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:
- 190
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Sleeping Shepherd
- Latest Project:
- Movie Zero 2025-04-11
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Sleeping Shepherd | 2026 | |
| Movie | Zero | (voice) | 2025-04-11 |
| Movie | Finally Dawn | Rufo Priori | 2024-02-14 |
| Movie | Kinds of Kindness | Raymond / George / Omi | 2024-05-30 |
| Movie | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Jackson | 2024-09-04 |
| Movie | Nosferatu: An Inside Look | Self | 2024-12-30 |
| Movie | Nosferatu | Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz | 2024-12-25 |
| Movie | Saturday Night | David Tebet | 2024-09-27 |
| Movie | Inside | Nemo | 2023-03-09 |
| Movie | Asteroid City | Saltzburg Keitel | 2023-06-08 |
| Movie | Poor Things | Godwin Baxter | 2023-12-07 |
| Movie | Barbie | Ken | 2023-07-19 |
| Movie | Gonzo Girl | Walker Reade | 2023-09-07 |
| Movie | Pet Shop Days | Francis | 2023-09-03 |
| Movie | The Northman | Heimir the Fool | 2022-04-07 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self | 2022-05-03 |
| Movie | Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens | 2022-09-30 |
| Movie | Il coraggio di essere Franco | 2022-05-18 | |
| Movie | 7 Deaths of Maria Callas | Film Actor | 2022-07-24 |
| Movie | The Card Counter | Gordo | 2021-09-03 |
| Movie | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Vulko | 2021-03-18 |
| Movie | Maresco / Pasolini | Self | 2021-05-05 |
| Movie | The French Dispatch | Albert 'the Abacus' | 2021-10-21 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | 2021-12-15 |
| Movie | Nightmare Alley | Clem Hoatley | 2021-12-02 |
| Movie | The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale | Self | 2020-01-14 |
| Movie | The Last Thing He Wanted | Richard McMahon | 2020-02-14 |
| Movie | Tommaso | Tommaso | 2020-01-08 |
| Series | Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen | Self | 2020-12-31 |
| Movie | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self | 2020-11-26 |
| Movie | Siberia | Clint | 2020-07-02 |
| Movie | Sportin' Life | Self | 2020-09-06 |
| Movie | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self | 2020-07-16 |
| Movie | The Lighthouse | Thomas Wake | 2019-10-18 |
| Movie | Motherless Brooklyn | Paul Randolph | 2019-10-31 |
| Movie | Vincent van Gogh Superstar | Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) | 2019-11-05 |
| Movie | Togo | Leonhard Seppala | 2019-12-20 |
| Movie | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage) | 2019-12-20 |
| Movie | Theatron. Romeo Castellucci | 2018-03-30 | |
| Movie | Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project | 2018-02-20 | |
| Movie | Vox Lux | Narrator (voice) | 2018-09-07 |
| Movie | Aquaman | Nuidis Vulko | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018-11-05 |
| Movie | Opus Zero | Paul | 2018-12-28 |
| Movie | At Eternity's Gate | Vincent van Gogh | 2018-11-15 |
| Movie | What Happened to Monday | Terrence Settman | 2017-08-18 |
| Movie | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | 2017-08-01 |
| Movie | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self | 2017-05-05 |
| Movie | Death Note | Ryuk (voice) | 2017-08-25 |
| Movie | Murder on the Orient Express | Gerhard Hardman | 2017-11-03 |
| Movie | Mountain | Narrator (voice) | 2017-11-30 |
| Movie | Justice League | Nuidus Vulko (cut) | 2017-11-15 |
| Movie | Piazza Vittorio | Himself | 2017-09-09 |
| Movie | The Florida Project | Bobby | 2017-10-06 |
| 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 | Mind the Gap | Self | 2016-02-17 |
| Movie | A Family Man | Ed Blackridge | 2016-09-13 |
| Movie | The Great Wall | Ballard | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Father | James Verdun | 2016-10-25 |
| Movie | Dog Eat Dog | Mad Dog | 2016-11-04 |
| Movie | Fukushima: A Nuclear Story | Narrator | 2015-03-13 |
| Movie | The Fault in Our Stars | Peter van Houten | 2014-05-16 |
| Movie | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Jopling | 2014-02-26 |
| Movie | Pasolini | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | A Most Wanted Man | Tommy Brue | 2014-07-25 |
| Movie | John Wick | Marcus | 2014-10-22 |
| Movie | Bad Country | Bud Carter | 2014-09-26 |
| Movie | The Smile Man | Willem | 2013-06-15 |
| Movie | Odd Thomas | Wyatt Porter | 2013-01-29 |
| Movie | Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | 2013-05-25 |
| Movie | Love's Routine | Barry | 2013-06-19 |
| Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | L | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | Out of the Furnace | John Petty | 2013-11-09 |
| Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I | L | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco | 2012-03-23 |
| Movie | John Carter | Tars Tarkas | 2012-03-07 |
| Movie | Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha | 2012-10-31 |
| Movie | Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic | Self | 2012-09-12 |
| 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 | Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World | Narrator | 2010-05-10 |
| Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Detective Hank Havenhurst | 2010-07-08 |
| Movie | The Making of Daybreakers | Self | 2010-05-11 |
| Movie | Miral | Eddie | 2010-09-15 |
| Movie | A Woman | Max Oliver | 2010-09-04 |
| Movie | Antichrist | He | 2009-05-20 |
| Movie | Farewell | Feeney | 2009-09-23 |
| 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 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat (voice) | 2009-10-23 |
| 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 | Spider-Man 3 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2007-05-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Self | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | The Procedure | Christopher | 2007-08-01 |
| Movie | Voom Portraits | Self | 2007-10-01 |
| Movie | To Each His Own Cinema | (segment "Occupations") (archive footage) | 2007-10-31 |
| Movie | Anamorph | Stan Aubray | 2007-09-21 |
| 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 | 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 | xXx: State of the Union | Gen. George Octavius Deckert | 2005-04-27 |
| Movie | On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' | Self / Klaus D. | 2005-01-15 |
| Movie | Ripley Under Ground | Neil Murchison | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | This Is an Adventure | Self | 2005-05-10 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | Before It Had a Name | Leslie | 2005-09-10 |
| Movie | Manderlay | Grace's Father | 2005-06-03 |
| 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 | Control | Dr. Michael Copeland | 2004-12-07 |
| Movie | The Aviator | Roland Sweet | 2004-12-17 |
| Movie | The Misbehavers | Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Movie | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Klaus Daimler | 2004-12-10 |
| Movie | Finding Nemo | Gill (voice) | 2003-05-30 |
| Movie | Rockets Redglare! | Self | 2003-05-02 |
| Movie | Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Armando Barillo | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | 2003-09-12 | |
| Movie | Spider-Man | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2002-05-01 |
| 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 | 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 | American Psycho | Donald Kimball | 2000-04-13 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck | 2000-08-30 |
| Movie | Animal Factory | Earl Copen | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | Bullfighter | Father Ramirez | 2000-10-01 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | The Boondock Saints | Paul Smecker | 1999-01-22 |
| Movie | eXistenZ | Gas | 1999-04-14 |
| Movie | New Rose Hotel | X | 1999-03-19 |
| Movie | Affliction | Rolfe Whitehouse | 1998-02-12 |
| Movie | Lulu on the Bridge | Dr. Van Horn | 1998-09-06 |
| Movie | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Geiger | 1997-06-13 |
| Movie | Basquiat | The Electrician | 1996-08-09 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | The English Patient | David Caravaggio | 1996-11-14 |
| Movie | Victory | Axel Heyst | 1996-12-13 |
| 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 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Series | The Kingdom | Lucifer | 1994-11-24 |
| Movie | Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney | 1993-01-15 |
| Movie | Rhyme 'Em to Death | 1993-01-01 | |
| Movie | White Homeland Commando | Karl | 1993-03-04 |
| Movie | Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti | 1993-09-01 |
| Movie | Brace Up! | Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin | 1993-04-01 |
| Movie | White Sands | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal | 1992-04-24 |
| Movie | Light Sleeper | John LeTour | 1992-08-21 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| 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 | The Loveless | Vance | 1984-01-20 |
| 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 Hunger | 2nd Phone Booth Youth | 1983-04-29 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Unknown | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Willy (uncredited) | 1980-11-19 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |