Starring a young Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, and Johnny Depp, ‘Platoon’ was a landmark achievement in war cinema.

Platoon, directed by Oliver Stone and released ... a principled and compassionate officer portrayed by Willem Dafoe. Both Berenger and Dafoe received Academy Award nominations for their powerful ...

William "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22 ... role was as the compassionate Sergeant Elias in Platoon (1986). In 1988 Dafoe starred in another movie set during the Vietnam War, this time as CID ...

1897, New Mexico: Bounty hunter Max Borlund (Christoph Waltz) meets his adversary Joe Cribbens (Willem Dafoe) in prison, who informs him that he will soon be released and that he should keep an ...

For his role in "The Florida Project" Willem Dafoe immersed himself into the world of the "hidden homeless;" A new website called Rotten Apples allows users to search TV shows and movies to see if ...

William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/də-FOH or /ˈdeɪfoʊ ... four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul ...

is assigned to an infantry platoon in South Vietnam. The young soldiers rely on guidance from the ruthless Staff Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger) and the free-spirited Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe).