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