Willem Dafoe
Known for: Acting
Born: July 21, 1955 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
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 Golden Bear in 2018. Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Dafoe made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). He is known for collaborating with both mainstream and auteur filmmakers, including Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Sam Raimi, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Andrew Stanton, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. He received Academy Award nominations for playing a compassionate army sergeant in the war drama Platoon (1986), Max Schreck in the mystery film Shadow of the Vampire (2000), a kindly motel manager in the coming-of-age film The Florida Project (2017), and Vincent van Gogh in the biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). His other films credits include To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), The English Patient (1996), American Psycho (2000), Animal Factory (2000), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Antichrist (2009), The Hunter (2011), John Carter (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), John Wick (2014), The Lighthouse (2019), Togo (2019), Poor Things (2023), and Nosferatu (2024). Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He portrayed Norman Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007) and reprised the role in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He has also voiced roles in the animated films Finding Nemo (2003), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and The Boy and the Heron (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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Finding Nemo
Gill (voice)
Inside Man
John Darius
The English Patient
David Caravaggio
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Klaus Daimler
Wild at Heart
Bobby Peru
Basquiat
The Electrician
Spider-Man
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Man 3
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Spider-Man 2
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Carson Clay
American Psycho
Donald Kimball
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Armando Barillo
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
(archive footage)
Body of Evidence
Frank Dulaney
Mississippi Burning
Agent Alan Ward
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Geiger
Pet Shop Days
Francis
Paris Je T'aime
Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Rat (voice)
eXistenZ
Gas
Manderlay
Grace's Father
Born on the Fourth of July
Charlie
The Clearing
Arnold Mack
Faraway, So Close!
Emit Flesti