By Justin Enriquez For Dailymail.com
22:35 08 Jan 2024, updated 23:13 08 Jan 2024
WIllem Dafoe passionately kissed his wife of 18 years as they made a rare public appearance together at his Hollywood Walk Of Fame ceremony.
The 68-year-old actor – who attended last night’s Golden Globes Awards in support of film Poor Things – graciously accepted his newly-minted place on the famous sidewalk in Hollywood, California on Monday morning.
He was joined at the event by his wife Giada Colagrande, 48, as they proudly shared a sweet smooch over his new star.
Willem looked dapper for his big day as he sported a navy suit over a crisp white dress shirt with no tie and black dress shoes.
His ladylove sported a black sleeveless mini dress along with a matching long sleeveless cardigan and strappy brown heels.
Her raven-colored tresses were worn down in a middle-part as she accentuated her porcelain skin with complementary make-up topped off with shiny lip.
Giada accessorized with a necklace featuring a large pendant and a silver wraparound statement armband.
Although they keep their relationship relatively low-key, Willem – who married Giada just one year after they met – previously shared details of his romance with the Italian beauty in an article written for The Guardian.
The lovestruck actor explained: ‘I met my wife on the street in Rome in 2004. I knew of her because I’d seen her films and we had some mutual friends.
‘Getting married was very impulsive and romantic. We were having lunch and I said: “Do you want to get married tomorrow?” I called up City Hall and they said: “If you get here in the next couple of hours, you can register and then you can get married tomorrow.” So we ran down there.
‘We married the next day with just two witnesses, our best friends: my manager and her editor.’
Meanwhile one of Dafoe’s inductees was Poor Things castmate Pedro Pascal who heaped massive praise for the veteran actor.
Pascal, 48, said: ‘I saw Platoon in the movie theatre with my father and he made me cry so hard my dad sent me to the bathroom, this was 1986 I was 10 years old and I still wanted to be an actor.
‘He redefines the concept of rebel and originality by making it about generosity, integrity, kindness and fun. Willem is a good time and an amazing friend.’
The Last Of Us star said that he met Dafoe in China as they filmed 2017’s The Great Wall together and the Boondock Saints star took him out for his birthday.
Pascal gushed: ‘He has been my greatest teacher. I’ll go as far to say he is the greatest American actor in our lifetime. You cannot compare his career to anyone’s, truthfully.
‘So it is our fortune to have him and I personally am very grateful.’
He ended his speech by saying ‘I love you’ before they shared a kiss on the stage.
The event was star-studded as the guest list also included their Poor Things castmate Mark Ruffalo in addition to Patricia Arquette and Guillermo Del Toro.
Willem made his film debut in a supporting role for Michael Cimino’s epic Western film Heaven’s Gate in 1980 at the age of 25.
He found is breakout role starring in Oliver Stone’s Vietnam film Platoon as he portrayed compassionate Sergeant Elias Grodin.
Dafoe earned his first ever Oscar nomination in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category but ultimately lost out to Michael Caine who won for the film Hannah And Her Sisters.
Throughout the 1990s he became an established actor with roles in Body Of Evidence (1993), Clear And Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), and The Boondock Saints (1999).
In 2001, he was nominated for another Oscar in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category once again for Shadow Of A Vampire but was beat out by Benicio Del Toro in Traffic.
Perhaps his biggest blockbuster role came in 2002 as he starred as supervillain the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man alongside Tobey Maguire.
More recently he earned two more Academy Award nominations in back-to-back years – 2018 and 2019 – for The Florida Project and At Eternity’s Gate.
Dafoe is showing no signs of slowing down as he has seven upcoming projects including Beetlejuice 2 which is currently in post-production.
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