Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He has had roles in a wide range of films, including Streets of Fire, To Live and Die in L.A., Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, The English Patient, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mississippi Burning, Wild at Heart, The Boondock Saints, Inside Man, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Spider-Man, Shadow of the Vampire, The Aviator, American Psycho, Antichrist, and voice roles in Fantastic Mr. Fox and Finding Nemo. Dafoe has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice. The first was for his role in Platoon in 1986 and the second time for his performance in Shadow of the Vampire in 2000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 22, 1955 In Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 139
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Sleeping Shepherd
- Latest Project:
- Movie Wick Is Pain 2025-05-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Sleeping Shepherd | 2026 | |
| Movie | Wick Is Pain | (archive footage) | 2025-05-08 |
| Movie | Zero | (voice) | 2025-04-11 |
| Movie | Finally Dawn | Rufo Priori | 2024-02-14 |
| Movie | Kinds of Kindness | Raymond / George / Omi | 2024-05-30 |
| Movie | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Jackson | 2024-09-04 |
| Movie | Nosferatu | Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz | 2024-12-25 |
| Movie | Saturday Night | David Tebet | 2024-09-27 |
| Movie | Asteroid City | Saltzburg Keitel | 2023-06-08 |
| Movie | Barbie | Ken | 2023-07-19 |
| Movie | Poor Things | Godwin Baxter | 2023-12-07 |
| Movie | Pet Shop Days | Francis | 2023-09-03 |
| Movie | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Nuidis Vulko | 2023-12-20 |
| Movie | Gonzo Girl | Walker Reade | 2023-09-07 |
| Movie | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Vulko | 2021-03-18 |
| Movie | The French Dispatch | Albert 'the Abacus' | 2021-10-21 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | 2021-12-15 |
| Movie | Tommaso | Tommaso | 2020-01-08 |
| Movie | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self | 2020-11-26 |
| Movie | Siberia | Clint | 2020-07-02 |
| Movie | The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale | Self | 2020-01-14 |
| Movie | Motherless Brooklyn | Paul Randolph | 2019-10-31 |
| Movie | Vox Lux | Narrator (voice) | 2018-09-07 |
| Movie | Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018-11-05 |
| Movie | Opus Zero | Paul | 2018-12-28 |
| Movie | Aquaman | Nuidis Vulko | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self | 2017-05-05 |
| Movie | What Happened to Monday | Terrence Settman | 2017-08-18 |
| Movie | Murder on the Orient Express | Gerhard Hardman | 2017-11-03 |
| Movie | Death Note | Ryuk (voice) | 2017-08-25 |
| Movie | Justice League | Nuidus Vulko (cut) | 2017-11-15 |
| Movie | The Florida Project | Bobby | 2017-10-06 |
| Movie | Finding Dory | Gill (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
| Movie | My Hindu Friend | Diego Fairman | 2016-03-03 |
| Movie | A Family Man | Ed Blackridge | 2016-09-13 |
| Movie | Father | James Verdun | 2016-10-25 |
| Movie | The Great Wall | Ballard | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Dog Eat Dog | Mad Dog | 2016-11-04 |
| Movie | The Fault in Our Stars | Peter van Houten | 2014-05-16 |
| Movie | A Most Wanted Man | Tommy Brue | 2014-07-25 |
| Movie | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Jopling | 2014-02-26 |
| Movie | Pasolini | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | John Wick | Marcus | 2014-10-22 |
| Movie | Bad Country | Bud Carter | 2014-09-26 |
| Movie | Odd Thomas | Wyatt Porter | 2013-01-29 |
| Movie | Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | 2013-05-25 |
| Movie | Out of the Furnace | John Petty | 2013-11-12 |
| Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | L | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I | L | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | The Smile Man | Willem | 2013-06-15 |
| Movie | John Carter | Tars Tarkas | 2012-03-07 |
| Movie | Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha | 2012-10-31 |
| Movie | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco | 2012-03-23 |
| Movie | The Hunter | Martin David | 2011-10-06 |
| Movie | Daybreakers | Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac | 2010-01-06 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Detective Hank Havenhurst | 2010-07-08 |
| Movie | Miral | Eddie | 2010-09-15 |
| Movie | A Woman | Max Oliver | 2010-09-04 |
| Movie | Antichrist | He | 2009-05-20 |
| Movie | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Gavner Purl | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Paul Smecker | 2009-11-24 |
| Movie | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat (voice) | 2009-10-14 |
| Movie | Fireflies in the Garden | Charles Waechter | 2008-08-07 |
| Movie | Adam Resurrected | Commandat Klein | 2008-08-08 |
| Movie | The Dust of Time | A | 2008-11-22 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 3 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2007-05-01 |
| Movie | The Walker | Larry Lockner | 2007-02-13 |
| Movie | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Carson Clay | 2007-03-22 |
| Movie | Go Go Tales | Ray Ruby | 2007-05-23 |
| Movie | To Each His Own Cinema | (segment "Occupations") (archive footage) | 2007-10-31 |
| Movie | The Procedure | Christopher | 2007-08-01 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Self | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | Anamorph | Stan Aubray | 2007-09-21 |
| Movie | American Dreamz | Chief of Staff | 2006-03-04 |
| Movie | Inside Man | John Darius | 2006-03-17 |
| Movie | Paris Je T'aime | Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) | 2006-06-21 |
| Movie | Tales from Earthsea | Cob | 2006-07-29 |
| Movie | xXx: State of the Union | Gen. George Octavius Deckert | 2005-04-27 |
| Movie | On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' | Self / Klaus D. | 2005-01-15 |
| Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Willem Dafoe (uncredited) | 2005-05-08 |
| Movie | Before It Had a Name | Leslie | 2005-09-10 |
| Movie | Ripley Under Ground | Neil Murchison | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal | Self | 2005-05-09 |
| Movie | Manderlay | Grace's Father | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | This Is an Adventure | Self | 2005-05-10 |
| Movie | The Reckoning | Martin | 2004-02-26 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2004-06-25 |
| Movie | Control | Dr. Michael Copeland | 2004-12-07 |
| Movie | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Klaus Daimler | 2004-12-10 |
| Movie | The Misbehavers | Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Movie | The Aviator | Roland Sweet | 2004-12-17 |
| Movie | Rockets Redglare! | Self | 2003-05-02 |
| Movie | Finding Nemo | Gill (voice) | 2003-05-30 |
| Movie | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | 2003-09-12 | |
| Movie | Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
| Movie | Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Self | 2002-04-20 |
| Movie | Spider-Man | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2002-05-01 |
| Movie | Auto Focus | John Carpenter | 2002-10-18 |
| Movie | The Spider-Man Story | Self | 2002-06-08 |
| Movie | Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure | Hunter (voice) | 2002-12-15 |
| Movie | A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | Self | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Pavilion of Women | Father Andre | 2001-04-20 |
| Movie | Edges of the Lord | Priest | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | American Psycho | Donald Kimball | 2000-04-13 |
| Movie | Bullfighter | Father Ramirez | 2000-10-01 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck | 2000-08-30 |
| Movie | Animal Factory | Earl Copen | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | The Boondock Saints | Paul Smecker | 1999-01-22 |
| Movie | eXistenZ | Gas | 1999-04-14 |
| Movie | New Rose Hotel | X | 1999-03-19 |
| Movie | Abel/Asia | Self (archival footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Lulu on the Bridge | Dr. Van Horn | 1998-09-06 |
| Movie | Affliction | Rolfe Whitehouse | 1997-12-30 |
| Movie | The English Patient | David Caravaggio | 1996-11-14 |
| Movie | Victory | Axel Heyst | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | The Night and the Moment | Lo scrittore | 1995-07-05 |
| Movie | Clear and Present Danger | John Clark | 1994-08-03 |
| Movie | Tom & Viv | Tom Eliot | 1994-04-15 |
| Movie | Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti | 1993-09-01 |
| Movie | Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney | 1993-01-15 |
| Movie | White Sands | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal | 1992-04-24 |
| Movie | Light Sleeper | John LeTour | 1992-08-21 |
| Series | Fishing with John | Himself | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | Flight of the Intruder | Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole | 1991-01-18 |
| Movie | Wild at Heart | Bobby Peru | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Triumph of the Spirit | Salamo Arouch | 1989-12-08 |
| Movie | Born on the Fourth of July | Charlie | 1989-12-20 |
| Movie | Off Limits | Buck McGriff | 1988-03-11 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Agent Alan Ward | 1988-12-08 |
| Movie | Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ | Self | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | The Last Temptation of Christ | Jesus | 1988-05-28 |
| Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Elephant Grass (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Platoon | Sergeant Elias Grodin | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | The Loveless | Vance | 1984-01-20 |
| Movie | New York Nights | Boyfriend | 1984-03-01 |
| Movie | Roadhouse 66 | Johnny Harte | 1984-08-31 |
| Movie | Streets of Fire | Raven Shaddock | 1984-06-01 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Willy (uncredited) | 1980-11-19 |