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Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

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Born July 22, 1955, 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (62)
  • 2024Can Creativity Save the World? — Self
  • 2024Jesus Goes to Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024Nosferatu: An Inside Look — Self
  • 2022Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus — Self / Grand Duc
  • 2022Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone — Self
  • Mostra, Venise — Self
  • 2022Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious — Self
  • 2022Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home — Self
  • Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue — Self
  • 2021Maresco / Pasolini — Self
  • 2021Why Are We (Not) Creative? — Self
  • 2020Sportin' Life — Self
  • 2020The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale — Self
  • Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen — Self
  • 2020Wim Wenders, Desperado — Self
  • 2019Love, Antosha — Self
  • 2018Brothers in Arms — Self
  • 2018Friedkin Uncut — Self
  • 2018Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project — Self
  • 2017Ballad of a Righteous Merchant — Self
  • 2017Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait — Self
  • NHK WORLD PRIME — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2017Piazza Vittorio — Himself
  • 2016Mind the Gap — Self
  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
  • 2015Don't F*#% With John Wick — Self
  • Hot Ones — Self
  • 2015John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry — Self
  • 2015The Making of A Most Wanted Man — Self
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
  • Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
  • 2012Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic — Self
  • Conan — Self - Guest
  • 2010The Making of Daybreakers — Self
  • 2007Cannes: All Access — Self
  • 2007On the Set: Spider-Man 3 — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • 2007Voom Portraits — Self
  • 2005Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal — Self
  • 2005On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' — Self / Klaus D.
  • 2005This Is an Adventure — Self
  • 2004Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man' — Self
  • Kulturplatz — Self
  • 2004The Misbehavers — Self
  • 2003Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' — Self
  • 2003Overnight — Self
  • 2003Rockets Redglare! — Self
  • 2002Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' — Self
  • 2002Spider-Mania — Self
  • 2002The Spider-Man Story — Self
  • 2001A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' — Self
  • The Directors — Self
  • The Daily Show — Self - Guest
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • 1992Blast 'Em — Self (uncredited)
  • Fishing with John — Self
  • 1988Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • The Oscars — Self, Self - Presenter
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