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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:
179
First Appeared:
In the movie The Phoenician Scheme
Latest Project:
Movie Nosferatu 2024-12-24
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Sleeping Shepherd Dirk 2025
Movie The Man in My Basement Anniston Bennett 2025
Movie The Phoenician Scheme 2025
Movie Zero 2024-09-30
Movie Saturday Night David Tebet 2024-09-27
Movie Nosferatu Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz 2024-12-24
Movie Kinds of Kindness Raymond / George / Omi 2024-05-30
Movie Inside Nemo 2023-03-09
Movie The Wild One Narrator (voice) 2023-05-10
Movie Finally Dawn Rufo Priori 2023-09-01
Movie Poor Things Godwin Baxter 2023-12-07
Movie Gonzo Girl Walker Reade 2023-09-07
Movie Pet Shop Days Francis 2023-09-03
Movie Asteroid City Saltzburg Keitel 2023-06-08
Movie Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious Self 2022-01-16
Movie 7 Deaths of Maria Callas Film Actor 2022-07-24
Movie Il coraggio di essere Franco 2022-05-18
Movie The Northman Heimir the Fool 2022-04-07
Movie Dead for a Dollar Joe Cribbens 2022-09-30
Movie Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone 2022-11-28
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 Nightmare Alley Clem Hoatley 2021-12-02
Movie The Card Counter Gordo 2021-09-03
Movie The French Dispatch Albert 'the Abacus' 2021-10-21
Movie Tommaso Tommaso 2020-01-08
Movie The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale Self 2020-01-14
Movie Sportin' Life Self 2020-09-06
Movie Wim Wenders, Desperado Self 2020-07-16
Movie Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Self 2020-11-26
Movie The Last Thing He Wanted Richard McMahon 2020-02-14
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 The Lighthouse Thomas Wake 2019-10-18
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 Motherless Brooklyn Paul Randolph 2019-10-31
Movie Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project 2018-02-20
Movie Theatron. Romeo Castellucci 2018-03-30
Movie At Eternity's Gate Vincent van Gogh 2018-11-15
Movie Opus Zero Paul 2018-12-28
Movie The House That Jack Built He (archive footage) (uncredited) 2018-07-05
Movie Aquaman Nuidis Vulko 2018-12-07
Movie Vox Lux Narrator (voice) 2018-09-07
Movie Friedkin Uncut Self 2018-11-05
Movie Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait Self 2017-05-05
Movie Ballad of a Righteous Merchant Self 2017-08-01
Movie Murder on the Orient Express Gerhard Hardman 2017-11-03
Movie The Florida Project Bobby 2017-10-06
Movie What Happened to Monday Terrence Settman 2017-08-18
Movie Death Note Ryuk (voice) 2017-08-25
Movie Piazza Vittorio Himself 2017-09-09
Movie My Hindu Friend Diego Fairman 2016-03-03
Movie Nelson Algren Live Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh 2016-06-04
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 John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry Self 2015-02-03
Movie Don't F*#% With John Wick Self 2015-02-03
Movie John Wick Marcus 2014-10-22
Movie Bad Country Bud Carter 2014-09-26
Movie The Grand Budapest Hotel Jopling 2014-02-26
Movie A Most Wanted Man Tommy Brue 2014-07-25
Movie The Fault in Our Stars Peter van Houten 2014-05-16
Movie Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini 2014-09-25
Movie Odd Thomas Wyatt Porter 2013-01-29
Movie Saving Norman Lionel Pembrooke 2013-05-25
Movie The Smile Man Willem 2013-06-15
Movie Nymphomaniac: Vol. II L 2013-12-25
Movie Out of the Furnace John Petty 2013-11-09
Movie Tomorrow You're Gone The Buddha 2012-10-31
Movie John Carter Tars Tarkas 2012-03-07
Movie Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic Self 2012-09-12
Movie 4:44 Last Day on Earth Cisco 2012-03-23
Movie The Hunter Martin David 2011-10-06
Movie Daybreakers Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac 2010-01-06
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 A Woman Max Oliver 2010-09-04
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 Adam Resurrected Commandat Klein 2008-08-08
Movie The Dust of Time A 2008-11-22
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 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