Willem Dafoe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1955 (age 71)
- Birthplace
- Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/ də-FOH; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including a Volpi Cup Award for Best Actor, with nominations for four Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. He received an Honorary Golden Bear in 2018. Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Dafoe made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). He is known for collaborating with both mainstream and auteur filmmakers, including Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Sam Raimi, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Andrew Stanton, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. He received Academy Award nominations for playing a compassionate army sergeant in the war drama Platoon (1986), Max Schreck in the mystery film Shadow of the Vampire (2000), a kindly motel manager in the coming-of-age film The Florida Project (2017), and Vincent van Gogh in the biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). His other films credits include To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), The English Patient (1996), American Psycho (2000), Animal Factory (2000), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Antichrist (2009), The Hunter (2011), John Carter (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), John Wick (2014), The Lighthouse (2019), Togo (2019), Poor Things (2023), and Nosferatu (2024). Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He portrayed Norman Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007) and reprised the role in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He has also voiced roles in the animated films Finding Nemo (2003), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and The Boy and the Heron (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Tropico
Movie · as Raymond
The Sleeping Shepherd
Movie
Cuddle
Movie · as Dante
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Ebenezer Scrooge
Time Out
Movie
White Lies
Movie
American Nails
Movie
Lincoln in the Bardo
Movie
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Movie
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Movie · as Self
Late Fame
Movie · as Ed Saxberger
Tenzing
Movie · as John Hunt
The Birthday Party
Movie · as Marcos Timoleon
The Souffleur
Movie · as Lucius
Werwulf
Movie · as Old Hunter
Pet Shop Days
Movie · as Francis
The Legend of Ochi
Movie · as Maxim
The Man in My Basement
Movie · as Anniston Bennett
Zero
Movie · as (voice)
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie · as Knave
Grande Envie
Movie · as Count
Avrio Vrady
Movie · as Dancing man
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Movie · as Jackson
Finally Dawn
Movie · as Rufo Priori
Kinds of Kindness
Movie · as Raymond / George / Omi
Saturday Night
Movie · as David Tebet
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Movie
Nosferatu
Movie · as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Movie · as Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
Movie · as Self
Asteroid City
Movie · as Saltzburg Keitel
Inside
Movie · as Nemo
The Wild One
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Gonzo Girl
Movie · as Walker Reade
Poor Things
Movie · as Godwin Baxter
Interior (The Spectator)
Movie · as Narrator
Willem Dafoe
Movie
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Movie · as Sé stesso
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Movie · as Self
Finding Satoshi
Movie · as Narrator
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Movie · as Self
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Movie · as Self / Grand Duc
The Northman
Movie · as Heimir the Fool
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Movie · as Film Actor
Dead for a Dollar
Movie · as Joe Cribbens
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mostra, Venise
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Movie · as Self
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie · as Albert 'the Abacus'
Nightmare Alley
Movie · as Clem Hoatley
The Card Counter
Movie · as Gordo
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie · as Vulko
Maresco / Pasolini
Movie · as Self
River
Movie · as Narrator
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Movie · as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Siberia
Movie · as Clint
The Last Thing He Wanted
Movie · as Richard McMahon
Tommaso
Movie · as Tommaso
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Movie · as Self
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
Movie
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Movie · as Self
Sportin' Life
Movie · as Self
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Movie · as Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Movie · as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
The Lighthouse
Movie · as Thomas Wake
Motherless Brooklyn
Movie · as Paul Randolph
Manou the Swift
Movie · as Manou's Father (voice)
Love, Antosha
Movie · as Self
Togo
Movie · as Leonhard Seppala
Brothers in Arms
Movie · as Self
Aquaman
Movie · as Nuidis Vulko
At Eternity's Gate
Movie · as Vincent van Gogh
Opus Zero
Movie · as Paul
Vox Lux
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Movie · as Self
Friedkin Uncut
Movie · as Self
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Movie
Death Note
Movie · as Ryuk (voice)
The Florida Project
Movie · as Bobby
What Happened to Monday
Movie · as Terrence Settman
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie · as Gerhard Hardman
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Movie · as Self
Mountain
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Piazza Vittorio
Movie · as Himself
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Movie · as Self
Sanctuary
Movie · as Narrator
NHK WORLD PRIME
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Great Wall
Movie · as Ballard
My Hindu Friend
Movie · as Diego Fairman
Dog Eat Dog
Movie · as Mad Dog
A Family Man
Movie · as Ed Blackridge
Mind the Gap
Movie · as Self
Finding Dory
Movie · as Gill (voice)
Father
Movie · as James Verdun
Nelson Algren Live
Movie · as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
Sculpt
Movie
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Movie · as Self
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Movie · as Self
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Movie · as Self
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Movie · as Narrator
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Zylander Quark, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Movie · as Jopling
A Most Wanted Man
Movie · as Tommy Brue
The Fault in Our Stars
Movie · as Peter van Houten
John Wick
Movie · as Marcus
Bad Country
Movie · as Bud Carter
Pasolini
Movie · as Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Out of the Furnace
Movie · as John Petty
Saving Norman
Movie · as Lionel Pembrooke
Love's Routine
Movie · as Barry
The Smile Man
Movie · as Willem
Odd Thomas
Movie · as Wyatt Porter
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Movie · as L
John Carter
Movie · as Tars Tarkas
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Movie · as Cisco
Tomorrow You're Gone
Movie · as The Buddha
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Movie · as Self
The Hunter
Movie · as Martin David
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Movie · as Detective Hank Havenhurst
Miral
Movie · as Eddie
Daybreakers
Movie · as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
A Woman
Movie · as Max Oliver
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Movie · as Narrator
The Making of Daybreakers
Movie · as Self
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Movie · as Rat (voice)
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Movie · as Paul Smecker (uncredited)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Movie · as Gavner Purl
Farewell
Movie · as Feeney
Antichrist
Movie · as He
Fireflies in the Garden
Movie · as Charles Waechter
Adam Resurrected
Movie · as Commandat Klein
The Dust of Time
Movie · as A
Go Go Tales
Movie · as Ray Ruby
Spider-Man 3
Movie · as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Movie · as Carson Clay
The Walker
Movie · as Larry Lockner
Anamorph
Movie · as Stan Aubray
Ripley Under Ground
Movie · as Neil Murchison
The Procedure
Movie · as Christopher
Cannes: All Access
Movie · as Self
Voom Portraits
Movie · as Self
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie · as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
Movie · as Self
Wintergasten
TV · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Inside Man
Movie · as John Darius
Paris Je T'aime
Movie · as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
American Dreamz
Movie · as Chief of Staff
Manderlay
Movie · as Grace's Father
xXx: State of the Union
Movie · as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
Before It Had a Name
Movie · as Leslie
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Movie · as Self
This Is an Adventure
Movie · as Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Movie · as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Movie · as Self / Klaus D.
The Colbert Report
TV · 1 ep
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Movie · as Klaus Daimler
Spider-Man 2
Movie · as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
The Clearing
Movie · as Arnold Mack
The Reckoning
Movie · as Martin
Control
Movie · as Dr. Michael Copeland
The Aviator
Movie · as Roland Sweet
The Misbehavers
Movie · as Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Movie
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Movie · as Self
Kulturplatz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Finding Nemo
Movie · as Gill (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Movie · as Armando Barillo
Rockets Redglare!
Movie · as Self
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Movie · as Self
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Movie
Overnight
Movie · as Self
Spider-Man
Movie · as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Auto Focus
Movie · as John Carpenter
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Movie · as Hunter (voice)
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man
Movie · as Self
Spider-Mania
Movie · as Self
The Spider-Man Story
Movie · as Self
Edges of the Lord
Movie · as Priest
Pavilion of Women
Movie · as Father Andre
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Movie · as Self
American Psycho
Movie · as Donald Kimball
Shadow of the Vampire
Movie · as Max Schreck
Animal Factory
Movie · as Earl Copen
Bullfighter
Movie · as Father Ramirez
eXistenZ
Movie · as Gas
New Rose Hotel
Movie · as X
The Boondock Saints
Movie · as Paul Smecker
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
Movie · as Narrator
The Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Affliction
Movie · as Rolfe Whitehouse
Lulu on the Bridge
Movie · as Dr. Van Horn
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Movie · as Geiger
Wrong Guys
Movie · as Jack Straw
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · 1 ep
The English Patient
Movie · as David Caravaggio
Basquiat
Movie · as The Electrician
Victory
Movie · as Axel Heyst
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Night and the Moment
Movie · as The Writer
Clear and Present Danger
Movie · as John Clark
Tom & Viv
Movie · as Tom Eliot
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kingdom
TV · as Grand Duc · 3 eps
Body of Evidence
Movie · as Frank Dulaney
Faraway, So Close!
Movie · as Emit Flesti
White Homeland Commando
Movie · as Karl
Brace Up!
Movie · as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
Rhyme 'Em to Death
Movie
Light Sleeper
Movie · as John LeTour
White Sands
Movie · as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
North on Evers
Movie
Blast 'Em
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Flight of the Intruder
Movie · as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Fishing with John
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wild at Heart
Movie · as Bobby Peru
Cry-Baby
Movie · as Hateful Guard
Born on the Fourth of July
Movie · as Charlie
Triumph of the Spirit
Movie · as Salamo Arouch
The Simpsons
TV · as The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice), Commandant (voice) · 1 ep
Mississippi Burning
Movie · as Agent Alan Ward
The Last Temptation of Christ
Movie · as Jesus
Off Limits
Movie · as Buck McGriff
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
Movie · as Self
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Movie · as Elephant Grass (voice)
Platoon
Movie · as Sergeant Elias Grodin
To Live and Die in L.A.
Movie · as Rick Masters
O Panama
Movie
The Loveless
Movie · as Vance
Streets of Fire
Movie · as Raven Shaddock
Roadhouse 66
Movie · as Johnny Harte
New York Nights
Movie · as Boyfriend
Atalanta Strategy
Movie · as Immigration Staff
The Hunger
Movie · as 2nd Phone Booth Youth
The Hitchhiker
TV · as Jeffrey Hunt · 1 ep
Heaven's Gate
Movie · as Willy (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self, Self - Presenter · 2 eps