Willem Dafoe
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-07-22
Place of Birth
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Willem Dafoe
Biography
William James "Willem" Dafoe 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).
Also Known For
Finding Nemo
May 30, 2003
Inside Man
Mar 17, 2006
The English Patient
Nov 14, 1996
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Dec 10, 2004
Wild at Heart
Aug 17, 1990
Basquiat
Aug 09, 1996
Spider-Man
May 01, 2002
Spider-Man 3
May 01, 2007
Spider-Man 2
Jun 25, 2004
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Mar 22, 2007
American Psycho
Apr 13, 2000
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Sep 11, 2003
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
Sep 02, 2014
Body of Evidence
Jan 15, 1993
Mississippi Burning
Dec 08, 1988
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Jun 13, 1997
Pet Shop Days
Sep 03, 2023
Paris Je T'aime
Jun 21, 2006
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Oct 14, 2009
eXistenZ
Apr 14, 1999
Manderlay
Jun 03, 2005
Born on the Fourth of July
Dec 20, 1989
The Clearing
Jul 02, 2004
Faraway, So Close!
Sep 01, 1993
Heaven's Gate
Nov 19, 1980
Shadow of the Vampire
Aug 30, 2000
The Last Temptation of Christ
May 28, 1988
Asteroid City
Jun 08, 2023
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Nov 24, 2009
New Rose Hotel
Mar 19, 1999
xXx: State of the Union
Apr 27, 2005
Fireflies in the Garden
Aug 07, 2008
The Boondock Saints
Jan 22, 1999
The Hunger
Apr 29, 1983
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Oct 23, 2009
Affliction
Dec 30, 1997
Cry-Baby
Apr 06, 1990
American Dreamz
Mar 04, 2006
The Reckoning
Feb 26, 2004
Clear and Present Danger
Aug 03, 1994
Animal Factory
Oct 13, 2000
The Walker
Feb 13, 2007
Control
Dec 07, 2004
To Live and Die in L.A.
Nov 01, 1985
The Legend of Ochi
Apr 18, 2025
Farewell
Sep 23, 2009
Auto Focus
Oct 18, 2002
Anamorph
Sep 21, 2007
Light Sleeper
Aug 21, 1992
The Loveless
Jan 20, 1984
Streets of Fire
Jun 01, 1984
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Oct 01, 1987
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Jul 08, 2010
Bullfighter
Oct 01, 2000
Off Limits
Mar 11, 1988
Miral
Sep 15, 2010
Victory
Dec 13, 1996
Ripley Under Ground
Nov 06, 2005
Antichrist
May 20, 2009
Tom & Viv
Apr 15, 1994
Edges of the Lord
Oct 12, 2001
Adam Resurrected
Aug 08, 2008
John Carter
Mar 07, 2012
Flight of the Intruder
Jan 18, 1991
White Sands
Apr 24, 1992
Daybreakers
Jan 06, 2010
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Sep 04, 2024
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Dec 20, 2019
Brothers in Arms
Nov 13, 2018
Before It Had a Name
Sep 10, 2005
The Dust of Time
Nov 22, 2008
Go Go Tales
May 23, 2007
Pavilion of Women
Apr 20, 2001
The Hunter
Oct 06, 2011
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
Jan 01, 1999
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Mar 23, 2012
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Feb 26, 2014
Tomorrow You're Gone
Oct 31, 2012
Roadhouse 66
Aug 31, 1984
A Woman
Sep 04, 2010
Inside
Mar 09, 2023
A Most Wanted Man
Jul 25, 2014
The Night and the Moment
Jul 05, 1995
Out of the Furnace
Nov 12, 2013
The Wild One
May 10, 2023
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Feb 03, 2015
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Feb 03, 2015
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Oct 20, 2021
Saving Norman
May 25, 2013
Love's Routine
Jun 19, 2013
The Smile Man
Jun 15, 2013
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
May 09, 2005
Il coraggio di essere Franco
May 18, 2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
May 03, 2022
Odd Thomas
Jan 29, 2013
The Fault in Our Stars
May 16, 2014
Rockets Redglare!
May 02, 2003
John Wick
Oct 22, 2014
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Dec 25, 2013
Finding Satoshi
Jan 21, 2022
Bad Country
Sep 26, 2014
The Aviator
Dec 17, 2004
Gonzo Girl
Sep 07, 2023
Pasolini
Sep 25, 2014
Poor Things
Dec 07, 2023
Finally Dawn
Feb 14, 2024
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Nov 05, 2019
The Procedure
Aug 01, 2007
White Homeland Commando
Mar 04, 1993
Kinds of Kindness
May 30, 2024
The Man in My Basement
Triumph of the Spirit
Dec 08, 1989
The Great Wall
Dec 16, 2016
The Misbehavers
Dec 04, 2004
American Nails
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Nov 28, 2022
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Jan 16, 2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Nov 20, 2022
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Feb 27, 2015
Saturday Night
Sep 27, 2024
My Hindu Friend
Mar 03, 2016
Dog Eat Dog
Nov 04, 2016
A Family Man
Sep 13, 2016
Late Fame
Aug 28, 2025
Tenzing
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
May 10, 2010
New York Nights
Mar 01, 1984
Mind the Gap
Feb 17, 2016
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Dec 15, 2002
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Mar 13, 2015
Finding Dory
Jun 16, 2016
Death Note
Aug 25, 2017
Tropico
The Florida Project
Oct 06, 2017
What Happened to Monday
Aug 18, 2017
Aquaman
Dec 07, 2018
Murder on the Orient Express
Nov 03, 2017
The Birthday Party
Aug 07, 2025
Interior (The Spectator)
Oct 21, 2023
Lulu on the Bridge
Sep 06, 1998
Siberia
Jul 02, 2020
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
May 05, 2017
Mountain
Nov 30, 2017
Father
Oct 25, 2016
This Is an Adventure
May 10, 2005
At Eternity's Gate
Nov 15, 2018
Opus Zero
Dec 28, 2018
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
May 08, 2005
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Jan 01, 2001
Platoon
Dec 19, 1986
The Lighthouse
Oct 18, 2019
Motherless Brooklyn
Oct 31, 2019
O Panama
Jan 01, 1985
Manou the Swift
Jan 25, 2019
The Last Thing He Wanted
Feb 14, 2020
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Dec 02, 2003
Cannes: All Access
Oct 27, 2007
Vox Lux
Sep 07, 2018
Piazza Vittorio
Sep 09, 2017
Nelson Algren Live
Jun 04, 2016
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Sep 12, 2003
Tommaso
Jan 08, 2020
The French Dispatch
Oct 21, 2021
Voom Portraits
Oct 01, 2007
Love, Antosha
Aug 02, 2019
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Jan 15, 2005
Brace Up!
Apr 01, 1993
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Aug 01, 2017
Togo
Dec 20, 2019
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Feb 20, 2018
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Nov 26, 2020
Nightmare Alley
Dec 02, 2021
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Oct 08, 2004
The Making of Daybreakers
May 11, 2010
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
Feb 28, 2020
North on Evers
Jan 01, 1992
The Card Counter
Sep 03, 2021
Atalanta Strategy
Jan 01, 1984
The Northman
Apr 07, 2022
Abel/Asia
Jan 01, 1998
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Sep 12, 2012
Rhyme 'Em to Death
Jan 01, 1993
Friedkin Uncut
Nov 05, 2018
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Mar 30, 2018
Overnight
Jun 12, 2003
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Jul 16, 2020
Sportin' Life
Sep 06, 2020
The Benaki Museum
Dec 26, 2013
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Jul 24, 2022
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Jan 14, 2020
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ
Oct 07, 1988
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Mar 18, 2021
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Apr 20, 2002
Sanctuary
Jan 28, 2017
Spider-Mania
Apr 30, 2002
Maresco / Pasolini
May 05, 2021
To Each His Own Cinema
Oct 31, 2007
Dead for a Dollar
Sep 30, 2022
River
Sep 03, 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Dec 15, 2021
The Spider-Man Story
Jun 08, 2002
run 002
Oct 19, 2024
Sculpt
Aug 16, 2016
Nosferatu
Dec 25, 2024
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Dec 25, 2024
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Dec 30, 2024
The Sleeping Shepherd
The Souffleur
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Dec 07, 2004
Wrong Guys
Jan 01, 1997
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Jun 01, 2004
Zero
Apr 11, 2025
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Dec 25, 2013
The Phoenician Scheme
May 23, 2025
Can Creativity Save the World?
Apr 18, 2024
Da Suisa - Tributo
Apr 19, 2024
Cuddle
A Christmas Carol
Grande Envie
May 19, 2025
Avrio Vrady
Jun 13, 2025
Werwulf
Dec 25, 2026
Willem Dafoe
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
The Colbert Report
Oct 17, 2005
The Hitchhiker
Nov 01, 1983
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sep 28, 1997
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Wintergasten
Dec 28, 2007
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Kingdom
Nov 24, 1994
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Fishing with John
Nov 20, 1991
The Directors
Jan 01, 1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Sep 20, 2022
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
NHK WORLD PRIME
Oct 07, 2017
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Feb 06, 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Kulturplatz
Sep 01, 2004
Mostra, Venise
Sep 01, 2022
Conan
Nov 08, 2010
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Dec 31, 2020
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014