Willem 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), 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.
Filmography (94)
The Phoenician Scheme
The Man in My Basement
The Legend of Ochi
Zero
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Nosferatu
Kinds of Kindness
Saturday Night
Poor Things
Inside
Asteroid City
The Northman
Dead for a Dollar
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Nightmare Alley
Zack Snyder's Justice League
The Card Counter
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The Lighthouse
Togo
Motherless Brooklyn
Aquaman
At Eternity's Gate
The House That Jack Built
Murder on the Orient Express
Death Note
The Florida Project
What Happened to Monday
Finding Dory
Dog Eat Dog
The Great Wall
A Family Man
The Grand Budapest Hotel
John Wick
The Fault in Our Stars
A Most Wanted Man
Bad Country
Odd Thomas
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Out of the Furnace
John Carter
The Hunter
Daybreakers
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Antichrist
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Fireflies in the Garden
Adam Resurrected
Spider-Man 3
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Walker
Inside Man
Paris Je T'aime
American Dreamz
xXx: State of the Union
Manderlay
Spider-Man 2
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Aviator
The Reckoning
Control
The Clearing
Finding Nemo
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Spider-Man
Auto Focus
American Psycho
Shadow of the Vampire
Animal Factory
eXistenZ
The Boondock Saints
New Rose Hotel
Affliction
Speed 2: Cruise Control
The English Patient
Basquiat
Clear and Present Danger
Body of Evidence
White Sands
Flight of the Intruder
Wild at Heart
Cry-Baby
Born on the Fourth of July
Triumph of the Spirit
The Last Temptation of Christ
Mississippi Burning
Platoon
To Live and Die in L.A.
Streets of Fire
The Loveless
The Hunger
