Willem Dafoe
Acting
🎂 1955-07-22
William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/də-FOH or /ˈdeɪfoʊ/ DAY-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 the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). Dafoe's early career includes credits for The Loveless (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for the war drama Platoon (1986), followed by nominations for his roles in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also gained acclaim and wide recognition for his roles as Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and as the supervillain Norman Osborn in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). His other film appearance include roles in Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Body of Evidence (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Affliction (1997), New Rose Hotel(1998), Existenz (1999), The Boondock Saints (1999), American Psycho (2000), Auto Focus (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Inside Man (2006), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Antichrist (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), John Wick (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Aquaman (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Nightmare Alley (2021), Poor Things (2023), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(247)
Self
1996
Self
2014
Self
2010
Self
1962
Self
2014
Self
2014
The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)
1989
Commandant (voice)
1989
Self
2007
2005
Knave
2025
Self
2015
Self
2014
1997
Self - Host
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Maxim
2025
Self
2022
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
2021
Self
1953
Self - Presenter
1953
Self
1999
Grand Duc
1994
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
2007
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
2024
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
2002
Gill (voice)
2003
(archive footage)
2025
Nuidis Vulko
2018
Marcus
2014
Self
1991
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Vulko
2021
Jackson
2024
Godwin Baxter
2023
2007
Jeffrey Hunt
1983
Donald Kimball
2000
Saltzburg Keitel
2023
L
2013
Sergeant Elias Grodin
1986
Jopling
2014
Ballard
2016
Peter van Houten
2014
Heimir the Fool
2022
Rat (voice)
2009
Gill (voice)
2016
Terrence Settman
2017
John Darius
2006
Self
2004
Tars Tarkas
2012
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
2004
Gerhard Hardman
2017
Thomas Wake
2019
Agent Alan Ward
1988
Self
1994
Raymond / George / Omi
2024
Nemo
2023
Carson Clay
2007
Clem Hoatley
2021
He
2009
Roland Sweet
2004
Gen. George Octavius Deckert
2005
Albert 'the Abacus'
2021
Bobby
2017
Leonhard Seppala
2019
Charlie
1989
Joe Cribbens
2022
Armando Barillo
2003
John Clark
1994
Ryuk (voice)
2017
David Caravaggio
1996
David Tebet
2024
Rufo Priori
2024
Self
2020
Klaus Daimler
2004
Wyatt Porter
2013
Geiger
1997
Rick Masters
1985
Paul Smecker
1999
Gavner Purl
2009
Frank Dulaney
1993
Bobby Peru
1990
Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
2006
Gas
1999
Jesus
1988
Gordo
2021
Paul Randolph
2019
Raven Shaddock
1984
Richard McMahon
2020
Hateful Guard
1990
Self - "Tapis Rouge" Guest
2022
Willy (uncredited)
1980
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
2010
Vincent van Gogh
2018
Self
2022
Bud Carter
2014
Buck McGriff
1988
Earl Copen
2000
John Petty
2013
Max Schreck
2000
Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage)
2019
2nd Phone Booth Youth
1983
L
2013
Ed Blackridge
2016
Martin David
2011
Charles Waechter
2008
Paul Smecker
2009
Mad Dog
2016
Rolfe Whitehouse
1997
Tommy Brue
2014
(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
2007
Chief of Staff
2006
Narrator (voice)
2018
Grace's Father
2005
Manou's Father (voice)
2019
John LeTour
1992
Salamo Arouch
1989
Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
1991
John Carpenter
2002
The Electrician
1996
Emit Flesti
1993
Self
2002
Detective Hank Havenhurst
2010
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
1992
(voice)
2025
Self
2019
Ray Ruby
2007
X
1999
Diego Fairman
2016
Dr. Michael Copeland
2004
Self
2015
Feeney
2009
Commandat Klein
2008
Martin
2004
Narrator
2021
James Verdun
2016
Self
2024
Arnold Mack
2004
Eddie
2010
Narrator (voice)
2017
Self
2017
Pier Paolo Pasolini
2014
Stan Aubray
2007
Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
2005
Clint
2020
Cisco
2012
Walker Reade
2023
Self
2003
Tommaso
2020
Boyfriend
1984
Self
2020
Dr. Van Horn
1998
The Buddha
2012
Self
2018
Vance
1984
Priest
2001
Willem
2013
Film Actor
2022
Tom Eliot
1994
Lo scrittore
1995
Father Andre
2001
Self
2005
Self
2017
Elephant Grass (voice)
1987
Self
2018
Self
2001
Francis
2023
Larry Lockner
2007
A
2008
Self
2007
Neil Murchison
2005
Self
2007
Self
2003
Self
2022
Father Ramirez
2000
Self
2020
Self
2015
Hunter (voice)
2002
Axel Heyst
1996
Johnny Harte
1984
Paul
2018
Leslie
2005
Self
2024
Self
2003
Self
2020
Narrator
2010
Sé stesso
2022
Marcos Timoleon
Self
2020
Max Oliver
2010
Anniston Bennett
Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
2016
Narrator
2015
Self
2002
Narrator
1999
Self
2005
Christopher
2007
Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
1993
Ed Saxberger
Self
2010
Self / Grand Duc
2022
2003
Karl
1993
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
2002
Self
2021
Self / Klaus D.
2005
Self
1988
1993
Raymond
Himself
2017
1992
2020
Colonel John Hunt
Lionel Pembrooke
2013
Self
2004
Self
2018
2004
Self (archival footage)
1998
1985
Self
2021
Narrator (voice)
2004
Dante
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
2019
2022
Barry
2013
Self
2015
2018
Narrator (voice)
2023
Self
2016
Narrator
2017
Narrator
2022
Ebenezer Scrooge
Narrator (voice)
2013
Self
2012
(archive footage)
2014
Immigration Staff
1984
2016
Self
2004
2024
Jack Straw
1997
Narrator
2023
Himself
2024
