A former student at UWM who called Appleton home is one step away from having an Oscar on his mantle.
Willem Dafoe has earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the movie The Florida Project.
This nomination comes in his 37th year in major movies. His credits include movies from Finding Nemo (2003) to Platoon (1986), Mississippi Burning (1988) to The English Patient 1996).