Willem Dafoe, Oscar-nominated for his role as a motel manager in The Florida Project — and one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood — says he experienced direct fallout as recently as two ...

Willem Dafoe On What He Learned From Working With Non-Actors on ‘The Florida Project’ — Exclusive Director Sean Baker was wary of using a known actor for his latest project. Dafoe told ...

Actor Willem Dafoe, from the film “The Florida Project,” at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) By Mark Olsen Staff Writer ...

Willem Dafoe is making waves for his performance in Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project,” the critically-acclaimed story of a community of extended-stay motel guests in Central Florida.

Willem Dafoe and Brooklyn Prince appear in a scene from "The Florida Project." Dafoe plays a manager at a motel along a strip in Central Florida, close to the newly-rising Disney World amusement park.

Willem Dafoe is making waves for his performance in Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project,” the critically-acclaimed story of a community of extended-stay motel guests in Central Florida.

The team behind “The Florida Project”: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite and Sean Baker. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) By Glenn Whipp Columnist . Jan. 9, 2018 5 AM PT .

There are many sides to Willem Dafoe. He played genteel British poet T.S. Eliot in the quietly devastating 1994 UK period drama Tom & Viv; a cider-swilling rat in Wes Anderson’s 2009 stop-motion ...

“It was a 1946 BMW. Can you imagine that?” the actor said of the last motorcycle he drove on the set of Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel.’ ...

Screen legend Willem Dafoe stops by Variety's "Playback" podcast to discuss career highlights and his latest work in "The Florida Project." ...