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Willem Dafoe
- Name: Willem Dafoe
- Birthday: 1955-07-22
- Also known as: Willem DeFoe,William Dafoe, Jr.,William J. Dafoe,윌렘 데포,Γουίλεμ Νταφόε,威廉·达福,William James "Willem" Dafoe,William James Dafoe,ויליאם ג'. "וילם" דפו,וויליאם דפו,威廉·達佛
- Place of birth: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
- Popularity: 42.569
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.
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Legend of Ochi as Maxim | 2025-02-28 |
| Nosferatu as Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz | 2024-12-24 |
| Zero | 2024-09-30 |
| Saturday Night as David Tebet | 2024-09-27 |
| Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Jackson | 2024-09-04 |
| Kinds of Kindness as Raymond / George / Omi | 2024-05-30 |
| Poor Things as Godwin Baxter | 2023-12-07 |
| Interior (The Spectator) as Narrator | 2023-10-21 |
| Gonzo Girl as Walker Reade | 2023-09-07 |
| Pet Shop Days as Francis | 2023-09-03 |
| Finally Dawn as Rufo Priori | 2023-09-01 |
| Asteroid City as Saltzburg Keitel | 2023-06-08 |
| The Wild One as Narrator (voice) | 2023-05-10 |
| Inside as Nemo | 2023-03-09 |
| Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone | 2022-11-28 |
| Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus as Self / Grand Duc | 2022-11-20 |
| Dead for a Dollar as Joe Cribbens | 2022-09-30 |
| 7 Deaths of Maria Callas as Film Actor | 2022-07-24 |
| Il coraggio di essere Franco | 2022-05-18 |
| Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self | 2022-05-03 |
| The Northman as Heimir the Fool | 2022-04-07 |
| Finding Satoshi as Narrator | 2022-01-21 |
| Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious as Self | 2022-01-16 |
| Spider-Man: No Way Home as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | 2021-12-15 |
| Nightmare Alley as Clem Hoatley | 2021-12-02 |
| The French Dispatch as Albert 'the Abacus' | 2021-10-21 |
| Why Are We (Not) Creative? as Self | 2021-10-20 |
| River as Narrator | 2021-09-03 |
| The Card Counter as Gordo | 2021-09-03 |
| Maresco / Pasolini as Self | 2021-05-05 |
| Zack Snyder's Justice League as Vulko | 2021-03-18 |
| Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self | 2020-11-26 |
| Sportin' Life as Self | 2020-09-06 |
| Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self | 2020-07-16 |
| Siberia as Clint | 2020-07-02 |
| Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago | 2020-02-28 |
| The Last Thing He Wanted as Richard McMahon | 2020-02-14 |
| The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale as Self | 2020-01-14 |
| Tommaso as Tommaso | 2020-01-08 |
| Togo as Leonhard Seppala | 2019-12-20 |
| Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage) | 2019-12-20 |
| Vincent van Gogh Superstar as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) | 2019-11-05 |
| Motherless Brooklyn as Paul Randolph | 2019-10-31 |
| The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake | 2019-10-18 |
| Love, Antosha as Self | 2019-08-02 |
| Manou the Swift as Manou's Father (voice) | 2019-01-25 |
| Opus Zero as Paul | 2018-12-28 |
| Aquaman as Nuidis Vulko | 2018-12-07 |
| At Eternity's Gate as Vincent van Gogh | 2018-11-15 |
| Brothers in Arms as Self | 2018-11-13 |
| Friedkin Uncut as Self | 2018-11-05 |
| Vox Lux as Narrator (voice) | 2018-09-07 |
| Theatron. Romeo Castellucci | 2018-03-30 |
| Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project | 2018-02-20 |
| Mountain as Narrator (voice) | 2017-11-30 |
| Murder on the Orient Express as Gerhard Hardman | 2017-11-03 |
| The Florida Project as Bobby | 2017-10-06 |
| Piazza Vittorio as Himself | 2017-09-09 |
| Death Note as Ryuk (voice) | 2017-08-25 |
| What Happened to Monday as Terrence Settman | 2017-08-18 |
| Ballad of a Righteous Merchant as Self | 2017-08-01 |
| Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait as Self | 2017-05-05 |
| Sanctuary as Narrator | 2017-01-28 |
| The Great Wall as Ballard | 2016-12-16 |
| Dog Eat Dog as Mad Dog | 2016-11-04 |
| Father as James Verdun | 2016-10-25 |
| A Family Man as Ed Blackridge | 2016-09-13 |
| Finding Dory as Gill (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
| Nelson Algren Live as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh | 2016-06-04 |
| My Hindu Friend as Diego Fairman | 2016-03-03 |
| Mind the Gap as Self | 2016-02-17 |
| Fukushima: A Nuclear Story as Narrator | 2015-03-13 |
| The Making of A Most Wanted Man as Self | 2015-02-27 |
| Don't F*#% With John Wick as Self | 2015-02-03 |
| John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry as Self | 2015-02-03 |
| John Wick as Marcus | 2014-10-22 |
| Bad Country as Bud Carter | 2014-09-26 |
| Pasolini as Pier Paolo Pasolini | 2014-09-25 |
| SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg as (archive footage) | 2014-09-02 |
| A Most Wanted Man as Tommy Brue | 2014-07-25 |
| The Fault in Our Stars as Peter van Houten | 2014-05-16 |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel as Jopling | 2014-02-26 |
| The Benaki Museum as Narrator (voice) | 2013-12-26 |
| Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as L | 2013-12-25 |
| Out of the Furnace as John Petty | 2013-11-09 |
| Love's Routine as Barry | 2013-06-19 |
| The Smile Man as Willem | 2013-06-15 |
| Saving Norman as Lionel Pembrooke | 2013-05-25 |
| Odd Thomas as Wyatt Porter | 2013-01-29 |
| Tomorrow You're Gone as The Buddha | 2012-10-31 |
| Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic as Self | 2012-09-12 |
| 4:44 Last Day on Earth as Cisco | 2012-03-23 |
| John Carter as Tars Tarkas | 2012-03-07 |
| The Hunter as Martin David | 2011-10-06 |
| Miral as Eddie | 2010-09-15 |
| A Woman as Max Oliver | 2010-09-04 |
| My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Detective Hank Havenhurst | 2010-07-08 |
| The Making of Daybreakers as Self | 2010-05-11 |
| Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World as Narrator | 2010-05-10 |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Daybreakers as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac | 2010-01-06 |
| The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day as Paul Smecker (uncredited) | 2009-11-24 |
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant as Gavner Purl | 2009-10-23 |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox as Rat (voice) | 2009-10-23 |
| Farewell as Feeney | 2009-09-23 |
| Antichrist as He | 2009-05-20 |
| The Dust of Time as A | 2008-11-22 |
| Adam Resurrected as Commandat Klein | 2008-08-08 |
| Fireflies in the Garden as Charles Waechter | 2008-08-07 |
| To Each His Own Cinema as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage) | 2007-10-31 |
| Cannes: All Access as Self | 2007-10-27 |
| Voom Portraits as Self | 2007-10-01 |
| Anamorph as Stan Aubray | 2007-09-21 |
| The Procedure as Christopher | 2007-08-01 |
| Go Go Tales as Ray Ruby | 2007-05-23 |
| Spider-Man 3 as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2007-05-01 |
| Mr. Bean's Holiday as Carson Clay | 2007-03-22 |
| The Walker as Larry Lockner | 2007-02-13 |
| Paris Je T'aime as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) | 2006-06-21 |
| Inside Man as John Darius | 2006-03-17 |
| American Dreamz as Chief of Staff | 2006-03-04 |
| Ripley Under Ground as Neil Murchison | 2005-11-06 |
| Before It Had a Name as Leslie | 2005-09-10 |
| Manderlay as Grace's Father | 2005-06-03 |
| This Is an Adventure as Self | 2005-05-10 |
| Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self | 2005-05-09 |
| Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Willem Dafoe (uncredited) | 2005-05-08 |
| xXx: State of the Union as Gen. George Octavius Deckert | 2005-04-27 |
| On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' as Self / Klaus D. | 2005-01-15 |
| The Aviator as Roland Sweet | 2004-12-17 |
| The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Klaus Daimler | 2004-12-10 |
| Control as Dr. Michael Copeland | 2004-12-07 |
| The Misbehavers as Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate as Narrator (voice) | 2004-10-08 |
| The Clearing as Arnold Mack | 2004-07-02 |
| Spider-Man 2 as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2004-06-25 |
| The Reckoning as Martin | 2004-02-26 |
| Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' as Himself | 2003-12-02 |
| Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | 2003-09-12 |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico as Armando Barillo | 2003-09-11 |
| Overnight as Self | 2003-06-12 |
| Finding Nemo as Gill (voice) | 2003-05-30 |
| Rockets Redglare! as Self | 2003-05-02 |
| Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure as Hunter (voice) | 2002-12-15 |
| Auto Focus as John Carpenter | 2002-10-18 |
| The Spider-Man Story as Self | 2002-06-08 |
| Spider-Man as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2002-05-01 |
| Spider-Mania as Self | 2002-04-30 |
| Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self | 2002-04-20 |
| Edges of the Lord as Priest | 2001-10-12 |
| Pavilion of Women as Father Andre | 2001-04-20 |
| A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' as Self | 2001-01-01 |
| Animal Factory as Earl Copen | 2000-10-13 |
| Bullfighter as Father Ramirez | 2000-10-01 |
| Shadow of the Vampire as Max Schreck | 2000-05-15 |
| American Psycho as Donald Kimball | 2000-04-13 |
| eXistenZ as Gas | 1999-04-14 |
| New Rose Hotel as X | 1999-03-19 |
| The Boondock Saints as Paul Smecker | 1999-01-22 |
| Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle as Narrator | 1999-01-01 |
| Lulu on the Bridge as Dr. Van Horn | 1998-09-06 |
| Affliction as Rolfe Whitehouse | 1998-02-12 |
| Abel/Asia as Self (archival footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Speed 2: Cruise Control as Geiger | 1997-06-13 |
| Victory as Axel Heyst | 1996-12-13 |
| The English Patient as David Caravaggio | 1996-11-14 |
| Basquiat as The Electrician | 1996-08-09 |
| The Night and the Moment as Lo scrittore | 1995-07-05 |
| Clear and Present Danger as John Clark | 1994-08-03 |
| Tom & Viv as Tom Eliot | 1994-04-15 |
| Faraway, So Close! as Emit Flesti | 1993-09-01 |
| Brace Up! as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin | 1993-04-01 |
| White Homeland Commando as Karl | 1993-03-04 |
| Body of Evidence as Frank Dulaney | 1993-01-15 |
| Rhyme 'Em to Death | 1993-01-01 |
| Light Sleeper as John LeTour | 1992-08-21 |
| White Sands as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal | 1992-04-24 |
| North on Evers | 1992-01-01 |
| Flight of the Intruder as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole | 1991-01-18 |
| Wild at Heart as Bobby Peru | 1990-08-17 |
| Cry-Baby as Hateful Guard | 1990-04-06 |
| Born on the Fourth of July as Charlie | 1989-12-20 |
| Triumph of the Spirit as Salamo Arouch | 1989-12-08 |
| Mississippi Burning as Agent Alan Ward | 1988-12-08 |
| Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ as Self | 1988-10-07 |
| The Last Temptation of Christ as Jesus | 1988-05-28 |
| Off Limits as Buck McGriff | 1988-03-11 |
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Elephant Grass (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
| Platoon as Sergeant Elias Gordon | 1986-12-19 |
| To Live and Die in L.A. as Eric Masters | 1985-11-01 |
| O Panama | 1985-01-01 |
| Roadhouse 66 as Johnny Harte | 1984-08-31 |
| Streets of Fire as Raven Shaddock | 1984-06-01 |
| New York Nights as Boyfriend | 1984-03-01 |
| The Loveless as Vance | 1984-01-20 |
| Atalanta Strategy as Immigration Staff | 1984-01-01 |
| The Hunger as 2nd Phone Booth Youth | 1983-04-29 |
| Heaven's Gate as Willy (uncredited) | 1980-11-19 |
