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Willem Dafoe‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Willem Dafoe

Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

Willem Dafoe

Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1955-07-22

Popularity

star31.6

Biography

William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award. He frequently collaborates with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was an early member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut in Heaven's Gate (1980), but was fired during production. He had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film The Loveless (1982) and then played the main antagonist in Streets of Fire (1984) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He received his first Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for his role as Sergeant Elias Grodin in Oliver Stone's war film Platoon (1986). In 1988, Dafoe played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and costarred in Mississippi Burning, both of which were controversial. After receiving his second Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for portraying Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Dafoe portrayed the supervillain Norman Osborn / Green Goblin in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) earning him the Guinness World Record for the "longest career as a live-action Marvel character". He also portrayed the villains in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) and XXX: State of the Union (2005), as well as Carson Clay in the film Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007). In 2009, he starred in the experimental film Antichrist, one of his three films with Lars von Trier. Dafoe then appeared in The Fault in Our Stars, John Wick, The Grand Budapest Hotel (all 2014), The Great Wall (2016), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Florida Project (2017) (for which he received his third Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category), The Lighthouse (2019), The French Dispatch, and Nightmare Alley (both 2021). He portrayed Nuidis Vulko in the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2022). Dafoe has portrayed several real-life figures, including T. S. Eliot in Tom & Viv (1994), Pier Paolo Pasolini in Pasolini (2014), Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate (2018) (for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, his first in that category), and Leonhard Seppala in Togo (2019).

Movie Credits

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo‌
star7.8
calendar 2003

Inside Man

Inside Man‌
star7.4
calendar 2006

The English Patient

The English Patient‌
star7.2
calendar 1996

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou‌
star7.1
calendar 2004

Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart‌
star7.0
calendar 1990

Basquiat

Basquiat‌
star6.6
calendar 1996

Spider-Man

Spider-Man‌
star7.3
calendar 2002

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3‌
star6.4
calendar 2007

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2‌
star7.3
calendar 2004

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Mr. Bean's Holiday‌
star6.4
calendar 2007

American Psycho

American Psycho‌
star7.4
calendar 2000

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Once Upon a Time in Mexico‌
star6.3
calendar 2003

SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg

SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg‌
star4.0
calendar 2014

Body of Evidence

Body of Evidence‌
star5.0
calendar 1993

Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning‌
star7.7
calendar 1988

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Speed 2: Cruise Control‌
star4.6
calendar 1997

Pet Shop Days

Pet Shop Days‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime‌
star6.8
calendar 2006

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox‌
star7.8
calendar 2009

eXistenZ

eXistenZ‌
star6.8
calendar 1999

Manderlay

Manderlay‌
star6.9
calendar 2005

Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July‌
star7.0
calendar 1989

The Clearing

The Clearing‌
star5.8
calendar 2004

Faraway, So Close!

Faraway, So Close!‌
star6.9
calendar 1993

Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate‌
star6.8
calendar 1980

Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire‌
star6.7
calendar 2000

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ‌
star7.2
calendar 1988

Asteroid City

Asteroid City‌
star6.5
calendar 2023

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

New Rose Hotel

New Rose Hotel‌
star5.3
calendar 1999

xXx: State of the Union

xXx: State of the Union‌
star5.0
calendar 2005

Fireflies in the Garden

Fireflies in the Garden‌
star6.2
calendar 2008

The Boondock Saints

The Boondock Saints‌
star7.3
calendar 1999

The Hunger

The Hunger‌
star6.7
calendar 1983

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant‌
star5.8
calendar 2009

Affliction

Affliction‌
star6.3
calendar 1998

Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby‌
star6.5
calendar 1990

American Dreamz

American Dreamz‌
star5.0
calendar 2006

The Reckoning

The Reckoning‌
star6.4
calendar 2004

Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger‌
star6.6
calendar 1994

Animal Factory

Animal Factory‌
star6.4
calendar 2000

The Walker

The Walker‌
star5.2
calendar 2007

Control

Control‌
star6.1
calendar 2004

To Live and Die in L.A.

To Live and Die in L.A.‌
star7.1
calendar 1985

The Legend of Ochi

The Legend of Ochi‌
star0.0
calendar

Farewell

Farewell‌
star6.5
calendar 2009

Auto Focus

Auto Focus‌
star6.4
calendar 2002

Anamorph

Anamorph‌
star5.1
calendar 2007

Light Sleeper

Light Sleeper‌
star6.7
calendar 1992

The Loveless

The Loveless‌
star5.9
calendar 1984

Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire‌
star6.9
calendar 1984

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam‌
star7.1
calendar 1987

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done‌
star6.0
calendar 2010

Bullfighter

Bullfighter‌
star3.0
calendar 2000

Off Limits

Off Limits‌
star5.7
calendar 1988

Miral

Miral‌
star5.8
calendar 2010

Victory

Victory‌
star5.1
calendar 1996

Ripley Under Ground

Ripley Under Ground‌
star5.7
calendar 2005

Antichrist

Antichrist‌
star6.6
calendar 2009

Tom & Viv

Tom & Viv‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Edges of the Lord

Edges of the Lord‌
star6.4
calendar 2001

Adam Resurrected

Adam Resurrected‌
star6.2
calendar 2008

John Carter

John Carter‌
star6.3
calendar 2012

Flight of the Intruder

Flight of the Intruder‌
star5.6
calendar 1991

White Sands

White Sands‌
star5.8
calendar 1992

Daybreakers

Daybreakers‌
star6.3
calendar 2010

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‌
star7.2
calendar 2024

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee‌
star7.2
calendar 2019

Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms‌
star5.7
calendar 2018

Before It Had a Name

Before It Had a Name‌
star3.5
calendar 2005

The Dust of Time

The Dust of Time‌
star6.3
calendar 2008

Go Go Tales

Go Go Tales‌
star5.6
calendar 2007

Pavilion of Women

Pavilion of Women‌
star5.7
calendar 2001

The Hunter

The Hunter‌
star6.6
calendar 2011

Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle

Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

4:44 Last Day on Earth

4:44 Last Day on Earth‌
star4.6
calendar 2012

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel‌
star8.0
calendar 2014

Tomorrow You're Gone

Tomorrow You're Gone‌
star4.5
calendar 2012

Roadhouse 66

Roadhouse 66‌
star5.1
calendar 1984

A Woman

A Woman‌
star4.8
calendar 2010

Inside

Inside‌
star5.6
calendar 2023

A Most Wanted Man

A Most Wanted Man‌
star6.5
calendar 2014

The Night and the Moment

The Night and the Moment‌
star5.5
calendar 1995

Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace‌
star6.6
calendar 2013

The Wild One

The Wild One‌
star5.8
calendar 2023

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry‌
star7.0
calendar 2015

Don't F*#% With John Wick

Don't F*#% With John Wick‌
star7.5
calendar 2015

Why Are We (Not) Creative?

Why Are We (Not) Creative?‌
star6.0
calendar 2021

Saving Norman

Saving Norman‌
star6.6
calendar 2013

Love's Routine

Love's Routine‌
star6.6
calendar 2013

The Smile Man

The Smile Man‌
star7.4
calendar 2013

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal‌
star6.0
calendar 2005

Il coraggio di essere Franco

Il coraggio di essere Franco‌
star6.2
calendar 2022

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home‌
star6.8
calendar 2022

Odd Thomas

Odd Thomas‌
star6.9
calendar 2013

The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars‌
star7.6
calendar 2014

Rockets Redglare!

Rockets Redglare!‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

John Wick

John Wick‌
star7.4
calendar 2014

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II‌
star6.7
calendar 2013

Finding Satoshi

Finding Satoshi‌
star8.0
calendar 2022

Bad Country

Bad Country‌
star5.5
calendar 2014

The Aviator

The Aviator‌
star7.2
calendar 2004

Gonzo Girl

Gonzo Girl‌
star1.0
calendar 2023

Pasolini

Pasolini‌
star5.7
calendar 2014

Poor Things

Poor Things‌
star7.8
calendar 2023

Finally Dawn

Finally Dawn‌
star6.1
calendar 2024

Vincent van Gogh Superstar

Vincent van Gogh Superstar‌
star6.5
calendar 2019

The Procedure

The Procedure‌
star4.6
calendar 2007

White Homeland Commando

White Homeland Commando‌
star10.0
calendar 1993

Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness‌
star6.6
calendar 2024

The Man in My Basement

The Man in My Basement‌
star0.0
calendar

Triumph of the Spirit

Triumph of the Spirit‌
star6.6
calendar 1989

The Great Wall

The Great Wall‌
star6.0
calendar 2016

The Misbehavers

The Misbehavers‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

American Nails

American Nails‌
star0.0
calendar

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

The Making of A Most Wanted Man

The Making of A Most Wanted Man‌
star0.0
calendar 2015

Saturday Night

Saturday Night‌
star8.0
calendar 2024

My Hindu Friend

My Hindu Friend‌
star4.2
calendar 2016

Dog Eat Dog

Dog Eat Dog‌
star5.1
calendar 2016

A Family Man

A Family Man‌
star6.7
calendar 2016

Late Fame

Late Fame‌
star0.0
calendar

Tenzing

Tenzing‌
star0.0
calendar

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

New York Nights

New York Nights‌
star3.0
calendar 1984

Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap‌
star7.8
calendar 2016

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

Fukushima: A Nuclear Story

Fukushima: A Nuclear Story‌
star7.5
calendar 2015

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme‌
star0.0
calendar

Finding Dory

Finding Dory‌
star7.0
calendar 2016

Death Note

Death Note‌
star4.3
calendar 2017

Tropico

Tropico‌
star0.0
calendar

The Florida Project

The Florida Project‌
star7.4
calendar 2017

What Happened to Monday

What Happened to Monday‌
star7.2
calendar 2017

Aquaman

Aquaman‌
star6.9
calendar 2018

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express‌
star6.7
calendar 2017

Nosferatu

Nosferatu‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party‌
star0.0
calendar

Interior (The Spectator)

Interior (The Spectator)‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Lulu on the Bridge

Lulu on the Bridge‌
star6.0
calendar 1998

Siberia

Siberia‌
star5.0
calendar 2020

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait‌
star7.2
calendar 2017

Mountain

Mountain‌
star7.0
calendar 2017

Father

Father‌
star4.8
calendar 2016

This Is an Adventure

This Is an Adventure‌
star6.0
calendar 2005

At Eternity's Gate

At Eternity's Gate‌
star6.9
calendar 2018

Opus Zero

Opus Zero‌
star5.9
calendar 2018

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood‌
star4.5
calendar 2005

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'‌
star8.5
calendar 2001

Platoon

Platoon‌
star7.7
calendar 1986

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse‌
star7.5
calendar 2019

Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn‌
star6.7
calendar 2019

O Panama

O Panama‌
star6.0
calendar 1985

Manou the Swift

Manou the Swift‌
star6.6
calendar 2019

The Last Thing He Wanted

The Last Thing He Wanted‌
star4.9
calendar 2020

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'‌
star8.0
calendar 2003

Cannes: All Access

Cannes: All Access‌
star3.7
calendar 2007

Vox Lux

Vox Lux‌
star5.8
calendar 2018

Piazza Vittorio

Piazza Vittorio‌
star6.5
calendar 2017

Nelson Algren Live

Nelson Algren Live‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty‌
star8.0
calendar 2003

Tommaso

Tommaso‌
star5.9
calendar 2020

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch‌
star7.1
calendar 2021

Voom Portraits

Voom Portraits‌
star10.0
calendar 2007

Love, Antosha

Love, Antosha‌
star7.2
calendar 2019

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'‌
star5.2
calendar 2005

Brace Up!

Brace Up!‌
star10.0
calendar 1993

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant‌
star2.0
calendar 2017

Togo

Togo‌
star8.2
calendar 2019

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project‌
star8.0
calendar 2018

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die‌
star7.0
calendar 2020

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley‌
star7.0
calendar 2021

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate‌
star7.2
calendar 2004

The Making of Daybreakers

The Making of Daybreakers‌
star7.0
calendar 2010

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago‌
star8.0
calendar 2020

North on Evers

North on Evers‌
star7.2
calendar 1992

The Card Counter

The Card Counter‌
star6.1
calendar 2021

Atalanta Strategy

Atalanta Strategy‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

The Northman

The Northman‌
star7.1
calendar 2022

Abel/Asia

Abel/Asia‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic‌
star7.0
calendar 2012

Rhyme 'Em to Death

Rhyme 'Em to Death‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Friedkin Uncut

Friedkin Uncut‌
star7.2
calendar 2018

Theatron. Romeo Castellucci

Theatron. Romeo Castellucci‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Overnight

Overnight‌
star6.4
calendar 2003

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Wim Wenders, Desperado‌
star7.7
calendar 2020

Sportin' Life

Sportin' Life‌
star4.2
calendar 2020

The Benaki Museum

The Benaki Museum‌
star0.0
calendar 2013

7 Deaths of Maria Callas

7 Deaths of Maria Callas‌
star7.0
calendar 2022

The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale

The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale‌
star6.9
calendar 2020

Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ

Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ‌
star4.0
calendar 1988

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder's Justice League‌
star8.1
calendar 2021

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'‌
star5.0
calendar 2002

Sanctuary

Sanctuary‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

Spider-Mania

Spider-Mania‌
star5.4
calendar 2002

Maresco / Pasolini

Maresco / Pasolini‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema‌
star6.5
calendar 2007

Dead for a Dollar

Dead for a Dollar‌
star5.9
calendar 2022

River

River‌
star6.0
calendar 2021

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy‌
star7.8
calendar 2010

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home‌
star8.0
calendar 2021

The Spider-Man Story

The Spider-Man Story‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

Zero

Zero‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

The Salvation According to his Creatures

The Salvation According to his Creatures‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Tv Credits

The Simpsons

The Simpsons‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio‌
star7.3
calendar 1994

The Daily Show

The Daily Show‌
star6.3
calendar 1996

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report‌
star6.8
calendar 2005

The Hitchhiker

The Hitchhiker‌
star6.1
calendar 1983

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star6.6
calendar 1997

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

Wintergasten

Wintergasten‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

The Simpsons

The Simpsons‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

The Kingdom

The Kingdom‌
star7.6
calendar 1994

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show‌
star7.2
calendar 2007

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live‌
star6.9
calendar 1975

Fishing with John

Fishing with John‌
star7.4
calendar 1991

The Directors

The Directors‌
star5.1
calendar 1999

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter‌
star5.7
calendar 2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors‌
star4.3
calendar 2014

Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue

Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue‌
star8.3
calendar 2022

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers‌
star5.5
calendar 2014

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live‌
star6.9
calendar 1975

NHK WORLD PRIME

NHK WORLD PRIME‌
star9.0
calendar 2017

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‌
star5.8
calendar 2014

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Off Camera with Sam Jones‌
star4.0
calendar 2014

Kulturplatz

Kulturplatz‌
star6.0
calendar 2004

Mostra, Venise

Mostra, Venise‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Conan

Conan‌
star7.0
calendar 2010

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen‌
star10.0
calendar 2020