Actor
Willem Dafoe
223 movies as actor
Born Jul 22, 1955 (age 71)From Appleton, Wisconsin, USAAlso known as William Dafoe, Jr., William J. Dafoe, William James Dafoe
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), Wi…
Known for
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · Action, Adventure
Spider-Man
2002 · Action, Sci-Fi
John Wick
2014 · Action, Thriller
Finding Nemo
2003 · Animation, Family
Spider-Man 2
2004 · Action, Adventure
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Comedy, Drama
Spider-Man 3
2007 · Action, Adventure
Aquaman
2018 · Action, Adventure
Finding Dory
2016 · Adventure, Animation
American Psycho
2000 · Thriller, Drama
The Fault in Our Stars
2014 · Romance, Drama
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · Action, Adventure
Willem Dafoe movies
Tropico
Tropico
Raymond
The Sleeping Shepherd
Upcoming
Cuddle
Dante
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
Time Out
Time Out
Upcoming
White Lies
White Lies
Upcoming
American Nails
Upcoming
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo
Upcoming
Werwulf
2026
Tenzing
2026 · Colonel John Hunt
Late Fame
2026 · Ed Saxberger
The Birthday Party
2026 · Marcos Timoleon
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
The Souffleur
2026 · Lucius
The Man in My Basement
2025 · Anniston Bennett
Avrio Vrady
2025 · Dancing man
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Knave
Grande Envie
2025 · Count
The Legend of Ochi
2025 · Maxim
Zero
2025 · (voice)
Pet Shop Days
2025 · Francis
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
2024 · Self
Nosferatu
2024 · Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
2024 · Self (archive footage)
run 002
2024
Saturday Night
2024 · David Tebet
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · Jackson
Kinds of Kindness
2024 · Raymond / George / Omi
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024 · Self
Finally Dawn
2024 · Rufo Priori
Poor Things
2023 · Godwin Baxter
Interior (The Spectator)
2023 · Narrator
Willem Dafoe
2023
Gonzo Girl
2023 · Walker Reade
Asteroid City
2023 · Saltzburg Keitel
The Wild One
2023 · Narrator (voice)
Inside
2023 · Nemo
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
2022 · Self
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022 · Self / Grand Duc
Dead for a Dollar
2022 · Joe Cribbens
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
2022 · Film Actor
Il coraggio di essere Franco
2022 · Sé stesso
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022 · Self
The Northman
2022 · Heimir the Fool
Finding Satoshi
2022 · Narrator
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022 · Self
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Clem Hoatley
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 · Albert 'the Abacus'
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021 · Self
The Card Counter
2021 · Gordo
River
2021 · Narrator
Maresco / Pasolini
2021 · Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · Vulko
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Self
Sportin' Life
2020 · Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020 · Self
Siberia
2020 · Clint
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
2020
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020 · Richard McMahon
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
2020 · Self
Tommaso
2020 · Tommaso
Togo
2019 · Leonhard Seppala
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019 · Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Motherless Brooklyn
2019 · Paul Randolph
The Lighthouse
2019 · Thomas Wake
Love, Antosha
2019 · Self
Manou the Swift
2019 · Manou's Father (voice)
Opus Zero
2018 · Paul
Aquaman
2018 · Nuidis Vulko
At Eternity's Gate
2018 · Vincent van Gogh
Brothers in Arms
2018 · Self
Friedkin Uncut
2018 · Self
Vox Lux
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
2018
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
2018 · Self
Mountain
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Murder on the Orient Express
2017 · Gerhard Hardman
The Florida Project
2017 · Bobby
Piazza Vittorio
2017 · Himself
Death Note
2017 · Ryuk (voice)
What Happened to Monday
2017 · Terrence Settman
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017 · Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017 · Self
Sanctuary
2017 · Narrator
The Great Wall
2016 · Ballard
Dog Eat Dog
2016 · Mad Dog
Father
2016 · James Verdun
A Family Man
2016 · Ed Blackridge
Sculpt
2016
Finding Dory
2016 · Gill (voice)
Nelson Algren Live
2016 · Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
My Hindu Friend
2016 · Diego Fairman
Mind the Gap
2016 · Self
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
2015 · Narrator
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015 · Self
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
2015 · Self
Don't F*#% With John Wick
2015 · Self
John Wick
2014 · Marcus
Bad Country
2014 · Bud Carter
Pasolini
2014 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
2014 · (archive footage)
A Most Wanted Man
2014 · Tommy Brue
The Fault in Our Stars
2014 · Peter van Houten
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Jopling
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013 · L
Out of the Furnace
2013 · John Petty
Love's Routine
Love's Routine
2013 · Barry
The Smile Man
2013 · Willem
Saving Norman
Saving Norman
2013 · Lionel Pembrooke
Odd Thomas
2013 · Wyatt Porter
Tomorrow You're Gone
2012 · The Buddha
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
2012 · Self
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012 · Cisco
John Carter
2012 · Tars Tarkas
The Hunter
2011 · Martin David
Miral
2010 · Eddie
A Woman
2010 · Max Oliver
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 · Detective Hank Havenhurst
The Making of Daybreakers
2010 · Self
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
2010 · Narrator
Daybreakers
2010 · Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009 · Paul Smecker (uncredited)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009 · Gavner Purl
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 · Rat (voice)
Farewell
2009 · Feeney
Antichrist
2009 · He
The Dust of Time
2008 · A
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Commandat Klein
Fireflies in the Garden
2008 · Charles Waechter
Go Go Tales
2008 · Ray Ruby
Ripley Under Ground
2007 · Neil Murchison
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access
2007 · Self
Voom Portraits
2007 · Self
Anamorph
2007 · Stan Aubray
The Procedure
The Procedure
2007 · Christopher
Spider-Man 3
2007 · Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
2007 · Self
Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007 · Carson Clay
The Walker
2007 · Larry Lockner
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
Inside Man
2006 · John Darius
American Dreamz
2006 · Chief of Staff
Before It Had a Name
2005 · Leslie
Manderlay
2005 · Grace's Father
This Is an Adventure
2005 · Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005 · Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005 · Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
xXx: State of the Union
2005 · Gen. George Octavius Deckert
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
2005 · Self / Klaus D.
The Aviator
2004 · Roland Sweet
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 · Klaus Daimler
Control
2004 · Dr. Michael Copeland
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
The Misbehavers
The Misbehavers
2004 · Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004 · Narrator (voice)
The Clearing
2004 · Arnold Mack
Spider-Man 2
2004 · Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
2004 · Self
The Reckoning
2004 · Martin
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
2003 · Self
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · Armando Barillo
Overnight
2003 · Self
Finding Nemo
2003 · Gill (voice)
Rockets Redglare!
2003 · Self
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002 · Hunter (voice)
Auto Focus
2002 · John Carpenter
The Spider-Man Story
2002 · Self
Spider-Man
2002 · Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Mania
2002 · Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002 · Self
Edges of the Lord
2001 · Priest
Pavilion of Women
2001 · Father Andre
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001 · Self
Animal Factory
2000 · Earl Copen
Bullfighter
2000 · Father Ramirez
Shadow of the Vampire
2000 · Max Schreck
American Psycho
2000 · Donald Kimball
eXistenZ
1999 · Gas
New Rose Hotel
1999 · X
The Boondock Saints
1999 · Paul Smecker
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
1999 · Narrator
Lulu on the Bridge
1998 · Dr. Van Horn
Affliction
1998 · Rolfe Whitehouse
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997 · Geiger
Wrong Guys
Wrong Guys
1997 · Jack Straw
Victory
1996 · Axel Heyst
The English Patient
1996 · David Caravaggio
Basquiat
1996 · The Electrician
The Night and the Moment
1995 · The Writer
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · John Clark
Tom & Viv
1994 · Tom Eliot
Faraway, So Close!
1993 · Emit Flesti
Brace Up!
1993 · Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
White Homeland Commando
1993 · Karl
Body of Evidence
1993 · Frank Dulaney
Rhyme 'Em to Death
1993
Light Sleeper
1992 · John LeTour
Blast 'Em
1992 · Self (uncredited)
White Sands
1992 · Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
North on Evers
1992
Flight of the Intruder
1991 · Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Wild at Heart
1990 · Bobby Peru
Cry-Baby
1990 · Hateful Guard
Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · Charlie
Triumph of the Spirit
1989 · Salamo Arouch
Mississippi Burning
1988 · Agent Alan Ward
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Self
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Jesus
Off Limits
1988 · Buck McGriff
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987 · Elephant Grass (voice)
Platoon
1986 · Sergeant Elias Grodin
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 · Rick Masters
O Panama
1985
Roadhouse 66
1984 · Johnny Harte
Streets of Fire
1984 · Raven Shaddock
New York Nights
1984 · Boyfriend
The Loveless
1984 · Vance
Atalanta Strategy
1984 · Immigration Staff
The Hunger
1983 · 2nd Phone Booth Youth
Heaven's Gate
1980 · Willy (uncredited)
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