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 Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). Dafoe's early career includes credits for The Loveless (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and To Live and Die in ...
Known For
Movies
- Finding Nemo
2003
- Inside Man
2006
- The English Patient
1996
- The Life Aquatic with S...
2004
- Wild at Heart
1990
- Basquiat
1996
- Spider-Man
2002
- Spider-Man 2
2004
- Spider-Man 3
2007
- Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
- American Psycho
2000
- Once Upon a Time in Mex...
2003
- SPYMASTER: John le Carr...
2014
- Body of Evidence
1993
- Mississippi Burning
1988
- Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
- Pet Shop Days
2023
- Paris, je t'aime
2006
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
- eXistenZ
1999
- Manderlay
2005
- Born on the Fourth of J...
1989
- The Clearing
2004
- In weiter Ferne, so nah!
1993
- Heaven's Gate
1980
- Shadow of the Vampire
2000
- The Last Temptation of ...
1988
- Asteroid City
2023
- The Boondock Saints II:...
2009
- New Rose Hotel
1999
- xXx: State of the Union
2005
- Fireflies in the Garden
2008
- The Boondock Saints
1999
- The Hunger
1983
- Cirque du Freak: The Va...
2009
- Affliction
1997
- Cry-Baby
1990
- American Dreamz
2006
- The Reckoning
2004
- Clear and Present Danger
1994
- Animal Factory
2000
- The Walker
2007
- Control
2004
- To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
- The Legend of Ochi
2025
- L'Affaire Farewell
2009
- Auto Focus
2002
- Anamorph
2007
- Light Sleeper
1992
- The Loveless
1984
- Streets of Fire
1984
- Dear America: Letters H...
1987
- My Son, My Son, What Ha...
2010
- Bullfighter
2000
- Off Limits
1988
- Miral
2010
- Victory
1996
- Ripley Under Ground
2005
- Antichrist
2009
- Tom & Viv
1994
- Edges of the Lord
2001
- Adam Resurrected
2008
- John Carter
2012
- Flight of the Intruder
1991
- White Sands
1992
- Daybreakers
2010
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
- Celebrating Marvel's St...
2019
- Brothers in Arms
2018
- Before It Had a Name
2005
- Η Σκόνη του Χρόνου
2008
- Go Go Tales
2007
- Pavilion of Women
2001
- The Hunter
2011
- Forrest Bess: Key to th...
1999
- 4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
- Tomorrow You're Gone
2012
- Roadhouse 66
1984
- A Woman
2010
- Inside
2023
- A Most Wanted Man
2014
- La notte e il momento
1995
- Out of the Furnace
2013
- The Wild One
2023
- John Wick: Calling in t...
2015
- Don't F*#% With John Wi...
2015
- Why Are We (Not) Creati...
2021
- Saving Norman
2013
- The Smile Man
2013
- Love's Routine
2013
- Matthew Gray Gubler's L...
2005
- Il coraggio di essere F...
2022
- Spider-Man: All Roads L...
2022
- Odd Thomas
2013
- The Fault in Our Stars
2014
- Rockets Redglare!
2003
- John Wick
2014
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
- Finding Satoshi
2022
- Bad Country
2014
- The Aviator
2004
- Gonzo Girl
2023
- Pasolini
2014
- Poor Things
2023
- Finalmente l'alba
2024
- Vincent van Gogh Supers...
2019
- The Procedure
2007
- White Homeland Commando
1993
- Kinds of Kindness
2024
- The Man in My Basement
- Triumph of the Spirit
1989
- The Great Wall
2016
- The Misbehavers
2004
- American Nails
- Franco Battiato - La vo...
2022
- Robert Wilson – Die Sch...
2022
- Skabelsen af Riget Exod...
2022
- The Making of A Most Wa...
2015
- Saturday Night
2024
- Meu Amigo Hindu
2016
- Dog Eat Dog
2016
- A Family Man
2016
- Late Fame
- Tenzing
- Into the Deep: America,...
2010
- New York Nights
1984
- Mind the Gap
2016
- Globehunters: An Around...
2002
- A Nuclear Story
2015
- Finding Dory
2016
- Death Note
2017
- Tropico
- The Florida Project
2017
- What Happened to Monday
2017
- Aquaman
2018
- Murder on the Orient Ex...
2017
- The Birthday Party
- Interior (The Spectator)
2023
- Lulu on the Bridge
1998
- Siberia
2020
- Julian Schnabel: A Priv...
2017
- Mountain
2017
- Padre
2016
- This Is an Adventure
2005
- At Eternity's Gate
2018
- Opus Zero
2018
- Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
- A Tour of the Inferno: ...
2001
- Platoon
1986
- The Lighthouse
2019
- Motherless Brooklyn
2019
- O Panama
1985
- Manou the Swift
2019
- The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
- Counterfeit World: Maki...
2003
- Bienvenue à Cannes
2007
- Vox Lux
2018
- Piazza Vittorio
2017
- Nelson Algren Live
2016
- Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
- Tommaso
2020
- The French Dispatch
2021
- Voom Portraits
2007
- Love, Antosha
2019
- On the Set: 'The Life A...
2005
- Brace Up!
1993
- Ballad of a Righteous M...
2017
- Togo
2019
- Under the Rainbow: Maki...
2018
- Babenco - Alguém Tem qu...
2020
- Nightmare Alley
2021
- Final Cut: The Making a...
2004
- The Making of Daybreake...
2010
- Roy's World: Barry Giff...
2020
- North on Evers
1992
- The Card Counter
2021
- Atalanta Strategy
1984
- The Northman
2022
- Abel/Asia
1998
- Bob Wilson's Life & Dea...
2012
- Rhyme 'Em to Death
1993
- Friedkin Uncut
2018
- Theatron. Romeo Castell...
2018
- Overnight
2003
- Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
- Sportin' Life
2020
- The Benaki Museum
2013
- 7 Deaths of Maria Callas
2022
- The Lighthouse: A Dark ...
2020
- Location Production Foo...
1988
- Zack Snyder's Justice L...
2021
- Behind the Ultimate Spi...
2002
- Sanctuary
2017
- Spider-Mania
2002
- Maresco / Pasolini
2021
- Chacun son cinema ou Ce...
2007
- Dead for a Dollar
2022
- River
2021
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
- The Spider-Man Story
2002
- run 002
2024
- Sculpt
2016
- Nosferatu
2024
- Jesus Goes to Hollywood
2024
- Nosferatu: An Inside Lo...
2024
- The Sleeping Shepherd
- The Souffleur
- Love, Death, Elvis & Oz...
2004
- Wrong Guys
1997
- Behind the Scenes of 'S...
2004
- Zero
2025
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013
- The Phoenician Scheme
2025
- Can Creativity Save the...
2024
- Da Suisa - Tributo
2024
- Wick Is Pain
2025
- Cuddle
- A Christmas Carol
TV Shows
- The Simpsons
1989
- Inside the Actors Studio
1994
- The Daily Show
1996
- The Colbert Report
2005
- The Hitchhiker
1983
- The Wonderful World of ...
1997
- The Oscars
1953
- Wintergasten
2007
- The Simpsons
1989
- Riget
1994
- The Graham Norton Show
2007
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- Fishing with John
1991
- The Directors
1999
- The Tonight Show Starri...
1962
- Close Up with The Holly...
2015
- Stasera c’è Cattelan su...
2022
- Late Night with Seth Me...
2014
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- NHK WORLD PRIME
2017
- The Tonight Show Starri...
2014
- Off Camera with Sam Jon...
2014
- Kulturplatz
2004
- Mostra, Venise
2022
- Conan
2010
- Wim Wenders - Von Filme...
2020
- Variety Studio: Actors ...
2014
- The Oscars
1953