Willem Dafoe
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 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).
Known for
The Simpsons
The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)
The Simpsons
Commandant (voice)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Spider-Man
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Finding Nemo
Gill (voice)
Spider-Man 3
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
American Psycho
Donald Kimball
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Vulko
Nosferatu
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Poor Things
Godwin Baxter
The Phoenician Scheme
Knave
The Oscars
Self
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
John Wick
Marcus
The Kingdom
Grand Duc
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Jackson
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
L
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jopling
The Hitchhiker
Jeffrey Hunt
The Wonderful World of Disney
What Happened to Monday
Terrence Settman
The Legend of Ochi
Maxim
Aquaman
Nuidis Vulko
Platoon
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Clear and Present Danger
John Clark
Togo
Leonhard Seppala
Finding Dory
Gill (voice)
The Northman
Heimir the Fool
Murder on the Orient Express
Gerhard Hardman
The Great Wall
Ballard
John Carter
Tars Tarkas
Spider-Man 2
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Rat (voice)
Kinds of Kindness
Raymond / George / Omi
Werwulf
xXx: State of the Union
Gen. George Octavius Deckert
The Fault in Our Stars
Peter van Houten
Asteroid City
Saltzburg Keitel
The Aviator
Roland Sweet
Off Limits
Buck McGriff
Daybreakers
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
Saturday Night
David Tebet
Inside Man
John Darius
The Lighthouse
Thomas Wake
Animal Factory
Earl Copen
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Armando Barillo
The Boondock Saints
Paul Smecker
eXistenZ
Gas
The English Patient
David Caravaggio
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Albert 'the Abacus'
Anamorph
Stan Aubray
Nightmare Alley
Clem Hoatley
American Dreamz
Chief of Staff
Sportin' Life
Self
The Clearing
Arnold Mack
Antichrist
He
Manderlay
Grace's Father
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Carson Clay
Bad Country
Bud Carter
Death Note
Ryuk (voice)
Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Late Fame
Ed Saxberger
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Geiger
Light Sleeper
John LeTour
Brace Up!
Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
The Directors
Self
The Florida Project
Bobby
Miral
Eddie
Love, Antosha
Self
A Woman
Max Oliver
Tom & Viv
Tom Eliot
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Gavner Purl
Friedkin Uncut
Self
River
Narrator
The Man in My Basement
Anniston Bennett
The Loveless
Vance
Siberia
Clint
Wild at Heart
Bobby Peru
Piazza Vittorio
Himself
Victory
Axel Heyst
Pet Shop Days
Francis
run 002
Adam Resurrected
Commandat Klein
Mississippi Burning
Agent Alan Ward
At Eternity's Gate
Vincent van Gogh
Odd Thomas
Wyatt Porter
The Last Temptation of Christ
Jesus
Motherless Brooklyn
Paul Randolph
Tenzing
Colonel John Hunt
Born on the Fourth of July
Charlie
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Klaus Daimler
Dead for a Dollar
Joe Cribbens
Bullfighter
Father Ramirez
Ripley Under Ground
Neil Murchison
Mountain
Narrator (voice)
NHK WORLD PRIME
Self - Narrator (voice)
Streets of Fire
Raven Shaddock
Cry-Baby
Hateful Guard
Out of the Furnace
John Petty
Gonzo Girl
Walker Reade
Rockets Redglare!
Self
Inside
Nemo
Tommaso
Tommaso
Father
James Verdun
Tropico
Raymond
Zero
(voice)
Heaven's Gate
Willy (uncredited)
Pavilion of Women
Father Andre
Fishing with John
Self
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Paul Smecker
Mostra, Venise
Self
The Card Counter
Gordo
Roadhouse 66
Johnny Harte
Finally Dawn
Rufo Priori
Saving Norman
Lionel Pembrooke
A Family Man
Ed Blackridge
Body of Evidence
Frank Dulaney
The Hunger
2nd Phone Booth Youth
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self
Wrong Guys
Jack Straw
Overnight
Self
American Nails
The Last Thing He Wanted
Richard McMahon
Edges of the Lord
Priest
To Live and Die in L.A.
Rick Masters
A Most Wanted Man
Tommy Brue
Atalanta Strategy
Immigration Staff
Paris Je T'aime
Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
Sculpt
Avrio Vrady
Dancing man
Shadow of the Vampire
Max Schreck
The Souffleur
Lucius
Maresco / Pasolini
Self
Dog Eat Dog
Mad Dog
O Panama
Control
Dr. Michael Copeland
Tomorrow You're Gone
The Buddha
Spider-Mania
Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
Affliction
Rolfe Whitehouse
The Hunter
Martin David
Sanctuary
Narrator
The Sleeping Shepherd
Cuddle
Dante
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
Faraway, So Close!
Emit Flesti
Finding Satoshi
Narrator
New Rose Hotel
X
Go Go Tales
Ray Ruby
Vox Lux
Narrator (voice)
Basquiat
The Electrician
Love's Routine
Barry
Flight of the Intruder
Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Manou the Swift
Manou's Father (voice)
To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
White Sands
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
Fireflies in the Garden
Charles Waechter
This Is an Adventure
Self
Wintergasten
The Reckoning
Martin
New York Nights
Boyfriend
Triumph of the Spirit
Salamo Arouch
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Cisco
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
Lulu on the Bridge
Dr. Van Horn
The Smile Man
Willem
Farewell
Feeney
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Detective Hank Havenhurst
The Spider-Man Story
Self
The Wild One
Narrator (voice)
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
My Hindu Friend
Diego Fairman
The Dust of Time
A
Auto Focus
John Carpenter
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Self
The Birthday Party
Marcos Timoleon
Cannes: All Access
Self
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Self
Opus Zero
Paul
Brothers in Arms
Self
Nelson Algren Live
Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Grand Duc
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Elephant Grass (voice)
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Self
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Self
The Walker
Larry Lockner
The Night and the Moment
Lo scrittore
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Self
Grande Envie
Count
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Film Actor
Voom Portraits
Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
The Making of Daybreakers
Self
Before It Had a Name
Leslie
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ
Self
Il coraggio di essere Franco
Sé stesso
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self
The Misbehavers
Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Klaus D.
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Narrator
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Self
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Hunter (voice)
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Self
Willem Dafoe
North on Evers
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Narrator (voice)
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Self
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Mind the Gap
Self
The Benaki Museum
Narrator (voice)
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Procedure
Christopher
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Narrator
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Self
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Self
Interior (The Spectator)
Narrator
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Self
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
(archive footage)
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
Narrator
Rhyme 'Em to Death
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
White Homeland Commando
Karl
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Daily Show
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Conan
Self
The Colbert Report
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Kulturplatz
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Fractured
Tralalero Tralala