Cast
Willem Dafoe
Acting
Cast
Willem Dafoe
Known for
Acting
Born
1955-07-22
From
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
★7.9
MOVIE2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
★7.3
MOVIE2002
Spider-Man
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as L
★8.0
MOVIE2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Jopling
★6.7
MOVIE2024
Nosferatu
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
★7.8
MOVIE2003
Finding Nemo
as Gill (voice)
★8.1
MOVIE2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Vulko
★6.9
MOVIE2018
Aquaman
as Nuidis Vulko
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Spider-Man 3
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
★7.0
MOVIE2016
Finding Dory
as Gill (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2014
John Wick
as Marcus
★7.6
MOVIE2023
Poor Things
as Godwin Baxter
★7.4
MOVIE2000
American Psycho
as Donald Kimball
★7.0
MOVIE2022
The Northman
as Heimir the Fool
★7.5
MOVIE2019
The Lighthouse
as Thomas Wake
★6.7
MOVIE2017
Murder on the Orient Express
as Gerhard Hardman
★6.9
MOVIE2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Jackson
★6.4
MOVIE2012
John Carter
as Tars Tarkas
★7.6
MOVIE2014
The Fault in Our Stars
as Peter van Houten
★7.0
MOVIE1989
Born on the Fourth of July
as Charlie
★7.1
MOVIE2017
What Happened to Monday
as Terrence Settman
★7.3
MOVIE2004
Spider-Man 2
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
★7.4
MOVIE2017
The Florida Project
as Bobby
★7.8
MOVIE2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Rat (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2016
The Great Wall
as Ballard
★6.4
MOVIE2007
Mr. Bean's Holiday
as Carson Clay
★7.8
MOVIE1986
Platoon
as Sergeant Elias Grodin
★6.5
MOVIE2023
Asteroid City
as Saltzburg Keitel
★6.0
MOVIE2026
The Souffleur
as Lucius
★6.9
MOVIE2021
Nightmare Alley
as Clem Hoatley
★5.1
MOVIE2005
xXx: State of the Union
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
★8.1
MOVIE2019
Togo
as Leonhard Seppala
★7.4
MOVIE2006
Inside Man
as John Darius
★6.5
MOVIE2025
The Phoenician Scheme
as Knave
★7.0
MOVIE2018
At Eternity's Gate
as Vincent van Gogh
★7.0
MOVIE2013
Odd Thomas
as Wyatt Porter
★7.2
MOVIE2004
The Aviator
as Roland Sweet
★6.8
MOVIE1999
eXistenZ
as Gas
★6.3
MOVIE2010
Daybreakers
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
★6.7
MOVIE2019
Motherless Brooklyn
as Paul Randolph
★6.5
MOVIE2024
Kinds of Kindness
as Raymond / George / Omi
★6.1
MOVIE2021
The Card Counter
as Gordo
★7.0
MOVIE2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Albert 'the Abacus'
★6.6
MOVIE2013
Out of the Furnace
as John Petty
★7.4
MOVIE2019
Love, Antosha
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1999
The Boondock Saints
as Paul Smecker
★4.6
MOVIE1997
Speed 2: Cruise Control
as Geiger
★6.6
MOVIE2009
Antichrist
as He
★6.6
MOVIE1994
Clear and Present Danger
as John Clark
★5.8
MOVIE2025
Zero
as (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2014
A Most Wanted Man
as Tommy Brue
MOVIE2026
Werwulf
★7.1
MOVIE1996
The English Patient
as David Caravaggio
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Armando Barillo
★7.1
MOVIE1985
To Live and Die in L.A.
as Rick Masters
★6.1
MOVIE2025
The Legend of Ochi
as Maxim
★7.0
MOVIE1990
Wild at Heart
as Bobby Peru
★6.7
MOVIE2011
The Hunter
as Martin David
★7.7
MOVIE1988
Mississippi Burning
as Agent Alan Ward
★5.5
MOVIE2014
Bad Country
as Bud Carter
★7.1
MOVIE2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Klaus Daimler
★4.3
MOVIE2017
Death Note
as Ryuk (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE2024
Saturday Night
as David Tebet
★4.9
MOVIE2020
The Last Thing He Wanted
as Richard McMahon
★6.7
MOVIE1980
Heaven's Gate
as Willy (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE2020
Siberia
as Clint
★7.2
MOVIE1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Jesus
★2.0
MOVIE2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2005
Manderlay
as Grace's Father
MOVIE2026
The Resurrection of Christ
★6.8
MOVIE2006
Paris Je T'aime
as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
MOVIE2026
The Birthday Party
as Marcos Timoleon
★1.0
MOVIE2016
Sculpt
★5.8
MOVIE2018
Vox Lux
as Narrator (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2009
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
as Gavner Purl
MOVIE1984
Atalanta Strategy
as Immigration Staff
★5.0
MOVIE1993
Body of Evidence
as Frank Dulaney
★6.5
MOVIE1989
Triumph of the Spirit
as Salamo Arouch
★5.7
MOVIE2023
Inside
as Nemo
★5.4
MOVIE2025
The Man in My Basement
as Anniston Bennett
★6.9
MOVIE1984
Streets of Fire
as Raven Shaddock
★6.5
MOVIE1990
Cry-Baby
as Hateful Guard
★4.3
MOVIE2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
★4.4
MOVIE2012
Tomorrow You're Gone
as The Buddha
★6.7
MOVIE2016
A Family Man
as Ed Blackridge
★4.8
MOVIE2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth
as Cisco
★6.7
MOVIE1983
The Hunger
as 2nd Phone Booth Youth
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Overnight
as Self
MOVIETBA
The Sleeping Shepherd
★6.7
MOVIE1992
Light Sleeper
as John LeTour
★7.0
MOVIE2002
The Spider-Man Story
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2000
Shadow of the Vampire
as Max Schreck
★6.8
MOVIE2005
This Is an Adventure
as Self
MOVIETBA
Time Out
★3.2
MOVIE2007
Cannes: All Access
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2009
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
as Paul Smecker (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1991
Flight of the Intruder
as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
★4.9
MOVIE1995
The Night and the Moment
as The Writer
MOVIE2018
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
★6.5
MOVIE2013
Love's Routine
as Barry
★6.2
MOVIE2008
Fireflies in the Garden
as Charles Waechter
★7.1
MOVIE1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Elephant Grass (voice)
MOVIE2026
Tenzing
as Colonel John Hunt
★5.6
MOVIE1988
Off Limits
as Buck McGriff
★5.7
MOVIE2008
Go Go Tales
as Ray Ruby
MOVIETBA
Cuddle
as Dante
★5.8
MOVIE2022
Dead for a Dollar
as Joe Cribbens
★7.6
MOVIE2015
Don't F*#% With John Wick
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE2001
Pavilion of Women
as Father Andre
MOVIE2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Grand Duc
★5.2
MOVIE1984
Roadhouse 66
as Johnny Harte
★5.1
MOVIE2006
American Dreamz
as Chief of Staff
★6.1
MOVIE2024
Finally Dawn
as Rufo Priori
MOVIETBA
White Lies
★6.3
MOVIE1998
Affliction
as Rolfe Whitehouse
★6.8
MOVIE2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE2016
Dog Eat Dog
as Mad Dog
★3.6
MOVIE2005
Before It Had a Name
as Leslie
★2.0
MOVIE2023
Gonzo Girl
as Walker Reade
★5.4
MOVIE2002
Spider-Mania
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2000
Animal Factory
as Earl Copen
★6.6
MOVIE1996
Basquiat
as The Electrician
MOVIE2021
Maresco / Pasolini
as Self
MOVIE2026
Late Fame
as Ed Saxberger
MOVIE2024
run 002
★7.4
MOVIE2013
The Smile Man
as Willem
★6.5
MOVIE2009
Farewell
as Feeney
★6.4
MOVIE2004
The Reckoning
as Martin
★6.4
MOVIE2002
Auto Focus
as John Carpenter
★6.9
MOVIE1993
Faraway, So Close!
as Emit Flesti
★4.3
MOVIE2010
A Woman
as Max Oliver
MOVIETBA
Tropico
as Raymond
MOVIE2017
Sanctuary
as Narrator
★5.2
MOVIE2025
Pet Shop Days
as Francis
★6.4
MOVIE2019
Manou the Swift
as Manou's Father (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE2004
The Misbehavers
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2014
Pasolini
as Pier Paolo Pasolini
★6.3
MOVIE2008
The Dust of Time
as A
★5.5
MOVIE2018
Opus Zero
as Paul
★8.0
MOVIE2003
Rockets Redglare!
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2007
Voom Portraits
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2007
The Walker
as Larry Lockner
★7.3
MOVIE2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2008
Adam Resurrected
as Commandat Klein
★5.9
MOVIE1992
White Sands
as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
★7.2
MOVIE2015
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE1999
New Rose Hotel
as X
★8.5
MOVIE2001
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE2004
The Clearing
as Arnold Mack
★5.6
MOVIE2005
Ripley Under Ground
as Neil Murchison
★5.2
MOVIE2007
Anamorph
as Stan Aubray
★5.0
MOVIE2023
Willem Dafoe
★6.1
MOVIE2004
Control
as Dr. Michael Copeland
★6.1
MOVIE2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
★7.0
MOVIE1992
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE2003
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
★5.0
MOVIE2024
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE1993
White Homeland Commando
as Karl
★8.0
MOVIE2022
Finding Satoshi
as Narrator
★5.9
MOVIE1998
Lulu on the Bridge
as Dr. Van Horn
MOVIETBA
A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
★7.5
MOVIE2004
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
as Narrator (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2020
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2020
Tommaso
as Tommaso
★6.5
MOVIE2007
To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
★6.4
MOVIE2001
Edges of the Lord
as Priest
★4.2
MOVIE2016
Father
as James Verdun
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2018
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2017
Mountain
as Narrator (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE2024
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Klaus D.
★5.8
MOVIE2010
Miral
as Eddie
★6.5
MOVIE2013
Saving Norman
as Lionel Pembrooke
★5.8
MOVIE2018
Brothers in Arms
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1988
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1993
Brace Up!
as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
★5.8
MOVIE2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
MOVIE2004
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
★6.5
MOVIE2017
Piazza Vittorio
as Himself
MOVIE1997
Wrong Guys
as Jack Straw
★3.7
MOVIE1984
New York Nights
as Boyfriend
MOVIE2023
Interior (The Spectator)
as Narrator
★10.0
MOVIE2025
Grande Envie
as Count
★7.5
MOVIE1992
North on Evers
★4.0
MOVIE2016
My Hindu Friend
as Diego Fairman
MOVIE1993
Rhyme 'Em to Death
★6.0
MOVIE2023
The Wild One
as Narrator (voice)
★4.6
MOVIE2007
The Procedure
as Christopher
★10.0
MOVIE1999
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
as Narrator
MOVIE2016
Nelson Algren Live
as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self
MOVIE2004
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
MOVIE2025
Avrio Vrady
as Dancing man
★6.1
MOVIE1994
Tom & Viv
as Tom Eliot
★3.0
MOVIE2000
Bullfighter
as Father Ramirez
★7.1
MOVIE2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2015
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
as Narrator
★6.5
MOVIE2019
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
★5.6
MOVIE1984
The Loveless
as Vance
★5.6
MOVIE2022
Il coraggio di essere Franco
as Sé stesso
★5.2
MOVIE1996
Victory
as Axel Heyst
MOVIE2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE2018
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE2002
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
as Hunter (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2012
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2010
The Making of Daybreakers
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2021
River
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE2010
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
as Narrator
MOVIE2022
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
as Self
★4.2
MOVIE2020
Sportin' Life
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2020
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
★3.0
MOVIE2022
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
as Film Actor
MOVIE2015
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE2016
Mind the Gap
as Self
MOVIE2013
The Benaki Museum
as Narrator (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
★7.0
MOVIE1985
O Panama
★4.0
MOVIE2014
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
as (archive footage)
★7.7
MOVIE2003
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
as Self