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Birth Day: 1955-07-22
Place of birth: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award. He frequently collaborates with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was an early member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut in Heaven's Gate (1980), but was fired during production. He had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film The Loveless (1982) and then played the main antagonist in Streets of Fire (1984) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He received his first Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for his role as Sergeant Elias Grodin in Oliver Stone's war film Platoon (1986). In 1988, Dafoe played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and costarred in Mississippi Burning, both of which were controversial. After receiving his second Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for portraying Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Dafoe portrayed the supervillain Norman Osborn / Green Goblin in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) earning him the Guinness World Record for the "longest career as a live-action Marvel character". He also portrayed the villains in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) and XXX: State of the Union (2005), as well as Carson Clay in the film Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007). In 2009, he starred in the experimental film Antichrist, one of his three films with Lars von Trier. Dafoe then appeared in The Fault in Our Stars, John Wick, The Grand Budapest Hotel (all 2014), The Great Wall (2016), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Florida Project (2017) (for which he received his third Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category), The Lighthouse (2019), The French Dispatch, and Nightmare Alley (both 2021). He portrayed Nuidis Vulko in the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2022). Dafoe has portrayed several real-life figures, including T. S. Eliot in Tom & Viv (1994), Pier Paolo Pasolini in Pasolini (2014), Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate (2018) (for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, his first in that category), and Leonhard Seppala in Togo (2019).
Credits
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As Vincent Van Gogh (voice)
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As Raymond / George / Omi
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As Rufo Priori
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As Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz
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As Wolf Jackson
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As Narrator (voice)
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As Nemo
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As Francis
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As Godwin Baxter
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As Saltzburg Keitel
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As Walker Reade
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As Joe Cribbens
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As Heimir the Fool
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As Film Actor
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As Narrator
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As Self
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As Self
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As Self / Grand Duc
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As Narrator
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As Albert 'the Abacus'
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As Self
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As Clem Hoatley
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As Nudis Vulko
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As Self
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As Gordo
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As Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
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As Tommaso
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As Richard McMahon
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As Self
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As Self
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As Clint
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As Self
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As Self
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As Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage)
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As Leonhard Seppala
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As Thomas Wake
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As Paul Randolph
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As Manou's Father (voice)
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As Self
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As Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
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As Self
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As Vincent van Gogh
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As Paul
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As Narrator (voice)
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As Nuidis Vulko
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As Self
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As Bobby
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As Gerhard Hardman
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As Self
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As Narrator
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As Himself
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As Ryuk (voice)
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As Terrence Settman
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As Narrator (voice)
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As Self
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As Mad Dog
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As Gill (voice)
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As Diego Fairman
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As Ballard
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As Self
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As Ed Blackridge
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As James Verdun
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As Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
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As Self
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As Narrator
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As Self
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As Self
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As Bud Carter
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As Marcus
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As Peter van Houten
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As Pier Paolo Pasolini
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As Jopling
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As Tommy Brue
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As (archive footage)
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As Barry
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As Willem
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As Lionel Pembrooke
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As L
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As John Petty
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As Narrator (voice)
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As Wyatt Porter
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As Self
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As The Buddha
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As Cisco
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As Tars Tarkas
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As Martin David
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As Eddie
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As Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
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As Narrator
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As Self
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As Max Oliver
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Detective Hank Havenhurst
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As He
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As Feeney
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As Rat (voice)
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As Paul Smecker (uncredited)
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As Gavner Purl
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As Commandat Klein
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As Charles Waechter
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As A
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As Larry Lockner
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As Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
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As Self
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As (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
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As Carson Clay
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As Self
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As Christopher
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As Stan Aubray
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As Ray Ruby
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As John Darius
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As Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
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As Chief of Staff
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As Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
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As Neil Murchison
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As Self / Klaus D.
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As Leslie
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As Self
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As Gen. George Octavius Deckert
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As Grace's Father
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As Self
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As Arnold Mack
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As Martin
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As Narrator (voice)
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As Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
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As Roland Sweet
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As Self
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As Klaus Daimler
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As Dr. Michael Copeland
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As Self
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As Gill (voice)
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As Barillo
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As Himself
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As Self
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As John Carpenter
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As Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
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As Self
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As Hunter (voice)
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As Self
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As Father Andre
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As Self
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As Priest
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As Father Ramirez
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As Max Schreck
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As Earl Copen
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As Donald Kimball
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As Gas
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As Paul Smecker
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As X
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As Narrator
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As Rolfe Whitehouse
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As Self (archival footage)
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As Dr. Van Horn
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As Geiger
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As David Caravaggio
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As Axel Heyst
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As The Electrician
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As Lo scrittore
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As John Clark
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As Tom Eliot
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As Karl
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As Emit Flesti
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As Frank Dulaney
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As Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
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As John LeTour
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As Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
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As Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
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As Hateful Guard
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As Bobby Peru
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As Salamo Arouch
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As Charlie
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As Ward
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As Jesus
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As Buck McGriff
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As Self
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As Elephant Grass (voice)
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As Sergeant Elias Gordon
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As Eric Masters
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As Boyfriend
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As Johnny Harte
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As Immigration Staff
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As Raven Shaddock
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As 2nd Phone Booth Youth
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As Vance
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As Willy (uncredited)
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As Maxim
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As Anniston Bennett
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As David Tebet
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As Ed Saxberger
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As Ed Saxberger
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As Colonel John Hunt
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As Raymond