What, exactly, is a “character actor”? As with any powerful character actor, a little goes a long way. Now I understand things that I didn’t understand then, and I would love to do that role again. Courtesy of Laphroaig Legendary character actor Willem Dafoe has teamed up with Laphroaig. A classic example: I was walking down the street in New York, and I saw a poster for a small film called The Witch by Robert Eggers.