Willem Dafoe

Birthday:

07/22/1955

Place of birth:

Appleton, Wisconsin, USA:

Biography:

William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award. He frequently collaborates with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was an early member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut in Heaven's Gate (1980), but was fired during production. He had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film The Loveless (1982) and then played the main antagonist in Streets of Fire (1984) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He received his first Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for his role as Sergeant Elias Grodin in Oliver Stone's war film Platoon (1986). In 1988, Dafoe played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and costarred in Mississippi Burning, both of which were controversial. After receiving his second Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for portraying Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Dafoe portrayed the supervillain Norman Osborn / Green Goblin 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) earning him the Guinness World Record for the "longest career as a live-action Marvel character". He also portrayed the villains in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) and XXX: State of the Union (2005), as well as Carson Clay in the film Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007). In 2009, he starred in the experimental film Antichrist, one of his three films with Lars von Trier. Dafoe then appeared in The Fault in Our Stars, John Wick, The Grand Budapest Hotel (all 2014), The Great Wall (2016), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Florida Project (2017) (for which he received his third Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category), The Lighthouse (2019), The French Dispatch, and Nightmare Alley (both 2021). He portrayed Nuidis Vulko in the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2022). Dafoe has portrayed several real-life figures, including T. S. Eliot in Tom & Viv (1994), Pier Paolo Pasolini in Pasolini (2014), Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate (2018) (for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, his first in that category), and Leonhard Seppala in Togo (2019).



Credits

Nosferatu (2024)
Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Wolf Jackson
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Finally Dawn (2024)
Rufo Priori
Poor Things (2023)
Dr Godwin Baxter
Gonzo Girl (2023)
Walker Reade
Pet Shop Days (2023)
Asteroid City (2023)
Saltzburg Keitel
The Wild One (2023)
Narrator (voice)
Inside (2023)
Nemo
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone (2022)
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)
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)
Himself
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Clem Hoatley
The French Dispatch (2021)
Albert 'the Abacus'
Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021)
Self
The Card Counter (2021)
Gordo
River (2021)
Narrator
Maresco / Pasolini (2021)
Himself
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Nudis 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
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (2019)
Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage)
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)
Mountain (2017)
Narrator (voice)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Gerhard Hardman
The Florida Project (2017)
Bobby Hicks
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
Finding Dory (2016)
Gill (voice)
Nelson Algren Live (2016)
Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
Mind the Gap (2016)
himself
My Hindu Friend (2015)
Diego Fairman
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story (2015)
Narrator
The Making of A Most Wanted Man (2015)
Self
Don't F*#% With John Wick (2015)
Self
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry (2015)
Self
John Wick (2014)
Marcus
Bad Country (2014)
Bud Carter
Pasolini (2014)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg (2014)
(archive footage)
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
Tommy Brue
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Self / Jopling
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Peter van Houten
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
J.G. Jopling
The Benaki Museum (2013)
Narrator (voice)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
L
Out of the Furnace (2013)
John Petty
Love's Routine (2013)
Barry
The Smile Man (2013)
Willem
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)
Himself
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
The Making of Daybreakers (2010)
Self
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World (2010)
Narrator
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Self (archive footage)
Daybreakers (2010)
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
Detective Hank Havenhurst
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
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 (2007)
Christopher
Go Go Tales (2007)
Ray Ruby
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
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
Ripley Under Ground (2005)
Neil Murchison
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)
Self
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
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
The Reckoning (2004)
Martin
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' (2003)
Himself
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty (2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Barillo
Overnight (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Gill (voice)
Rockets Redglare! (2003)
Self
Auto Focus (2002)
John Carpenter
Spider-Man (2002)
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Mania (2002)
Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' (2002)
Himself
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)
Detective Donald Kimball
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure (2000)
Hunter (voice)
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
Abel/Asia (1998)
Himself (archival footage)
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Geiger
Victory (1996)
Axel Heyst
The English Patient (1996)
David Caravaggio
Basquiat (1996)
The Electrician
The Night and the Moment (1995)
Lo scrittore
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
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 at Maryland Training School for Boys
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Charlie
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
Salamo Arouch
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Ward
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the 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 Gordon
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Eric Masters
O Panama (1985)
Roadhouse 66 (1984)
Johnny Harte
Streets of Fire (1984)
Raven Shaddock
New York Nights (1984)
Boyfriend
Atalanta Strategy (1984)
Immigration Staff
The Hunger (1983)
2nd Phone Booth Youth
The Loveless (1981)
Vance
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Willy (uncredited)
The Legend of Ochi ()
Maxim
American Nails ()
The Man in My Basement ()
Anniston Bennett
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
Associate Producer
The House That Jack Built (2018)
Thanks
Before It Had a Name (2005)
Screenplay
New Rose Hotel (1999)
Co-Producer
Tropico ()
Producer