Acting
Willem Dafoe
EN, IT, DE, DA cinema · 225 credits
Born
22 July 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Also known as William Dafoe, Jr. · William J. Dafoe · William James Dafoe
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.
Known for
Filmography
Tropico
Tropico
as Raymond, Producer
Cuddle
as Dante
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
run 003
Actor
Late Fame
as Ed Saxberger
Tenzing
as John Hunt
The Birthday Party
as Marcos Timoleon
The Souffleur
as Lucius, Executive Producer
Werwulf
as Old Hunter
Pet Shop Days
as Francis
The Legend of Ochi
as Maxim
The Man in My Basement
as Anniston Bennett, Executive Producer
Zero
as (voice)
Grande Envie
as Count
Avrio Vrady
as Dancing man
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Jackson
Finally Dawn
as Rufo Priori
Kinds of Kindness
as Raymond / George / Omi
Saturday Night
as David Tebet
Nosferatu
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Asteroid City
as Saltzburg Keitel
Inside
as Nemo
The Wild One
as Narrator (voice)
Gonzo Girl
as Walker Reade
Poor Things
as Godwin Baxter
Interior (The Spectator)
as Narrator
Il coraggio di essere Franco
as Sé stesso
Finding Satoshi
as Narrator
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Grand Duc
The Northman
as Heimir the Fool
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
as Film Actor
Dead for a Dollar
as Joe Cribbens
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Albert 'the Abacus'
Nightmare Alley
as Clem Hoatley
The Card Counter
as Gordo
River
as Narrator
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Siberia
as Clint
The Last Thing He Wanted
as Richard McMahon
Tommaso
as Tommaso
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self, Associate Producer
Sportin' Life
as Self
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
The Lighthouse
as Thomas Wake
Motherless Brooklyn
as Paul Randolph
Manou the Swift
as Manou's Father (voice)
Love, Antosha
as Self
Togo
as Leonhard Seppala
Brothers in Arms
as Self
Aquaman
as Nuidis Vulko
At Eternity's Gate
as Vincent van Gogh
Opus Zero
as Paul
Vox Lux
as Narrator (voice)
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
Death Note
as Ryuk (voice)
The Florida Project
as Bobby
What Happened to Monday
as Terrence Settman
Murder on the Orient Express
as Gerhard Hardman
Mountain
as Narrator (voice)
Piazza Vittorio
as Himself
Sanctuary
as Narrator
The Great Wall
as Ballard
My Hindu Friend
as Diego Fairman
Dog Eat Dog
as Mad Dog
A Family Man
as Ed Blackridge
Mind the Gap
as Self
Finding Dory
as Gill (voice)
Father
as James Verdun
Nelson Algren Live
as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
Sculpt
Actor
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
as Narrator
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
2014
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
as (archive footage)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Jopling
A Most Wanted Man
as Tommy Brue
The Fault in Our Stars
as Peter van Houten
John Wick
as Marcus
Bad Country
as Bud Carter
Pasolini
as Pier Paolo Pasolini
Out of the Furnace
as John Petty
Saving Norman
2013
Saving Norman
as Lionel Pembrooke
The Smile Man
as Willem
Odd Thomas
as Wyatt Porter
John Carter
as Tars Tarkas
Tomorrow You're Gone
as The Buddha
The Hunter
as Martin David
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
Miral
as Eddie
Daybreakers
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
A Woman
as Max Oliver
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Rat (voice)
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
as Paul Smecker (uncredited)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
as Gavner Purl
Farewell
as Feeney
Fireflies in the Garden
as Charles Waechter
Adam Resurrected
as Commandat Klein
Go Go Tales
as Ray Ruby
Spider-Man 3
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Mr. Bean's Holiday
as Carson Clay
The Walker
as Larry Lockner
Anamorph
as Stan Aubray
Ripley Under Ground
as Neil Murchison
The Procedure
2007
The Procedure
as Christopher
Voom Portraits
as Self
To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
Inside Man
as John Darius
Paris Je T'aime
as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
American Dreamz
as Chief of Staff
Manderlay
as Grace's Father
xXx: State of the Union
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
Before It Had a Name
as Leslie, Screenplay
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Klaus D.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Klaus Daimler
Spider-Man 2
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
The Clearing
as Arnold Mack
The Reckoning
as Martin
Control
as Dr. Michael Copeland
The Aviator
as Roland Sweet
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
as Narrator (voice)
Finding Nemo
as Gill (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Armando Barillo
Overnight
as Self
Spider-Man
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Auto Focus
as John Carpenter
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
as Hunter (voice)
Spider-Mania
as Self
Edges of the Lord
as Priest
Pavilion of Women
as Father Andre
American Psycho
as Donald Kimball
Shadow of the Vampire
as Max Schreck
Animal Factory
as Earl Copen
Bullfighter
as Father Ramirez
eXistenZ
as Gas
New Rose Hotel
as X, Co-Producer
The Boondock Saints
as Paul Smecker
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
as Narrator
Affliction
as Rolfe Whitehouse
Lulu on the Bridge
as Dr. Van Horn
Speed 2: Cruise Control
as Geiger
Wrong Guys
1997
Wrong Guys
as Jack Straw
The English Patient
as David Caravaggio
Basquiat
as The Electrician
Victory
as Axel Heyst
The Night and the Moment
as The Writer
Clear and Present Danger
as John Clark
Tom & Viv
as Tom Eliot
Body of Evidence
as Frank Dulaney
Faraway, So Close!
as Emit Flesti
Brace Up!
as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
Light Sleeper
as John LeTour
White Sands
as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
Flight of the Intruder
as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Wild at Heart
as Bobby Peru
Cry-Baby
as Hateful Guard
Born on the Fourth of July
as Charlie
Triumph of the Spirit
as Salamo Arouch
Mississippi Burning
as Agent Alan Ward
Off Limits
as Buck McGriff
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Elephant Grass (voice)
Platoon
as Sergeant Elias Grodin
To Live and Die in L.A.
as Rick Masters
O Panama
Actor
The Loveless
as Vance
Streets of Fire
as Raven Shaddock
Roadhouse 66
as Johnny Harte
New York Nights
as Boyfriend
Atalanta Strategy
as Immigration Staff
The Hunger
as 2nd Phone Booth Youth
Heaven's Gate
as Willy (uncredited)