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Having made over one hundred films in his legendary career, Willem Dafoe is internationally respected for bringing versatility, boldness, and daring to some of the most iconic films of our time. His artistic curiosity in exploring the human condition leads him to projects all over the world, large and small, Hollywood films as well as Independent cinema.
In 1979, he was given a role in Michael's Cimino's Heaven's Gate, from which he was fired. Since then, he has collaborated with directors who represent a virtual encyclopedia of modern cinema: James Wan, Robert Eggers, Sean Baker, Kenneth Branagh, Kathryn Bigelow, Sam Raimi, Alan Parker, Walter Hill, Mary Harron, Wim Wenders, Anton Corbijn, Zhang Yimou, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Oliver Stone, William Friedkin, Werner Herzog, Lars Von Trier, Abel Ferrara, Spike Lee, David Cronenberg, Paul Schrader, Anthony Minghella, Theo Angelopoulos, Robert Rodriguez, Phillip Noyce, Hector Babenco, John Milius, Paul Weitz, The Spierig Brothers, Andrew Stanton, Josh Boone, Dee Rees and Julian Schnabel.
Dafoe has been recognized with four Academy Award nominations: Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Platoon, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Shadow Of The Vampire, for which he also received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Florida Project, for which he also received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, and most recently, Best Leading Actor for At Eternity's Gate, for which he also received a Golden Globe nomination. Among his other nominations and awards, he has received two Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, a New York Film Critics Circle Award, a National Board of Review Award, two Independent Spirit Awards, Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup, as well as a Berlinale Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement.
Willem was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Muriel Isabel (Sprissler), a nurse, and William Alfred Dafoe, a surgeon. He is of mostly German, Irish, Scottish, and English descent. He and his wife, director Giada Colagrande, have made three films together: Padre, A Woman, and Before It Had A Name.
His natural adventurousness is evident in roles as diverse as Marcus, the elite assassin who is mentor to Keanu Reeves in the neo-noir John Wick; in his voice work as Gil the Moorish Idol in Finding Nemo and Ryuk the Death God in Death Note; as Paul Smecker, the obsessed FBI agent in the cult classic The Boondock Saints; and as real life hero Leonhard Seppala, who led the 1925 Alaskan dog sled diphtheria serum run in Ericson Core's Togo. That adventurous spirit continues with upcoming films including Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch, Abel Ferrara's Siberia, and Paul Schrader's The Card Counter.
Dafoe is one of the founding members of The Wooster Group, the New York based experimental theatre collective. He created and performed in all of the group's work from 1977 thru 2005, both in the U.S. and internationally. Since then, he worked with Richard Foreman in Idiot Savant at The Public Theatre (NYC), with Robert Wilson on two international productions: The Life & Death of Marina Abramovic and The Old Woman opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov and developed a new theatre piece, directed by Romeo Castellucci, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil. He recently completed work on Marina Abramovic's opera 7 Deaths of Maria Callas.- Actor
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Michael Patrick McGill is the first of two sons born to Anne McGill and the late Gerald F. McGill, Jr. His brother Patrick was born in 1976. Mike grew up in the Fox River Valley and graduated from Appleton East High School in 1991. He attended The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point from 1991 to 1993, when he took a break from his studies and enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve. He attended Basic Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and A.I.T. at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He transferred to The University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh upon his return, where he graduated in 1995 with a degree in Radio/TV/Film.
Mike belonged to the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His Army Reserve Unit was one of the first to be activated for Operation Joint Endeavor after the Dayton Peace Accord was signed. He spent January through July 1996 stationed overseas in Durdevik, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
After his tour was over, Mike found work in the production department for WLUK-TV 11, the FOX affiliate in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His duties included running the audio board during the newscasts and inserting local commercial breaks in-between programs. One of the perks that came along with the job was getting paid to witness The Green Bay Packers march towards their Super Bowl XXXI victory over the New England Patriots.
Fittingly, Mike's first full day as a resident of Los Angeles was April 1st, 1998 (April Fool's Day). His first TV program appearance was a small role as "Babe Ruth" in a flashback on an episode of Touched by an Angel (1994). He lives with his wife Amy, their son Jake and their dog Elvis in the San Fernando Valley, where he continues to further his acting career.- Kathryn Meisle was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress, known for The Greatest Showman (2017), You've Got Mail (1998) and Rosewood (1997).
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Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Zwigoff held several jobs before making his breakthrough feature: the documentary Crumb (1994) in 1994. His previous jobs included musician, shipping clerk, printer and welfare office worker. In fact, Zwigoff traces his film career back to discovering a rare blues recording by an unknown Chicago blues musician he discovered in 1978. The experience of the two years spent researching this artist, a highly eccentric Howard Armstrong, became Zwigoff's first film project, a documentary titled "Louie Bluie" (1985) which premiered at Telluride and Sundance before its theatrical run. Zwigoff's next project became the toast of the festival circuit in 1994. A documentary on the underground comic artist Robert Crumb, "Crumb" won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance as well as citations from the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics and the Directors Guild of America. It also became the third-highest grossing documentary of all time and was on over 150 Ten Best lists by year's end. However, along with another 1994 documentary hopeful, "Hoop Dreams" (1994), its failure to win even a nomination in the 1994 Academy Awards' Best Documentary Feature category caused an uproar that resulted in a demand to change the way the Academy voters choose the documentary feature nominees. "Crumb" chronicled Zwigoff's acquaintance of nearly two decades of Robert Crumb's life, career, the underground comic scene as well as Crumb's dysfunctional family. Even though it caused a momentary rift between the documentarian and the comic book artist, it has been reported that they have reconciled and are currently collaborating on a screenplay called "The New Girlfriend."
Even with the enormous success of "Crumb," Zwigoff refused to sell out to Hollywood. His aversion to corporate commercialism is a well-known trademark. He turned down many more commercial projects while he struggled for five years to make a feature film out of Daniel Clowes' underground comic strip "Ghost World." Released in 2001, "Ghost World" (2001) became a summer art house hit and captured Golden Globe nominations for Steve Buscemi and Thora Birch, who played the teenage protagonist Enid. "Ghost World" also brought acclaim for Zwigoff and his co-screenwriter Daniel Clowes, a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 2002 Academy Awards. "Ghost World" wound up on over 150 Ten Best lists for 2001.- Writer
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Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Greta Van Susteren was awarded a Bachelor's degree with Distinction in Economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1976. In 1979, she was awarded a law degree and, in 1982, a master of laws in trial advocacy from Georgetown Law Center, serving as a civil and criminal attorney in Wisconsin for several years. Van Susteren became a legal analyst at Ted Turner's CNN network in 1991, and was also co-host of the network's legal talk show, "Burden of Proof", around the same time. A critically acclaimed journalist and TV personality (due largely to her expert on-air analysis of high-profile trials like the O.J. Simpson case), Van Susteren also hosted the CNN news program "The Point" during her tenure with that network. Gradually her relationship with CNN began to sour, and she left the network in 2002 to host On the Record w/ Brit Hume (2002) on Fox News, CNN's rival. Immediately preceding the debut of her new program, Van Susteren received a well-publicized surgical face-lift to remove "bags" from beneath her eyes, bringing again into question the issue of whether news anchors were professional journalists versus glamorized entertainers. She continues to host "On The Record" on Fox News to mixed critical reception. Her husband, John P. Coale, a well-known litigator, was also a partner in her law practice.- Actor
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Chris was born in Appleton, Wisconsin and raised in Davenport, Iowa where his father, a musician, taught at St. Ambrose College and his mother raised their 5 sons then went back to teaching home economics. Working as educators, his parents had the summers off, so the family traveled much of the US and Canada mostly as campers. Chris said all the boys caught the travel bug, and have never stopped - he has traveled in over 60 countries and says most of his brothers have outdone that. It was in his travels that he was introduced to acting.
He had a very Midwest upbringing, with a lot of emphasis on family values, education and sports. He was a decent wrestler (a team co- captain), a lousy poll vaulter, and a good student.
At the age of 18 his father got a job at St. Norbert College in Green Bay, Wisconsin. There, Chris graduated from SNC with a Biology Degree, spent some time in the Army Rerve before working as a medical supply salesman. He said the world of business was such a double edge sword - he made a lot of money but lost a lot of self-respect as he put making money ahead of the principles he was taught. After a year, he quit, bought a back pack and started on a journey around the world to find himself. He headed West from Green Bay determined to continue in that direction until he arrived back home in Green Bay.
Two years, 31 countries and about 29,000 miles later he returned. He said he met many, many wonderful, kind people, so kind that it was humbling to be around them. He had slept in fields, under bridges, on top of trains, on park benches, on beaches, in people's homes and in a lot of youth hostels. He worked in those countries where he could - picking apples in New Zealand and at a ski lodge in Australia. But it was in Hong Kong, while staying at Chun King Mansion Youth Hostel on Nathan Road, that he was asked to work in a Shaw Brothers film playing a "white devil" drug lord. After being killed in that film and in many more there, he continued West, becoming more and more fascinated philosophies and mysticism of the Far East. When he finally returned home to Wisconsin, the president of the medical supply company he had worked for offered him a lot of money to rewrite the company's sales training program. They agreed that it would take about a year to do that, and after that he would leave to continue his academic education.
With a new perspective and money in his pocket he ended up at Sonoma State University in N. California where he graduated with a MA in psychology, with an emphasis on the paranormal. During his two year program there, he was warned by many people in the paranormal arena that it would be very difficult for him to find a job in that field. And it was!
He then got involved with the Redwood Empire Players, a theatre group in Sonoma County, and being close to San Francisco, worked occasionally as a movie extra. Then he moved to San Francisco where he took acting and improv classes to see what it was all about. He said the way he saw it, an actor's life is about growing as a human being, learning how to feel and to take risks and to truly connect with others, and when that happens, there is magic for the actors and for the audience. He started doing commercials, industrial films and stage. After having a lead in a play at San Francisco's Fort Mason Theatre, he left for Los Angeles and has been there since, with some time off to refresh his soul with world travel.
Having been in Los Angeles since the 80's, he has been fortunate to train with some of the 'greats', including Kim Stanley and Larry Moss and to work with such directors as the Coen Brothers, Robert Zemeckis, Billy Bob Thornton, Carl Reiner, Phil Joanou, Wes Craven, John Avildsen, and Robert Downey Sr., Harry Harris, and Don Chaffey.
His resume includes over 175 different films, TV shows, and web series, plus a handful of plays and over 50 commercials.
His resume and some demo tapes can be found on imdbpro.com- Michael Laurino was born in Appleton, Wisconsin and is the youngest of six children. At the age of 13 he moved to Massachusetts. He graduated with honors from The George Washington University. From there Michael was a fellow at The Shakespeare Theatre Company under the direction of Michael Kahn. He's appeared on numerous regional stages including Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Geva Theatre Center, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Washington Shakespeare Company, American Century Theatre, Sight Unseen Theatre Group, The Shakespeare Theatre Company and Source Theatre. He's taught acting and Shakespeare in performance for The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Georgia Tech Ferst Center for the Arts, The Hollywood Art and Culture Center and Fillmore Arts Center in Washington, DC. More recently, Michael turned to screen acting in numerous commercials, feature films such as "Yellowbrickroad" and "Congratulations!" as a guest star on the Fox Dramatic Series, "Past Life," and as a series regular on Nickelodeon's upcoming series "I Am Frankie."
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Kyle Gibson was born on 21 March 1983 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996), Get Real (1999) and Ghost World (2001).- Joseph McCarthy was born on 14 November 1908 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He was married to Jean Kerr Minetti. He died on 2 May 1957 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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- Soundtrack
Lynn Kellogg was born on 2 April 1943 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for Charro! (1969), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Edge of Night (1956). She was married to John Lowell Simpers. She died on 12 November 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.- Ransom M. Sherman was born on 15 October 1898 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Are You with It? (1948), Winter Meeting (1948) and Father of the Bride (1961). He died on 26 November 1985 in Henderson, Nevada, USA.
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Jeff Olm was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He is a producer, known for The Fifth Element (1997), Armageddon (1998) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).- Rocky Bleier was born on 5 March 1946 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (1980), Unsinkable (2024) and The NFL on CBS (1956). He has been married to Jan Gyurina since 13 April 1996. They have two children. He was previously married to Aleta Giacobine Whitaker.
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- Stunts
Michael 'Spike' Van Briesen was born in Appleton, Minnesota, USA. He is known for Crank (2006), High Stitches (2007) and Guns for Hire (2015).- Actor
- Producer
One of the most prolific television hosts today, Truitt hosts the brand new show for the Discovery Channel called "Cool Stuff and How It Works", debuting in the Spring of '07. Other diverse hosting credits include: "Dream Decoders" on the Discovery Health Channel, "Ground Rules" on HGTV, "The Human Edge" on the National Geographic Channel, "Cybernet" and "The American Chart Show" for the internationally syndicated Capricorn Programs. Truitt has hosted the "Miss Teen Burbank" pageant, and the "Burbank International Children's Film Festival". He handles weather and traffic reports as part of the weekend team on the #1 rated KNBC-TV in Los Angeles. Truitt also writes and directs radio plays for KSOAP.COM, and is a regular volunteer for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.- Make-Up Department
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At the age of 15, disguised with a false beard and with a fake ID and $15, William Forsche ran away from his Wisconsin home and hitchhiked to Hollywood. Forsche soon found work at Universal Studios Tour. It was there he met make-up artist David B. Miller who gave him insights to the business and a great deal of encouragement. At the age of 17, Forsche came home to Wisconsin to visit his family which led to work with Wisconsin director Bill Rebane. Forsche then went to New York and met with Dick Smith whom he had been corresponding with since he was 14. He provided fatherly advice, career encouragement and guidance. Forsche went back to Hollywood to continue his special effects make-up, and sculpting career. Forsche had also had on-camera roles, including a werewolf in Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988).- Justin T. Woods was born on 20 November 1981 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) and Prisoners (2013).
- Vester Pegg was born on 23 May 1887 in Appleton City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Bare Fists (1919), The Struggle (1921) and The Secret Man (1917). He was married to Nina L. ?. He died on 19 February 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Matthew Brown attended Texas Christian University (TCU) where he studied History, Sociology and Entrepreneurial Management. He is the General Partner & Senior Executive Partner at Energent, L.P and is a Venture Investor. Matthew has been featured in Bloomberg, Entrepreneur, Forbes and Fortune publications.
Matthew resides in New York, Dallas and Miami. - Jerry Koosman was born on 23 December 1942 in Appleton, Minnesota, USA. He was previously married to LaVonne Sorum.
- Script and Continuity Department
- Producer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Lori Denil was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. She is known for Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), Unfriended: Dark Web (2018) and Family Switch (2023).- Sean McKeever was born on 8 January 1972 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel (2013), Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire (2015) and Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan (2014).
- Actor
Milt Taylor was born on 6 July 1894 in Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin.- Morgan Windbiel was born on 3 January 1919 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Live a Little, Love a Little (1968), Too Soon to Love (1960) and Target (1958). He died on 2 March 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- William Lazar was born on 8 July 1921 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 17 January 1964 in Briarcliff, New York, USA.