
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.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as L

Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin

Spider-Man
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

Spider-Man 3
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

Finding Nemo
as Gill (voice)

John Wick
as Marcus

Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Vulko

American Psycho
as Donald Kimball

Aquaman
as Nuidis Vulko

The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Jopling

Poor Things
as Godwin Baxter

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Jackson

John Carter
as Tars Tarkas

Nosferatu
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz

Spider-Man 2
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

The Great Wall
as Ballard

Finding Dory
as Gill (voice)

Murder on the Orient Express
as Gerhard Hardman

The Phoenician Scheme
as Knave

Platoon
as Sergeant Elias Grodin

Antichrist
as He

Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Rat (voice)

The Northman
as Heimir the Fool

xXx: State of the Union
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert

The Lighthouse
as Thomas Wake

The Fault in Our Stars
as Peter van Houten

Mr. Bean's Holiday
as Carson Clay

Inside Man
as John Darius

What Happened to Monday
as Terrence Settman

Nightmare Alley
as Clem Hoatley

Asteroid City
as Saltzburg Keitel

The Aviator
as Roland Sweet

Kinds of Kindness
as Raymond / George / Omi

Mississippi Burning
as Agent Alan Ward

The Legend of Ochi
as Maxim

The Florida Project
as Bobby

The English Patient
as David Caravaggio

Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Armando Barillo

Cry-Baby
as Hateful Guard

Clear and Present Danger
as John Clark

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Albert 'the Abacus'

Death Note
as Ryuk (voice)

Togo
as Leonhard Seppala

Odd Thomas
as Wyatt Porter

Speed 2: Cruise Control
as Geiger

The Boondock Saints
as Paul Smecker

Daybreakers
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac

Saturday Night
as David Tebet

Wild at Heart
as Bobby Peru

Werwulf

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
as Gavner Purl

Born on the Fourth of July
as Charlie

The Last Temptation of Christ
as Jesus

Control
as Dr. Michael Copeland

eXistenZ
as Gas

At Eternity's Gate
as Vincent van Gogh

To Live and Die in L.A.
as Rick Masters

Heaven's Gate
as Willy (uncredited)

Bad Country
as Bud Carter

Streets of Fire
as Raven Shaddock

Inside
as Nemo

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
as Paul Smecker (uncredited)

Out of the Furnace
as John Petty

Paris Je T'aime
as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)

The Hunger
as 2nd Phone Booth Youth

Motherless Brooklyn
as Paul Randolph

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Klaus Daimler

Anamorph
as Stan Aubray

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self

Off Limits
as Buck McGriff

The Card Counter
as Gordo

Body of Evidence
as Frank Dulaney

Manderlay
as Grace's Father

The Last Thing He Wanted
as Richard McMahon

Animal Factory
as Earl Copen

American Dreamz
as Chief of Staff

Auto Focus
as John Carpenter

Basquiat
as The Electrician

To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)

White Sands
as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal

A Most Wanted Man
as Tommy Brue

Vox Lux
as Narrator (voice)

Zero
as (voice)

A Family Man
as Ed Blackridge

Finally Dawn
as Rufo Priori

Flight of the Intruder
as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self

The Hunter
as Martin David

Dead for a Dollar
as Joe Cribbens

The Man in My Basement
as Anniston Bennett

The Reckoning
as Martin

Voom Portraits
as Self

Shadow of the Vampire
as Max Schreck

Fireflies in the Garden
as Charles Waechter

Affliction
as Rolfe Whitehouse

Faraway, So Close!
as Emit Flesti

The Clearing
as Arnold Mack

Dog Eat Dog
as Mad Dog

Light Sleeper
as John LeTour

This Is an Adventure
as Self

The Loveless
as Vance

The Birthday Party
as Marcos Timoleon

Love, Antosha
as Self

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Detective Hank Havenhurst

Pasolini
as Pier Paolo Pasolini

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
as Self

Pet Shop Days
as Francis

Farewell
as Feeney

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Elephant Grass (voice)

4:44 Last Day on Earth
as Cisco

New Rose Hotel
as X

Bullfighter
as Father Ramirez

Manou the Swift
as Manou's Father (voice)

Go Go Tales
as Ray Ruby

Siberia
as Clint

Overnight
as Self

Nosferatu: An Inside Look
as Self

Miral
as Eddie

Triumph of the Spirit
as Salamo Arouch

Pavilion of Women
as Father Andre

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self

The Souffleur
as Lucius

Adam Resurrected
as Commandat Klein

Edges of the Lord
as Priest

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self

The Walker
as Larry Lockner

Rockets Redglare!
as Self

Sportin' Life
as Self

Mountain
as Narrator (voice)

Ripley Under Ground
as Neil Murchison

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
as Self

Spider-Mania
as Self

Brothers in Arms
as Self

Tomorrow You're Gone
as The Buddha

Love's Routine
as Barry

Tropico
as Raymond

Sanctuary
as Narrator

Late Fame
as Ed Saxberger

The Procedure
as Christopher

Sculpt

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Klaus D.

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

Gonzo Girl
as Walker Reade

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
as Self

Tommaso
as Tommaso

Finding Satoshi
as Narrator

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
as Self

Roadhouse 66
as Johnny Harte

Saving Norman
as Lionel Pembrooke

Cannes: All Access
as Self

Friedkin Uncut
as Self

Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self

Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
as Narrator

Tom & Viv
as Tom Eliot

Don't F*#% With John Wick
as Self

Piazza Vittorio
as Himself

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
as Self

The Dust of Time
as A

A Woman
as Max Oliver

Lulu on the Bridge
as Dr. Van Horn

Can Creativity Save the World?
as Self

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
as Narrator

Brace Up!
as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
as Hunter (voice)

Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
as Self

Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
as Self

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
as Self

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
as Self

The Wild One
as Narrator (voice)

Before It Had a Name
as Leslie

Tenzing
as Colonel John Hunt

My Hindu Friend
as Diego Fairman

Victory
as Axel Heyst

New York Nights
as Boyfriend

River
as Narrator

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

The Resurrection of Christ

The Spider-Man Story
as Self

The Night and the Moment
as Lo scrittore

The Smile Man
as Willem

Atalanta Strategy
as Immigration Staff

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
as Narrator (voice)

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Grand Duc

The Making of Daybreakers
as Self

Opus Zero
as Paul

The Misbehavers
as Self

O Panama

The Sleeping Shepherd

Grande Envie
as Count

White Homeland Commando
as Karl

North on Evers

Father
as James Verdun

Cuddle
as Dante

Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self

The Benaki Museum
as Narrator (voice)

Il coraggio di essere Franco
as Sé stesso

Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
as Self

Time Out

Nelson Algren Live
as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh

Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
as Narrator

A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge

The Making of A Most Wanted Man
as Self

Jesus Goes to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

Theatron. Romeo Castellucci

7 Deaths of Maria Callas
as Film Actor

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone

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Mind the Gap
as Self

Rhyme 'Em to Death

Maresco / Pasolini
as Self

Wrong Guys
as Jack Straw

Avrio Vrady
as Dancing man

SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
as (archive footage)

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
as Self

Interior (The Spectator)
as Narrator
