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What you need to know about the family of legendary actor Willem Dafoe

What you need to know about the family of legendary actor Willem Dafoe

He made his film debut almost four decades ago but was fired during the production. He was not discouraged after his experience with Heaven’s Gate (1980); instead he kept pushing hard until two years later in 1982 when he got his first leading role. The years that followed saw Dafoe on several screens from movies to TV and even receiving his first Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in Platoon (1986) and the same awards in Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Florida Project (2017).

Date of Birth: July 22, 1955

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Dafoe has over the years made a strong position for himself in Hollywood with his versatile performances and comic sense. Asides several roles in movies and film, Willem has also been a voice artists in several works. Keep reading to get to know the family of this internationally relevant thespian.


Willem Dafoe father

William Alfred Dafoe (father)

Willem Dafoe's family - father William Alfred Dafoe

Date of Birth: July 21, 1917

Date of Death: November 21, 2014 (aged 97)

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

He was a physician who studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard Medical School. While in medical school, Papa Dafoe met his wife, Muriel – a nursing student at the time; they were married secretly after a few years of courtship (because nurses-in-training at that time were not allowed to marry before graduation) and the young married couple relocated to Rochester, Minnesota where William got advanced surgical training at the Mayo Clinic.

William was highly trained as a surgeon but to his patients, he was their beloved family doctor. Above his career achievements, family was his greatest joy. He enjoyed his life as a husband and raised eight kids in a love and fun-filled household.

Willem Dafoe mother

Muriel Isabel Dafoe (nee Sprissler) (mother)

Date of Birth: November 29, 1921

Date of Death: September 14, 2012 (aged 90)

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

She was a nurse who worked by her husband’s side in his office for many years but later majored in anthropology from UW-Oshkosh after her kids were grown. Just like her husband, her children were the source of her greatest happiness.


Willem Dafoe 7 siblings: 2 brothers, 5 sisters

Donald Dafoe (elder brother born to same parents)

Willem Dafoe's siblings - brother Donald Dafoe

He is the eldest son in the Dafoe household and followed in his father’s footsteps to also become a surgeon. Donald became a transplant surgeon after training in surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is married to Rhoda, a vascular surgeon and they are parents to two children.

Barbara Dafoe Whitehead (sister born to same parents)

Willem Dafoe's siblings - sister Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

Date of Birth: November 10, 1944

Zodiac sign: Scorpio

Barbara wrote such books as The Divorce Culture: Rethinking Our Commitment to Marriage and Family and WHY ARE THERE NO GOOD MEN LEFT: The Romantic Plight of the New Single Woman. She is married to professor Ralph Whitehead Jr. from University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Nancy Christensen (sister born to same parents)

Willem Dafoe's siblings - sister Nancy Christensen

Diane and Nancy

Diane Fredrickson (sister born to same parents)

Willem Dafoe's siblings - sister Diane Fredrickson

Richard Dafoe (brother born to same parents)

Willem Dafoe's siblings - brother Richard Dafoe

He lives in Texas. Richard is a father to 3 sons.

Jane Lambie (sister born to same parents)

Willem Dafoe's siblings - sister Jane Lambie

She worked as a nurse but now retired.

Sarah Holbrook (sister born to same parents)

Willem Dafoe's siblings - sister Sarah Holbrook

She likes yoga.

Willem Dafoe wife

Elizabeth LeCompte (former partner)

Willem Dafoe's family - ex-partner Elizabeth LeCompte

Duration of Relationship: 1977 – 2004 (27 years)

Date of Birth: April 28, 1944

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Elizabeth was never married to Willem but they dated for several years. She is one of the founding members of The Wooster Group, a troupe of experimental theatre that was initially known as The Performance Group. LeCompte was a member of The Performance Group (before it reinvented itself as The Wooster Group) from 1970 to 1975. It was during her time at The Performance Group that she met young Willem and both of them began their love affair.

The Off Limits (1988) actress is now a director of experimental theatre, dance and media. LeCompte is also the mother to Dafoe’s only child – Jack.

Giada Colagrande (spouse)

Willem Dafoe's family - wife Giada Colagrande

Duration of Marriage:  March 25, 2005 till present

Date of Birth: October 16, 1975

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Giada is a renowned Italian film director and actress, known for her works on A Woman (2010) and Before It Had a Name (2005) which her husband Willem also co-starred in. She made her debut as a singer, writer and composer in the project The Magic Door created by Arthuan Rebis and Vincenzo Zitello.

They got married one year after they met and they both seem to be happily married even though they are a rather conservative bunch when it comes to their love life. You would hardly find much detail about their personal life online except the stale news that both lovers have been married for years without a child of their own.

Willem Dafoe children: son

Jack Dafoe (son with Elizabeth LeCompte)

Willem Dafoe's children - son Jack Dafoe

Year of Birth: 1982

He is no longer the little soon to the Finding Dory (2016) voice actor. Jack is not just an adult now but has chosen a wildly different career path than his parents. He is a Yale graduate and a public-policy researcher.

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