Willem Dafoe
Biography
William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/də-FOH or /ˈdeɪfoʊ/ DAY-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 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).
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-07-22
Place of birth
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Images
Cast
Finding Nemo
2003
7.82
Inside Man
2006
7.39
The English Patient
1996
7.17
Wild at Heart
1990
7.04
Basquiat
1996
6.60
Spider-Man
2002
7.31
Spider-Man 2
2004
7.29
Spider-Man 3
2007
6.44
Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
6.36
American Psycho
2000
7.40
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
6.30
Body of Evidence
1993
4.99
Mississippi Burning
1988
7.67
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
4.61
Pet Shop Days
2023
1.00
Paris Je T'aime
2006
6.78
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
7.80
eXistenZ
1999
6.80
Manderlay
2005
6.90
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
7.01
The Clearing
2004
5.80
Faraway, So Close!
1993
6.90
Heaven's Gate
1980
6.80
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
6.66
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
7.22
Asteroid City
2023
6.46
New Rose Hotel
1999
5.26
xXx: State of the Union
2005
5.05
Fireflies in the Garden
2008
6.15
The Boondock Saints
1999
7.25
The Hunger
1983
6.66
Affliction
1997
6.31
Cry-Baby
1990
6.53
American Dreamz
2006
5.03
The Reckoning
2004
6.40
Clear and Present Danger
1994
6.66
Animal Factory
2000
6.39
The Walker
2007
5.30
Control
2004
6.08
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
7.11
The Legend of Ochi
2025
5.90
Farewell
2009
6.48
Auto Focus
2002
6.37
Anamorph
2007
5.12
Light Sleeper
1992
6.68
The Loveless
1984
5.77
Streets of Fire
1984
6.92
Bullfighter
2000
2.71
Off Limits
1988
5.64
Miral
2010
5.74
Victory
1996
5.08
Ripley Under Ground
2005
5.65
Antichrist
2009
6.64
Tom & Viv
1994
6.09
Edges of the Lord
2001
6.40
Adam Resurrected
2008
6.20
John Carter
2012
6.34
Flight of the Intruder
1991
5.66
White Sands
1992
5.91
Daybreakers
2010
6.29
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
7.02
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
7.20
Brothers in Arms
2018
5.70
Before It Had a Name
2005
3.31
The Dust of Time
2008
6.37
Go Go Tales
2007
5.68
Pavilion of Women
2001
5.52
The Hunter
2011
6.61
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
1999
0.00
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012
4.68
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
8.04
Tomorrow You're Gone
2012
4.38
Roadhouse 66
1984
5.15
A Woman
2010
4.00
Inside
2023
5.60
A Most Wanted Man
2014
6.47
The Night and the Moment
1995
5.42
Out of the Furnace
2013
6.56
The Wild One
2023
6.20
Don't F*#% With John Wick
2015
7.63
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
6.00
Saving Norman
2013
6.50
The Smile Man
2013
7.36
Love's Routine
2013
6.44
Il coraggio di essere Franco
2022
5.60
Odd Thomas
2013
6.93
The Fault in Our Stars
2014
7.60
Rockets Redglare!
2003
6.00
John Wick
2014
7.44
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
6.71
Finding Satoshi
2022
8.00
Bad Country
2014
5.52
The Aviator
2004
7.22
Gonzo Girl
2023
1.00
Pasolini
2014
5.70
Poor Things
2023
7.69
Finally Dawn
2024
5.89
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
6.50
The Procedure
2007
4.60
White Homeland Commando
1993
10.00
Kinds of Kindness
2024
6.50
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
6.62
The Great Wall
2016
6.03
The Misbehavers
2004
0.00
American Nails
0.00
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015
0.00
Saturday Night
2024
6.70
My Hindu Friend
2016
4.10
Dog Eat Dog
2016
5.11
A Family Man
2016
6.71
Late Fame
0.00
Tenzing
0.00
New York Nights
1984
2.33
Mind the Gap
2016
7.20
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
2015
7.50
Finding Dory
2016
7.04
Death Note
2017
4.26
Tropico
0.00
The Florida Project
2017
7.43
What Happened to Monday
2017
7.16
Aquaman
2018
6.88
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
6.70
Interior (The Spectator)
2023
0.00
Lulu on the Bridge
1998
5.79
Siberia
2020
4.99
Mountain
2017
7.00
Father
2016
4.21
This Is an Adventure
2005
6.50
At Eternity's Gate
2018
6.95
Opus Zero
2018
5.46
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
4.16
Platoon
1986
7.74
The Lighthouse
2019
7.50
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
6.69
O Panama
1985
6.00
Manou the Swift
2019
6.42
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
4.88
Cannes: All Access
2007
3.70
Vox Lux
2018
5.80
Piazza Vittorio
2017
6.50
Nelson Algren Live
2016
0.00
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
8.00
Tommaso
2020
5.84
The French Dispatch
2021
7.00
Voom Portraits
2007
10.00
Love, Antosha
2019
7.34
Brace Up!
1993
10.00
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
2.00
Togo
2019
8.14
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
7.00
Nightmare Alley
2021
6.98
The Making of Daybreakers
2010
7.00
North on Evers
1992
7.20
The Card Counter
2021
6.13
Atalanta Strategy
1984
0.00
The Northman
2022
7.05
Abel/Asia
1998
0.00
Rhyme 'Em to Death
1993
0.00
Friedkin Uncut
2018
7.00
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
2018
0.00
Overnight
2003
6.40
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
7.70
Sportin' Life
2020
4.20
The Benaki Museum
2013
0.00
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
2022
7.00
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
8.12
Sanctuary
2017
0.00
Spider-Mania
2002
5.40
Maresco / Pasolini
2021
0.00
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
6.50
Dead for a Dollar
2022
5.87
River
2021
6.10
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
7.95
The Spider-Man Story
2002
0.00
run 002
2024
0.00
Sculpt
2016
1.00
Nosferatu
2024
6.72
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
2024
5.00
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
2024
10.00
The Souffleur
0.00
Wrong Guys
1997
0.00
Zero
2025
4.50
Lynch/Oz
2023
7.20
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013
6.84
Was Ist Kino ?
2025
10.00
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
8.00
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
0.00
Da Suisa - Tributo
2024
0.00
Wick Is Pain
2025
7.10
Cuddle
0.00
