Willem Dafoe
Acting
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
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movieTenzing
2026
Colonel John Hunt
movieLate Fame
2026
Ed Saxberger
movieThe Birthday Party
2026
Marcos Timoleon
movieThe Souffleur
2026
Lucius
moviePet Shop Days
2025
Francis
movieThe Man in My Basement
2025
Anniston Bennett
movieAvrio Vrady
2025
Dancing man
movieZero
2025
(voice)
movieNosferatu
2024
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
movieJesus Goes to Hollywood
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieSaturday Night
2024
David Tebet
movieKinds of Kindness
2024
Raymond / George / Omi
movieFinally Dawn
2024
Rufo Priori
moviePoor Things
2023
Godwin Baxter
movieGonzo Girl
2023
Walker Reade
movieAsteroid City
2023
Saltzburg Keitel
movieThe Wild One
2023
Narrator (voice)
movieInside
2023
Nemo
movieCreation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
Self / Grand Duc
movieDead for a Dollar
2022
Joe Cribbens
movie7 Deaths of Maria Callas
2022
Film Actor
movieThe Northman
2022
Heimir the Fool
movieFinding Satoshi
2022
Narrator
movieSpider-Man: No Way Home
2021
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
movieNightmare Alley
2021
Clem Hoatley
movieThe French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
Albert 'the Abacus'
movieRiver
2021
Narrator
movieSiberia
2020
Clint
movieThe Last Thing He Wanted
2020
Richard McMahon
movieTommaso
2020
Tommaso
movieTogo
2019
Leonhard Seppala
movieVincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
movieMotherless Brooklyn
2019
Paul Randolph
movieThe Lighthouse
2019
Thomas Wake
movieManou the Swift
2019
Manou's Father (voice)
movieAquaman
2018
Nuidis Vulko
movieAt Eternity's Gate
2018
Vincent van Gogh
movieVox Lux
2018
Narrator (voice)
movieMountain
2017
Narrator (voice)
movieMurder on the Orient Express
2017
Gerhard Hardman
tvNHK WORLD PRIME
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
moviePiazza Vittorio
2017
Himself
movieDeath Note
2017
Ryuk (voice)
movieWhat Happened to Monday
2017
Terrence Settman
movieSanctuary
2017
Narrator
movieThe Great Wall
2016
Ballard
movieDog Eat Dog
2016
Mad Dog
movieFather
2016
James Verdun
movieA Family Man
2016
Ed Blackridge
movieFinding Dory
2016
Gill (voice)
movieNelson Algren Live
2016
Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
movieMy Hindu Friend
2016
Diego Fairman
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Zylander Quark
movieJohn Wick
2014
Marcus
movieBad Country
2014
Bud Carter
moviePasolini
2014
Pier Paolo Pasolini
movieA Most Wanted Man
2014
Tommy Brue
movieThe Fault in Our Stars
2014
Peter van Houten
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self / Self - Guest
movieThe Benaki Museum
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieOut of the Furnace
2013
John Petty
movieThe Smile Man
2013
Willem
Saving Norman
2013
Lionel Pembrooke
movieOdd Thomas
2013
Wyatt Porter
movieTomorrow You're Gone
2012
The Buddha
movieJohn Carter
2012
Tars Tarkas
movieThe Hunter
2011
Martin David
tvConan
2010
Self
movieMiral
2010
Eddie
movieA Woman
2010
Max Oliver
movieMy Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
Detective Hank Havenhurst
movieDaybreakers
2010
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
movieThe Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
Paul Smecker (uncredited)
movieFantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Rat (voice)
movieFarewell
2009
Feeney
movieAdam Resurrected
2008
Commandat Klein
movieFireflies in the Garden
2008
Charles Waechter
movieGo Go Tales
2008
Ray Ruby
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007
(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
movieAnamorph
2007
Stan Aubray
The Procedure
2007
Christopher
movieSpider-Man 3
2007
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
movieMr. Bean's Holiday
2007
Carson Clay
movieThe Walker
2007
Larry Lockner
movieParis Je T'aime
2006
Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
movieInside Man
2006
John Darius
movieAmerican Dreamz
2006
Chief of Staff
movieRipley Under Ground
2005
Neil Murchison
movieManderlay
2005
Grace's Father
movieJiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
moviexXx: State of the Union
2005
Gen. George Octavius Deckert
movieOn the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
2005
Self / Klaus D.
movieThe Aviator
2004
Roland Sweet
movieThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
Klaus Daimler
movieControl
2004
Dr. Michael Copeland
movieFinal Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Clearing
2004
Arnold Mack
movieSpider-Man 2
2004
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
movieThe Reckoning
2004
Martin
movieOnce Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
Armando Barillo
movieFinding Nemo
2003
Gill (voice)
movieAuto Focus
2002
John Carpenter
movieSpider-Man
2002
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
moviePavilion of Women
2001
Father Andre
movieAnimal Factory
2000
Earl Copen
movieBullfighter
2000
Father Ramirez
movieShadow of the Vampire
2000
Max Schreck
movieAmerican Psycho
2000
Donald Kimball
movieThe Boondock Saints
1999
Paul Smecker
movieLulu on the Bridge
1998
Dr. Van Horn
movieAffliction
1998
Rolfe Whitehouse
Wrong Guys
1997
Jack Straw
movieVictory
1996
Axel Heyst
movieThe English Patient
1996
David Caravaggio
movieBasquiat
1996
The Electrician
movieThe Night and the Moment
1995
The Writer
tvThe Kingdom
1994
Grand Duc
movieClear and Present Danger
1994
John Clark
movieTom & Viv
1994
Tom Eliot
movieFaraway, So Close!
1993
Emit Flesti
movieBrace Up!
1993
Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
movieBody of Evidence
1993
Frank Dulaney
movieLight Sleeper
1992
John LeTour
movieBlast 'Em
1992
Self (uncredited)
movieWhite Sands
1992
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
movieFlight of the Intruder
1991
Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
movieWild at Heart
1990
Bobby Peru
movieCry-Baby
1990
Hateful Guard
tvThe Simpsons
1989
The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice) / Commandant (voice)
movieTriumph of the Spirit
1989
Salamo Arouch
movieMississippi Burning
1988
Agent Alan Ward
movieOff Limits
1988
Buck McGriff
movieDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
Elephant Grass (voice)
moviePlatoon
1986
Sergeant Elias Grodin
movieTo Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Rick Masters
movieRoadhouse 66
1984
Johnny Harte
movieStreets of Fire
1984
Raven Shaddock
movieNew York Nights
1984
Boyfriend
movieAtalanta Strategy
1984
Immigration Staff
tvThe Hitchhiker
1983
Jeffrey Hunt
movieThe Hunger
1983
2nd Phone Booth Youth
movieHeaven's Gate
1980
Willy (uncredited)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self / Self - Presenter
Tropico
Raymond
movieCuddle
Dante
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
Production4
movieThe Man in My Basement
2025
Executive Producer
movieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Associate Producer
movieNew Rose Hotel
1999
Co-Producer
Tropico
Producer
Crew1
Writing1
movieBefore It Had a Name
2005
Screenplay