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Willem Dafoe

Acting 70 years old Appleton, Wisconsin, USA ★ 5.3
Born: July 22, 1955

Biography

William James "Willem" Dafoe (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).

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Known For

Zero
Zero (voice) 2025
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home Norman Osborn / Green Goblin 2021
Spider-Man
Spider-Man Green Goblin / Norman Osborn 2002
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo Gill (voice) 2003
White Sands
White Sands Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal 1992

Jimmy's Seen (6)

Nosferatu
Nosferatu Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz 2024
Saturday Night
Saturday Night David Tebet 2024
The Florida Project
The Florida Project Bobby 2017
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home Norman Osborn / Green Goblin 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League Vulko 2021
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse Thomas Wake 2019

Filmography

Acting Credits (246)

Werwulf
Werwulf 2026
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party Marcos Timoleon 2026
Late Fame
Late Fame Ed Saxberger 2026
Pet Shop Days
Pet Shop Days Francis 2025
The Man in My Basement
The Man in My Basement Anniston Bennett 2025
The Souffleur
The Souffleur Lucius 2025
Avrio Vrady
Avrio Vrady Dancing man 2025
The Phoenician Scheme
The Phoenician Scheme Knave 2025
Grande Envie
Grande Envie Count 2025
The Legend of Ochi
The Legend of Ochi Maxim 2025
Zero
Zero (voice) 2025
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Nosferatu: An Inside Look Self 2024
Nosferatu
Nosferatu Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz 2024
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Jesus Goes to Hollywood Self (archive footage) 2024
run 002
run 002 2024
Saturday Night
Saturday Night David Tebet 2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Jackson 2024
Kinds of Kindness
Kinds of Kindness Raymond / George / Omi 2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
Can Creativity Save the World? Self 2024
Finally Dawn
Finally Dawn Rufo Priori 2024
Poor Things
Poor Things Godwin Baxter 2023
Interior (The Spectator)
Interior (The Spectator) Narrator 2023
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe 2023
Gonzo Girl
Gonzo Girl Walker Reade 2023
Asteroid City
Asteroid City Saltzburg Keitel 2023
The Wild One
The Wild One Narrator (voice) 2023
Inside
Inside Nemo 2023
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone 2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus Self / Grand Duc 2022
Dead for a Dollar
Dead for a Dollar Joe Cribbens 2022
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue Self 2022
Mostra, Venise
Mostra, Venise Self 2022
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
7 Deaths of Maria Callas Film Actor 2022
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Il coraggio di essere Franco Sé stesso 2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home Self 2022
The Northman
The Northman Heimir the Fool 2022
Finding Satoshi
Finding Satoshi Narrator 2022
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious Self 2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home Norman Osborn / Green Goblin 2021
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley Clem Hoatley 2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun Albert 'the Abacus' 2021
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Why Are We (Not) Creative? Self 2021
The Card Counter
The Card Counter Gordo 2021
River
River Narrator 2021
Maresco / Pasolini
Maresco / Pasolini Self 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League Vulko 2021
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen Self 2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Self 2020
Sportin' Life
Sportin' Life Self 2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Wim Wenders, Desperado Self 2020
Siberia
Siberia Clint 2020
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago 2020
The Last Thing He Wanted
The Last Thing He Wanted Richard McMahon 2020
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale Self 2020
Tommaso
Tommaso Tommaso 2020
Togo
Togo Leonhard Seppala 2019
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh Superstar Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) 2019
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn Paul Randolph 2019
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse Thomas Wake 2019
Love, Antosha
Love, Antosha Self 2019
Manou the Swift
Manou the Swift Manou's Father (voice) 2019
Opus Zero
Opus Zero Paul 2018
Aquaman
Aquaman Nuidis Vulko 2018
At Eternity's Gate
At Eternity's Gate Vincent van Gogh 2018
Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms Self 2018
Friedkin Uncut
Friedkin Uncut Self 2018
Vox Lux
Vox Lux Narrator (voice) 2018
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci 2018
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project Self 2018
Mountain
Mountain Narrator (voice) 2017
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express Gerhard Hardman 2017
NHK WORLD PRIME
NHK WORLD PRIME Self - Narrator (voice) 2017
The Florida Project
The Florida Project Bobby 2017
Piazza Vittorio
Piazza Vittorio Himself 2017
Death Note
Death Note Ryuk (voice) 2017
What Happened to Monday
What Happened to Monday Terrence Settman 2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant Self 2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait Self 2017
Sanctuary
Sanctuary Narrator 2017
The Great Wall
The Great Wall Ballard 2016
Dog Eat Dog
Dog Eat Dog Mad Dog 2016
Father
Father James Verdun 2016
A Family Man
A Family Man Ed Blackridge 2016
Sculpt
Sculpt 2016
Finding Dory
Finding Dory Gill (voice) 2016
Nelson Algren Live
Nelson Algren Live Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh 2016
My Hindu Friend
My Hindu Friend Diego Fairman 2016
Mind the Gap
Mind the Gap Self 2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story Narrator 2015
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
The Making of A Most Wanted Man Self 2015
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry Self 2015
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Don't F*#% With John Wick Self 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
John Wick
John Wick Marcus 2014
Bad Country
Bad Country Bud Carter 2014
Pasolini
Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini 2014
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg (archive footage) 2014
A Most Wanted Man
A Most Wanted Man Tommy Brue 2014
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars Peter van Houten 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel Jopling 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
The Benaki Museum
The Benaki Museum Narrator (voice) 2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II L 2013
Out of the Furnace
Out of the Furnace John Petty 2013
Love's Routine
Love's Routine Barry 2013
The Smile Man
The Smile Man Willem 2013
Saving Norman
Saving Norman Lionel Pembrooke 2013
Odd Thomas
Odd Thomas Wyatt Porter 2013
Tomorrow You're Gone
Tomorrow You're Gone The Buddha 2012
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic Self 2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth
4:44 Last Day on Earth Cisco 2012
John Carter
John Carter Tars Tarkas 2012
The Hunter
The Hunter Martin David 2011
Conan
Conan Self 2010
Miral
Miral Eddie 2010
A Woman
A Woman Max Oliver 2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Detective Hank Havenhurst 2010
The Making of Daybreakers
The Making of Daybreakers Self 2010
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World Narrator 2010
Daybreakers
Daybreakers Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac 2010
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Paul Smecker 2009
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Gavner Purl 2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox Rat (voice) 2009
Farewell
Farewell Feeney 2009
Antichrist
Antichrist He 2009
The Dust of Time
The Dust of Time A 2008
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected Commandat Klein 2008
Fireflies in the Garden
Fireflies in the Garden Charles Waechter 2008
Go Go Tales
Go Go Tales Ray Ruby 2008
Wintergasten
Wintergasten 2007
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema (segment "Occupations") (archive footage) 2007
Cannes: All Access
Cannes: All Access Self 2007
Voom Portraits
Voom Portraits Self 2007
Anamorph
Anamorph Stan Aubray 2007
The Procedure
The Procedure Christopher 2007
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 Green Goblin / Norman Osborn 2007
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Mr. Bean's Holiday Carson Clay 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
The Walker
The Walker Larry Lockner 2007
Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) 2006
Inside Man
Inside Man John Darius 2006
American Dreamz
American Dreamz Chief of Staff 2006
Ripley Under Ground
Ripley Under Ground Neil Murchison 2005
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report 2005
Before It Had a Name
Before It Had a Name Leslie 2005
Manderlay
Manderlay Grace's Father 2005
This Is an Adventure
This Is an Adventure Self 2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal Self 2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Willem Dafoe (uncredited) 2005
xXx: State of the Union
xXx: State of the Union Gen. George Octavius Deckert 2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' Self / Klaus D. 2005
The Aviator
The Aviator Roland Sweet 2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Klaus Daimler 2004
Control
Control Dr. Michael Copeland 2004
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart 2004
The Misbehavers
The Misbehavers Self 2004
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate Narrator (voice) 2004
Kulturplatz
Kulturplatz Self 2004
The Clearing
The Clearing Arnold Mack 2004
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 Green Goblin / Norman Osborn 2004
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man' Self 2004
The Reckoning
The Reckoning Martin 2004
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' Self 2003
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty 2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Once Upon a Time in Mexico Armando Barillo 2003
Overnight
Overnight Self 2003
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo Gill (voice) 2003
Rockets Redglare!
Rockets Redglare! Self 2003
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure Hunter (voice) 2002
Auto Focus
Auto Focus John Carpenter 2002
The Spider-Man Story
The Spider-Man Story Self 2002
Spider-Man
Spider-Man Green Goblin / Norman Osborn 2002
Spider-Mania
Spider-Mania Self 2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' Self 2002
Edges of the Lord
Edges of the Lord Priest 2001
Pavilion of Women
Pavilion of Women Father Andre 2001
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' Self 2001
Animal Factory
Animal Factory Earl Copen 2000
Bullfighter
Bullfighter Father Ramirez 2000
Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire Max Schreck 2000
American Psycho
American Psycho Donald Kimball 2000
eXistenZ
eXistenZ Gas 1999
New Rose Hotel
New Rose Hotel X 1999
The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints Paul Smecker 1999
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle Narrator 1999
The Directors
The Directors Self 1999
Lulu on the Bridge
Lulu on the Bridge Dr. Van Horn 1998
Affliction
Affliction Rolfe Whitehouse 1998
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney 1997
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Speed 2: Cruise Control Geiger 1997
Wrong Guys
Wrong Guys Jack Straw 1997
Victory
Victory Axel Heyst 1996
The English Patient
The English Patient David Caravaggio 1996
Basquiat
Basquiat The Electrician 1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
The Night and the Moment
The Night and the Moment Lo scrittore 1995
The Kingdom
The Kingdom Grand Duc 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Clear and Present Danger
Clear and Present Danger John Clark 1994
Tom & Viv
Tom & Viv Tom Eliot 1994
Faraway, So Close!
Faraway, So Close! Emit Flesti 1993
Brace Up!
Brace Up! Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin 1993
White Homeland Commando
White Homeland Commando Karl 1993
Body of Evidence
Body of Evidence Frank Dulaney 1993
Rhyme 'Em to Death
Rhyme 'Em to Death 1993
Light Sleeper
Light Sleeper John LeTour 1992
White Sands
White Sands Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal 1992
North on Evers
North on Evers 1992
Fishing with John
Fishing with John Self 1991
Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole 1991
Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart Bobby Peru 1990
Cry-Baby
Cry-Baby Hateful Guard 1990
Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July Charlie 1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice) 1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Commandant (voice) 1989
Triumph of the Spirit
Triumph of the Spirit Salamo Arouch 1989
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning Agent Alan Ward 1988
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ Self 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ Jesus 1988
Off Limits
Off Limits Buck McGriff 1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Elephant Grass (voice) 1987
Platoon
Platoon Sergeant Elias Grodin 1986
To Live and Die in L.A.
To Live and Die in L.A. Rick Masters 1985
O Panama
O Panama 1985
Roadhouse 66
Roadhouse 66 Johnny Harte 1984
Streets of Fire
Streets of Fire Raven Shaddock 1984
New York Nights
New York Nights Boyfriend 1984
The Loveless
The Loveless Vance 1984
Atalanta Strategy
Atalanta Strategy Immigration Staff 1984
The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker Jeffrey Hunt 1983
The Hunger
The Hunger 2nd Phone Booth Youth 1983
Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate Willy (uncredited) 1980
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
The Oscars
The Oscars Self - Presenter 1953
Tenzing
Tenzing Colonel John Hunt
Tropico
Tropico Raymond
The Sleeping Shepherd
The Sleeping Shepherd
Cuddle
Cuddle Dante
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge

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