Willem Dafoe
Willem 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 twice. The first was for his role in Platoon in 1986 and the second time for his performance in Shadow of the Vampire in 2000. 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:
- 181
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Phoenician Scheme
- Latest Project:
- Movie Nosferatu 2024-12-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Man in My Basement | Anniston Bennett | 2025 |
| Movie | The Sleeping Shepherd | Dirk | 2025 |
| Movie | The Phoenician Scheme | 2025 | |
| Movie | Nosferatu | Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz | 2024-12-25 |
| Movie | Finally Dawn | Rufo Priori | 2024-02-14 |
| Movie | Kinds of Kindness | Raymond / George / Omi | 2024-05-30 |
| Movie | Zero | 2024-09-30 | |
| Movie | Saturday Night | David Tebet | 2024-09-27 |
| Movie | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Jackson | 2024-09-04 |
| Movie | The Wild One | Narrator (voice) | 2023-05-10 |
| Movie | Inside | Nemo | 2023-03-09 |
| Movie | Asteroid City | Saltzburg Keitel | 2023-06-08 |
| Movie | Pet Shop Days | Francis | 2023-09-03 |
| Movie | Gonzo Girl | Walker Reade | 2023-09-07 |
| Movie | Poor Things | Godwin Baxter | 2023-12-07 |
| Movie | Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious | Self | 2022-01-16 |
| Movie | The Northman | Heimir the Fool | 2022-04-07 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self | 2022-05-03 |
| Movie | Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone | 2022-11-28 | |
| Movie | Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens | 2022-09-30 |
| Movie | 7 Deaths of Maria Callas | Film Actor | 2022-07-24 |
| Movie | Il coraggio di essere Franco | 2022-05-18 | |
| Movie | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Vulko | 2021-03-18 |
| Movie | The French Dispatch | Albert 'the Abacus' | 2021-10-21 |
| Movie | Maresco / Pasolini | Self | 2021-05-05 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | 2021-12-15 |
| Movie | Nightmare Alley | Clem Hoatley | 2021-12-02 |
| Movie | The Card Counter | Gordo | 2021-09-03 |
| Movie | Tommaso | Tommaso | 2020-01-08 |
| Movie | The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale | Self | 2020-01-14 |
| Movie | The Last Thing He Wanted | Richard McMahon | 2020-02-14 |
| 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 | Siberia | Clint | 2020-07-02 |
| Movie | Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago | 2020-02-28 | |
| Movie | Manou the Swift | Manou's Father (voice) | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Togo | Leonhard Seppala | 2019-12-20 |
| 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 | The Lighthouse | Thomas Wake | 2019-10-18 |
| Movie | Motherless Brooklyn | Paul Randolph | 2019-10-31 |
| Movie | Theatron. Romeo Castellucci | 2018-03-30 | |
| Movie | The House That Jack Built | He (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-07-05 |
| Movie | Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project | 2018-02-20 | |
| Movie | Vox Lux | Narrator (voice) | 2018-09-07 |
| Movie | At Eternity's Gate | Vincent van Gogh | 2018-11-15 |
| Movie | Aquaman | Nuidis Vulko | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018-11-05 |
| Movie | Opus Zero | Paul | 2018-12-28 |
| Movie | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self | 2017-05-05 |
| Movie | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | 2017-08-01 |
| Movie | What Happened to Monday | Terrence Settman | 2017-08-18 |
| 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 | Death Note | Ryuk (voice) | 2017-08-25 |
| Movie | My Hindu Friend | Diego Fairman | 2016-03-03 |
| Movie | Nelson Algren Live | Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh | 2016-06-04 |
| Movie | Dog Eat Dog | Mad Dog | 2016-11-04 |
| Movie | Father | James Verdun | 2016-10-25 |
| Movie | The Great Wall | Ballard | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Finding Dory | Gill (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
| Movie | A Family Man | Ed Blackridge | 2016-09-13 |
| Movie | John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry | Self | 2015-02-03 |
| Movie | Don't F*#% With John Wick | 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 | John Wick | Marcus | 2014-10-22 |
| Movie | Pasolini | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | Bad Country | Bud Carter | 2014-09-26 |
| Movie | A Most Wanted Man | Tommy Brue | 2014-07-25 |
| Movie | Odd Thomas | Wyatt Porter | 2013-01-29 |
| Movie | Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | 2013-05-25 |
| Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | L | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | Out of the Furnace | John Petty | 2013-11-09 |
| Movie | The Smile Man | Willem | 2013-06-15 |
| Movie | Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic | Self | 2012-09-12 |
| Movie | Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha | 2012-10-31 |
| Movie | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco | 2012-03-23 |
| Movie | John Carter | Tars Tarkas | 2012-03-07 |
| Movie | The Hunter | Martin David | 2011-10-06 |
| Movie | Daybreakers | Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac | 2010-01-06 |
| Movie | A Woman | Max Oliver | 2010-09-04 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| 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 | Antichrist | He | 2009-05-20 |
| Movie | Farewell | Feeney | 2009-09-23 |
| Movie | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Paul Smecker (uncredited) | 2009-11-24 |
| Movie | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Gavner Purl | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat (voice) | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | The Dust of Time | A | 2008-11-22 |
| Movie | Adam Resurrected | Commandat Klein | 2008-08-08 |
| Movie | Fireflies in the Garden | Charles Waechter | 2008-08-07 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Self | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | To Each His Own Cinema | (segment "Occupations") (archive footage) | 2007-10-31 |
| Movie | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Carson Clay | 2007-03-22 |
| Movie | The Walker | Larry Lockner | 2007-02-13 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 3 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2007-05-01 |
| Movie | The Procedure | Christopher | 2007-08-01 |
| Movie | Anamorph | Stan Aubray | 2007-09-21 |
| Movie | Voom Portraits | Self | 2007-10-01 |
| Movie | Go Go Tales | Ray Ruby | 2007-05-23 |
| Movie | American Dreamz | Chief of Staff | 2006-03-04 |
| Movie | Inside Man | John Darius | 2006-03-17 |
| Movie | Paris Je T'aime | Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) | 2006-06-21 |
| 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 | Ripley Under Ground | Neil Murchison | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | Before It Had a Name | Leslie | 2005-09-10 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Willem Dafoe (uncredited) | 2005-05-08 |
| Movie | Manderlay | Grace's Father | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | This Is an Adventure | Self | 2005-05-10 |
| Movie | Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal | Self | 2005-05-09 |
| Movie | The Reckoning | Martin | 2004-02-26 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2004-06-25 |
| Movie | Control | Dr. Michael Copeland | 2004-12-07 |
| Movie | The Clearing | Arnold Mack | 2004-07-02 |
| Movie | The Aviator | Roland Sweet | 2004-12-17 |
| Movie | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Klaus Daimler | 2004-12-10 |
| Movie | The Misbehavers | Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Movie | Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate | Narrator (voice) | 2004-10-08 |
| Movie | Rockets Redglare! | Self | 2003-05-02 |
| Movie | Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
| Movie | Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' | Himself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | 2003-09-12 | |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Armando Barillo | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Finding Nemo | Gill (voice) | 2003-05-30 |
| Movie | Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Self | 2002-04-20 |
| Movie | Auto Focus | John Carpenter | 2002-10-18 |
| Movie | Spider-Man | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2002-05-01 |
| Movie | Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure | Hunter (voice) | 2002-12-15 |
| Movie | Spider-Mania | Self | 2002-04-30 |
| 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 | Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck | 2000-05-15 |
| Movie | American Psycho | Donald Kimball | 2000-04-13 |
| Movie | Animal Factory | Earl Copen | 2000-10-13 |
| 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 | Affliction | Rolfe Whitehouse | 1998-02-12 |
| Movie | Lulu on the Bridge | Dr. Van Horn | 1998-09-06 |
| Movie | Abel/Asia | Self (archival footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Geiger | 1997-06-13 |
| Movie | Victory | Axel Heyst | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | The English Patient | David Caravaggio | 1996-11-14 |
| Movie | Basquiat | The Electrician | 1996-08-09 |
| Movie | The Night and the Moment | Lo scrittore | 1995-07-05 |
| Movie | Clear and Present Danger | John Clark | 1994-08-03 |
| Movie | Tom & Viv | Tom Eliot | 1994-04-15 |
| Movie | Brace Up! | Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin | 1993-04-01 |
| Movie | White Homeland Commando | Karl | 1993-03-04 |
| Movie | Rhyme 'Em to Death | 1993-01-01 | |
| Movie | Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney | 1993-01-15 |
| Movie | Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti | 1993-09-01 |
| Movie | Light Sleeper | John LeTour | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | White Sands | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal | 1992-04-24 |
| Series | Fishing with John | Himself | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | Flight of the Intruder | Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole | 1991-01-18 |
| 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 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Jesus | 1988-05-28 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Agent Alan Ward | 1988-12-08 |
| Movie | Off Limits | Buck McGriff | 1988-03-11 |
| Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Elephant Grass (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Platoon | Sergeant Elias Gordon | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | To Live and Die in L.A. | Eric Masters | 1985-11-01 |
| Movie | Atalanta Strategy | Immigration Staff | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Roadhouse 66 | Johnny Harte | 1984-08-31 |
| Movie | Streets of Fire | Raven Shaddock | 1984-06-01 |
| Movie | New York Nights | Boyfriend | 1984-03-01 |
| Movie | The Loveless | Vance | 1984-01-20 |
| Movie | The Hunger | 2nd Phone Booth Youth | 1983-04-29 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Willy (uncredited) | 1980-11-19 |