Nothing is undefinable about what Willem Dafoe brings to a movie — it is ... and a morally squared-away sergeant in Oliver Stone's Platoon.Dafoejustknows what he excels at and embraces his ...

and "Platoon" (1986). Dafoe earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024. He also appeared as a pickleball hustler in a 2025 Super Bowl commercial for Michelob Ultra. The list becomes a ...

Both Berenger and Dafoe received Academy Award nominations for their powerful performances. The film itself won four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Oliver Stone. Platoon ...

Dafoe, the sixth of eight children ... his first breakthrough film role was as the compassionate Sergeant Elias in Platoon (1986). In 1988 Dafoe starred in another movie set during the Vietnam ...

Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe) had been one of the few good men ... before callously walking away and declaring him dead. As the platoon helicopter's out, they turn to see a sole, lonely figure ...

Dafoe's early career includes credits for The Loveless (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and To Live and Die in L. A. (1985). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for the war drama Platoon ...

Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning drama, the first of his Vietnam trilogy, starring Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Depp and John C McGinley.

and "Platoon" (1986). Actor Willem Dafoe walks on the red carpet at the 2024 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. Dafoe earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024.