Willem Dafoe
Born 1955
William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/ də-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 a Volpi Cup Award for Best Actor, with nominations for four Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. He received an Honorary Gold…
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Werwulf(2026)
Late Fame(2026)
as Ed Saxberger
The Birthday Party(2026)
as Marcos Timoleon
The Resurrection of Christ(2026)
The Souffleur(2026)
as Lucius
Pet Shop Days(2025)
as Francis
The Man in My Basement(2025)
as Anniston Bennett
Avrio Vrady(2025)
as Dancing man
The Phoenician Scheme(2025)
as Knave
Grande Envie(2025)
as Count
The Legend of Ochi(2025)
as Maxim
Zero(2025)
as (voice)
Nosferatu: An Inside Look(2024)
as Self
Nosferatu(2024)
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Jesus Goes to Hollywood(2024)
as Self (archive footage)
run 002(2024)
Saturday Night(2024)
as David Tebet
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice(2024)
as Jackson
Kinds of Kindness(2024)
as Raymond / George / Omi
Can Creativity Save the World?(2024)
as Self
Finally Dawn(2024)
as Rufo Priori
Poor Things(2023)
as Godwin Baxter
Interior (The Spectator)(2023)
as Narrator
Willem Dafoe(2023)
Gonzo Girl(2023)
as Walker Reade
Asteroid City(2023)
as Saltzburg Keitel
The Wild One(2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Inside(2023)
as Nemo
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone(2022)
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus(2022)
as Self / Grand Duc
Dead for a Dollar(2022)
as Joe Cribbens
7 Deaths of Maria Callas(2022)
as Film Actor
Il coraggio di essere Franco(2022)
as Sé stesso
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home(2022)
as Self
The Northman(2022)
as Heimir the Fool
Finding Satoshi(2022)
as Narrator
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious(2022)
as Self
Spider-Man: No Way Home(2021)In catalog
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Nightmare Alley(2021)
as Clem Hoatley
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun(2021)
as Albert 'the Abacus'
Why Are We (Not) Creative?(2021)
as Self
The Card Counter(2021)
as Gordo
River(2021)
as Narrator
Maresco / Pasolini(2021)
as Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League(2021)
as Vulko
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die(2020)
as Self
Sportin' Life(2020)
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado(2020)
as Self
Siberia(2020)
as Clint
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago(2020)
The Last Thing He Wanted(2020)
as Richard McMahon
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale(2020)
as Self
Tommaso(2020)
as Tommaso
Togo(2019)
as Leonhard Seppala
Vincent van Gogh Superstar(2019)
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Motherless Brooklyn(2019)
as Paul Randolph
The Lighthouse(2019)
as Thomas Wake
Love, Antosha(2019)
as Self
Manou the Swift(2019)
as Manou's Father (voice)
Opus Zero(2018)
as Paul
Aquaman(2018)
as Nuidis Vulko
At Eternity's Gate(2018)
as Vincent van Gogh
Brothers in Arms(2018)
as Self
Friedkin Uncut(2018)
as Self
Vox Lux(2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci(2018)
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project(2018)
as Self
Mountain(2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Murder on the Orient Express(2017)
as Gerhard Hardman
The Florida Project(2017)
as Bobby
Piazza Vittorio(2017)
as Himself
Death Note(2017)
as Ryuk (voice)
What Happened to Monday(2017)
as Terrence Settman
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant(2017)
as Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait(2017)
as Self
Sanctuary(2017)
as Narrator
The Great Wall(2016)
as Ballard
Dog Eat Dog(2016)
as Mad Dog
Father(2016)
as James Verdun
A Family Man(2016)
as Ed Blackridge
Sculpt(2016)
Finding Dory(2016)
as Gill (voice)
Nelson Algren Live(2016)
as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
My Hindu Friend(2016)
as Diego Fairman
Mind the Gap(2016)
as Self
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story(2015)
as Narrator
The Making of A Most Wanted Man(2015)
as Self
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry(2015)
as Self
Don't F*#% With John Wick(2015)
as Self
John Wick(2014)
as Marcus
Bad Country(2014)
as Bud Carter
Pasolini(2014)
as Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Film
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg(2014)
as (archive footage)
A Most Wanted Man(2014)
as Tommy Brue
The Fault in Our Stars(2014)
as Peter van Houten
The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)
as Jopling
The Benaki Museum(2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II(2013)
as L
Out of the Furnace(2013)
as John Petty
- Film
Love's Routine(2013)
as Barry
The Smile Man(2013)
as Willem
- Film
Saving Norman(2013)
as Lionel Pembrooke
Odd Thomas(2013)
as Wyatt Porter
Tomorrow You're Gone(2012)
as The Buddha
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic(2012)
as Self
4:44 Last Day on Earth(2012)
as Cisco
John Carter(2012)
as Tars Tarkas
The Hunter(2011)
as Martin David
Miral(2010)
as Eddie
A Woman(2010)
as Max Oliver
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done(2010)
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
The Making of Daybreakers(2010)
as Self
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World(2010)
as Narrator
Daybreakers(2010)
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day(2009)
as Paul Smecker (uncredited)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant(2009)
as Gavner Purl
Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)
as Rat (voice)
Farewell(2009)
as Feeney
Antichrist(2009)
as He
The Dust of Time(2008)
as A
Adam Resurrected(2008)
as Commandat Klein
Fireflies in the Garden(2008)
as Charles Waechter
Go Go Tales(2008)
as Ray Ruby
To Each His Own Cinema(2007)
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access(2007)
as Self
Voom Portraits(2007)
as Self
Anamorph(2007)
as Stan Aubray
- Film
The Procedure(2007)
as Christopher
Spider-Man 3(2007)
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Mr. Bean's Holiday(2007)
as Carson Clay
The Walker(2007)
as Larry Lockner
Paris Je T'aime(2006)
as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
Inside Man(2006)
as John Darius
American Dreamz(2006)
as Chief of Staff
Ripley Under Ground(2005)
as Neil Murchison
Before It Had a Name(2005)
as Leslie
Manderlay(2005)
as Grace's Father
This Is an Adventure(2005)
as Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal(2005)
as Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood(2005)
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
xXx: State of the Union(2005)
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'(2005)
as Self / Klaus D.
The Aviator(2004)
as Roland Sweet
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou(2004)
as Klaus Daimler
Control(2004)
as Dr. Michael Copeland
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart(2004)
- Film
The Misbehavers(2004)
as Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate(2004)
as Narrator (voice)
The Clearing(2004)
as Arnold Mack
Spider-Man 2(2004)
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'(2004)
as Self
The Reckoning(2004)
as Martin
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'(2003)
as Self
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty(2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico(2003)
as Armando Barillo
Overnight(2003)
as Self
Finding Nemo(2003)
as Gill (voice)
Rockets Redglare!(2003)
as Self
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure(2002)
as Hunter (voice)
Auto Focus(2002)
as John Carpenter
- Film
The Spider-Man Story(2002)
as Self
Spider-Man(2002)
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Mania(2002)
as Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'(2002)
as Self
Edges of the Lord(2001)
as Priest
Pavilion of Women(2001)
as Father Andre
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'(2001)
as Self
Animal Factory(2000)
as Earl Copen
Bullfighter(2000)
as Father Ramirez
Shadow of the Vampire(2000)
as Max Schreck
American Psycho(2000)
as Donald Kimball
eXistenZ(1999)
as Gas
New Rose Hotel(1999)
as X
The Boondock Saints(1999)
as Paul Smecker
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle(1999)
as Narrator
Lulu on the Bridge(1998)
as Dr. Van Horn
Affliction(1998)
as Rolfe Whitehouse
Speed 2: Cruise Control(1997)
as Geiger
- Film
Wrong Guys(1997)
as Jack Straw
Victory(1996)
as Axel Heyst
The English Patient(1996)
as David Caravaggio
Basquiat(1996)
as The Electrician
The Night and the Moment(1995)
as Lo scrittore
Clear and Present Danger(1994)
as John Clark
Tom & Viv(1994)
as Tom Eliot
Faraway, So Close!(1993)
as Emit Flesti
Brace Up!(1993)
as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
White Homeland Commando(1993)
as Karl
Body of Evidence(1993)
as Frank Dulaney
Rhyme 'Em to Death(1993)
Light Sleeper(1992)
as John LeTour
White Sands(1992)
as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
North on Evers(1992)
Flight of the Intruder(1991)
as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Wild at Heart(1990)
as Bobby Peru
Cry-Baby(1990)
as Hateful Guard
Born on the Fourth of July(1989)
as Charlie
Triumph of the Spirit(1989)
as Salamo Arouch
Mississippi Burning(1988)
as Agent Alan Ward
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ(1988)
as Self
The Last Temptation of Christ(1988)
as Jesus
Off Limits(1988)
as Buck McGriff
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam(1987)
as Elephant Grass (voice)
Platoon(1986)
as Sergeant Elias Grodin
To Live and Die in L.A.(1985)
as Rick Masters
O Panama(1985)
Roadhouse 66(1984)
as Johnny Harte
Streets of Fire(1984)
as Raven Shaddock
New York Nights(1984)
as Boyfriend
The Loveless(1984)
as Vance
Atalanta Strategy(1984)
as Immigration Staff
The Hunger(1983)
as 2nd Phone Booth Youth
Heaven's Gate(1980)
as Willy (uncredited)
- Film
Tropico
as Raymond
- Film
Tenzing
as Colonel John Hunt
The Sleeping Shepherd
- Film
Time Out
- Film
A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Cuddle
as Dante
