Willem Dafoe
Known for Acting · 245 credits
- Born
- 1955-07-22 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
- Also known as
- William Dafoe, Jr. · William J. Dafoe · William James Dafoe
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (26)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice) / Commandant (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Zylander Quark
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Colbert Report
2005
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self / Self - Presenter
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Jeffrey Hunt
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
The Kingdom
1994
as Grand Duc
The Directors
1999
as Self
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
2022
as Self
NHK WORLD PRIME
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Mostra, Venise
2022
as Self
Fishing with John
1991
as Self
Wintergasten
2007
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
Movies (219)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
as L
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Spider-Man
2002
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Finding Nemo
2003
as Gill (voice)
John Wick
2014
as Marcus
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Vulko
American Psycho
2000
as Donald Kimball
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Jopling
Poor Things
2023
as Godwin Baxter
Nosferatu
2024
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
John Carter
2012
as Tars Tarkas
Aquaman
2018
as Nuidis Vulko
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Knave
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Gerhard Hardman
The Great Wall
2016
as Ballard
Platoon
1986
as Sergeant Elias Grodin
Inside Man
2006
as John Darius
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
as Jackson
The Northman
2022
as Heimir the Fool
Finding Dory
2016
as Gill (voice)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
as Rat (voice)
The Lighthouse
2019
as Thomas Wake
xXx: State of the Union
2005
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
What Happened to Monday
2017
as Terrence Settman
Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
as Carson Clay
Antichrist
2009
as He
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Agent Alan Ward
Asteroid City
2023
as Saltzburg Keitel
The Fault in Our Stars
2014
as Peter van Houten
The Aviator
2004
as Roland Sweet
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Clem Hoatley
The Legend of Ochi
2025
as Maxim
Clear and Present Danger
1994
as John Clark
The English Patient
1996
as David Caravaggio
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
as Armando Barillo
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Albert 'the Abacus'
Kinds of Kindness
2024
as Raymond / George / Omi
The Florida Project
2017
as Bobby
Odd Thomas
2013
as Wyatt Porter
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
as Geiger
Daybreakers
2010
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
The Boondock Saints
1999
as Paul Smecker
Togo
2019
as Leonhard Seppala
Death Note
2017
as Ryuk (voice)
Werwulf
2026
Cry-Baby
1990
as Hateful Guard
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Jesus
Wild at Heart
1990
as Bobby Peru
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Charlie
Control
2004
as Dr. Michael Copeland
Inside
2023
as Nemo
Streets of Fire
1984
as Raven Shaddock
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
as Gavner Purl
Out of the Furnace
2013
as John Petty
Heaven's Gate
1980
as Willy (uncredited)
At Eternity's Gate
2018
as Vincent van Gogh
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
as Paul Smecker (uncredited)
eXistenZ
1999
as Gas
Saturday Night
2024
as David Tebet
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Klaus Daimler
The Card Counter
2021
as Gordo
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as Paul Randolph
Body of Evidence
1993
as Frank Dulaney
Bad Country
2014
as Bud Carter
The Hunger
1983
as 2nd Phone Booth Youth
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
as Rick Masters
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
Auto Focus
2002
as John Carpenter
A Most Wanted Man
2014
as Tommy Brue
Anamorph
2007
as Stan Aubray
Basquiat
1996
as The Electrician
Vox Lux
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Flight of the Intruder
1991
as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
A Family Man
2016
as Ed Blackridge
Zero
2025
as (voice)
White Sands
1992
as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
as Richard McMahon
The Clearing
2004
as Arnold Mack
Manderlay
2005
as Grace's Father
The Reckoning
2004
as Martin
Dead for a Dollar
2022
as Joe Cribbens
Fireflies in the Garden
2008
as Charles Waechter
Finally Dawn
2024
as Rufo Priori
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self
Off Limits
1988
as Buck McGriff
The Man in My Basement
2025
as Anniston Bennett
Animal Factory
2000
as Earl Copen
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
as Max Schreck
The Hunter
2011
as Martin David
Love, Antosha
2019
as Self
Voom Portraits
2007
as Self
Light Sleeper
1992
as John LeTour
The Birthday Party
2026
as Marcos Timoleon
American Dreamz
2006
as Chief of Staff
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Elephant Grass (voice)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
Pasolini
2014
as Pier Paolo Pasolini
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
as Self
Manou the Swift
2019
as Manou's Father (voice)
Dog Eat Dog
2016
as Mad Dog
Pet Shop Days
2025
as Francis
Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Emit Flesti
Affliction
1998
as Rolfe Whitehouse
New Rose Hotel
1999
as X
The Loveless
1984
as Vance
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
as Salamo Arouch
Siberia
2020
as Clint
Farewell
2009
as Feeney
Go Go Tales
2008
as Ray Ruby
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012
as Cisco
This Is an Adventure
2005
as Self
Miral
2010
as Eddie
Adam Resurrected
2008
as Commandat Klein
Overnight
2003
as Self
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
2024
as Self
About 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 245 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Willem Dafoe has appeared in 219 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013) — as L
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) — as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
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- Spider-Man 3 (2007) — as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
- Finding Nemo (2003) — as Gill (voice)
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