Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He has had roles in a wide range of films, including Streets of Fire, To Live and Die in L.A., Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, The English Patient, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mississippi Burning, Wild at Heart, The Boondock Saints, Inside Man, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Spider-Man, Shadow of the Vampire, The Aviator, American Psycho, Antichrist, and voice roles in Fantastic Mr. Fox and Finding Nemo. Dafoe has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor three times. The first was for his role in Platoon (1986), the second time for his performance in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), and the third for The Florida Project (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Tropico | Raymond | 2025 |
| Movie | The Sleeping Shepherd | Dirk | 2025 |
| Movie | Nosferatu | Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz | 2024-12-25 |
| Movie | Kinds of Kindness | 2024-06-06 | |
| Movie | AND | 2024 | |
| Movie | Finally Dawn | Rufo Priori | 2024-02-14 |
| Movie | Pet Shop Days | Francis | 2023-09-03 |
| Movie | Poor Things | Godwin Baxter | 2023-12-07 |
| Movie | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Nuidis Vulko | 2023-12-20 |
| Movie | Asteroid City | Saltzburg Keitel | 2023-06-08 |
| Movie | Inside | Nemo | 2023-03-09 |
| Movie | 7 Deaths of Maria Callas | Film Actor | 2022-07-24 |
| Movie | Il coraggio di essere Franco | 2022-05-18 | |
| Movie | Aquaman 2 | Nuidis Vulko | 2022-12-16 |
| Movie | Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens | 2022-09-30 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self | 2022-05-03 |
| Movie | The Northman | Heimir the Fool | 2022-04-07 |
| Movie | The French Dispatch | Albert 'the Abacus' | 2021-10-21 |
| Movie | Maresco / Pasolini | Self | 2021-05-05 |
| Movie | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Nudis Vulko | 2021-03-18 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | 2021-12-15 |
| Movie | The Card Counter | Gordo | 2021-09-03 |
| Movie | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self | 2020-11-26 |
| Movie | Sportin' Life | Self | 2020-09-06 |
| Movie | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self | 2020-07-16 |
| Movie | Siberia | Clint | 2020-07-02 |
| Movie | Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago | 2020-02-28 | |
| Movie | The Last Thing He Wanted | Richard McMahon | 2020-02-14 |
| Movie | The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale | Self | 2020-01-14 |
| Movie | Tommaso | Tommaso | 2020-01-08 |
| Movie | Love, Antosha | Self | 2019-08-02 |
| Movie | Manou the Swift | Manou's Father (voice) | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Babenco — Tell Me When I Die | Himself | 2019-09-02 |
| Movie | Motherless Brooklyn | Paul Randolph | 2019-10-31 |
| Movie | The Lighthouse | Thomas Wake | 2019-10-18 |
| Movie | Togo | Leonhard Seppala | 2019-12-20 |
| Movie | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage) | 2019-12-20 |
| Movie | Vincent van Gogh Superstar | Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) | 2019-11-05 |
| Movie | Opus Zero | Paul | 2018-12-28 |
| Movie | Aquaman | Nuidis Vulko | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | At Eternity's Gate | Vincent van Gogh | 2018-11-15 |
| Movie | Brothers in Arms | Self | 2018-11-13 |
| Movie | Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018-11-05 |
| Movie | Vox Lux | Narrator (voice) | 2018-09-07 |
| Movie | Theatron. Romeo Castellucci | 2018-03-30 | |
| Movie | Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project | 2018-02-20 | |
| Movie | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self | 2017-05-05 |
| Movie | Murder on the Orient Express | Gerhard Hardman | 2017-11-03 |
| Movie | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | 2017-08-01 |
| Movie | What Happened to Monday | Terrence Settman | 2017-08-18 |
| Movie | Death Note | Ryuk (voice) | 2017-08-25 |
| Movie | Piazza Vittorio | Himself | 2017-09-09 |
| Movie | The Florida Project | Bobby | 2017-10-06 |
| Movie | Nelson Algren Live | Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh | 2016-06-04 |
| Movie | Father | James Verdun | 2016-10-25 |
| Movie | Finding Dory | Gill (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
| Movie | A Family Man | Ed Blackridge | 2016-09-13 |
| Movie | Dog Eat Dog | Mad Dog | 2016-11-04 |
| Movie | The Great Wall | Ballard | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | My Hindu Friend | Diego Fairman | 2015-10-22 |
| Movie | Pasolini | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | Bad Country | Bud Carter | 2014-09-26 |
| Movie | John Wick | Marcus | 2014-10-22 |
| Movie | SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg | (archive footage) | 2014-09-02 |
| Movie | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Jopling | 2014-02-26 |
| Movie | The Fault in Our Stars | Peter van Houten | 2014-05-16 |
| Movie | A Most Wanted Man | Tommy Brue | 2014-07-25 |
| Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | L | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | Out of the Furnace | John Petty | 2013-11-09 |
| Movie | Beyond: Two Souls | Nathan Dawkins (voice) | 2013-10-08 |
| Movie | The Smile Man | Willem | 2013-06-15 |
| Movie | Odd Thomas | Wyatt Porter | 2013-01-29 |
| Movie | Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | 2013-05-25 |
| Movie | Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha | 2012-10-31 |
| Movie | Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic | Self | 2012-09-12 |
| Movie | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco | 2012-03-23 |
| Movie | John Carter | Tars Tarkas | 2012-03-07 |
| Movie | The Hunter | Martin David | 2011-10-06 |
| Movie | The Making of Daybreakers | Self | 2010-05-11 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | Daybreakers | Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac | 2010-01-06 |
| Movie | A Woman | Max Oliver | 2010-09-04 |
| Movie | Miral | Eddie | 2010-09-15 |
| Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Detective Hank Havenhurst | 2009-12-11 |
| Movie | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Paul Smecker (uncredited) | 2009-11-24 |
| Movie | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat (voice) | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Gavner Purl | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | Farewell | Feeney | 2009-09-23 |
| Movie | Antichrist | He | 2009-05-20 |
| Movie | The Dust of Time | A | 2008-11-22 |
| Movie | Adam Resurrected | Commandat Klein | 2008-08-08 |
| Movie | Fireflies in the Garden | Charles Waechter | 2008-08-07 |
| Movie | The Walker | Larry Lockner | 2007-02-13 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 2.1 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2007-04-17 |
| Movie | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Carson Clay | 2007-03-22 |
| Movie | Go Go Tales | Ray Ruby | 2007-05-23 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 3 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2007-05-01 |
| Movie | The Procedure | Christopher | 2007-08-01 |
| Movie | To Each His Own Cinema | (segment "Occupations") (archive footage) | 2007-10-31 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Self | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | Anamorph | Stan Aubray | 2007-09-21 |
| Movie | Voom Portraits | Self | 2007-10-01 |
| Movie | Paris Je T'aime | Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) | 2006-06-21 |
| Movie | Tales from Earthsea | Cob (English version) (voice) | 2006-07-29 |
| Movie | Paris, Je T'Aime | Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) | 2006-06-21 |
| Movie | Inside Man | John Darius | 2006-03-17 |
| Movie | American Dreamz | Chief of Staff | 2006-03-04 |
| Movie | Manderlay | Grace's Father | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' | Self / Klaus D. | 2005-01-15 |
| Movie | Ripley Under Ground | Neil Murchison | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | Before It Had a Name | Leslie | 2005-09-10 |
| Movie | This Is an Adventure | Self | 2005-05-10 |
| Movie | On the Set: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Self | 2005-01-15 |
| Movie | xXx: State of the Union | Gen. George Octavius Deckert | 2005-04-27 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Willem Dafoe (uncredited) | 2005-05-08 |
| Movie | Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal | Self | 2005-05-09 |
| Movie | The Aviator | Roland Sweet | 2004-12-17 |
| Movie | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Klaus Daimler | 2004-12-10 |
| Movie | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' | himself | 2004-12-07 |
| Movie | Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate | Narrator (voice) | 2004-10-08 |
| Movie | The Clearing | Arnold Mack | 2004-07-02 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2004-06-25 |
| Movie | The Reckoning | Martin | 2004-02-26 |
| Movie | Control | Dr. Michael Copeland | 2004-12-07 |
| Movie | Rockets Redglare! | Self | 2003-05-02 |
| Movie | Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
| Movie | Finding Nemo | Gill (voice) | 2003-05-30 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Barillo | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' | Himself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | 2003-09-12 | |
| Movie | Spider-Mania | Self | 2002-04-30 |
| Movie | Beyond the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Himself | 2002-04-20 |
| Movie | Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Self | 2002-04-20 |
| Movie | Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure | Hunter (voice) | 2002-12-15 |
| Movie | Spider-Man | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2002-05-01 |
| Movie | Auto Focus | John Carpenter | 2002-10-18 |
| Movie | Edges of the Lord | Priest | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | Self | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Pavilion of Women | Father Andre | 2001-04-20 |
| Movie | Animal Factory | Earl Copen | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | Bullfighter | Father Ramirez | 2000-10-01 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck | 2000-05-15 |
| Movie | American Psycho | Detective Donald Kimball | 2000-04-13 |
| Movie | The Boondock Saints | Paul Smecker | 1999-01-22 |
| Movie | eXistenZ | Gas | 1999-04-14 |
| Movie | New Rose Hotel | X | 1999-03-19 |
| Movie | Abel/Asia | Self (archival footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Lulu on the Bridge | Dr. Van Horn | 1998-09-06 |
| Movie | Affliction | Rolfe Whitehouse | 1998-02-12 |
| Movie | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Geiger | 1997-06-13 |
| Movie | Basquiat | The Electrician | 1996-08-09 |
| Movie | The English Patient | David Caravaggio | 1996-11-14 |
| Movie | Victory | Axel Heyst | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | The Night and the Moment | Lo scrittore | 1995-07-05 |
| Movie | Tom & Viv | Tom Eliot | 1994-04-15 |
| Movie | Clear and Present Danger | John Clark | 1994-08-03 |
| Series | The Kingdom | Lucifer | 1994-11-24 |
| Movie | Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti | 1993-09-01 |
| Movie | Brace Up! | Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin | 1993-04-01 |
| Movie | Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney | 1993-01-15 |
| Movie | Rhyme 'Em to Death | 1993-01-01 | |
| Movie | Light Sleeper | John LeTour | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | White Sands | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal | 1992-04-24 |
| Movie | North on Evers | 1992-01-01 | |
| Series | Fishing with John | 1991-11-20 | |
| Movie | Flight of the Intruder | Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole | 1991-01-18 |
| Movie | Cry-Baby | Hateful Guard | 1990-04-06 |
| Movie | Wild at Heart | Bobby Peru | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Triumph of the Spirit | Salamo Arouch | 1989-12-08 |
| Movie | Born on the Fourth of July | Charlie | 1989-12-20 |
| Movie | Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ | Self | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Ward | 1988-12-08 |
| Movie | The Last Temptation of Christ | Jesus | 1988-05-28 |
| Movie | Off Limits | Buck McGriff | 1988-03-11 |
| Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Elephant Grass (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Platoon | Sergeant Elias Gordon | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | To Live and Die in L.A. | Eric Masters | 1985-11-01 |
| Movie | Roadhouse 66 | Johnny Harte | 1984-08-31 |
| Movie | New York Nights | Boyfriend | 1984-03-01 |
| Movie | Atalanta Strategy | Immigration Staff | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Streets of Fire | Raven Shaddock | 1984-06-01 |
| Movie | The Hunger | 2nd Phone Booth Youth | 1983-04-29 |
| Movie | The Loveless | Vance | 1981-08-07 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Willy (uncredited) | 1980-11-19 |