Willem Dafoe

Acting

Né·e en 1955 · Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

218 titres

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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.

Werwulf
Film · Dec 25, 2026
Role
Tenzing
Film · Oct 9, 2026
Colonel John Hunt
Late Fame
Film · 2026
Ed Saxberger
★ 5.3
The Birthday Party
Film · 2026
Marcos Timoleon
The Resurrection of Christ
Film · 2026
Role
★ 7.0
The Souffleur
Film · 2026
Lucius
★ 5.4
The Man in My Basement
Film · 2025
Anniston Bennett
Avrio Vrady
Film · 2025
Dancing man
★ 6.5
The Phoenician Scheme
Film · 2025
Knave
★ 10.0
Grande Envie
Film · 2025
Count
★ 6.2
The Legend of Ochi
Film · 2025
Maxim
★ 5.8
Zero
Film · 2025
Role
★ 5.2
Pet Shop Days
Film · 2025
Francis
★ 5.5
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Film · 2024
Self
★ 6.7
Nosferatu
Film · 2024
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
★ 5.0
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Film · 2024
Self (archive footage)
run 002
Film · 2024
Role
★ 6.6
Saturday Night
Film · 2024
David Tebet
★ 6.9
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Film · 2024
Jackson
★ 6.5
Kinds of Kindness
Film · 2024
Raymond / George / Omi
Can Creativity Save the World?
Film · 2024
Self
★ 6.1
Finally Dawn
Film · 2024
Rufo Priori
★ 7.6
Poor Things
Film · 2023
Godwin Baxter
Interior (The Spectator)
Film · 2023
Narrator
★ 5.0
Willem Dafoe
Film · 2023
Role
★ 2.0
Gonzo Girl
Film · 2023
Walker Reade
★ 6.5
Asteroid City
Film · 2023
Saltzburg Keitel
★ 6.0
The Wild One
Film · 2023
Narrator
★ 5.7
Inside
Film · 2023
Nemo
★ 7.0
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Film · 2022
Role
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Film · 2022
Self / Grand Duc
★ 5.8
Dead for a Dollar
Film · 2022
Joe Cribbens
★ 3.0
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Film · 2022
Film Actor
★ 5.6
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Film · 2022
Sé stesso
★ 6.8
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Film · 2022
Self
★ 7.0
The Northman
Film · 2022
Heimir the Fool
★ 8.0
Finding Satoshi
Film · 2022
Narrator
★ 6.0
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Film · 2022
Self
★ 7.9
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Film · 2021
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
★ 6.9
Nightmare Alley
Film · 2021
Clem Hoatley
★ 7.0
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Film · 2021
Albert 'the Abacus'
★ 6.0
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Film · 2021
Self
★ 6.1
The Card Counter
Film · 2021
Gordo
★ 6.2
River
Film · 2021
Narrator
Maresco / Pasolini
Film · 2021
Self
★ 8.1
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Film · 2021
Vulko
★ 7.1
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Film · 2020
Self
★ 4.2
Sportin' Life
Film · 2020
Self
★ 7.7
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Film · 2020
Self
★ 4.9
Siberia
Film · 2020
Clint
★ 6.0
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
Film · 2020
Role
★ 4.9
The Last Thing He Wanted
Film · 2020
Richard McMahon
★ 6.9
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Film · 2020
Self
★ 5.7
Tommaso
Film · 2020
Tommaso
★ 8.1
Togo
Film · 2019
Leonhard Seppala
★ 6.5
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Film · 2019
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
★ 6.7
Motherless Brooklyn
Film · 2019
Paul Randolph
★ 7.5
The Lighthouse
Film · 2019
Thomas Wake
★ 7.4
Love, Antosha
Film · 2019
Self
★ 6.4
Manou the Swift
Film · 2019
Manou's Father
★ 5.5
Opus Zero
Film · 2018
Paul
★ 6.9
Aquaman
Film · 2018
Nuidis Vulko
★ 7.0
At Eternity's Gate
Film · 2018
Vincent van Gogh
★ 5.8
Brothers in Arms
Film · 2018
Self
★ 7.1
Friedkin Uncut
Film · 2018
Self
★ 5.8
Vox Lux
Film · 2018
Narrator
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Film · 2018
Role
★ 8.3
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Film · 2018
Self
★ 6.9
Mountain
Film · 2017
Narrator
★ 6.7
Murder on the Orient Express
Film · 2017
Gerhard Hardman
★ 9.0
NHK WORLD PRIME
TV series · 2017
Self - Narrator
★ 7.4
The Florida Project
Film · 2017
Bobby
★ 6.4
Piazza Vittorio
Film · 2017
Himself
★ 4.3
Death Note
Film · 2017
Ryuk
★ 7.1
What Happened to Monday
Film · 2017
Terrence Settman
★ 2.0
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Film · 2017
Self
★ 7.3
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Film · 2017
Self
Sanctuary
Film · 2017
Narrator
★ 6.0
The Great Wall
Film · 2016
Ballard
★ 5.1
Dog Eat Dog
Film · 2016
Mad Dog
★ 4.2
Father
Film · 2016
James Verdun
★ 6.7
A Family Man
Film · 2016
Ed Blackridge
★ 1.0
Sculpt
Film · 2016
Role
★ 7.0
Finding Dory
Film · 2016
Gill
Nelson Algren Live
Film · 2016
Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
★ 4.1
My Hindu Friend
Film · 2016
Diego Fairman
★ 7.2
Mind the Gap
Film · 2016
Self
★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV series · 2015
Zylander Quark
★ 7.5
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Film · 2015
Narrator
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Film · 2015
Self
★ 7.2
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Film · 2015
Self
★ 7.7
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Film · 2015
Self
★ 7.5
John Wick
Film · 2014
Marcus
★ 5.5
Bad Country
Film · 2014
Bud Carter
★ 5.7
Pasolini
Film · 2014
Pier Paolo Pasolini
★ 6.5
A Most Wanted Man
Film · 2014
Tommy Brue
★ 7.6
The Fault in Our Stars
Film · 2014
Peter van Houten
★ 8.0
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Film · 2014
Jopling
The Benaki Museum
Film · 2013
Narrator
★ 6.6
Out of the Furnace
Film · 2013
John Petty
★ 7.3
The Smile Man
Film · 2013
Willem
★ 6.9
Odd Thomas
Film · 2013
Wyatt Porter
★ 4.4
Tomorrow You're Gone
Film · 2012
The Buddha
★ 6.5
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Film · 2012
Self
★ 4.8
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Film · 2012
Cisco
★ 6.4
John Carter
Film · 2012
Tars Tarkas
★ 6.7
The Hunter
Film · 2011
Martin David
★ 5.8
Miral
Film · 2010
Eddie
★ 4.3
A Woman
Film · 2010
Max Oliver
★ 6.1
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Film · 2010
Detective Hank Havenhurst
★ 7.0
The Making of Daybreakers
Film · 2010
Self
★ 9.0
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Film · 2010
Narrator
★ 6.3
Daybreakers
Film · 2010
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
★ 6.0
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Film · 2009
Paul Smecker (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Film · 2009
Gavner Purl
★ 7.8
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Film · 2009
Rat
★ 6.5
Farewell
Film · 2009
Feeney
★ 6.6
Antichrist
Film · 2009
He
★ 6.4
The Dust of Time
Film · 2008
A
★ 6.1
Adam Resurrected
Film · 2008
Commandat Klein
★ 6.2
Fireflies in the Garden
Film · 2008
Charles Waechter
★ 5.6
Go Go Tales
Film · 2008
Ray Ruby
★ 5.6
Ripley Under Ground
Film · 2007
Neil Murchison
★ 6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Film · 2007
(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
★ 3.2
Cannes: All Access
Film · 2007
Self
★ 10.0
Voom Portraits
Film · 2007
Self
★ 5.2
Anamorph
Film · 2007
Stan Aubray
★ 6.5
Spider-Man 3
Film · 2007
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
★ 6.4
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Film · 2007
Carson Clay
★ 5.3
The Walker
Film · 2007
Larry Lockner
★ 6.8
Paris Je T'aime
Film · 2006
Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
★ 7.4
Inside Man
Film · 2006
John Darius
★ 5.1
American Dreamz
Film · 2006
Chief of Staff
★ 3.6
Before It Had a Name
Film · 2005
Leslie
★ 6.9
Manderlay
Film · 2005
Grace's Father
★ 6.8
This Is an Adventure
Film · 2005
Self
★ 6.4
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Film · 2005
Self
★ 4.4
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Film · 2005
Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
★ 6.2
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Film · 2005
Self / Klaus D.
★ 7.2
The Aviator
Film · 2004
Roland Sweet
★ 7.1
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Film · 2004
Klaus Daimler
★ 6.1
Control
Film · 2004
Dr. Michael Copeland
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Film · 2004
Role
★ 7.5
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Film · 2004
Narrator
★ 5.7
The Clearing
Film · 2004
Arnold Mack
★ 7.3
Spider-Man 2
Film · 2004
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Film · 2004
Self
★ 6.4
The Reckoning
Film · 2004
Martin
★ 7.7
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Film · 2003
Self
★ 8.0
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Film · 2003
Role
★ 6.3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Film · 2003
Armando Barillo
★ 6.4
Overnight
Film · 2003
Self
★ 7.8
Finding Nemo
Film · 2003
Gill
★ 7.7
Rockets Redglare!
Film · 2003
Self
★ 4.5
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Film · 2002
Hunter
★ 6.4
Auto Focus
Film · 2002
John Carpenter
★ 7.0
The Spider-Man Story
Film · 2002
Self
★ 7.3
Spider-Man
Film · 2002
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
★ 5.4
Spider-Mania
Film · 2002
Self
★ 5.8
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Film · 2002
Self
★ 6.4
Edges of the Lord
Film · 2001
Priest
★ 5.4
Pavilion of Women
Film · 2001
Father Andre
★ 8.5
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Film · 2001
Self
★ 6.3
Animal Factory
Film · 2000
Earl Copen
★ 3.0
Bullfighter
Film · 2000
Father Ramirez
★ 6.7
Shadow of the Vampire
Film · 2000
Max Schreck
★ 7.4
American Psycho
Film · 2000
Donald Kimball
★ 6.8
eXistenZ
Film · 1999
Gas
★ 5.3
New Rose Hotel
Film · 1999
X
★ 7.2
The Boondock Saints
Film · 1999
Paul Smecker
★ 10.0
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
Film · 1999
Narrator
★ 6.1
The Directors
TV series · 1999
Self
★ 5.8
Lulu on the Bridge
Film · 1998
Dr. Van Horn
★ 6.3
Affliction
Film · 1998
Rolfe Whitehouse
★ 6.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV series · 1997
Role
★ 4.6
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Film · 1997
Geiger
★ 5.2
Victory
Film · 1996
Axel Heyst
★ 7.1
The English Patient
Film · 1996
David Caravaggio
★ 6.6
Basquiat
Film · 1996
The Electrician
★ 4.9
The Night and the Moment
Film · 1995
The Writer
★ 7.6
The Kingdom
TV series · 1994
Grand Duc
★ 6.6
Clear and Present Danger
Film · 1994
John Clark
★ 6.1
Tom & Viv
Film · 1994
Tom Eliot
★ 7.0
Faraway, So Close!
Film · 1993
Emit Flesti
★ 10.0
Brace Up!
Film · 1993
Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
★ 10.0
White Homeland Commando
Film · 1993
Karl
★ 5.0
Body of Evidence
Film · 1993
Frank Dulaney
Rhyme 'Em to Death
Film · 1993
Role
★ 6.7
Light Sleeper
Film · 1992
John LeTour
★ 7.0
Blast 'Em
Film · 1992
Self (uncredited)
★ 5.9
White Sands
Film · 1992
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
★ 7.5
North on Evers
Film · 1992
Role
★ 7.6
Fishing with John
TV series · 1991
Self
★ 5.8
Flight of the Intruder
Film · 1991
Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
★ 7.0
Wild at Heart
Film · 1990
Bobby Peru
★ 6.5
Cry-Baby
Film · 1990
Hateful Guard
★ 7.0
Born on the Fourth of July
Film · 1989
Charlie
★ 8.0
The Simpsons
TV series · 1989
The Commandant / Jack Lassen
★ 6.5
Triumph of the Spirit
Film · 1989
Salamo Arouch
★ 7.7
Mississippi Burning
Film · 1988
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