Willem Dafoe
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 H...
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Zylander Quark
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Simpsons
The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)
The Simpsons
Commandant (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Filmography
Late Fame
2026
as Ed Saxberger
Tenzing
2026
as Colonel John Hunt
The Birthday Party
2026
as Marcos Timoleon
The Souffleur
2026
as Lucius
Werwulf
2026
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
Pet Shop Days
2025
as Francis
The Legend of Ochi
2025
as Maxim
The Man in My Basement
2025
as Anniston Bennett
Zero
2025
as (voice)
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Knave
Grande Envie
2025
as Count
Avrio Vrady
2025
as Dancing man
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
as Jackson
Finally Dawn
2024
as Rufo Priori
Kinds of Kindness
2024
as Raymond / George / Omi
Saturday Night
2024
as David Tebet
run 002
2024
Nosferatu
2024
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
2024
as Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
as Self
Asteroid City
2023
as Saltzburg Keitel
Inside
2023
as Nemo
The Wild One
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Gonzo Girl
2023
as Walker Reade
Poor Things
2023
as Godwin Baxter
Interior (The Spectator)
2023
as Narrator
Willem Dafoe
2023
Il coraggio di essere Franco
2022
as Sé stesso
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self
Finding Satoshi
2022
as Narrator
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
2022
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022
as Self
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
as Self / Grand Duc
The Northman
2022
as Heimir the Fool
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
2022
as Film Actor
Dead for a Dollar
2022
as Joe Cribbens
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
2022
as Self
Mostra, Venise
2022
as Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
as Self
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Albert 'the Abacus'
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Clem Hoatley
The Card Counter
2021
as Gordo
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Vulko
Maresco / Pasolini
2021
as Self
River
2021
as Narrator
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Siberia
2020
as Clint
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
as Richard McMahon
Tommaso
2020
as Tommaso
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self
Sportin' Life
2020
as Self
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
2020
as Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
The Lighthouse
2019
as Thomas Wake
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as Paul Randolph
Manou the Swift
2019
as Manou's Father (voice)
Love, Antosha
2019
as Self
Togo
2019
as Leonhard Seppala
Brothers in Arms
2018
as Self
Aquaman
2018
as Nuidis Vulko
At Eternity's Gate
2018
as Vincent van Gogh
Opus Zero
2018
as Paul
Vox Lux
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
2018
as Self
Friedkin Uncut
2018
as Self
Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
2018
Death Note
2017
as Ryuk (voice)
The Florida Project
2017
as Bobby
What Happened to Monday
2017
as Terrence Settman
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Gerhard Hardman
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
as Self
Mountain
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Piazza Vittorio
2017
as Himself
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
as Self
Sanctuary
2017
as Narrator
NHK WORLD PRIME
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Great Wall
2016
as Ballard
My Hindu Friend
2016
as Diego Fairman
Dog Eat Dog
2016
as Mad Dog
A Family Man
2016
as Ed Blackridge
Mind the Gap
2016
as Self
Finding Dory
2016
as Gill (voice)
Father
2016
as James Verdun
Nelson Algren Live
2016
as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
Sculpt
2016
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
2015
as Self
Don't F*#% With John Wick
2015
as Self
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015
as Self
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
2015
as Narrator
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Zylander Quark
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
2014
as (archive footage)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Jopling
A Most Wanted Man
2014
as Tommy Brue
The Fault in Our Stars
2014
as Peter van Houten
John Wick
2014
as Marcus
Bad Country
2014
as Bud Carter
Pasolini
2014
as Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Out of the Furnace
2013
as John Petty
Saving Norman
2013
as Lionel Pembrooke
The Smile Man
2013
as Willem
Love's Routine
2013
as Barry
Odd Thomas
2013
as Wyatt Porter
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
as L
The Benaki Museum
2013
as Narrator (voice)
John Carter
2012
as Tars Tarkas
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012
as Cisco
Tomorrow You're Gone
2012
as The Buddha
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
2012
as Self
The Hunter
2011
as Martin David
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
Miral
2010
as Eddie
Daybreakers
2010
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
A Woman
2010
as Max Oliver
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
2010
as Narrator
The Making of Daybreakers
2010
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
as Rat (voice)
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
as Paul Smecker (uncredited)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
as Gavner Purl
Farewell
2009
as Feeney
Antichrist
2009
as He
Fireflies in the Garden
2008
as Charles Waechter
Adam Resurrected
2008
as Commandat Klein
The Dust of Time
2008
as A
Go Go Tales
2008
as Ray Ruby
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
as Carson Clay
The Walker
2007
as Larry Lockner
Anamorph
2007
as Stan Aubray
Ripley Under Ground
2007
as Neil Murchison
The Procedure
2007
as Christopher
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
Voom Portraits
2007
as Self
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
2007
as Self
Wintergasten
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Inside Man
2006
as John Darius
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
American Dreamz
2006
as Chief of Staff
Manderlay
2005
as Grace's Father
xXx: State of the Union
2005
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
Before It Had a Name
2005
as Leslie
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
as Self
This Is an Adventure
2005
as Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
2005
as Self / Klaus D.
The Colbert Report
2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Klaus Daimler
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
The Clearing
2004
as Arnold Mack
The Reckoning
2004
as Martin
Control
2004
as Dr. Michael Copeland
The Aviator
2004
as Roland Sweet
The Misbehavers
2004
as Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
2004
as Self
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
Finding Nemo
2003
as Gill (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
as Armando Barillo
Rockets Redglare!
2003
as Self
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
2003
as Self
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
Overnight
2003
as Self
Spider-Man
2002
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Auto Focus
2002
as John Carpenter
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002
as Hunter (voice)
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
Spider-Mania
2002
as Self
The Spider-Man Story
2002
as Self
Edges of the Lord
2001
as Priest
Pavilion of Women
2001
as Father Andre
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001
as Self
American Psycho
2000
as Donald Kimball
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
as Max Schreck
Animal Factory
2000
as Earl Copen
Bullfighter
2000
as Father Ramirez
eXistenZ
1999
as Gas
New Rose Hotel
1999
as X
The Boondock Saints
1999
as Paul Smecker
Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
1999
as Narrator
The Directors
1999
as Self
Affliction
1998
as Rolfe Whitehouse
Lulu on the Bridge
1998
as Dr. Van Horn
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
as Geiger
Wrong Guys
1997
as Jack Straw
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
The English Patient
1996
as David Caravaggio
Basquiat
1996
as The Electrician
Victory
1996
as Axel Heyst
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Night and the Moment
1995
as The Writer
Clear and Present Danger
1994
as John Clark
Tom & Viv
1994
as Tom Eliot
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
The Kingdom
1994
as Grand Duc
Body of Evidence
1993
as Frank Dulaney
Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Emit Flesti
White Homeland Commando
1993
as Karl
Brace Up!
1993
as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin
Rhyme 'Em to Death
1993
Light Sleeper
1992
as John LeTour
White Sands
1992
as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
North on Evers
1992
Blast 'Em
1992
as Self (uncredited)
Flight of the Intruder
1991
as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Fishing with John
1991
as Self
Wild at Heart
1990
as Bobby Peru
Cry-Baby
1990
as Hateful Guard
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Charlie
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
as Salamo Arouch
The Simpsons
1989
as The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Commandant (voice)
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Agent Alan Ward
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Jesus
Off Limits
1988
as Buck McGriff
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Self
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Elephant Grass (voice)
Platoon
1986
as Sergeant Elias Grodin
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
as Rick Masters
O Panama
1985
The Loveless
1984
as Vance
Streets of Fire
1984
as Raven Shaddock
Roadhouse 66
1984
as Johnny Harte
New York Nights
1984
as Boyfriend
Atalanta Strategy
1984
as Immigration Staff
The Hunger
1983
as 2nd Phone Booth Youth
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Jeffrey Hunt
Heaven's Gate
1980
as Willy (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter