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Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

ActingBorn July 22, 1955 (age 70)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.

Filmography

2026Movie
2026
Late Fame

as Ed Saxberger

Movie
2026
The Birthday Party

as Marcos Timoleon

Movie
2026
The Souffleur

as Lucius

Movie
2025
Pet Shop Days

as Francis

Movie
2025
The Man in My Basement

as Anniston Bennett

Movie
2025
Avrio Vrady

as Dancing man

Movie
2025Movie
2025
Grande Envie

as Count

Movie
2025Movie
2025
Zero

as (voice)

Movie
2024
Nosferatu

as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz

Movie
2024
Jesus Goes to Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024Movie
2024
Saturday Night

as David Tebet

Movie
2024Movie
2024
Kinds of Kindness

as Raymond / George / Omi

Movie
2024
Finally Dawn

as Rufo Priori

Movie
2023
Poor Things

as Godwin Baxter

Movie
2023Movie
2023Movie
2023
Gonzo Girl

as Walker Reade

Movie
2023
Asteroid City

as Saltzburg Keitel

Movie
2023
The Wild One

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2023
Inside

as Nemo

Movie
2022Movie
2022
Dead for a Dollar

as Joe Cribbens

Movie
2022TV
2022Movie
2022Movie
2022
The Northman

as Heimir the Fool

Movie
2022
Finding Satoshi

as Narrator

Movie
2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home

as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin

Movie
2021
Nightmare Alley

as Clem Hoatley

Movie
2021Movie
2021
River

as Narrator

Movie
2021Movie
2020Movie
2020Movie
2020
Siberia

as Clint

Movie
2020
The Last Thing He Wanted

as Richard McMahon

Movie
2020
Tommaso

as Tommaso

Movie
2019
Togo

as Leonhard Seppala

Movie
2019
Vincent van Gogh Superstar

as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)

Movie
2019
Motherless Brooklyn

as Paul Randolph

Movie
2019
The Lighthouse

as Thomas Wake

Movie
2019Movie
2019
Manou the Swift

as Manou's Father (voice)

Movie
2018
Opus Zero

as Paul

Movie
2018
Aquaman

as Nuidis Vulko

Movie
2018
At Eternity's Gate

as Vincent van Gogh

Movie
2018Movie
2018Movie
2018
Vox Lux

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2017
Mountain

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2017Movie
2017
NHK WORLD PRIME

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2017Movie
2017
Piazza Vittorio

as Himself

Movie
2017
Death Note

as Ryuk (voice)

Movie
2017
What Happened to Monday

as Terrence Settman

Movie
2017
Sanctuary

as Narrator

Movie
2016
The Great Wall

as Ballard

Movie
2016
Dog Eat Dog

as Mad Dog

Movie
2016
Father

as James Verdun

Movie
2016
A Family Man

as Ed Blackridge

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Finding Dory

as Gill (voice)

Movie
2016
Nelson Algren Live

as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh

Movie
2016
My Hindu Friend

as Diego Fairman

Movie
2016Movie
2015TV
2015Movie
2014
John Wick

as Marcus

Movie
2014
Bad Country

as Bud Carter

Movie
2014
Pasolini

as Pier Paolo Pasolini

Movie
2014Movie
2014
A Most Wanted Man

as Tommy Brue

Movie
2014
The Fault in Our Stars

as Peter van Houten

Movie
2014Movie
2014TV
2013
The Benaki Museum

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2013
Out of the Furnace

as John Petty

Movie
2013Movie
2013
The Smile Man

as Willem

Movie
2013
Saving Norman

as Lionel Pembrooke

Movie
2013
Odd Thomas

as Wyatt Porter

Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2012
John Carter

as Tars Tarkas

Movie
2011
The Hunter

as Martin David

Movie
2010
Conan

as Self

TV
2010
Miral

as Eddie

Movie
2010
A Woman

as Max Oliver

Movie
2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

as Detective Hank Havenhurst

Movie
2010
Daybreakers

as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac

Movie
2009
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

as Paul Smecker (uncredited)

Movie
2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox

as Rat (voice)

Movie
2009
Farewell

as Feeney

Movie
2009Movie
2008Movie
2008
Adam Resurrected

as Commandat Klein

Movie
2008
Fireflies in the Garden

as Charles Waechter

Movie
2008
Go Go Tales

as Ray Ruby

Movie
2007
To Each His Own Cinema

as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007
Anamorph

as Stan Aubray

Movie
2007
The Procedure

as Christopher

Movie
2007
Spider-Man 3

as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

Movie
2007
Mr. Bean's Holiday

as Carson Clay

Movie
2007
The Walker

as Larry Lockner

Movie
2006
Paris Je T'aime

as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)

Movie
2006
Inside Man

as John Darius

Movie
2006
American Dreamz

as Chief of Staff

Movie
2005
Ripley Under Ground

as Neil Murchison

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Manderlay

as Grace's Father

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)

Movie
2005
xXx: State of the Union

as Gen. George Octavius Deckert

Movie
2004
The Aviator

as Roland Sweet

Movie
2004Movie
2004
Control

as Dr. Michael Copeland

Movie
2004Movie
2004TV
2004
The Clearing

as Arnold Mack

Movie
2004
Spider-Man 2

as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

Movie
2004
The Reckoning

as Martin

Movie
2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico

as Armando Barillo

Movie
2003
Overnight

as Self

Movie
2003
Finding Nemo

as Gill (voice)

Movie
2003Movie
2002
Auto Focus

as John Carpenter

Movie
2002Movie
2002
Spider-Man

as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

Movie
2002Movie
2001Movie
2001
Pavilion of Women

as Father Andre

Movie
2000
Animal Factory

as Earl Copen

Movie
2000
Bullfighter

as Father Ramirez

Movie
2000
Shadow of the Vampire

as Max Schreck

Movie
2000
American Psycho

as Donald Kimball

Movie
1999
eXistenZ

as Gas

Movie
1999Movie
1999
The Boondock Saints

as Paul Smecker

Movie
1999TV
1998
Lulu on the Bridge

as Dr. Van Horn

Movie
1998
Affliction

as Rolfe Whitehouse

Movie
1997Movie
1997
Wrong Guys

as Jack Straw

Movie
1996
Victory

as Axel Heyst

Movie
1996
The English Patient

as David Caravaggio

Movie
1996
Basquiat

as The Electrician

Movie
1996TV
1995Movie
1994
The Kingdom

as Grand Duc

TV
1994Movie
1994
Tom & Viv

as Tom Eliot

Movie
1993
Faraway, So Close!

as Emit Flesti

Movie
1993
Brace Up!

as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin

Movie
1993Movie
1993
Body of Evidence

as Frank Dulaney

Movie
1992
Light Sleeper

as John LeTour

Movie
1992
White Sands

as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal

Movie
1991TV
1991
Flight of the Intruder

as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole

Movie
1990
Wild at Heart

as Bobby Peru

Movie
1990
Cry-Baby

as Hateful Guard

Movie
1989Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)

TV
1989
The Simpsons

as Commandant (voice)

TV
1989
Triumph of the Spirit

as Salamo Arouch

Movie
1988
Mississippi Burning

as Agent Alan Ward

Movie
1988
Off Limits

as Buck McGriff

Movie
1987Movie
1986
Platoon

as Sergeant Elias Grodin

Movie
1985Movie
1985Movie
1984
Roadhouse 66

as Johnny Harte

Movie
1984
Streets of Fire

as Raven Shaddock

Movie
1984
New York Nights

as Boyfriend

Movie
1984
The Loveless

as Vance

Movie
1984
Atalanta Strategy

as Immigration Staff

Movie
1983
The Hitchhiker

as Jeffrey Hunt

TV
1983
The Hunger

as 2nd Phone Booth Youth

Movie
1980
Heaven's Gate

as Willy (uncredited)

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self - Presenter

TV
Tenzing

as Colonel John Hunt

Movie
Tropico

as Raymond

Movie
Cuddle

as Dante

Movie
A Christmas Carol

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Movie
Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 22, 1955
Place of BirthAppleton, Wisconsin, USA
Popularity3.5