Willem Dafoe
Actor

Willem Dafoe

32 Movies
32 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 32
Birthday July 22, 1955 (70 years old)
Place of Birth Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As William Dafoe, Jr., William J. Dafoe, William James Dafoe
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Biography

William JamesΒ "Willem"Β DafoeΒ (/dΙ™Λˆfoʊ/Β dΙ™-FOH; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portrayingΒ diverse rolesΒ in both mainstream andΒ arthouseΒ films, he is the recipient ofΒ various accolades, including aΒ Volpi Cup Award for Best Actor, with nominations for fourΒ Academy Awards, aΒ British Academy Film Award, and fourΒ Golden Globe Awards. He received anΒ Honorary Golden BearΒ in 2018.

Born inΒ Appleton, Wisconsin, Dafoe made his film debut with an uncredited role inΒ Heaven's Gate (1980).Β He is known for collaborating with both mainstream andΒ auteurΒ filmmakers, includingΒ Paul Schrader,Β Abel Ferrara,Β Sam Raimi,Β Yorgos Lanthimos,Β Lars von Trier,Β Julian Schnabel,Β Andrew Stanton,Β Wes Anderson, andΒ Robert Eggers. He received Academy Award nominations for playing a compassionate army sergeant in the war dramaΒ PlatoonΒ (1986),Β Max SchreckΒ in the mystery filmΒ Shadow of the VampireΒ (2000), a kindly motel manager in the coming-of-age filmΒ The Florida ProjectΒ (2017), andΒ Vincent van Gogh in the biopicΒ At Eternity's GateΒ (2018).

His other films credits includeΒ To Live and Die in L.A.Β (1985),Β The Last Temptation of ChristΒ (1988),Β Born on the Fourth of JulyΒ (1989),Β Wild at Heart (1990),Β The English PatientΒ (1996),Β American PsychoΒ (2000),Β Animal FactoryΒ (2000),Β The Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouΒ (2004),Β Antichrist (2009),Β The HunterΒ (2011),Β John CarterΒ (2012),Β The Grand Budapest HotelΒ (2014),Β John Wick (2014),Β The LighthouseΒ (2019),Β TogoΒ (2019),Β Poor ThingsΒ (2023), andΒ NosferatuΒ (2024).

Dafoe was a founding member ofΒ experimental theatreΒ companyΒ The Wooster Group. He portrayedΒ Norman OsbornΒ inΒ Sam Raimi'sΒ Spider-ManΒ film trilogy (2002–2007) and reprised the role inΒ Spider-Man: No Way HomeΒ (2021). He has also voiced roles in the animated filmsΒ Finding NemoΒ (2003),Β Fantastic Mr. FoxΒ (2009), andΒ The Boy and the HeronΒ (2023).

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Filmography (246)

Late Fame 2026
The Birthday Party 2026
The Souffleur 2026
Werwulf 2026
The Resurrection of Christ 2026
Pet Shop Days 2025
The Legend of Ochi 2025
The Man in My Basement 2025
Zero 2025
The Phoenician Scheme 2025
Grande Envie 2025
Avrio Vrady 2025
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024
Finally Dawn 2024
Kinds of Kindness 2024
Saturday Night 2024
run 002 2024
Nosferatu 2024
Jesus Goes to Hollywood 2024
Nosferatu: An Inside Look 2024
Can Creativity Save the World? 2024
Asteroid City 2023
Inside 2023
The Wild One 2023
Gonzo Girl 2023
Poor Things 2023
Interior (The Spectator) 2023
Willem Dafoe 2023
Il coraggio di essere Franco 2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home 2022
Finding Satoshi 2022
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone 2022
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious 2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus 2022
The Northman 2022
7 Deaths of Maria Callas 2022
Dead for a Dollar 2022
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue 2022
Mostra, Venise 2022
Why Are We (Not) Creative? 2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun 2021
Nightmare Alley 2021
The Card Counter 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
Maresco / Pasolini 2021
River 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
Siberia 2020
The Last Thing He Wanted 2020
Tommaso 2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die 2020
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago 2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado 2020
Sportin' Life 2020
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale 2020
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und TrΓ€umen 2020
Vincent van Gogh Superstar 2019
The Lighthouse 2019
Motherless Brooklyn 2019
Manou the Swift 2019
Love, Antosha 2019
Togo 2019
Brothers in Arms 2018
Aquaman 2018
At Eternity's Gate 2018
Opus Zero 2018
Vox Lux 2018
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project 2018
Friedkin Uncut 2018
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci 2018
Death Note 2017
The Florida Project 2017
What Happened to Monday 2017
Murder on the Orient Express 2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait 2017
Mountain 2017
Piazza Vittorio 2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant 2017
Sanctuary 2017
NHK WORLD PRIME 2017
The Great Wall 2016
My Hindu Friend 2016
Dog Eat Dog 2016
A Family Man 2016
Mind the Gap 2016
Finding Dory 2016
Father 2016
Nelson Algren Live 2016
Sculpt 2016
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry 2015
Don't F*#% With John Wick 2015
The Making of A Most Wanted Man 2015
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
SPYMASTER: John le CarrΓ© in Hamburg 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
A Most Wanted Man 2014
The Fault in Our Stars 2014 John Wick 2014
Bad Country 2014
Pasolini 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2014
Out of the Furnace 2013
Saving Norman 2013
The Smile Man 2013
Love's Routine 2013
Odd Thomas 2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II 2013
The Benaki Museum 2013
John Carter 2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth 2012
Tomorrow You're Gone 2012
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic 2012
The Hunter 2011
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done 2010
Miral 2010
Daybreakers 2010
A Woman 2010
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World 2010
The Making of Daybreakers 2010
Conan 2010
Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day 2009
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant 2009
Farewell 2009
Antichrist 2009
Fireflies in the Garden 2008
Adam Resurrected 2008
The Dust of Time 2008
Go Go Tales 2008
Spider-Man 3 2007 Mr. Bean's Holiday 2007
The Walker 2007
Anamorph 2007
The Procedure 2007
Cannes: All Access 2007
Voom Portraits 2007
To Each His Own Cinema 2007
Wintergasten 2007
The Graham Norton Show 2007
Inside Man 2006
Paris Je T'aime 2006
American Dreamz 2006
Manderlay 2005
xXx: State of the Union 2005
Ripley Under Ground 2005
Before It Had a Name 2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal 2005
This Is an Adventure 2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood 2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' 2005
The Colbert Report 2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004
Spider-Man 2 2004
The Clearing 2004
The Reckoning 2004
Control 2004
The Aviator 2004
The Misbehavers 2004
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate 2004
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart 2004
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man' 2004
Kulturplatz 2004
Finding Nemo 2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003
Rockets Redglare! 2003
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' 2003
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty 2003
Overnight 2003
Spider-Man 2002
Auto Focus 2002
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure 2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' 2002
Spider-Mania 2002
The Spider-Man Story 2002
Edges of the Lord 2001
Pavilion of Women 2001
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' 2001
American Psycho 2000
Shadow of the Vampire 2000
Animal Factory 2000
Bullfighter 2000
eXistenZ 1999
New Rose Hotel 1999
The Boondock Saints 1999
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle 1999
The Directors 1999
Affliction 1998
Lulu on the Bridge 1998
Speed 2: Cruise Control 1997
Wrong Guys 1997
The Wonderful World of Disney 1997
The English Patient 1996
Basquiat 1996
Victory 1996
The Daily Show 1996
The Night and the Moment 1995 Clear and Present Danger 1994
Tom & Viv 1994
Inside the Actors Studio 1994
The Kingdom 1994
Body of Evidence 1993
Faraway, So Close! 1993
White Homeland Commando 1993
Brace Up! 1993
Rhyme 'Em to Death 1993
Light Sleeper 1992
White Sands 1992
North on Evers 1992
Flight of the Intruder 1991
Fishing with John 1991
Wild at Heart 1990
Cry-Baby 1990
Born on the Fourth of July 1989
Triumph of the Spirit 1989
The Simpsons 1989
Mississippi Burning 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ 1988
Off Limits 1988
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ 1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 1987
Platoon 1986
To Live and Die in L.A. 1985
O Panama 1985
The Loveless 1984
Streets of Fire 1984
Roadhouse 66 1984
New York Nights 1984
Atalanta Strategy 1984
The Hunger 1983
The Hitchhiker 1983
Heaven's Gate 1980
Saturday Night Live 1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962
The Oscars 1953
Tenzing
Tropico
The Sleeping Shepherd
Cuddle
A Christmas Carol
Time Out
White Lies