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.
Gill (voice)
Finding Nemo
John Darius
Inside Man
David Caravaggio
The English Patient
Klaus Daimler
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Bobby Peru
Wild at Heart
The Electrician
Basquiat
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Man
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Man 3
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Man 2
Carson Clay
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Donald Kimball
American Psycho
Armando Barillo
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
(archive footage)
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
Frank Dulaney
Body of Evidence
Agent Alan Ward
Mississippi Burning
Geiger
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Francis
Pet Shop Days
Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
Paris, je t'aime
Rat (voice)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Gas
eXistenZ
Grace's Father
Manderlay
Charlie
Born on the Fourth of July
Arnold Mack
The Clearing
Emit Flesti
In weiter Ferne, so nah!
Willy (uncredited)
Heaven's Gate
Max Schreck
Shadow of the Vampire
Jesus
The Last Temptation of Christ
Saltzburg Keitel
Asteroid City
Paul Smecker
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
X
New Rose Hotel
Gen. George Octavius Deckert
xXx: State of the Union
Charles Waechter
Fireflies in the Garden
Paul Smecker
The Boondock Saints
2nd Phone Booth Youth
The Hunger
Gavner Purl
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Rolfe Whitehouse
Affliction
Hateful Guard
Cry-Baby
Chief of Staff
American Dreamz
Martin
The Reckoning
John Clark
Clear and Present Danger
Earl Copen
Animal Factory
Larry Lockner
The Walker
Dr. Michael Copeland
Control
Rick Masters
To Live and Die in L.A.
Maxim
The Legend of Ochi
Feeney
L'Affaire Farewell
John Carpenter
Auto Focus
Stan Aubray
Anamorph
John LeTour
Light Sleeper
Vance
The Loveless
Raven Shaddock
Streets of Fire
Elephant Grass (voice)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Detective Hank Havenhurst
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Father Ramirez
Bullfighter
Buck McGriff
Off Limits
Eddie
Miral
Axel Heyst
Victory
Neil Murchison
Ripley Under Ground
He
Antichrist
Tom Eliot
Tom & Viv
Priest
Edges of the Lord
Commandat Klein
Adam Resurrected
Tars Tarkas
John Carter
Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Flight of the Intruder
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
White Sands
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
Daybreakers
Jackson
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage)
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self
Brothers in Arms
Leslie
Before It Had a Name
A
Η Σκόνη του Χρόνου
Ray Ruby
Go Go Tales
Father Andre
Pavilion of Women
Martin David
The Hunter
Narrator
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
Cisco
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Jopling
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Buddha
Tomorrow You're Gone
Johnny Harte
Roadhouse 66
Max Oliver
A Woman
Nemo
Inside
Tommy Brue
A Most Wanted Man
Lo scrittore
La notte e il momento
John Petty
Out of the Furnace
Narrator (voice)
The Wild One
Self
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Self
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Lionel Pembrooke
Saving Norman
Barry
Love's Routine
Willem
The Smile Man
Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Sé stesso
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Self
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Wyatt Porter
Odd Thomas
Peter van Houten
The Fault in Our Stars
Self
Rockets Redglare!
Marcus
John Wick
L
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Narrator
Finding Satoshi
Bud Carter
Bad Country
Roland Sweet
The Aviator
Walker Reade
Gonzo Girl
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pasolini
Godwin Baxter
Poor Things
Rufo Priori
Finalmente l'alba
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Christopher
The Procedure
Karl
White Homeland Commando
Raymond / George / Omi
Kinds of Kindness
Anniston Bennett
The Man in My Basement
Salamo Arouch
Triumph of the Spirit
Ballard
The Great Wall
Self
The Misbehavers
American Nails
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Self
Robert Wilson – Die Schönheit des Geheimnisvollen
Self / Grand Duc
Skabelsen af Riget Exodus
Self
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
David Tebet
Saturday Night
Diego Fairman
Meu Amigo Hindu
Mad Dog
Dog Eat Dog
Ed Blackridge
A Family Man
Ed Saxberger
Late Fame
Colonel John Hunt
Tenzing
Narrator
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Boyfriend
New York Nights
Self
Mind the Gap
Hunter (voice)
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Narrator
A Nuclear Story
Gill (voice)
Finding Dory
Ryuk (voice)
Death Note
Raymond
Tropico
Bobby
The Florida Project
Terrence Settman
What Happened to Monday
Nuidis Vulko
Aquaman
Gerhard Hardman
Murder on the Orient Express
Marcos Timoleon
The Birthday Party
Narrator
Interior (The Spectator)
Dr. Van Horn
Lulu on the Bridge
Clint
Siberia
Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Narrator (voice)
Mountain
James Verdun
Padre
Self
This Is an Adventure
Vincent van Gogh
At Eternity's Gate
Paul
Opus Zero
Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Self
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Platoon
Thomas Wake
The Lighthouse
Paul Randolph
Motherless Brooklyn
O Panama
Manou's Father (voice)
Manou the Swift
Richard McMahon
The Last Thing He Wanted
Self
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Self
Bienvenue à Cannes
Narrator (voice)
Vox Lux
Himself
Piazza Vittorio
Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
Nelson Algren Live
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Tommaso
Tommaso
Albert 'the Abacus'
The French Dispatch
Self
Voom Portraits
Self
Love, Antosha
Self / Klaus D.
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
Brace Up!
Self
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Leonhard Seppala
Togo
Self
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Self
Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou
Clem Hoatley
Nightmare Alley
Narrator (voice)
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Self
The Making of Daybreakers
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
North on Evers
Gordo
The Card Counter
Immigration Staff
Atalanta Strategy
Heimir the Fool
The Northman
Self (archival footage)
Abel/Asia
Self
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Rhyme 'Em to Death
Self
Friedkin Uncut
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Self
Overnight
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
Sportin' Life
Narrator (voice)
The Benaki Museum
Film Actor
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Self
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Self
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ
Vulko
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Narrator
Sanctuary
Self
Spider-Mania
Self
Maresco / Pasolini
(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence
Joe Cribbens
Dead for a Dollar
Narrator
River
Self (archive footage)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Self
The Spider-Man Story
run 002
Sculpt
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Nosferatu
Self (archive footage)
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Self
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
The Sleeping Shepherd
The Souffleur
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Jack Straw
Wrong Guys
Self
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
(voice)
Zero
Bobby Peru (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lynch/Oz
L
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Self (Archive Footage)
Was Ist Kino ?
The Phoenician Scheme
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
217
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-07-22
Place of Birth
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
Willem DeFoe