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