Willem Dafoe
Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA — Jul 22 1955
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William James "Willem" Dafoe (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…
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The Simpsons
The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
The Oscars
Self
Spider-Man
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
The Hitchhiker
Jeffrey Hunt
Spider-Man 3
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
The Wonderful World of Disney
Finding Nemo
Gill (voice)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Vulko
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Jackson
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jopling
Aquaman
Nuidis Vulko
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
L
American Psycho
Donald Kimball
The Kingdom
Grand Duc
Poor Things
Godwin Baxter
Spider-Man 2
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
John Wick
Marcus
Kinds of Kindness
Raymond / George / Omi
The Northman
Heimir the Fool
The Directors
Self
Platoon
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Rat (voice)
Nosferatu
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
The Phoenician Scheme
Knave
Saturday Night
David Tebet
The Legend of Ochi
Maxim
Murder on the Orient Express
Gerhard Hardman
The Lighthouse
Thomas Wake
The Great Wall
Ballard
Inside Man
John Darius
The Aviator
Roland Sweet
John Carter
Tars Tarkas
Finding Dory
Gill (voice)
Nightmare Alley
Clem Hoatley
What Happened to Monday
Terrence Settman
Antichrist
He
Asteroid City
Saltzburg Keitel
The English Patient
David Caravaggio
Born on the Fourth of July
Charlie
Togo
Leonhard Seppala
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Albert 'the Abacus'
The Fault in Our Stars
Peter van Houten
NHK WORLD PRIME
Self - Narrator (voice)
xXx: State of the Union
Gen. George Octavius Deckert
Death Note
Ryuk (voice)
Wild at Heart
Bobby Peru
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Carson Clay
Daybreakers
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
The House That Jack Built
Crew
The Last Thing He Wanted
Richard McMahon
The Boondock Saints
Paul Smecker
Clear and Present Danger
John Clark
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Armando Barillo
The Florida Project
Bobby
The Last Temptation of Christ
Jesus
eXistenZ
Gas
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Geiger
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self
Mississippi Burning
Agent Alan Ward
A Family Man
Ed Blackridge
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Klaus Daimler
Inside
Nemo
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Gavner Purl
The Card Counter
Gordo
Paris Je T'aime
Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
Out of the Furnace
John Petty
Werwulf
Heaven's Gate
Willy (uncredited)
Animal Factory
Earl Copen
White Sands
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
Zero
(voice)
Motherless Brooklyn
Paul Randolph
At Eternity's Gate
Vincent van Gogh
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Paul Smecker (uncredited)
Manderlay
Grace's Father
Streets of Fire
Raven Shaddock
Cry-Baby
Hateful Guard
Bad Country
Bud Carter
Odd Thomas
Wyatt Porter
The Hunger
2nd Phone Booth Youth
Body of Evidence
Frank Dulaney
Basquiat
The Electrician
The Reckoning
Martin
Dead for a Dollar
Joe Cribbens
To Live and Die in L.A.
Rick Masters
The Clearing
Arnold Mack
Vox Lux
Narrator (voice)
Wintergasten
Anamorph
Stan Aubray
Pet Shop Days
Francis
Love, Antosha
Self
Affliction
Rolfe Whitehouse
To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
Flight of the Intruder
Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
Shadow of the Vampire
Max Schreck
Mostra, Venise
Self
A Most Wanted Man
Tommy Brue
Auto Focus
John Carpenter
American Dreamz
Chief of Staff
Control
Dr. Michael Copeland
The Hunter
Martin David
Off Limits
Buck McGriff
Mountain
Narrator (voice)
The Walker
Larry Lockner
Miral
Eddie
Overnight
Self
Late Fame
Ed Saxberger
Go Go Tales
Ray Ruby
Tenzing
Colonel John Hunt
Tom & Viv
Tom Eliot
New Rose Hotel
X
The Dust of Time
A
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
Voom Portraits
Self
Fishing with John
Self
Cannes: All Access
Self
Siberia
Clint
Ripley Under Ground
Neil Murchison
Tomorrow You're Gone
The Buddha
Brothers in Arms
Self
The Smile Man
Willem
Victory
Axel Heyst
Fireflies in the Garden
Charles Waechter
Faraway, So Close!
Emit Flesti
Light Sleeper
John LeTour
This Is an Adventure
Self
Triumph of the Spirit
Salamo Arouch
Lulu on the Bridge
Dr. Van Horn
Edges of the Lord
Priest
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Elephant Grass (voice)
Tropico
Raymond
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Detective Hank Havenhurst
Father
James Verdun
Gonzo Girl
Walker Reade
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
Finally Dawn
Rufo Priori
Friedkin Uncut
Self
Love's Routine
Barry
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Klaus D.
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self
Sculpt
Bullfighter
Father Ramirez
Pavilion of Women
Father Andre
The Wild One
Narrator (voice)
Dog Eat Dog
Mad Dog
The Man in My Basement
Anniston Bennett
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Cisco
Manou the Swift
Manou's Father (voice)
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Self
The Birthday Party
Marcos Timoleon
Roadhouse 66
Johnny Harte
The Making of Daybreakers
Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Grand Duc
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
My Hindu Friend
Diego Fairman
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Hunter (voice)
The Souffleur
Lucius
Cuddle
Dante
Time Out
The Night and the Moment
Lo scrittore
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Self
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Narrator
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
The Sleeping Shepherd
Adam Resurrected
Commandat Klein
Tommaso
Tommaso
Spider-Mania
Self
Maresco / Pasolini
Self
New York Nights
Boyfriend
Farewell
Feeney
Finding Satoshi
Narrator
Brace Up!
Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Self
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
The Spider-Man Story
Self
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Self
The Misbehavers
Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Narrator (voice)
Saving Norman
Lionel Pembrooke
River
Narrator
Before It Had a Name
Leslie
A Woman
Max Oliver
Grande Envie
Count
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Self
The Loveless
Vance
Rockets Redglare!
Self
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Self
The Procedure
Christopher
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Self
North on Evers
Atalanta Strategy
Immigration Staff
Opus Zero
Paul
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Self
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Self
Sanctuary
Narrator
Wrong Guys
Jack Straw
White Homeland Commando
Karl
Sportin' Life
Self
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Film Actor
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ
Self
Nelson Algren Live
Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
(archive footage)
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Self
Piazza Vittorio
Himself
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Sé stesso
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Narrator
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
The Benaki Museum
Narrator (voice)
Mind the Gap
Self
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
Narrator
O Panama
Rhyme 'Em to Death
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Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Self
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Willem Dafoe
Avrio Vrady
Dancing man
Interior (The Spectator)
Narrator