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Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe, born as William James Dafoe in Appleton, Wisconsin, is a renowned American actor. Recognized for his distinctive style spanning both mainstream and arthouse films, he has received numerous accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, four Academy Award nominations, a BAFTA Award nomination, four Golden Globe nominations, four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Dafoe collaborated with notable filmmakers like Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers, and was a founding member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group.
Dafoe started his film career with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980), followed by critical acclaim for his roles in movies like Platoon (1986), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also portrayed Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and was widely celebrated for his role as the supervillain Norman Osborn in the Spider-Man series. His other notable films include Mississippi Burning, Born on the Fourth of July, Wild at Heart, and Light Sleeper. Despite his prolific career, Dafoe maintains his connection with theater and is one of the co-founders of The Wooster Group, an experimental theater enterprise.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: William James Dafoe
Born: Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.
Citizenship: United States, Italy
Birthday: July 22, 1955
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1975-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Giada Colagrande
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Awards and Nominations Received by Willem Dafoe
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Movies Featuring Willem Dafoe
John Wick
Aquaman
Tales from Earthsea
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Platoon
The English Patient
To Live and Die in L.A.
The Lighthouse
The Florida Project
The Last Thing He Wanted
The Great Wall
Mr. Bean's Vacation
Asteroid City
Vox Lux
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Pasolini
Tommaso
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Antichrist
My Hindu Friend
At Eternity's Gate
Siberia
The Northman
Shadow of the Vampire
Inside
The Hunter
Light Sleeper
Auto Focus
Mountain
Nightmare Alley
The Clearing
The Reckoning
The Card Counter
The Last Temptation of Christ
Daybreakers
Pavilion of Women
Nymphomaniac: Volume II
Miral
Mississippi Burning
Adam Resurrected
Togo
Motherless Brooklyn
Out of the Furnace
Dead for A Dollar
John Carter
Murder on the Orient Express
Streets of Fire
Body of Evidence
What Happened to Monday
Death Note
New Rose Hotel
Clear and Present Danger
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
The Fault in Our Stars
xXx: State of the Union
A Family Man
The Boondock Saints
Friedkin Uncut
River
Swift
White Sands
The Loveless
The Boy and the Heron
Poor Things
Kinds of Kindness
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Nosferatu
The Legend of Ochi
The Phoenician Scheme
Finally Dawn
A Woman
Bob Wilson’s Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
The Smile Man
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Saving Norman
The Benaki Museum
Nymphomaniac
Love’s Routine
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Don’t F*#% With John Wick
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
My Hindu Friend
Mind the Gap
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Father
Piazza Vittorio
Opus Zero
Sanctuary
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Celebrating Marvel’s Stan Lee
Bullfighter
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting ‘Platoon’
Edges of the Lord
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of ‘Spider-Man’
The Spider-Man Story
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Brothers in Arms
Manou the Swift
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Tommaso
Behind the Scenes of ‘Spider-Man’
On the Set: ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’
Before It Had a Name
Voom Portraits
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Counterfeit World: Making ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’
Matthew Gray Gubler’s Life Aquatic Intern Journal
This Is an Adventure
Ripley Under Ground
Mr. Bean’s Holiday
Cannes: All Access
Go Go Tales
Flight of the Intruder
To Each His Own Cinema
North on Evers
Atalanta Strategy
Roadhouse 66
O Panama
New York Nights
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Triumph of the Spirit
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago
Sportin’ Life
Maresco / Pasolini
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Finding Satoshi
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Off Limits
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
The Wild One
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Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Tom & Viv
White Homeland Commando
Brace Up!
Lulu on the Bridge
Fireflies in the Garden
Rhyme ’Em to Death
The Night and the Moment
The Dust of Time
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Grande Envie
Willem Dafoe
Avrio Vrady
Can Creativity Save the World?
Gonzo Girl
Abel/Asia
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
The Man in My Basement
Career Timeline
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2025
The Legend of Ochi
Maxim
The Phoenician Scheme
Knave
Finally Dawn
Rufus Priori
Grande Envie
Count
Willem Dafoe
Avrio Vrady
Dancing man
The Man in My Basement
Anniston Bennet
2024
Kinds of Kindness
Raymond, George, Omi
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Wolf Jackson
Nosferatu
Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Self
2023
Asteroid City
Inside
Nemo
River
Narrator
The Boy and the Heron
Poor Things
Godwin Baxter
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
Gonzo Girl
Walker Reade
2022
The Northman
Heimir the Fool
Dead for A Dollar
Joe Cribbens
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Self
Finding Satoshi
Narrator
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self
The Wild One
Narrator (voice)
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Grand Duc
2021
Siberia
Clint
Nightmare Alley
Clem Hoatley
The Card Counter
Gordo
Maresco / Pasolini
Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
2020
The Last Thing He Wanted
Dick McMahon
Tommaso
Tommaso
My Hindu Friend
Diego Fairman
Swift
Yves
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
Self
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Film Actor
Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago
Sportin’ Life
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
2019
The Lighthouse
Thomas Wake
Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Togo
Leonhard Seppala
Motherless Brooklyn
Paul Randolph
Friedkin Uncut
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Celebrating Marvel’s Stan Lee
Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage)
Manou the Swift
Manou's Father (voice)
Tommaso
Tommaso
2018
Aquaman
Vulko
Vox Lux
At Eternity's Gate
Vincent van Gogh
Mountain
Narrator
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
Self
Brothers in Arms
Self
2017
The Florida Project
Bobby
The Great Wall
Murder on the Orient Express
Gerhard Hardman
What Happened to Monday
Death Note
A Family Man
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
Piazza Vittorio
Himself
Opus Zero
Paul
Sanctuary
Narrator
2015
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Self
Don’t F*#% With John Wick
Self
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
Narrator
My Hindu Friend
Diego Fairman
2014
John Wick
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Nymphomaniac: Volume II
The Fault in Our Stars
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel
Self / Jopling
2013
Out of the Furnace
The Smile Man
Willem
Saving Norman
Lionel Pembrooke
The Benaki Museum
Narrator (voice)
Love’s Routine
Barry
2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth
The Hunter
John Carter
Bob Wilson’s Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Self
2010
Tales from Earthsea
Daybreakers
A Woman
Max Oliver
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Narrator
2007
Mr. Bean's Vacation
Voom Portraits
Self
Mr. Bean’s Holiday
Carson Clay
Cannes: All Access
Self
Go Go Tales
Ray Ruby
To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
2005
xXx: State of the Union
On the Set: ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’
Self / Klaus D.
Before It Had a Name
Leslie
Matthew Gray Gubler’s Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
This Is an Adventure
Self
Ripley Under Ground
Neil Murchison
2004
The Clearing
The Reckoning
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Behind the Scenes of ‘Spider-Man’
Self
2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Counterfeit World: Making ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’
Self
2002
Auto Focus
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of ‘Spider-Man’
Self
The Spider-Man Story
Self
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Hunter (voice)
1993
Body of Evidence
White Homeland Commando
Karl
Brace Up!
Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
Rhyme ’Em to Death
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