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Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Actor · Born 1955-07-22 · Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

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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), Wil…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) — Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
  2. John Wick (2014) — Marcus
  3. Spider-Man (2002) — Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
  4. Finding Nemo (2003) — Gill (voice)
  5. Spider-Man 2 (2004) — Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
  6. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — Jopling
  7. Spider-Man 3 (2007) — Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
  8. Aquaman (2018) — Nuidis Vulko
  9. Finding Dory (2016) — Gill (voice)
  10. American Psycho (2000) — Donald Kimball
  11. The Fault in Our Stars (2014) — Peter van Houten
  12. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) — Vulko
  13. The Simpsons (1989) — The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)
  14. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — Gerhard Hardman
  15. What Happened to Monday (2017) — Terrence Settman
  16. Inside Man (2006) — John Darius
  17. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) — Rat (voice)
  18. John Carter (2012) — Tars Tarkas
  19. The Aviator (2004) — Roland Sweet
  20. The Lighthouse (2019) — Thomas Wake
  21. The Great Wall (2016) — Ballard
  22. Poor Things (2023) — Godwin Baxter
  23. Platoon (1986) — Sergeant Elias Grodin
  24. The Northman (2022) — Heimir the Fool
  25. Death Note (2017) — Ryuk (voice)
  26. Nosferatu (2024) — Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
  27. Nightmare Alley (2021) — Clem Hoatley
  28. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013) — L
  29. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) — Klaus Daimler
  30. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) — Jackson
  31. Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) — Carson Clay
  32. The Florida Project (2017) — Bobby
  33. The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) — Albert 'the Abacus'
  34. Antichrist (2009) — He
  35. The Boondock Saints (1999) — Paul Smecker
  36. Asteroid City (2023) — Saltzburg Keitel
  37. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) — Armando Barillo
  38. The English Patient (1996) — David Caravaggio
  39. Togo (2019) — Leonhard Seppala
  40. Daybreakers (2010) — Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac