
Willem Dafoe
Attore, Produttore, Sceneggiatore
22 luglio 1955 (70 anni)
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).
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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).
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| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Late Fame · as Ed Saxberger |
| 2025 | The Birthday Party · as Marcos Timoleon |
| 2025 | The Souffleur · as Lucius |
| 2025 | The Man in My Basement · as Anniston Bennett |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme · as Knave |
| 2025 | The Legend of Ochi · as Maxim |
| 2024 | Zero · as (voice) |
| 2024 | Nosferatu · as Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz |
| 2024 | Saturday Night · as David Tebet |
| 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice · as Jackson |
| 2024 | Kinds of Kindness · as Raymond / George / Omi |
| 2023 | Poor Things · as Godwin Baxter |
| 2023 | Gonzo Girl · as Walker Reade |
| 2023 | Pet Shop Days · as Francis |
| 2023 | Finally Dawn · as Rufo Priori |
| 2023 | Asteroid City · as Saltzburg Keitel |
| 2023 | Inside · as Nemo |
| 2022 | The Wild One · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Dead for a Dollar · as Joe Cribbens |
| 2022 | Il coraggio di essere Franco · as Sé Stesso |
| 2022 | The Northman · as Heimir The Fool |
| 2022 | Finding Satoshi · as Narrator |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley · as Clem Hoatley |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home · as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch · as Albert 'the Abacus' |
| 2021 | The Card Counter · as Gordo |
| 2021 | River · as Narrator |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League · as Vulko |
| 2020 | Siberia · as Clint |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted · as Richard Mcmahon |
| 2019 | Togo · as Leonhard Seppala |
| 2019 | Tommaso · as Tommaso |
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn · as Paul Randolph |
| 2019 | Vincent van Gogh Superstar · as Vincent Van Gogh (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The Lighthouse · as Thomas Wake |
| 2019 | Swift · as Manou's Father (voice) |
| 2018 | Vox Lux · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Aquaman · as Nuidis Vulko |
| 2018 | At Eternity's Gate · as Vincent Van Gogh |
| 2017 | Opus Zero · as Paul |
| 2017 | The Florida Project · as Bobby |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Gerhard Hardman |
| 2017 | Mountain · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Death Note · as Ryuk (voice) |
| 2017 | What Happened to Monday · as Terrence Settman |
| 2017 | Piigs · as Narrator |
| 2017 | Do Donkeys Act? · as Narrator |
| 2016 | The Great Wall · as Ballard |
| 2016 | Dog Eat Dog · as Mad Dog |
| 2016 | Padre · as James VerdunSu Plex |
| 2016 | A Family Man · as Ed Blackridge |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Finding Dory · as Gill (voice) |
| 2015 | My Hindu Friend · as Diego FairmanSu Plex |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · as Zylander Quark |
| 2015 | Fukushima: A Nuclear Story · as Narrator |
| 2014 | John Wick · as Marcus |
| 2014 | Bad Country · as Bud Carter |
| 2014 | Pasolini · as Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| 2014 | A Most Wanted Man · as Tommy BrueSu Plex |
| 2014 | The Fault in Our Stars · as Peter Van Houten |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel · as Jopling |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II · as LSu Plex |
| 2013 | Out of the Furnace · as John Petty |
| 2013 | Odd Thomas · as Wyatt PorterSu Plex |
| 2013 | The Smile Man · as Willem |
| 2012 | Tomorrow You're Gone · as The BuddhaSu Plex |
| 2012 | John Carter · as Tars Tarkas |
| 2011 | The Hunter · as Martin David |
| 2011 | 4:44 Last Day on Earth · as Cisco |
| 2010 | A Woman · as Max Oliver |
| 2010 | Miral · as EddieSu Plex |
| 2009 | Daybreakers · as Lionel 'elvis' CormacSu Plex |
| 2009 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day · as Paul Smecker (uncredited) |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox · as Rat (voice) |
| 2009 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant · as Gavner Purl |
| 2009 | Farewell · as Feeney |
| 2009 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done · as Detective Hank Havenhurst |
| 2009 | Antichrist · as He |
| 2008 | Adam Resurrected · as Commandat Klein |
| 2008 | The Dust of Time · as A |
| 2008 | Fireflies in the Garden · as Charles WaechterSu Plex |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema · as (segment "occupations") (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | Anamorph · as Stan Aubray |
| 2007 | The Walker · as Larry Lockner |
| 2007 | Go Go Tales · as Ray Ruby |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 · as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday · as Carson Clay |
| 2006 | Paris, Je T'aime · as Le Cow-Boy (place Des Victoires)Su Plex |
| 2006 | American Dreamz · as Chief Of Staff |
| 2006 | Inside Man · as John Darius |
| 2005 | Ripley Under Ground · as Neil Murchison |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Before It Had a Name · as Leslie |
| 2005 | Manderlay · as Grace's Father |
| 2005 | xXx: State of the Union · as Gen. George Octavius Deckert |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou · as Klaus Daimler |
| 2004 | The Aviator · as Roland Sweet |
| 2004 | Control · as Dr. Michael CopelandSu Plex |
| 2004 | Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood · as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)Su Plex |
| 2004 | The Clearing · as Arnold Mack |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 · as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico · as Armando Barillo |
| 2003 | The Reckoning · as Martin |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo · as Gill (voice) |
| 2002 | Globehunters · as Hunter (voice) |
| 2002 | Auto Focus · as John Carpenter |
| 2002 | Spider-Man · as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn |
| 2001 | Pavilion of Women · as Father Andre |
| 2001 | Edges of the Lord · as Priest |
| 2000 | Bullfighter · as Father RamirezSu Plex |
| 2000 | Shadow of the Vampire · as Max Schreck |
| 2000 | Animal Factory · as Earl CopenSu Plex |
| 2000 | American Psycho · as Donald Kimball |
| 1999 | The Boondock Saints · as Paul SmeckerSu Plex |
| 1999 | eXistenZ · as GasSu Plex |
| 1998 | New Rose Hotel · as X |
| 1998 | ARTE Journal Clips · as Cast |
| 1998 | Lulu on the Bridge · as Dr. Van HornSu Plex |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Affliction · as Rolfe WhitehouseSu Plex |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control · as Geiger |
| 1996 | Victory · as Axel Heyst |
| 1996 | The English Patient · as David Caravaggio |
| 1996 | Basquiat · as The ElectricianSu Plex |
| 1994 | The Night and the Moment · as Lo Scrittore |
| 1994 | The Kingdom (1994) · as Grand Duc |
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger · as John Clark |
| 1994 | Tom & Viv · as Tom Eliot |
| 1993 | Faraway, So Close! · as Emit Flesti |
| 1993 | Body of Evidence · as Frank Dulaney |
| 1992 | White Sands · as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal |
| 1992 | Light Sleeper · as John Letour |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder · as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'tiger' Cole |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart · as Bobby Peru |
| 1990 | Cry-Baby · as Hateful Guard |
| 1989 | Triumph of the Spirit · as Salamo Arouch |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July · as Charlie |
| 1989 | The Simpsons · as Commandant (voice) |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning · as Agent Alan Ward |
| 1988 | American Experience · as Narrator |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ · as Jesus |
| 1988 | Off Limits · as Buck Mcgriff |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam · as Elephant Grass (voice) |
| 1986 | Platoon · as Sergeant Elias Grodin |
| 1985 | To Live and Die in L.A. · as Rick Masters |
| 1984 | Roadhouse 66 · as Johnny Harte |
| 1984 | Streets of Fire · as Raven Shaddock |
| 1983 | New York Nights · as Boyfriend |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker · as Jeffrey Hunt |
| 1983 | The Hunger · as 2nd Phone Booth Youth |
| 1981 | The Loveless · as VanceSu Plex |
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate · as Willy (uncredited)Su Plex |
Tenzing · as Colonel John Hunt |
| 2025 | The Man in My Basement · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die · as Associate Producer |
| 1998 | New Rose Hotel · as Co-Producer |
| 2005 | Before It Had a Name · as Screenplay |







































