Birth Day: 1955-07-22
Place of birth: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/ də-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 a Volpi Cup Award for Best Actor, with nominations for four Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. He received an Honorary Golden Bear in 2018. Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Dafoe made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). He is known for collaborating with both mainstream and auteur filmmakers, including Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Sam Raimi, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Andrew Stanton, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. He received Academy Award nominations for playing a compassionate army sergeant in the war drama Platoon (1986), Max Schreck in the mystery film Shadow of the Vampire (2000), a kindly motel manager in the coming-of-age film The Florida Project (2017), and Vincent van Gogh in the biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). His other films credits include To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), The English Patient (1996), American Psycho (2000), Animal Factory (2000), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Antichrist (2009), The Hunter (2011), John Carter (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), John Wick (2014), The Lighthouse (2019), Togo (2019), Poor Things (2023), and Nosferatu (2024). Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He portrayed Norman Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007) and reprised the role in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He has also voiced roles in the animated films Finding Nemo (2003), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and The Boy and the Heron (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Credits
-
-
-
As Lucius -
As Marcos Timoleon -
As Ed Saxberger -
As Francis -
As Dancing man -
As Count -
As Knave -
As (voice) -
As Maxim -
As Anniston Bennett -
As Jackson -
As Rufo Priori -
As David Tebet -
As Self -
As Self -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz -
As Raymond / George / Omi -
-
As Saltzburg Keitel -
As Nemo -
As Walker Reade -
As Godwin Baxter -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Narrator -
-
As Narrator -
As Sé stesso -
-
As Self -
As Self / Grand Duc -
As Self -
As Heimir the Fool -
As Film Actor -
As Joe Cribbens -
As Albert 'the Abacus' -
As Vulko -
As Gordo -
As Self -
As Self -
As Norman Osborn / Green Goblin -
As Narrator -
As Clem Hoatley -
As Self -
As Tommaso -
As Self -
As Self -
As Richard McMahon -
As Clint -
As Self -
-
As Self -
As Thomas Wake -
As Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) -
As Paul Randolph -
As Manou's Father (voice) -
As Leonhard Seppala -
As Self -
-
As Paul -
As Self -
As Nuidis Vulko -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Vincent van Gogh -
As Self -
As Bobby -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Self -
As Himself -
As Narrator -
As Terrence Settman -
As Ryuk (voice) -
As Self -
As Gerhard Hardman -
As Ballard -
As Diego Fairman -
-
As Gill (voice) -
As Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh -
As James Verdun -
As Self -
As Ed Blackridge -
As Mad Dog -
As Self -
As Self -
As Narrator -
As Self -
As Pier Paolo Pasolini -
As Bud Carter -
As Peter van Houten -
As Marcus -
As (archive footage)
-
As Tommy Brue -
As Jopling -
As Wyatt Porter -
As Narrator (voice) -
As L -
As Willem -
As Barry
-
As Lionel Pembrooke
-
As John Petty -
As The Buddha -
As Tars Tarkas -
As Cisco -
As Self -
As Martin David -
As Self -
As Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac -
As Detective Hank Havenhurst -
As Max Oliver -
As Narrator -
As Eddie -
As Feeney -
As Gavner Purl -
As He -
As Paul Smecker (uncredited) -
As Rat (voice) -
As Commandat Klein -
As A -
As Ray Ruby -
As Charles Waechter -
As Self -
As Larry Lockner -
As (segment "Occupations") (archive footage) -
As Self -
As Green Goblin / Norman Osborn -
As Stan Aubray -
As Carson Clay -
As Christopher
-
As John Darius -
As Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) -
As Chief of Staff -
As Self -
As Self / Klaus D. -
As Willem Dafoe (uncredited) -
As Self -
As Leslie -
As Grace's Father -
As Neil Murchison -
As Gen. George Octavius Deckert -
As Self -
-
As Narrator (voice) -
As Self
-
As Green Goblin / Norman Osborn -
As Martin -
As Klaus Daimler -
As Dr. Michael Copeland -
As Roland Sweet -
As Arnold Mack -
As Self -
-
As Armando Barillo -
As Gill (voice) -
As Self -
As Self -
As Green Goblin / Norman Osborn -
As Self
-
As Hunter (voice) -
As Self -
As Self -
As John Carpenter -
As Priest -
As Self -
As Father Andre -
As Earl Copen -
As Donald Kimball -
As Father Ramirez -
As Max Schreck -
As Gas -
As Paul Smecker -
As Narrator -
As X -
As Rolfe Whitehouse -
As Dr. Van Horn -
As Jack Straw
-
As Geiger -
As David Caravaggio -
As Axel Heyst -
As The Electrician -
As Lo scrittore -
As Tom Eliot -
As John Clark -
As Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin -
As Emit Flesti -
As Karl -
-
As Frank Dulaney -
-
As John LeTour -
As Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal -
As Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole -
As Bobby Peru -
As Hateful Guard -
As Charlie -
As Salamo Arouch -
As Agent Alan Ward -
As Self -
As Buck McGriff -
As Jesus -
As Elephant Grass (voice) -
As Sergeant Elias Grodin -
As Rick Masters -
-
As Immigration Staff -
As Vance -
As Johnny Harte -
As Boyfriend -
As Raven Shaddock -
As 2nd Phone Booth Youth -
As Willy (uncredited) -
-
As Colonel John Hunt
-
As Ebenezer Scrooge
-
As Dante -
-
As Raymond