Willem Dafoe
Acting
Biography
William James "Willem" Dafoe (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 Wooster Group. He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). Dafoe's early career includes credits for The Loveless (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for the war drama Platoon (1986), followed by nominations for his roles in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also gained acclaim and wide recognition for his roles as Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and as the supervillain Norman Osborn in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). His other film appearance include roles in Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Body of Evidence (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Affliction (1997), New Rose Hotel(1998), Existenz (1999), The Boondock Saints (1999), American Psycho (2000), Auto Focus (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Inside Man (2006), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Antichrist (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), John Wick (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Aquaman (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Nightmare Alley (2021), Poor Things (2023), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
Born: July 22, 1955
Place of Birth: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Francis
as Anniston Bennett
as Lucius
as Ed Saxberger
as Marcos Timoleon
as Dancing man
as Knave
as Count
as Maxim
as (voice)
as Self
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
as Self (archive footage)
as David Tebet
as Jackson
as Raymond / George / Omi
as Rufo Priori
as Godwin Baxter
as Narrator
as Walker Reade
as Saltzburg Keitel
as Narrator (voice)
as Nemo
as Self / Grand Duc
as Joe Cribbens
as Self
as Film Actor
as Sé stesso
as Heimir the Fool
as Narrator
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
as Clem Hoatley
as Albert 'the Abacus'
as Self
as Gordo
as Narrator
as Self
as Vulko
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Clint
as Richard McMahon
as Tommaso
as Leonhard Seppala
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
as Paul Randolph
as Thomas Wake
as Self
as Manou's Father (voice)
as Paul
as Nuidis Vulko
as Vincent van Gogh
as Self
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Gerhard Hardman
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Bobby
as Himself
as Ryuk (voice)
as Terrence Settman
as Narrator
as Ballard
as Mad Dog
as James Verdun
as Ed Blackridge
as Gill (voice)
as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
as Diego Fairman
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as Marcus
as Bud Carter
as Pier Paolo Pasolini
as Tommy Brue
as Peter van Houten
as Jopling
as Self
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as John Petty
as Willem
as Wyatt Porter
as The Buddha
as Cisco
as Tars Tarkas
as Martin David
as Self
as Eddie
as Max Oliver
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
as Self
as Narrator
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
as Paul Smecker
as Gavner Purl
as Rat (voice)
as Feeney
as He
as A
as Commandat Klein
as Charles Waechter
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Stan Aubray
as Ray Ruby
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
as Carson Clay
as Self
as Larry Lockner
as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
as John Darius
as Chief of Staff
as Neil Murchison
as Leslie
as Grace's Father
as Self
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
as Self / Klaus D.
as Roland Sweet
as Klaus Daimler
as Dr. Michael Copeland
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Arnold Mack
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
as Martin
as Armando Barillo
as Self
as Gill (voice)
as Self
as Hunter (voice)
as John Carpenter
as Self
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
as Self
as Priest
as Father Andre
as Earl Copen
as Father Ramirez
as Max Schreck
as Donald Kimball
as Gas
as X
as Paul Smecker
as Self
as Narrator
as Dr. Van Horn
as Rolfe Whitehouse
as Geiger
as Axel Heyst
as David Caravaggio
as The Electrician
as Self
as Lo scrittore
as Grand Duc
as Self
as John Clark
as Tom Eliot
as Emit Flesti
as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
as Karl
as Frank Dulaney
as John LeTour
as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
as Self
as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
as Bobby Peru
as Hateful Guard
as Charlie
as The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)
as Commandant (voice)
as Salamo Arouch
as Agent Alan Ward
as Jesus
as Buck McGriff
as Elephant Grass (voice)
as Sergeant Elias Grodin
as Rick Masters
as Johnny Harte
as Raven Shaddock
as Boyfriend
as Vance
as Immigration Staff
as Jeffrey Hunt
as 2nd Phone Booth Youth
as Willy (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Ebenezer Scrooge