Willem Dafoe will be honored with the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024

Actor Willem Dafoe became the first celebrity to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year. Dafoe, who has appeared in nearly 150 films, was congratulated on Monday afternoon in California, according to the British Daily Mail. CNN. His wife, Giada Colagrande, attended the event, as did his friends and former co-stars Pedro Pascal, Patricia Arquette, Mark Ruffalo, and Camila Morrone.

During his speech, he expressed his gratitude for being part of the community of artists and entertainers. “I just want to say it’s wonderful to be part of this community of artists and performers, people who — by sharing their experiences, imagining other people’s perspectives, telling stories, reflecting on what was, and most importantly can be,” he said. “They make us feel closer to each other and connect us to each other, creating important dialogue that is especially needed in these disconnected, divisive, technology-driven times. So I’m happy to be with people like this and I hope we can make this a better world one way or another.”

The actor concluded his speech by greeting his wife and director Giada Colagrande. “Finally, thanks to my wife Giada Colagrande, who teaches me gratitude and reminds me not to spit on my luck,” he said. Dafoe and Giada Colagrande worked together in four films: Padre, woman, Before it had a nameand the documentary The life of Bob Wilson and the death of Marina Abramović.

During the event, prominent Hollywood actors Pedro Pascal and Patricia Arquette praised Dafoe’s compassion and talent, with Pascal calling him “the greatest American actor of our lifetime,” CNN reported. Dafoe, one of the most versatile actors in hollywood, has portrayed a variety of roles of a talkative lighthouse keeper in The lighthouse To a criminal in the David Lynch case Monster at heart By Vincent Van Gogh in At the gate of eternity.

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Most recently, he played a rebellious scientist in a Yorgos Lanthimos film. Bad things, according to CNN reports. He has received four Academy Award nominations: one for Best Actor for his portrayal of Van Gogh, and three for Best Supporting Actor.