ADAM RESURRECTED

SAINTS, AMERICAN PSYCHO) and abroad (Lars von Trier's MANDERLAY, Yim Ho's
PAVILLION OF WOMEN, Yurek Bogayevicz's EDGES OF THE LORD, Wim Wenders' FAR
AWAY SO CLOSE, and Brian Gilbert's TOM & VIV).
He has chosen projects for the diversity of roles and opportunities to work with strong directors.
He has worked in the films of Wes Anderson (THE LIFE AQUATIC), Martin Scorsese (THE
AVIATOR, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST), Paul Schrader (AUTO FOCUS, AFFLICTION,
LIGHT SLEEPER, THE WALKER), David Cronenberg (EXISTENZ), Abel Ferrara (NEW ROSE
HOTEL), David Lynch (WILD AT HEART), William Friedkin (TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA), and Oliver
Stone (BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, PLATOON).
He was nominated twice for the Academy Award (PLATOON and SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE)
and once for the Golden Globe. Among other nominations and awards, he received an LA Film
Critics Award and an Independent Spirit Award.
Recent projects include ANAMORPH, MR. BEAN'S HOLIDAY, Spike Lee's INSIDE MAN, Paul
Weitz's AMERICAN DREAMZ, the Nobuhiro Suwa segment of PARIS, JE T'AIME and Giada
Colagrande's BEFORE IT HAD A NAME (which was co-written by Mr. Dafoe).
Other upcoming films include FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN, starring opposite Julia Roberts,
Christian Carion's FAREWELL, Theo Angelopoulos' THE DUST OF TIME, Abel Ferrara's GO GO
TALES, Paul Weitz's CIRQUE DU FREAK and the Lionsgate release DAYBREAKERS costarring
with Ethan Hawke.
Dafoe is one of the founding members of The Wooster Group, the New York based experimental
theatre collective. He has created and performed in the group's work from 1977 thru 2005, both in
the U.S. and internationally.
DEREK JACOBI - “Dr. Nathan Gross”
Preeminent British classical actor of the first post-Olivier generation, Derek Jacobi was knighted
in 1994 for his services to the theatre, and, in fact, is only the second to enjoy the honor of
holding two knighthoods, Danish and English (Olivier was the other). Modest and unassuming in
nature, Jacobi's firm place in theatre history centers around his fearless display of his characters'
more unappealing aspects, their great flaws, eccentricities and, more often than not, their primal
torment.
Sir Laurence Olivier provided Derek his film debut, recreating his stage role of Cassio in Olivier's
acclaimed cinematic version of OTHELLO. Olivier subsequently cast Derek in his own filmed
presentation of Chekhov's THREE SISTERS. Jacobi went on to star in the epic BBC series I,
CLAUDIUS. His stammering, weak-minded Emperor Claudius was considered a work of genius
and won, among other honors, the BAFTA award.
Kenneth Branagh was greatly influenced by mentor Jacobi and their own association would
include Branagh's films HENRY V, DEAD AGAIN, and HAMLET, the latter playing Claudius to
Branagh's Great Dane.
Jacobi’s other screen credits include Otto Preminger’s THE HUMAN FACTOR, DAY OF THE
JACKAL and THE ODESSA FILE. Recent credits include Robert Altman’s GOSFORD PARK,
Kirk Jones’ NANNY McPHEE and Chris Weitz’s THE GOLDEN COMPASS, based on Philip
Pullman’s best-selling novel. He will next be seen in HIPPIE HIPPIE SHAKE opposite Cillian
Murphy and Sienna Miller.
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