of others and to try to give them a good life, which is a bit naive.”

He not only shares his life with his wife, but also works many times. In 2005, the show premiered on Venice Festival Before it had a namedirected by Giada, who co-wrote and starred in the film. He once again directed A woman (2010) and Padre (2016). There is also a premiere tropicalstarring Pedro Pascal.

Recently, the 69-year-old actor was named as the new actor Artistic Director of Venice Theatre Biennalebecause we must remember that his acting career was closely linked to the stage. He was one of the founding members of the experimental theatre group Worcester GroupHe worked in New York for 27 years, from 1977 to 2003.

He is also a person who likes to fight for just causes. For example, in 2018 he signed a letter written by a French actress Juliette Binoche Published in Le Monde, it calls on the world’s rulers to take firm action to halt climate change and prevent biodiversity collapse.

As for awards, while Dafoe has no Oscars in his cabinet, he has plenty of other awards.

There are two of them Independent Spirit Awards As one of the supporting characters, Shadow of the Vampire (2001) and another lighthouse (2020). In 2018, he was awarded Volpi Cup Best Actor Award Van Gogh: At Eternity’s Gate In it Venice Festivalhe will return in a few days to attend a festival to present Beetlejuice Beetlejuicethe sequel to the successful 1988 comedy, will once again be starred by Tim Burton.

As for Lanthimos’ new film, he’s not worried about whether there’s still things he doesn’t understand. “As an actor, I don’t think you have to understand everything to do your job. In life, we’re always doing things we don’t understand, but we have no problem doing,” he reflects.