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 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.
Known For
Filmography
Late Fame
as Ed Saxberger
Tenzing
as John Hunt
بيتلجوس بيتلجوس
as Jackson
نوسفيراتو
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
أشياء مسكينة
as Godwin Baxter
الرجل العنكبوت: لا طريق للوطن
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
فرقة العدالة: نسخة زاك سنايدر
as Vulko
Togo
as Leonhard Seppala
أكوامان
as Nuidis Vulko
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Zylander Quark
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Jopling
Antichrist
as He
الرجل العنكبوت 3
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
The Colbert Report
الرجل العنكبوت 2
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Armando Barillo
البحث عن نيمو
as Gill (voice)
الرجل العنكبوت
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
مختل أمريكي
as Donald Kimball
Speed 2: Cruise Control
as Geiger
Basquiat
as The Electrician
Born on the Fourth of July
as Charlie
آل سيمبسون
as The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)