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Actor: Willem DafoeFilm: "Shadow of the Vampire" Nomination: Best Supporting Actor Age: 45 Previous Oscar Noms: Best Supporting Actor, "Platoon"(1986) Previous Wins for Role: Golden Satellite Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Previous Noms for Role: Chicago Film Critics Golden Globes Independent Spirit Awards Online Film Critics Screen Actors Guild Awards Character Bio: By many accounts, Willem Dafoe steals the show in "Shadow of the Vampire," as Max Schreck, a vampire pretending to be an actor to play a vampire. Dafoe's Schreck is malevolent and creepy while still amusing the audience. Schreck is hired by F.W. Marnuau to make sure that his movie, "Nosferatu" is as authentic as possible. Unfortunately, his crew starts disappearing. Dafoe's Schreck is physically a wreck with his pale, rotted skin, his black eye sockets, his bald, chalky dome, his unpleasant teeth and his ancient stoop. Under all the makeup, Dafoe managed to make Schreck a villain that is both repelling and appealing. While he's eating the crew, he's also eager to please the director and make the movie better.
Read the Florida Times-Union review of "Shadow of the Vampire"
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