Willem Dafoe

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-07-22 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

Willem Dafoe

Biography

William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/də-FOH or /ˈdeɪfoʊ/ DAY-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 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...

Acting

2003

Finding Nemo

as Gill (voice)

2006

Inside Man

as John Darius

1996

The English Patient

as David Caravaggio

1990

Wild at Heart

as Bobby Peru

1996

Basquiat

as The Electrician

2007

Spider-Man 3

as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

2004

Spider-Man 2

as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

2002

Spider-Man

as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

2007

Mr. Bean's Holiday

as Carson Clay

2000

American Psycho

as Donald Kimball

2003

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

as Armando Barillo

2014

1993

Body of Evidence

as Frank Dulaney

1988

Mississippi Burning

as Agent Alan Ward

2023

Pet Shop Days

as Francis

2006

Paris Je T'aime

as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)

2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox

as Rat (voice)

2005

Manderlay

as Grace's Father

1999

eXistenZ

as Gas

2004

The Clearing

as Arnold Mack

1993

Faraway, So Close!

as Emit Flesti

1980

Heaven's Gate

as Willy (uncredited)

2000

Shadow of the Vampire

as Max Schreck

2023

Asteroid City

as Saltzburg Keitel

2005

xXx: State of the Union

as Gen. George Octavius Deckert

2008

Fireflies in the Garden

as Charles Waechter

1999

The Boondock Saints

as Paul Smecker

1983

The Hunger

as 2nd Phone Booth Youth

1997

Affliction

as Rolfe Whitehouse

1990

Cry-Baby

as Hateful Guard

2006

American Dreamz

as Chief of Staff

2004

The Reckoning

as Martin

1994

2000

Animal Factory

as Earl Copen

2007

The Walker

as Larry Lockner

2004

Control

as Dr. Michael Copeland

1985

2025

2009

Farewell

as Feeney

2002

Auto Focus

as John Carpenter

2007

Anamorph

as Stan Aubray

1992

Light Sleeper

as John LeTour

1984

The Loveless

as Vance

1984

Streets of Fire

as Raven Shaddock

1987

2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

as Detective Hank Havenhurst

2000

Bullfighter

as Father Ramirez

1988

Off Limits

as Buck McGriff

2010

Miral

as Eddie

1996

Victory

as Axel Heyst

2005

Ripley Under Ground

as Neil Murchison

2009

1994

Tom & Viv

as Tom Eliot

2001

2008

Adam Resurrected

as Commandat Klein

2012

John Carter

as Tars Tarkas

1991

Flight of the Intruder

as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole

1992

White Sands

as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal

2010

Daybreakers

as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac

2019

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

as Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage)

2018

2007

Go Go Tales

as Ray Ruby

2001

Pavilion of Women

as Father Andre

2011

The Hunter

as Martin David

2012

1984

Roadhouse 66

as Johnny Harte

2010

A Woman

as Max Oliver

2023

Inside

as Nemo

2014

A Most Wanted Man

as Tommy Brue

1995

2013

Out of the Furnace

as John Petty

2023

The Wild One

as Narrator (voice)

2013

Saving Norman

as Lionel Pembrooke

2013

2013

The Smile Man

as Willem

2013

Odd Thomas

as Wyatt Porter

2014

The Fault in Our Stars

as Peter van Houten

2014

John Wick

as Marcus

2022

Finding Satoshi

as Narrator

2014

Bad Country

as Bud Carter

2004

The Aviator

as Roland Sweet

2023

Gonzo Girl

as Walker Reade

2014

Pasolini

as Pier Paolo Pasolini

2023

Poor Things

as Godwin Baxter

2024

Finally Dawn

as Rufo Priori

2019

Vincent van Gogh Superstar

as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)

2007

The Procedure

as Christopher

2024

Kinds of Kindness

as Raymond / George / Omi

-

The Man in My Basement

as Anniston Bennett

1989

Triumph of the Spirit

as Salamo Arouch

2016

The Great Wall

as Ballard

2004

2022

2024

Saturday Night

as David Tebet

2016

My Hindu Friend

as Diego Fairman

2016

Dog Eat Dog

as Mad Dog

2016

A Family Man

as Ed Blackridge

-

Late Fame

as Ed Saxberger

-

Tenzing

as Colonel John Hunt

1984

New York Nights

as Boyfriend

2016

2016

Finding Dory

as Gill (voice)

2017

Death Note

as Ryuk (voice)

-

Tropico

as Raymond

2017

What Happened to Monday

as Terrence Settman

2018

Aquaman

as Nuidis Vulko

2017

2025

The Birthday Party

as Marcos Timoleon

1998

Lulu on the Bridge

as Dr. Van Horn

2020

Siberia

as Clint

2017

Mountain

as Narrator (voice)

2016

Father

as James Verdun

2018

At Eternity's Gate

as Vincent van Gogh

2018

Opus Zero

as Paul

2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)

1986

Platoon

as Sergeant Elias Grodin

2019

The Lighthouse

as Thomas Wake

2019

Motherless Brooklyn

as Paul Randolph

2019

Manou the Swift

as Manou's Father (voice)

2020

The Last Thing He Wanted

as Richard McMahon

2018

Vox Lux

as Narrator (voice)

2017

Piazza Vittorio

as Himself

2016

Nelson Algren Live

as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh

2020

Tommaso

as Tommaso

2021

The French Dispatch

as Albert 'the Abacus'

2007

2019

1993

Brace Up!

as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin

2019

Togo

as Leonhard Seppala

2021

Nightmare Alley

as Clem Hoatley

2021

1984

Atalanta Strategy

as Immigration Staff

2022

The Northman

as Heimir the Fool

1998

Abel/Asia

as Self (archival footage)

2018

2003

Overnight

as Self

2020

2013

The Benaki Museum

as Narrator (voice)

2022

2017

Sanctuary

as Narrator

2002

2007

To Each His Own Cinema

as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)

2022

Dead for a Dollar

as Joe Cribbens

2021

River

as Narrator

2021

Spider-Man: No Way Home

as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin

2016

2024

Nosferatu

as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz

2024

Jesus Goes to Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Wrong Guys

as Jack Straw

2025

Zero

as (voice)

2024

2025

Wick Is Pain

as (archive footage)

-

Cuddle

as Dante

-

A Christmas Carol

as Ebenezer Scrooge

2025

Avrio Vrady

as Dancing man

Production

2005

-

Tropico

as Producer

1999

New Rose Hotel

as Co-Producer

2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Associate Producer

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