Willem Dafoe
- Acting
- July 22, 1955 · Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
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 · Old Hunter
- Tenzing · John Hunt
- Late Fame · Ed Saxberger
- The Heist · Babs against fascism badge
- The Birthday Party · Marcos Timoleon
- The Resurrection of Christ
- The Souffleur · Lucius, Executive producer
- The Man in My Basement · Anniston Bennett, Executive producer
- Avrio Vrady · Dancing man
- The Phoenician Scheme · Knave
- Grande Envie · Count
- The Legend of Ochi · Maxim
- Zero · Voice
- Pet Shop Days · Francis
- Nosferatu: An Inside Look · Self
- Nosferatu · Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
- Jesus Goes to Hollywood · Self
- 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 · Self
- 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, Associate Producer
- Sportin' Life · Self
- Wim Wenders, Desperado · Self
- Siberia · Clint
- Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
- The Last Thing He Wanted · Richard McMahon
- The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale · Self
- Tommaso · Tommaso
- Togo · Leonhard Seppala
- Vincent van Gogh Superstar · Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
- Motherless Brooklyn · Paul Randolph
- The Lighthouse · Thomas Wake
- Love, Antosha · Self
- Manou the Swift · Manou's Father (Voice)
- Opus Zero · Paul
- Aquaman · Nuidis Vulko
- At Eternity's Gate · Vincent van Gogh
- Brothers in Arms · Self
- Friedkin Uncut · Self
- The House That Jack Built · Thanks
- Vox Lux · Narrator (Voice)
- Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
- Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project · Self
- Mountain · Narrator (Voice)
- Murder on the Orient Express · Gerhard Hardman
- NHK WORLD PRIME · Self
- The Florida Project · Bobby
- Piazza Vittorio · Self
- Death Note · Ryuk (Voice)
- What Happened to Monday · Terrence Settman