Willem Dafoe hallucination. The cameo was suggested by Dafoe, comparing it to the ghost of Hamlet's father visiting his son to ask him to avenge his death. Dafoe was next seen in the comedy-drama "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004), his first of three films with director Wes Anderson. He played the "hilariously doltish" German first mate of a research vessel owned by the eponymous lead character, who is played by Bill Murray. Dafoe then had a small role as a tabloid magazine editor in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" (2004), a biographical film about Howard Hughes starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Also in
Jeff Goldblum (1992), "Powder" (1995), "The Prince of Egypt" (1998), "Cats & Dogs" (2001), "Igby Goes Down" (2002), "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004), "Adam Resurrected" (2008), "Le Week-End" (2013), "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014), and "" (2017). He also starred in several TV series including the eighth and ninth seasons of "" as Zack Nichols. For directing the short film "Little Surprises", he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Goldblum was born and raised in West Homestead, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. His mother, Shirley Jane Goldblum ("née" Temeles; 30 October 1926 - 9