Birthday
1955/07/22 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Also know 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
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 Sch...Read more
(2003) Finding Nemo
as Gill (voice)
(2006) Inside Man
as John Darius
(1996) The English Patient
as David Caravaggio
(2004) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Klaus Daimler
(1990) Wild at Heart
as Bobby Peru
(1996) Basquiat
as The Electrician
(2002) Spider-Man
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
(2007) Spider-Man 3
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
(2004) Spider-Man 2
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
(2007) Mr. Bean's Holiday
as Carson Clay
(2000) American Psycho
as Donald Kimball
(2003) Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Armando Barillo
(2014) SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
as (archive footage)
(1993) Body of Evidence
as Frank Dulaney
(1988) Mississippi Burning
as Agent Alan Ward
(1997) Speed 2: Cruise Control
as Geiger
(2023) Pet Shop Days
as Francis
(2006) Paris Je T'aime
as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
(2009) Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Rat (voice)
(1999) eXistenZ
as Gas
(2005) Manderlay
as Grace's Father
(1989) Born on the Fourth of July
as Charlie
(2004) The Clearing
as Arnold Mack
(1993) Faraway, So Close!
as Emit Flesti
(1980) Heaven's Gate
as Willy (uncredited)
(2000) Shadow of the Vampire
as Max Schreck
(1988) The Last Temptation of Christ
as Jesus
(2023) Asteroid City
as Saltzburg Keitel
(2009) The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
as Paul Smecker (uncredited)
(1999) New Rose Hotel
as X
(2005) xXx: State of the Union
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
(2008) Fireflies in the Garden
as Charles Waechter
(1999) The Boondock Saints
as Paul Smecker
(1983) The Hunger
as 2nd Phone Booth Youth
(2009) Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
as Gavner Purl
(1998) Affliction
as Rolfe Whitehouse
(1990) Cry-Baby
as Hateful Guard
(2006) American Dreamz
as Chief of Staff
(2004) The Reckoning
as Martin
(1994) Clear and Present Danger
as John Clark
(2000) Animal Factory
as Earl Copen
(2007) The Walker
as Larry Lockner
(2004) Control
as Dr. Michael Copeland
(1985) To Live and Die in L.A.
as Eric Masters
(2025) The Legend of Ochi
as Maxim
(2009) Farewell
as Feeney
(2002) Auto Focus
as John Carpenter
(2007) Anamorph
as Stan Aubray
(1992) Light Sleeper
as John LeTour
(1984) The Loveless
as Vance
(1984) Streets of Fire
as Raven Shaddock
(1987) Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Elephant Grass (voice)
(2010) My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
(2000) Bullfighter
as Father Ramirez
(1988) Off Limits
as Buck McGriff
(2010) Miral
as Eddie
(1996) Victory
as Axel Heyst
(2005) Ripley Under Ground
as Neil Murchison
(2009) Antichrist
as He
(1994) Tom & Viv
as Tom Eliot
(2001) Edges of the Lord
as Priest
(2008) Adam Resurrected
as Commandat Klein
(2012) John Carter
as Tars Tarkas
(1991) Flight of the Intruder
as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
(1992) White Sands
as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
(2010) Daybreakers
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
(2024) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Jackson
(2019) Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as Self / Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (archive footage)
(2018) Brothers in Arms
as Self
(2005) Before It Had a Name
as Leslie
(2008) The Dust of Time
as A
(2007) Go Go Tales
as Ray Ruby
(2001) Pavilion of Women
as Father Andre
(2011) The Hunter
as Martin David
(1999) Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
as Narrator
(2012) 4:44 Last Day on Earth
as Cisco
(2014) The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Jopling
(2012) Tomorrow You're Gone
as The Buddha
(1984) Roadhouse 66
as Johnny Harte
(2010) A Woman
as Max Oliver
(2023) Inside
as Nemo
(2014) A Most Wanted Man
as Tommy Brue
(1995) The Night and the Moment
as Lo scrittore
(2013) Out of the Furnace
as John Petty
(2023) The Wild One
as Narrator (voice)
(2015) John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
as Self
(2015) Don't F*#% With John Wick
as Self
(2021) Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self
(2013) Saving Norman
as Lionel Pembrooke
(2013) Love's Routine
as Barry
(2013) The Smile Man
as Willem
(2005) Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
as Self
(2022) Il coraggio di essere Franco
as ---
(2022) Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self
(2013) Odd Thomas
as Wyatt Porter
(2014) The Fault in Our Stars
as Peter van Houten
(2003) Rockets Redglare!
as Self
(2014) John Wick
as Marcus
(2013) Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as L
(2022) Finding Satoshi
as Narrator
(2014) Bad Country
as Bud Carter
(2004) The Aviator
as Roland Sweet
(2023) Gonzo Girl
as Walker Reade
(2014) Pasolini
as Pier Paolo Pasolini
(2023) Poor Things
as Godwin Baxter
(2024) Finally Dawn
as Rufo Priori
(2019) Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
(2007) The Procedure
as Christopher
(1993) White Homeland Commando
as Karl
(2024) Kinds of Kindness
as Raymond / George / Omi
The Man in My Basement
as Anniston Bennett
(1989) Triumph of the Spirit
as Salamo Arouch
(2016) The Great Wall
as Ballard
(2004) The Misbehavers
as Self
American Nails
as ---
(2022) Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
as ---
(2022) Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
as Self
(2022) Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Grand Duc
(2015) The Making of A Most Wanted Man
as Self
(2024) Saturday Night
as David Tebet
(2016) My Hindu Friend
as Diego Fairman
(2016) Dog Eat Dog
as Mad Dog
(2016) A Family Man
as Ed Blackridge
Late Fame
as Ed Saxberger
Tenzing
as Colonel John Hunt
(2010) Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
as Narrator
(1984) New York Nights
as Boyfriend
(2016) Mind the Gap
as Self
(2002) Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
as Hunter (voice)
(2015) Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
as Narrator
(2016) Finding Dory
as Gill (voice)
(2017) Death Note
as Ryuk (voice)
Tropico
as Raymond
(2017) The Florida Project
as Bobby
(2017) What Happened to Monday
as Terrence Settman
(2018) Aquaman
as Nuidis Vulko
(2017) Murder on the Orient Express
as Gerhard Hardman
The Birthday Party
as Marcos Timoleon
(2023) Interior (The Spectator)
as Narrator
(1998) Lulu on the Bridge
as Dr. Van Horn
(2020) Siberia
as Clint
(2017) Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
as Self
(2017) Mountain
as Narrator (voice)
(2016) Father
as James Verdun
(2005) This Is an Adventure
as Self
(2018) At Eternity's Gate
as Vincent van Gogh
(2018) Opus Zero
as Paul
(2005) Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
(2001) A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
as Self
(1986) Platoon
as Sergeant Elias Grodin
(2019) The Lighthouse
as Thomas Wake
(2019) Motherless Brooklyn
as Paul Randolph
(1985) O Panama
as ---
(2019) Manou the Swift
as Manou's Father (voice)
(2020) The Last Thing He Wanted
as Richard McMahon
(2003) Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
as Himself
(2007) Cannes: All Access
as Self
(2018) Vox Lux
as Narrator (voice)
(2017) Piazza Vittorio
as Himself
(2016) Nelson Algren Live
as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
(2003) Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
as ---
(2020) Tommaso
as Tommaso
(2021) The French Dispatch
as Albert 'the Abacus'
(2007) Voom Portraits
as Self
(2019) Love, Antosha
as Self
(2005) On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Klaus D.
(1993) Brace Up!
as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
(2017) Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
(2019) Togo
as Leonhard Seppala
(2018) Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
as ---
(2020) Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self
(2021) Nightmare Alley
as Clem Hoatley
(2004) Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
as Narrator (voice)
(2010) The Making of Daybreakers
as Self
(2020) Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
as ---
(1992) North on Evers
as ---
(2021) The Card Counter
as Gordo
(1984) Atalanta Strategy
as Immigration Staff
(2022) The Northman
as Heimir the Fool
(1998) Abel/Asia
as Self (archival footage)
(2012) Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
as Self
(1993) Rhyme 'Em to Death
as ---
(2018) Friedkin Uncut
as Self
(2018) Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
as ---
(2003) Overnight
as Self
(2020) Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self
(2020) Sportin' Life
as Self
(2013) The Benaki Museum
as Narrator (voice)
(2022) 7 Deaths of Maria Callas
as Film Actor
(2020) The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
as Self
(1988) Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ
as Self
(2021) Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Vulko
(2002) Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
(2017) Sanctuary
as Narrator
(2002) Spider-Mania
as Self
(2021) Maresco / Pasolini
as Self
(2007) To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
(2022) Dead for a Dollar
as Joe Cribbens
(2021) River
as Narrator
(2010) Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
(2002) The Spider-Man Story
as Self
(2024) Zero
as ---
run 002
as ---
(2016) Sculpt
as ---
(2024) Nosferatu
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
(1989) The Simpsons
as The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(2005) The Colbert Report
as ---
(1983) The Hitchhiker
as Jeffrey Hunt
(1997) The Wonderful World of Disney
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2007) Wintergasten
as ---
(1989) The Simpsons
as Commandant (voice)
(1994) The Kingdom
as Grand Duc
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1991) Fishing with John
as Self
(1999) The Directors
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(2015) Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
(2022) Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
as Self
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
(2017) NHK WORLD PRIME
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(2014) Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
(2004) Kulturplatz
as Self
(2022) Mostra, Venise
as Self - "Tapis Rouge" Guest
(2010) Conan
as Self
(2020) Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
as Self
(2014) Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self