Acting · Appleton, Wisconsin, USA · Born July 22, 1955
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.
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as Rufo Priori
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2023
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2019
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2019
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2019
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2019
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2019
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2018
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2018
as Nuidis Vulko
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2018
as Vincent van Gogh
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2018
as Self
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2018
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2018
as Narrator (voice)
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2018
MovieUnder the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
2018
as Self
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2017
as Narrator (voice)
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2017
as Gerhard Hardman
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2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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2017
as Bobby
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2017
as Himself
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2017
as Ryuk (voice)
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2017
as Terrence Settman
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2017
as Self
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2017
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2017
as Narrator
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
as Ed Blackridge
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2016
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2016
as Gill (voice)
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2016
as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
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2016
as Diego Fairman
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2016
as Self
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2015
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TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MovieFukushima: A Nuclear Story
2015
as Narrator
MovieThe Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015
as Self
MovieJohn Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
2015
as Self
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2015
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TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
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2014
as Marcus
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2014
as Bud Carter
MoviePasolini
2014
as Pier Paolo Pasolini
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2014
as (archive footage)
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2014
as Tommy Brue
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2014
as Peter van Houten
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2014
as Jopling
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
MovieThe Benaki Museum
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
as L
MovieOut of the Furnace
2013
as John Petty
Love's Routine
2013
as Barry
MovieThe Smile Man
2013
as Willem
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2013
as Lionel Pembrooke
MovieOdd Thomas
2013
as Wyatt Porter
MovieTomorrow You're Gone
2012
as The Buddha
MovieBob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
2012
as Self
Movie4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012
as Cisco
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2012
as Tars Tarkas
MovieThe Hunter
2011
as Martin David
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieMiral
2010
as Eddie
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2010
as Max Oliver
MovieMy Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
MovieThe Making of Daybreakers
2010
as Self
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2010
as Narrator
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2010
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
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2009
as Paul Smecker (uncredited)
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2007
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2007
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
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2007
as Self
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2007
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2007
as Stan Aubray
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2007
as Christopher
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2007
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
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2007
as Carson Clay
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2007
as Self
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2007
as Larry Lockner
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2006
as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
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2006
as John Darius
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2006
as Chief of Staff
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2005
as Neil Murchison
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2005
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2005
as Leslie
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2005
as Grace's Father
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2005
as Self
MovieMatthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
as Self
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2005
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
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2005
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
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2005
as Self / Klaus D.
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2004
as Roland Sweet
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2004
as Klaus Daimler
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2004
as Dr. Michael Copeland
MovieLove, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
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2004
as Self
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2004
as Narrator (voice)
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2004
as Self
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2004
as Arnold Mack
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2004
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
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2004
as Self
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2004
as Martin
MovieCounterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
2003
as Self
MovieAbel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
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2003
as Armando Barillo
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2003
as Self
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2003
as Gill (voice)
MovieRockets Redglare!
2003
as Self
MovieGlobehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002
as Hunter (voice)
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2002
as John Carpenter
MovieThe Spider-Man Story
2002
as Self
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2002
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
MovieSpider-Mania
2002
as Self
MovieBehind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
MovieEdges of the Lord
2001
as Priest
MoviePavilion of Women
2001
as Father Andre
MovieA Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001
as Self
MovieAnimal Factory
2000
as Earl Copen
MovieBullfighter
2000
as Father Ramirez
MovieShadow of the Vampire
2000
as Max Schreck
MovieAmerican Psycho
2000
as Donald Kimball
MovieeXistenZ
1999
as Gas
MovieNew Rose Hotel
1999
as X
MovieThe Boondock Saints
1999
as Paul Smecker
MovieForrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
1999
as Narrator
TVThe Directors
1999
as Self
MovieLulu on the Bridge
1998
as Dr. Van Horn
MovieAffliction
1998
as Rolfe Whitehouse
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1997
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1997
as Geiger
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1997
as Jack Straw
MovieVictory
1996
as Axel Heyst
MovieThe English Patient
1996
as David Caravaggio
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1996
as The Electrician
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieThe Night and the Moment
1995
as The Writer
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1994
as Grand Duc
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieClear and Present Danger
1994
as John Clark
MovieTom & Viv
1994
as Tom Eliot
MovieFaraway, So Close!
1993
as Emit Flesti
MovieBrace Up!
1993
as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
MovieWhite Homeland Commando
1993
as Karl
MovieBody of Evidence
1993
as Frank Dulaney
MovieRhyme 'Em to Death
1993
MovieLight Sleeper
1992
as John LeTour
MovieBlast 'Em
1992
as Self (uncredited)
MovieWhite Sands
1992
as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
MovieNorth on Evers
1992
TVFishing with John
1991
as Self
MovieFlight of the Intruder
1991
as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
MovieWild at Heart
1990
as Bobby Peru
MovieCry-Baby
1990
as Hateful Guard
MovieBorn on the Fourth of July
1989
as Charlie
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)
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1989
as Salamo Arouch
MovieMississippi Burning
1988
as Agent Alan Ward
MovieLocation Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Self
MovieThe Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Jesus
MovieOff Limits
1988
as Buck McGriff
MovieDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Elephant Grass (voice)
MoviePlatoon
1986
as Sergeant Elias Grodin
MovieTo Live and Die in L.A.
1985
as Rick Masters
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1985
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1984
as Johnny Harte
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1984
as Raven Shaddock
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1984
as Boyfriend
MovieThe Loveless
1984
as Vance
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1984
as Immigration Staff
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1983
as Jeffrey Hunt
MovieThe Hunger
1983
as 2nd Phone Booth Youth
MovieHeaven's Gate
1980
as Willy (uncredited)
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Tropico
as Raymond
MovieThe Sleeping Shepherd
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as Ebenezer Scrooge
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