Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 22, 1955
Place of Birth
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Credits
249 titles
Willem Dafoe
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.
Known For
Filmography
Werwulf
Tenzing
Colonel John Hunt
Late Fame
Ed Saxberger
The Birthday Party
Marcos Timoleon
The Resurrection of Christ
The Souffleur
Lucius
Pet Shop Days
Francis
The Man in My Basement
Anniston Bennett
Avrio Vrady
Dancing man
The Phoenician Scheme
Knave
Grande Envie
Count
The Legend of Ochi
Maxim
Zero
(voice)
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Self
Nosferatu
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
run 002
Saturday Night
David Tebet
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Jackson
Kinds of Kindness
Raymond / George / Omi
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
Finally Dawn
Rufo Priori
Poor Things
Godwin Baxter
Interior (The Spectator)
Narrator
Willem Dafoe
Gonzo Girl
Walker Reade
Asteroid City
Saltzburg Keitel
The Wild One
Narrator (voice)
Inside
Nemo
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Grand Duc
Dead for a Dollar
Joe Cribbens
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Self
Mostra, Venise
Self
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Film Actor
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Sé stesso
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self
The Northman
Heimir the Fool
Finding Satoshi
Narrator
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Self
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Nightmare Alley
Clem Hoatley
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Albert 'the Abacus'
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
The Card Counter
Gordo
River
Narrator
Maresco / Pasolini
Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Vulko
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self