Willem Dafoe
Acting
- Born:
- 1955-07-22
- Place of birth:
- Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Werwulf
Tenzing
Late Fame
The Heist
The Birthday Party
The Resurrection of Christ
The Souffleur
The Man in My Basement
Avrio Vrady
The Phoenician Scheme
Grande Envie
The Legend of Ochi
Zero
Pet Shop Days
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Nosferatu
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
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Saturday Night
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Kinds of Kindness
Can Creativity Save the World?
Finally Dawn
Poor Things
Interior (The Spectator)
Willem Dafoe
Gonzo Girl
Asteroid City
The Wild One
Inside
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Dead for a Dollar
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Mostra, Venise
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
The Northman
Finding Satoshi
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Nightmare Alley
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
The Card Counter
River
Maresco / Pasolini
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Sportin' Life
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Siberia
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
The Last Thing He Wanted
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Tommaso
Togo
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Motherless Brooklyn
The Lighthouse
Love, Antosha
Manou the Swift
Opus Zero
Aquaman
At Eternity's Gate
Brothers in Arms
Friedkin Uncut
Vox Lux
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Mountain
Murder on the Orient Express
NHK WORLD PRIME
The Florida Project
Piazza Vittorio
Death Note
What Happened to Monday
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Sanctuary
The Great Wall
Dog Eat Dog
Father
A Family Man
Sculpt
Finding Dory
Nelson Algren Live
My Hindu Friend
Mind the Gap
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Hot Ones
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
John Wick
Bad Country
Pasolini
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
A Most Wanted Man
The Fault in Our Stars
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Out of the Furnace
Love's Routine
The Smile Man
Saving Norman
Odd Thomas
Tomorrow You're Gone
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
4:44 Last Day on Earth
John Carter
The Hunter
Conan
Miral
A Woman
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
The Making of Daybreakers
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Daybreakers
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Farewell
Antichrist
The Dust of Time
Adam Resurrected
Fireflies in the Garden
Go Go Tales
Wintergasten
Ripley Under Ground
To Each His Own Cinema
Cannes: All Access
Voom Portraits
Anamorph
The Procedure
Spider-Man 3
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Graham Norton Show
The Walker
Paris Je T'aime
Inside Man
American Dreamz
The Colbert Report
Before It Had a Name
Manderlay
This Is an Adventure
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
xXx: State of the Union
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
The Aviator
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Control
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
The Misbehavers
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Kulturplatz
The Clearing
Spider-Man 2
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
The Reckoning
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Overnight
Finding Nemo
Rockets Redglare!
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Auto Focus
The Spider-Man Story
Spider-Man
Spider-Mania
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Edges of the Lord
Pavilion of Women
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Animal Factory
Bullfighter
Shadow of the Vampire
American Psycho
eXistenZ
New Rose Hotel
The Boondock Saints
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
The Directors
Lulu on the Bridge
Affliction
The Wonderful World of Disney
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Wrong Guys
Victory
The English Patient
Basquiat
The Daily Show
The Night and the Moment
The Kingdom
Inside the Actors Studio
Clear and Present Danger
Tom & Viv
Faraway, So Close!
Brace Up!
White Homeland Commando
Body of Evidence
Rhyme 'Em to Death
Light Sleeper
Blast 'Em
White Sands
North on Evers
Fishing with John
Flight of the Intruder
Wild at Heart
Cry-Baby
Born on the Fourth of July
The Simpsons
Triumph of the Spirit
Mississippi Burning
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ
Off Limits
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Platoon
To Live and Die in L.A.
O Panama
Roadhouse 66
Streets of Fire
New York Nights
The Loveless
Atalanta Strategy
The Hitchhiker
The Hunger
Heaven's Gate
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
Tropico
The Sleeping Shepherd
Cuddle
A Christmas Carol
Time Out
White Lies
American Nails
Lincoln in the Bardo
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