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Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Acting July 22, 1955 (71 years old) 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.

Movies 223

Spider-Man: No Way Home 7.9

Spider-Man: No Way Home

as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin

2021
Spider-Man 7.4

Spider-Man

as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

2002
Finding Nemo 7.8

Finding Nemo

as Gill (voice)

2003
Tenzing 8.2

Tenzing

as John Hunt

2026
Spider-Man 3 6.5

Spider-Man 3

as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

2007
The Grand Budapest Hotel 8.0

The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Jopling

2014
American Psycho 7.4

American Psycho

as Donald Kimball

2000
Zack Snyder's Justice League 8.1

Zack Snyder's Justice League

as Vulko

2021
John Wick 7.5

John Wick

as Marcus

2014
Poor Things 7.6

Poor Things

as Godwin Baxter

2023
Nosferatu 6.7

Nosferatu

as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz

2024
Murder on the Orient Express 6.7

Murder on the Orient Express

as Gerhard Hardman

2017
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 6.9

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

as Jackson

2024
Fantastic Mr. Fox 7.8

Fantastic Mr. Fox

as Rat (voice)

2009
Platoon 7.7

Platoon

as Sergeant Elias Grodin

1986
Aquaman 6.9

Aquaman

as Nuidis Vulko

2018
Spider-Man 2 7.3

Spider-Man 2

as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

2004
The Northman 7.0

The Northman

as Heimir the Fool

2022
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II 6.7

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

as L

2013
The Aviator 7.2

The Aviator

as Roland Sweet

2004
Inside Man 7.4

Inside Man

as John Darius

2006
The Great Wall 6.0

The Great Wall

as Ballard

2016
Finding Dory 7.0

Finding Dory

as Gill (voice)

2016
John Carter 6.4

John Carter

as Tars Tarkas

2012
The Lighthouse 7.5

The Lighthouse

as Thomas Wake

2019
Clear and Present Danger 6.6

Clear and Present Danger

as John Clark

1994
Asteroid City 6.4

Asteroid City

as Saltzburg Keitel

2023
What Happened to Monday 7.1

What Happened to Monday

as Terrence Settman

2017
Werwulf

Werwulf

as Old Hunter

2026
xXx: State of the Union 5.1

xXx: State of the Union

as Gen. George Octavius Deckert

2005
The Fault in Our Stars 7.6

The Fault in Our Stars

as Peter van Houten

2014
The Phoenician Scheme 6.5

The Phoenician Scheme

as Knave

2025
Nightmare Alley 6.9

Nightmare Alley

as Clem Hoatley

2021
Mr. Bean's Holiday 6.4

Mr. Bean's Holiday

as Carson Clay

2007
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun 7.0

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

as Albert 'the Abacus'

2021
Togo 8.1

Togo

as Leonhard Seppala

2019
Antichrist 6.6

Antichrist

as He

2009
The English Patient 7.1

The English Patient

as David Caravaggio

1996
Wild at Heart 7.0

Wild at Heart

as Bobby Peru

1990
Speed 2: Cruise Control 4.6

Speed 2: Cruise Control

as Geiger

1997
Once Upon a Time in Mexico 6.3

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

as Armando Barillo

2003
The Florida Project 7.4

The Florida Project

as Bobby

2017
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 7.1

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

as Klaus Daimler

2004
Kinds of Kindness 6.5

Kinds of Kindness

as Raymond / George / Omi

2024
eXistenZ 6.8

eXistenZ

as Gas

1999
Mississippi Burning 7.7

Mississippi Burning

as Agent Alan Ward

1988
The Boondock Saints 7.2

The Boondock Saints

as Paul Smecker

1999
The Last Temptation of Christ 7.2

The Last Temptation of Christ

as Jesus

1988
Born on the Fourth of July 7.0

Born on the Fourth of July

as Charlie

1989
The Legend of Ochi 6.1

The Legend of Ochi

as Maxim

2025
Death Note 4.3

Death Note

as Ryuk (voice)

2017
Daybreakers 6.3

Daybreakers

as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac

2010
Paris Je T'aime 6.8

Paris Je T'aime

as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)

2006
At Eternity's Gate 7.0

At Eternity's Gate

as Vincent van Gogh

2018
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day 6.0

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

as Paul Smecker (uncredited)

2009
Odd Thomas 7.0

Odd Thomas

as Wyatt Porter

2013
To Live and Die in L.A. 7.1

To Live and Die in L.A.

as Rick Masters

1985
Out of the Furnace 6.6

Out of the Furnace

as John Petty

2013
Cry-Baby 6.5

Cry-Baby

as Hateful Guard

1990
A Most Wanted Man 6.5

A Most Wanted Man

as Tommy Brue

2014
The Card Counter 6.1

The Card Counter

as Gordo

2021
Heaven's Gate 6.7

Heaven's Gate

as Willy (uncredited)

1980
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant 5.9

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

as Gavner Purl

2009
Body of Evidence 5.0

Body of Evidence

as Frank Dulaney

1993
Motherless Brooklyn 6.7

Motherless Brooklyn

as Paul Randolph

2019
The Last Thing He Wanted 4.9

The Last Thing He Wanted

as Richard McMahon

2020
Streets of Fire 6.9

Streets of Fire

as Raven Shaddock

1984
Shadow of the Vampire 6.7

Shadow of the Vampire

as Max Schreck

2000
Dead for a Dollar 5.8

Dead for a Dollar

as Joe Cribbens

2022
Inside 5.7

Inside

as Nemo

2023
The Hunger 6.7

The Hunger

as 2nd Phone Booth Youth

1983
A Family Man 6.7

A Family Man

as Ed Blackridge

2016
Basquiat 6.6

Basquiat

as The Electrician

1996
Saturday Night 6.6

Saturday Night

as David Tebet

2024
Flight of the Intruder 5.8

Flight of the Intruder

as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole

1991
Manderlay 6.9

Manderlay

as Grace's Father

2005
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done 6.1

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

as Detective Hank Havenhurst

2010
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home 6.8

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

as Self

2022
Fireflies in the Garden 6.2

Fireflies in the Garden

as Charles Waechter

2008
To Each His Own Cinema 6.4

To Each His Own Cinema

as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)

2007
Vox Lux 5.7

Vox Lux

as Narrator (voice)

2018
Affliction 6.3

Affliction

as Rolfe Whitehouse

1998
The Hunter 6.7

The Hunter

as Martin David

2011
Late Fame 6.3

Late Fame

as Ed Saxberger

2026
Faraway, So Close! 6.9

Faraway, So Close!

as Emit Flesti

1993
Dog Eat Dog 5.1

Dog Eat Dog

as Mad Dog

2016
The Man in My Basement 5.4

The Man in My Basement

as Anniston Bennett

2025
Off Limits 5.6

Off Limits

as Buck McGriff

1988
Bad Country 5.5

Bad Country

as Bud Carter

2014
Triumph of the Spirit 6.5

Triumph of the Spirit

as Salamo Arouch

1989
American Dreamz 5.1

American Dreamz

as Chief of Staff

2006
4:44 Last Day on Earth 4.8

4:44 Last Day on Earth

as Cisco

2012
Control 6.1

Control

as Dr. Michael Copeland

2004
Auto Focus 6.4

Auto Focus

as John Carpenter

2002
Manou the Swift 6.7

Manou the Swift

as Manou's Father (voice)

2019
New Rose Hotel 5.3

New Rose Hotel

as X

1999
Light Sleeper 6.7

Light Sleeper

as John LeTour

1992
Edges of the Lord 6.4

Edges of the Lord

as Priest

2001
Love, Antosha 7.4

Love, Antosha

as Self

2019
Animal Factory 6.3

Animal Factory

as Earl Copen

2000
Siberia 4.9

Siberia

as Clint

2020
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood 4.4

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)

2005
Zero 5.8

Zero

as (voice)

2025
The Clearing 5.7

The Clearing

as Arnold Mack

2004
Adam Resurrected 6.1

Adam Resurrected

as Commandat Klein

2008
The Souffleur 7.2

The Souffleur

as Lucius

2026
Lulu on the Bridge 5.9

Lulu on the Bridge

as Dr. Van Horn

1998
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 7.2

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

as Elephant Grass (voice)

1987
White Sands 5.9

White Sands

as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal

1992
Anamorph 5.2

Anamorph

as Stan Aubray

2007
Miral 5.8

Miral

as Eddie

2010
Pasolini 5.7

Pasolini

as Pier Paolo Pasolini

2014
Pavilion of Women 5.4

Pavilion of Women

as Father Andre

2001
Tomorrow You're Gone 4.5

Tomorrow You're Gone

as The Buddha

2012
The Birthday Party 5.1

The Birthday Party

as Marcos Timoleon

2026
Before It Had a Name 3.8

Before It Had a Name

as Leslie

2005
The Dust of Time 6.4

The Dust of Time

as A

2008
Pet Shop Days 5.8

Pet Shop Days

as Francis

2025
The Reckoning 6.4

The Reckoning

as Martin

2004
7 Deaths of Maria Callas 3.0

7 Deaths of Maria Callas

as Film Actor

2022
Tom & Viv 6.1

Tom & Viv

as Tom Eliot

1994
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project 8.3

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project

as Self

2018
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' 6.2

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

as Self / Klaus D.

2005
Finally Dawn 6.1

Finally Dawn

as Rufo Priori

2024
On the Set: Spider-Man 3

On the Set: Spider-Man 3

as Self

2007
Brothers in Arms 5.8

Brothers in Arms

as Self

2018
Farewell 6.4

Farewell

as Feeney

2009
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man 5.8

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man

as Self

2002
Nosferatu: An Inside Look 5.5

Nosferatu: An Inside Look

as Self

2024
This Is an Adventure 6.8

This Is an Adventure

as Self

2005
Go Go Tales 5.6

Go Go Tales

as Ray Ruby

2008
Friedkin Uncut 7.1

Friedkin Uncut

as Self

2018
Ripley Under Ground 5.6

Ripley Under Ground

as Neil Murchison

2007
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

as Self / Grand Duc

2022
Victory 5.2

Victory

as Axel Heyst

1996
The Walker 5.3

The Walker

as Larry Lockner

2007
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate 7.4

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

as Narrator (voice)

2004
Roadhouse 66 5.1

Roadhouse 66

as Johnny Harte

1984
Gonzo Girl 2.0

Gonzo Girl

as Walker Reade

2023
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait 7.3

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

as Self

2017
Cannes: All Access 3.2

Cannes: All Access

as Self

2007
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant 2.0

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

as Self

2017
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure 4.5

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

as Hunter (voice)

2002
Cuddle

Cuddle

as Dante

My Hindu Friend 4.1

My Hindu Friend

as Diego Fairman

2016
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' 7.7

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

as Self

2003
The Loveless 5.7

The Loveless

as Vance

1984
Mountain 6.9

Mountain

as Narrator (voice)

2017
The Night and the Moment 4.9

The Night and the Moment

as The Writer

1995
Vincent van Gogh Superstar 6.5

Vincent van Gogh Superstar

as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)

2019
Spider-Mania 5.4

Spider-Mania

as Self

2002
Can Creativity Save the World?

Can Creativity Save the World?

as Self

2024
Tommaso 5.7

Tommaso

as Tommaso

2020
Overnight 6.4

Overnight

as Self

2003
Why Are We (Not) Creative? 6.0

Why Are We (Not) Creative?

as Self

2021
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale 6.9

The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale

as Self

2020
Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die 7.1

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Self

2020
Don't F*#% With John Wick 7.5

Don't F*#% With John Wick

as Self

2015
The Making of A Most Wanted Man

The Making of A Most Wanted Man

as Self

2015
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal 6.4

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

as Self

2005
Tropico

Tropico

as Raymond

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty 8.0

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

2003
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ 5.3

Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ

as Self

1988
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry 7.2

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry

as Self

2015
Opus Zero 5.5

Opus Zero

as Paul

2018
Brace Up! 10.0

Brace Up!

as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin

1993
Rockets Redglare! 7.7

Rockets Redglare!

as Self

2003
A Woman 4.3

A Woman

as Max Oliver

2010
Jesus Goes to Hollywood 5.0

Jesus Goes to Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Wim Wenders, Desperado 7.7

Wim Wenders, Desperado

as Self

2020
Sanctuary

Sanctuary

as Narrator

2017
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

as Self

2026
River 6.4

River

as Narrator

2021
Love's Routine 6.5

Love's Routine

as Barry

2013
Rhyme 'Em to Death

Rhyme 'Em to Death

1993
Time Out

Time Out

Bullfighter 2.6

Bullfighter

as Father Ramirez

2000
The Spider-Man Story 7.0

The Spider-Man Story

as Self

2002
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World 9.0

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

as Narrator

2010
run 002

run 002

2024
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg 4.0

SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg

as (archive footage)

2014
Sculpt 1.0

Sculpt

2016
Grande Envie 9.6

Grande Envie

as Count

2025
The Smile Man 7.4

The Smile Man

as Willem

2013
New York Nights 3.7

New York Nights

as Boyfriend

1984
White Lies

White Lies

Blast 'Em 7.0

Blast 'Em

as Self (uncredited)

1992
Father 4.2

Father

as James Verdun

2016
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone 7.0

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone

as Self

2022
Atalanta Strategy

Atalanta Strategy

as Immigration Staff

1984
Voom Portraits 10.0

Voom Portraits

as Self

2007
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

2004
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'

Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'

as Self

2004
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago 6.0

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

2020
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' 8.5

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

as Self

2001
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic 6.5

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic

as Self

2012
Finding Satoshi 8.0

Finding Satoshi

as Narrator

2022
The Making of Daybreakers 7.0

The Making of Daybreakers

as Self

2010
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story 7.5

Fukushima: A Nuclear Story

as Narrator

2015
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle 10.0

Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle

as Narrator

1999
The Misbehavers 10.0

The Misbehavers

as Self

2004
White Homeland Commando 10.0

White Homeland Commando

as Karl

1993
The Sleeping Shepherd

The Sleeping Shepherd

The Wild One 6.0

The Wild One

as Narrator (voice)

2023
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci

Theatron. Romeo Castellucci

2018
Il coraggio di essere Franco 5.6

Il coraggio di essere Franco

as Sé stesso

2022
Sportin' Life 4.2

Sportin' Life

as Self

2020
American Nails

American Nails

Nelson Algren Live

Nelson Algren Live

as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh

2016
Maresco / Pasolini

Maresco / Pasolini

as Self

2021
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

as Ebenezer Scrooge

run 003

run 003

North on Evers 7.5

North on Evers

1992
The Procedure 4.6

The Procedure

as Christopher

2007
Piazza Vittorio 6.4

Piazza Vittorio

as Himself

2017
Willem Dafoe 5.0

Willem Dafoe

2023
O Panama 6.0

O Panama

1985
Saving Norman 6.5

Saving Norman

as Lionel Pembrooke

2013
Mind the Gap 7.2

Mind the Gap

as Self

2016
Interior (The Spectator)

Interior (The Spectator)

as Narrator

2023
Wrong Guys

Wrong Guys

as Jack Straw

1997
Avrio Vrady

Avrio Vrady

as Dancing man

2025

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