Willem Dafoe
Acting
William James "Willem" Dafoe (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 the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). Dafoe's early career includes credits for The Loveless (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for the war drama Platoon (1986), followed by nominations for his roles in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also gained acclaim and wide recognition for his roles as Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and as the supervillain Norman Osborn in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). His other film appearance include roles in Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Body of Evidence (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Affliction (1997), New Rose Hotel(1998), Existenz (1999), The Boondock Saints (1999), American Psycho (2000), Auto Focus (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Inside Man (2006), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Antichrist (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), John Wick (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Aquaman (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Nightmare Alley (2021), Poor Things (2023), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
Werwulf
The Birthday Party
Marcos Timoleon
Late Fame
Ed Saxberger
The Souffleur
Lucius
Pet Shop Days
Francis
The Man in My Basement
Anniston Bennett
Avrio Vrady
Dancing man
The Phoenician Scheme
Knave
Grande Envie
Count
The Legend of Ochi
Maxim
Zero
(voice)
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Self
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
run 002
Saturday Night
David Tebet
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Jackson
Kinds of Kindness
Raymond / George / Omi
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
Finally Dawn
Rufo Priori
Poor Things
Godwin Baxter
Interior (The Spectator)
Narrator
Willem Dafoe
Gonzo Girl
Walker Reade
Asteroid City
Saltzburg Keitel
The Wild One
Narrator (voice)
Inside
Nemo
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Grand Duc
Dead for a Dollar
Joe Cribbens
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Film Actor
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Sé stesso
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self
The Northman
Heimir the Fool
Finding Satoshi
Narrator
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Self
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Nightmare Alley
Clem Hoatley
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Albert 'the Abacus'
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
River
Narrator
The Card Counter
Gordo
Maresco / Pasolini
Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Vulko
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self
Sportin' Life
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
Siberia
Clint
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
The Last Thing He Wanted
Richard McMahon
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Self
Tommaso
Tommaso
Togo
Leonhard Seppala
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Motherless Brooklyn
Paul Randolph
The Lighthouse
Thomas Wake
Love, Antosha
Self
Manou the Swift
Manou's Father (voice)
Opus Zero
Paul
Aquaman
Nuidis Vulko
At Eternity's Gate
Vincent van Gogh
Brothers in Arms
Self
Friedkin Uncut
Self
Vox Lux
Narrator (voice)
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Self
Mountain
Narrator (voice)
Murder on the Orient Express
Gerhard Hardman
The Florida Project
Bobby
Piazza Vittorio
Himself
Death Note
Ryuk (voice)
What Happened to Monday
Terrence Settman
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self
Sanctuary
Narrator
The Great Wall
Ballard
Dog Eat Dog
Mad Dog
Father
James Verdun
A Family Man
Ed Blackridge
Sculpt
Finding Dory
Gill (voice)
Nelson Algren Live
Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
My Hindu Friend
Diego Fairman
Mind the Gap
Self
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Narrator
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Self
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Self
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Self
John Wick
Marcus
Bad Country
Bud Carter
Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
(archive footage)
A Most Wanted Man
Tommy Brue
The Fault in Our Stars
Peter van Houten
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jopling
The Benaki Museum
Narrator (voice)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
L
Out of the Furnace
John Petty
Love's Routine
Barry
The Smile Man
Willem
Saving Norman
Lionel Pembrooke
Odd Thomas
Wyatt Porter
Tomorrow You're Gone
The Buddha
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Self
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Cisco
John Carter
Tars Tarkas
The Hunter
Martin David
Miral
Eddie
A Woman
Max Oliver
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Detective Hank Havenhurst
The Making of Daybreakers
Self
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Narrator
Daybreakers
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Paul Smecker (uncredited)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Gavner Purl
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Rat (voice)
Farewell
Feeney
Antichrist
He
The Dust of Time
A
Adam Resurrected
Commandat Klein
Fireflies in the Garden
Charles Waechter
Go Go Tales
Ray Ruby
To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access
Self
Voom Portraits
Self
Anamorph
Stan Aubray
The Procedure
Christopher
Spider-Man 3
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Carson Clay
The Walker
Larry Lockner
Paris Je T'aime
Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
Inside Man
John Darius
American Dreamz
Chief of Staff
Ripley Under Ground
Neil Murchison
Before It Had a Name
Leslie
Manderlay
Grace's Father
This Is an Adventure
Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
xXx: State of the Union
Gen. George Octavius Deckert
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Klaus D.
The Aviator
Roland Sweet
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Klaus Daimler
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Control
Dr. Michael Copeland
The Misbehavers
Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Narrator (voice)
The Clearing
Arnold Mack
Spider-Man 2
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Self
The Reckoning
Martin
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Self
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Armando Barillo
Overnight
Self
Finding Nemo
Gill (voice)
Rockets Redglare!
Self
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Hunter (voice)
Auto Focus
John Carpenter
The Spider-Man Story
Self
Spider-Man
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Mania
Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Self
Edges of the Lord
Priest
Pavilion of Women
Father Andre
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Self
Animal Factory
Earl Copen
Bullfighter
Father Ramirez
Shadow of the Vampire
Max Schreck
American Psycho
Donald Kimball
eXistenZ
Gas
New Rose Hotel
X
The Boondock Saints
Paul Smecker
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
Narrator
Lulu on the Bridge
Dr. Van Horn
Affliction
Rolfe Whitehouse
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Geiger
Wrong Guys
Jack Straw
Victory
Axel Heyst
The English Patient
David Caravaggio
Basquiat
The Electrician
The Night and the Moment
Lo scrittore
Clear and Present Danger
John Clark
Tom & Viv
Tom Eliot
Faraway, So Close!
Emit Flesti
Brace Up!
Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
White Homeland Commando
Karl
Body of Evidence
Frank Dulaney
Rhyme 'Em to Death
Light Sleeper
John LeTour
White Sands
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
North on Evers
Flight of the Intruder
Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Wild at Heart
Bobby Peru
Cry-Baby
Hateful Guard
Born on the Fourth of July
Charlie
Triumph of the Spirit
Salamo Arouch
Mississippi Burning
Agent Alan Ward
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ
Self
The Last Temptation of Christ
Jesus
Off Limits
Buck McGriff
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Elephant Grass (voice)
Platoon
Sergeant Elias Grodin
To Live and Die in L.A.
Rick Masters
O Panama
Roadhouse 66
Johnny Harte
Streets of Fire
Raven Shaddock
New York Nights
Boyfriend
The Loveless
Vance
Atalanta Strategy
Immigration Staff
The Hunger
2nd Phone Booth Youth
Heaven's Gate
Willy (uncredited)