
Willem Dafoe
7 FOLLOWERS • 84 CREDITS • JUL 22, 1955 • 69
Biography
William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/də-FOH or /ˈdeɪfoʊ/ DAY-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 the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group.
He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). Dafoe's early career includes credits for The Loveless (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for the war drama Platoon (1986), followed by nominations for his roles in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also gained acclaim and wide recognition for his roles as Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and as the supervillain Norman Osborn 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).
His other film appearance include roles in Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Body of Evidence (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Affliction (1997), New Rose Hotel(1998), Existenz (1999), The Boondock Saints (1999), American Psycho (2000), Auto Focus (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Inside Man (2006), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Antichrist (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), John Wick (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Aquaman (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Nightmare Alley (2021), Poor Things (2023), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
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Known For

Saturday Night Live

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Simpsons

The Oscars

The Colbert Report

The Hitchhiker

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Wonderful World of Disney

Vox Lux

The French Dispatch

Finding Dory

The Aviator

The Hunger

Spider-Man 3

Cry-Baby

Asteroid City

The Phoenician Scheme

Tales from Earthsea

Saturday Night

Born on the Fourth of July

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Spider-Man 2

American Psycho

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Zack Snyder's Justice League

The Northman

John Carter

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

The Fault in Our Stars

Murder on the Orient Express

Nosferatu

Inside Man

Out of the Furnace

Death Note

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Motherless Brooklyn

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

The Grand Budapest Hotel

John Wick

The Last Thing He Wanted

Nightmare Alley

American Dreamz

Wild at Heart

Finding Nemo

xXx: State of the Union

The Florida Project

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Poor Things

What Happened to Monday

Odd Thomas

Daybreakers

Aquaman

The Great Wall

The English Patient

Kinds of Kindness

The Clearing

To Live and Die in L.A.

The Lighthouse

Shadow of the Vampire

Platoon

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Dog Eat Dog

Clear and Present Danger

Auto Focus

Flight of the Intruder

Spider-Man

Tenzing

Mississippi Burning

Tommaso

The Boondock Saints

Inside

Togo

At Eternity's Gate

Antichrist

The Last Temptation of Christ
Production Credits
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