Willem Dafoe
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).
Movies (208)
Werwulf
2026
Late Fame
2026
The Birthday Party
2026
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
The Souffleur
2026
Pet Shop Days
2025
The Man in My Basement
2025
Avrio Vrady
2025
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
Grande Envie
2025
The Legend of Ochi
2025
Zero
2025
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
2024
Nosferatu
2024
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
2024
run 002
2024
Saturday Night
2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Kinds of Kindness
2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
Finally Dawn
2024
Poor Things
2023
Interior (The Spectator)
2023
Willem Dafoe
2023
Gonzo Girl
2023
Asteroid City
2023
The Wild One
2023
Inside
2023
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
Dead for a Dollar
2022
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
2022
Il coraggio di essere Franco
2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
The Northman
2022
Finding Satoshi
2022
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
Nightmare Alley
2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
The Card Counter
2021
River
2021
Maresco / Pasolini
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Sportin' Life
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
Siberia
2020
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
2020
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
2020
Tommaso
2020
Togo
2019
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
The Lighthouse
2019
Love, Antosha
2019
Manou the Swift
2019
Opus Zero
2018
Aquaman
2018
At Eternity's Gate
2018
Brothers in Arms
2018
Friedkin Uncut
2018
Vox Lux
2018
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
2018
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
2018
Mountain
2017
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
The Florida Project
2017
Piazza Vittorio
2017
Death Note
2017
What Happened to Monday
2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
Sanctuary
2017
The Great Wall
2016
Dog Eat Dog
2016
Father
2016
A Family Man
2016
Sculpt
2016
Finding Dory
2016
Nelson Algren Live
2016
My Hindu Friend
2016
Mind the Gap
2016
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
2015
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
2015
Don't F*#% With John Wick
2015
John Wick
2014
Bad Country
2014
Pasolini
2014
A Most Wanted Man
2014
The Fault in Our Stars
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
The Benaki Museum
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
Out of the Furnace
2013
The Smile Man
2013
Odd Thomas
2013
Tomorrow You're Gone
2012
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012
John Carter
2012
The Hunter
2011
Miral
2010
A Woman
2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
The Making of Daybreakers
2010
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
2010
Daybreakers
2010
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Farewell
2009
Antichrist
2009
The Dust of Time
2008
Adam Resurrected
2008
Fireflies in the Garden
2008
Go Go Tales
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Cannes: All Access
2007
Voom Portraits
2007
Anamorph
2007
Spider-Man 3
2007
Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
The Walker
2007
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Inside Man
2006
American Dreamz
2006
Ripley Under Ground
2005
Before It Had a Name
2005
Manderlay
2005
This Is an Adventure
2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
xXx: State of the Union
2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
2005
The Aviator
2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
Control
2004
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004
The Clearing
2004
Spider-Man 2
2004
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
2004
The Reckoning
2004
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
2003
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
Overnight
2003
Finding Nemo
2003
Rockets Redglare!
2003
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002
Auto Focus
2002
Spider-Man
2002
Spider-Mania
2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
Edges of the Lord
2001
Pavilion of Women
2001
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001
Animal Factory
2000
Bullfighter
2000
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
American Psycho
2000
eXistenZ
1999
New Rose Hotel
1999
The Boondock Saints
1999
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
1999
Lulu on the Bridge
1998
Affliction
1998
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
Victory
1996
The English Patient
1996
Basquiat
1996
The Night and the Moment
1995
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Tom & Viv
1994
Faraway, So Close!
1993
Brace Up!
1993
White Homeland Commando
1993
Body of Evidence
1993
Rhyme 'Em to Death
1993
Light Sleeper
1992
White Sands
1992
North on Evers
1992
Flight of the Intruder
1991
Wild at Heart
1990
Cry-Baby
1990
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
Mississippi Burning
1988
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
Off Limits
1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
Platoon
1986
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
O Panama
1985
Roadhouse 66
1984
Streets of Fire
1984
New York Nights
1984
The Loveless
1984
Atalanta Strategy
1984
The Hunger
1983
Heaven's Gate
1980
The Sleeping Shepherd
Cuddle
TV Shows (28)
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
2022
Mostra, Venise
2022
NHK WORLD PRIME
2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Conan
2010
Wintergasten
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Colbert Report
2005
Kulturplatz
2004
The Directors
1999
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
The Daily Show
1996
The Kingdom
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Fishing with John
1991
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
The Hitchhiker
1983
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Oscars
1953
The Oscars
1953