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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- Born:
- Jul 22, 1955 In Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 188
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Sleeping Shepherd
- Latest Project:
- Movie Pet Shop Days 2025-10-22
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Sleeping Shepherd | 2026 | |
| Movie | Pet Shop Days | Francis | 2025-10-22 |
| Movie | Wick Is Pain | (archive footage) | 2025-05-08 |
| Movie | Zero | (voice) | 2025-04-11 |
| Movie | The Phoenician Scheme | Knave | 2025-05-23 |
| Movie | Late Fame | Ed Saxberger | 2025-08-29 |
| Movie | Can Creativity Save the World? | Self | 2024-04-18 |
| Movie | Finally Dawn | Rufo Priori | 2024-02-14 |
| Movie | Kinds of Kindness | Raymond / George / Omi | 2024-05-30 |
| Movie | Saturday Night | David Tebet | 2024-09-27 |
| Movie | Nosferatu: An Inside Look | Self | 2024-12-30 |
| Movie | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Jackson | 2024-09-04 |
| Movie | Nosferatu | Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz | 2024-12-25 |
| Movie | Inside | Nemo | 2023-03-09 |
| Movie | Lynch/Oz | Bobby Peru (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-05-15 |
| Movie | Poor Things | Godwin Baxter | 2023-12-07 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-05-31 |
| Movie | Gonzo Girl | Walker Reade | 2023-09-07 |
| Movie | Asteroid City | Saltzburg Keitel | 2023-06-08 |
| Movie | The Northman | Heimir the Fool | 2022-04-07 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self | 2022-05-03 |
| Movie | Il coraggio di essere Franco | Sé stesso | 2022-05-18 |
| Movie | 7 Deaths of Maria Callas | Film Actor | 2022-07-24 |
| Movie | Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens | 2022-09-30 |
| Movie | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Vulko | 2021-03-18 |
| Movie | Maresco / Pasolini | Self | 2021-05-05 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | 2021-12-15 |
| Movie | The Card Counter | Gordo | 2021-09-03 |
| Movie | Nightmare Alley | Clem Hoatley | 2021-12-02 |
| Movie | The French Dispatch | Albert 'the Abacus' | 2021-10-21 |
| Movie | The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale | Self | 2020-01-14 |
| Movie | Tommaso | Tommaso | 2020-01-08 |
| Movie | The Last Thing He Wanted | Richard McMahon | 2020-02-14 |
| Movie | Siberia | Clint | 2020-07-02 |
| Series | Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen | Self | 2020-12-31 |
| Movie | Sportin' Life | Self | 2020-09-06 |
| Movie | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self | 2020-11-26 |
| Movie | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self | 2020-07-16 |
| Movie | Love, Antosha | Self | 2019-08-02 |
| Movie | Manou the Swift | Manou's Father (voice) | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | The Lighthouse | Thomas Wake | 2019-10-18 |
| Movie | Togo | Leonhard Seppala | 2019-12-20 |
| Movie | Motherless Brooklyn | Paul Randolph | 2019-10-31 |
| 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 | Theatron. Romeo Castellucci | 2018-03-30 | |
| Movie | Vox Lux | Narrator (voice) | 2018-09-07 |
| Movie | Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project | Self | 2018-02-20 |
| Movie | At Eternity's Gate | Vincent van Gogh | 2018-11-15 |
| Movie | Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018-11-05 |
| Movie | Opus Zero | Paul | 2018-12-28 |
| Movie | Aquaman | Nuidis Vulko | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | Brothers in Arms | Self | 2018-11-13 |
| Movie | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | 2017-08-01 |
| Movie | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self | 2017-05-05 |
| Movie | What Happened to Monday | Terrence Settman | 2017-08-18 |
| Movie | Death Note | Ryuk (voice) | 2017-08-25 |
| Movie | Murder on the Orient Express | Gerhard Hardman | 2017-11-03 |
| Movie | The Florida Project | Bobby | 2017-10-06 |
| Movie | Piazza Vittorio | Himself | 2017-09-09 |
| Movie | Nelson Algren Live | Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh | 2016-06-04 |
| Movie | My Hindu Friend | Diego Fairman | 2016-03-03 |
| Movie | Finding Dory | Gill (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
| Movie | The Great Wall | Ballard | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Dog Eat Dog | Mad Dog | 2016-11-04 |
| Movie | Father | James Verdun | 2016-10-25 |
| Movie | A Family Man | Ed Blackridge | 2016-09-13 |
| Movie | Don't F*#% With John Wick | Self | 2015-02-03 |
| Movie | John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry | Self | 2015-02-03 |
| Movie | The Fault in Our Stars | Peter van Houten | 2014-05-16 |
| Movie | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Jopling | 2014-02-26 |
| Movie | A Most Wanted Man | Tommy Brue | 2014-07-25 |
| Movie | Pasolini | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | John Wick | Marcus | 2014-10-22 |
| Movie | Bad Country | Bud Carter | 2014-09-26 |
| Movie | Odd Thomas | Wyatt Porter | 2013-01-29 |
| Movie | Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | 2013-05-25 |
| Movie | Out of the Furnace | John Petty | 2013-11-12 |
| Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | L | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I | L | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | The Smile Man | Willem | 2013-06-15 |
| Movie | John Carter | Tars Tarkas | 2012-03-07 |
| Movie | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco | 2012-03-23 |
| Movie | Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic | Self | 2012-09-12 |
| Movie | Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha | 2012-10-31 |
| Movie | The Hunter | Martin David | 2011-10-06 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | Daybreakers | Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac | 2010-01-06 |
| Movie | The Making of Daybreakers | Self | 2010-05-11 |
| Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Detective Hank Havenhurst | 2010-07-08 |
| Movie | Miral | Eddie | 2010-09-15 |
| Movie | A Woman | Max Oliver | 2010-09-04 |
| Movie | Farewell | Feeney | 2009-09-23 |
| Movie | Antichrist | He | 2009-05-20 |
| Movie | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat (voice) | 2009-10-14 |
| Movie | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Gavner Purl | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Paul Smecker | 2009-11-24 |
| Movie | Fireflies in the Garden | Charles Waechter | 2008-08-07 |
| Movie | Adam Resurrected | Commandat Klein | 2008-08-08 |
| Movie | The Dust of Time | A | 2008-11-22 |
| Movie | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Carson Clay | 2007-03-22 |
| Movie | The Walker | Larry Lockner | 2007-02-13 |
| Movie | Go Go Tales | Ray Ruby | 2007-05-23 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 3 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2007-05-01 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Self | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | The Procedure | Christopher | 2007-08-01 |
| Movie | Voom Portraits | Self | 2007-10-01 |
| Movie | Anamorph | Stan Aubray | 2007-09-21 |
| Movie | To Each His Own Cinema | (segment "Occupations") (archive footage) | 2007-10-31 |
| Movie | American Dreamz | Chief of Staff | 2006-03-04 |
| Movie | Paris Je T'aime | Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) | 2006-06-21 |
| Movie | Inside Man | John Darius | 2006-03-17 |
| Movie | Tales from Earthsea | Cob (English version) (voice) | 2006-07-29 |
| 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 | On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' | Self / Klaus D. | 2005-01-15 |
| Movie | xXx: State of the Union | Gen. George Octavius Deckert | 2005-04-27 |
| Movie | Before It Had a Name | Leslie | 2005-09-10 |
| Movie | Manderlay | Grace's Father | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | This Is an Adventure | Self | 2005-05-10 |
| Movie | Ripley Under Ground | Neil Murchison | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2004-06-25 |
| Movie | The Reckoning | Martin | 2004-02-26 |
| Movie | The Clearing | Arnold Mack | 2004-07-02 |
| Movie | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart | 2004-12-07 | |
| Movie | The Aviator | Roland Sweet | 2004-12-17 |
| Movie | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Klaus Daimler | 2004-12-10 |
| Movie | Control | Dr. Michael Copeland | 2004-12-07 |
| Movie | The Misbehavers | Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Movie | Rockets Redglare! | Self | 2003-05-02 |
| Movie | Finding Nemo | Gill (voice) | 2003-05-30 |
| Movie | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | 2003-09-12 | |
| Movie | Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
| Movie | Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' | Self | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Armando Barillo | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Self | 2002-04-20 |
| Movie | Spider-Mania | Self | 2002-04-30 |
| Movie | The Spider-Man Story | Self | 2002-06-08 |
| Movie | Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure | Hunter (voice) | 2002-12-15 |
| Movie | Auto Focus | John Carpenter | 2002-10-18 |
| Movie | Spider-Man | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2002-05-01 |
| Movie | A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | Self | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Pavilion of Women | Father Andre | 2001-04-20 |
| Movie | Edges of the Lord | Priest | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | Animal Factory | Earl Copen | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | American Psycho | Donald Kimball | 2000-04-13 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck | 2000-08-30 |
| Movie | Bullfighter | Father Ramirez | 2000-10-01 |
| Movie | The Boondock Saints | Paul Smecker | 1999-01-22 |
| Movie | New Rose Hotel | X | 1999-03-19 |
| Movie | eXistenZ | Gas | 1999-04-14 |
| Movie | Lulu on the Bridge | Dr. Van Horn | 1998-09-06 |
| Movie | Abel/Asia | Self (archival footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Affliction | Rolfe Whitehouse | 1997-12-30 |
| Movie | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Geiger | 1997-06-13 |
| Movie | Basquiat | The Electrician | 1996-08-09 |
| Movie | Victory | Axel Heyst | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | The English Patient | David Caravaggio | 1996-11-14 |
| 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 | Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney | 1993-01-15 |
| Movie | Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti | 1993-09-01 |
| Movie | Brace Up! | Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin | 1993-04-01 |
| Movie | White Homeland Commando | Karl | 1993-03-04 |
| Movie | Light Sleeper | John LeTour | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | White Sands | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal | 1992-04-24 |
| Movie | Flight of the Intruder | Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole | 1991-01-18 |
| Series | Fishing with John | 1991-11-20 | |
| Movie | Wild at Heart | Bobby Peru | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Cry-Baby | Hateful Guard | 1990-04-06 |
| Movie | Triumph of the Spirit | Salamo Arouch | 1989-12-08 |
| Movie | Born on the Fourth of July | Charlie | 1989-12-20 |
| Movie | Off Limits | Buck McGriff | 1988-03-11 |
| Movie | The Last Temptation of Christ | Jesus | 1988-05-28 |
| Movie | Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ | Self | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Agent Alan Ward | 1988-12-08 |
| Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Elephant Grass (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Platoon | Sergeant Elias Grodin | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | To Live and Die in L.A. | Rick Masters | 1985-11-01 |
| Movie | Atalanta Strategy | Immigration Staff | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | The Loveless | Vance | 1984-01-20 |
| Movie | New York Nights | Boyfriend | 1984-03-01 |
| Movie | Streets of Fire | Raven Shaddock | 1984-06-01 |
| Movie | Roadhouse 66 | Johnny Harte | 1984-08-31 |
| Movie | The Hunger | 2nd Phone Booth Youth | 1983-04-29 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Willy (uncredited) | 1980-11-19 |