If Dafoe does net an Oscar nod, it will be his second nomination. But you’ve got to be blind not to recognize the importance of it.” I won’t even get into what it means to me personally. It kind of solidifies the buzz around your career, and makes more opportunities available to you. “It’ll get a lot of attention, and that’s good.

“Getting nominated would mean the movie will be seen,” says Dafoe, settling down for an interview following a screening of “Shadow of the Vam-pire” at the Toronto International Film Festival. Next month, Dafoe is expected to nab an Oscar nomination in the same category. Murnau’s classic 1922 vampire flick.ĭafoe’s performance has already caught the attention of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which nominated him for a Golden Globe as best supporting actor, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, which named him the year’s best supporting actor. Even though he’s obscured underneath pointy ears, rat fangs and razor-sharp talons, the actor makes quite an impression asMax Schreck, the mysterious silent screen star who played the title role in “Nosferatu,” F.W.

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