Acting
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
Late Fame
Film · 2026
Tenzing
Film · 2026
The Birthday Party
Film · 2026
The Souffleur
Film · 2026
Werwulf
Film · 2026
The Resurrection of Christ
Film · 2026
The Heist
Film · 2026
Pet Shop Days
Film · 2025
The Legend of Ochi
Film · 2025
The Man in My Basement
Film · 2025
Zero
Film · 2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Film · 2025
Grande Envie
Film · 2025
Avrio Vrady
Film · 2025
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Film · 2024
Finally Dawn
Film · 2024
Kinds of Kindness
Film · 2024
Saturday Night
Film · 2024
run 002
Film · 2024
Nosferatu
Film · 2024
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Film · 2024
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Film · 2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
Film · 2024
Asteroid City
Film · 2023
Inside
Film · 2023
The Wild One
Film · 2023
Gonzo Girl
Film · 2023
Poor Things
Film · 2023
Interior (The Spectator)
Film · 2023
Willem Dafoe
Film · 2023
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Film · 2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Film · 2022
Finding Satoshi
Film · 2022
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Film · 2022
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Film · 2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Film · 2022
The Northman
Film · 2022
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Film · 2022
Dead for a Dollar
Film · 2022
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Series · 2022
Mostra, Venise
Series · 2022
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Film · 2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Film · 2021
Nightmare Alley
Film · 2021
The Card Counter
Film · 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Film · 2021
Maresco / Pasolini
Film · 2021
River
Film · 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Film · 2021
Siberia
Film · 2020
The Last Thing He Wanted
Film · 2020
Tommaso
Film · 2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Film · 2020
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
Film · 2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Film · 2020
Sportin' Life
Film · 2020
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Film · 2020
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Series · 2020
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Film · 2019
The Lighthouse
Film · 2019
Motherless Brooklyn
Film · 2019
Manou the Swift
Film · 2019
Love, Antosha
Film · 2019
Togo
Film · 2019
Brothers in Arms
Film · 2018
Aquaman
Film · 2018
At Eternity's Gate
Film · 2018
Opus Zero
Film · 2018
Vox Lux
Film · 2018
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Film · 2018
Friedkin Uncut
Film · 2018
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Film · 2018
Death Note
Film · 2017
The Florida Project
Film · 2017
What Happened to Monday
Film · 2017
Murder on the Orient Express
Film · 2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Film · 2017
Mountain
Film · 2017
Piazza Vittorio
Film · 2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Film · 2017
Sanctuary
Film · 2017
NHK WORLD PRIME
Series · 2017
The Great Wall
Film · 2016
My Hindu Friend
Film · 2016
Dog Eat Dog
Film · 2016
A Family Man
Film · 2016
Mind the Gap
Film · 2016
Finding Dory
Film · 2016
Father
Film · 2016
Nelson Algren Live
Film · 2016
Sculpt
Film · 2016
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Film · 2015
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Film · 2015
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Film · 2015
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Film · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Hot Ones
Series · 2015
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
Film · 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Film · 2014
A Most Wanted Man
Film · 2014
The Fault in Our Stars
Film · 2014
John Wick
Film · 2014
Bad Country
Film · 2014
Pasolini
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Out of the Furnace
Film · 2013
Saving Norman
Film · 2013
The Smile Man
Film · 2013
Love's Routine
Film · 2013
Odd Thomas
Film · 2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Film · 2013
John Carter
Film · 2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Film · 2012
Tomorrow You're Gone
Film · 2012
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Film · 2012
The Hunter
Film · 2011
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Film · 2010
Miral
Film · 2010
Daybreakers
Film · 2010
A Woman
Film · 2010
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Film · 2010
The Making of Daybreakers
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Film · 2009
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Film · 2009
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Film · 2009
Farewell
Film · 2009
Antichrist
Film · 2009
Fireflies in the Garden
Film · 2008
Adam Resurrected
Film · 2008
The Dust of Time
Film · 2008
Go Go Tales
Film · 2008
Spider-Man 3
Film · 2007
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Film · 2007
The Walker
Film · 2007
Anamorph
Film · 2007
Ripley Under Ground
Film · 2007
The Procedure
Film · 2007
Cannes: All Access
Film · 2007
Voom Portraits
Film · 2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Film · 2007
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
Film · 2007
Wintergasten
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Inside Man
Film · 2006
Paris Je T'aime
Film · 2006
American Dreamz
Film · 2006
Manderlay
Film · 2005
xXx: State of the Union
Film · 2005
Before It Had a Name
Film · 2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Film · 2005
This Is an Adventure
Film · 2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Film · 2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Film · 2005
The Colbert Report
Series · 2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Film · 2004
Spider-Man 2
Film · 2004
The Clearing
Film · 2004
The Reckoning
Film · 2004
Control
Film · 2004
The Aviator
Film · 2004
The Misbehavers
Film · 2004
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Film · 2004
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Film · 2004
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Film · 2004
Kulturplatz
Series · 2004
Finding Nemo
Film · 2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Film · 2003
Rockets Redglare!
Film · 2003
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Film · 2003
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Film · 2003
Overnight
Film · 2003
Spider-Man
Film · 2002
Auto Focus
Film · 2002
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Film · 2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Film · 2002
Spider-Mania
Film · 2002
The Spider-Man Story
Film · 2002
Edges of the Lord
Film · 2001
Pavilion of Women
Film · 2001
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Film · 2001
American Psycho
Film · 2000
Shadow of the Vampire
Film · 2000
Animal Factory
Film · 2000
Bullfighter
Film · 2000
eXistenZ
Film · 1999
New Rose Hotel
Film · 1999
The Boondock Saints
Film · 1999
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
Film · 1999
The Directors
Series · 1999
Affliction
Film · 1998
Lulu on the Bridge
Film · 1998
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Film · 1997
Wrong Guys
Film · 1997
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1997
The English Patient
Film · 1996
Basquiat
Film · 1996
Victory
Film · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
The Night and the Moment
Film · 1995
Clear and Present Danger
Film · 1994
Tom & Viv
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
The Kingdom
Series · 1994
Body of Evidence
Film · 1993
Faraway, So Close!
Film · 1993
White Homeland Commando
Film · 1993
Brace Up!
Film · 1993
Rhyme 'Em to Death
Film · 1993
Light Sleeper
Film · 1992
White Sands
Film · 1992
North on Evers
Film · 1992
Blast 'Em
Film · 1992
Flight of the Intruder
Film · 1991
Fishing with John
Series · 1991
Wild at Heart
Film · 1990
Cry-Baby
Film · 1990
Born on the Fourth of July
Film · 1989
Triumph of the Spirit
Film · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Mississippi Burning
Film · 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
Film · 1988
Off Limits
Film · 1988
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
Film · 1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Film · 1987
Platoon
Film · 1986
To Live and Die in L.A.
Film · 1985
O Panama
Film · 1985
The Loveless
Film · 1984
Streets of Fire
Film · 1984
Roadhouse 66
Film · 1984
New York Nights
Film · 1984
Atalanta Strategy
Film · 1984
The Hunger
Film · 1983
The Hitchhiker
Series · 1983
Heaven's Gate
Film · 1980
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Tropico
Film
The Sleeping Shepherd
Film
Cuddle
Film
A Christmas Carol
Film
Time Out
Film
White Lies
Film
American Nails
Film
Lincoln in the Bardo
Film
run 003
Film