Willem Dafoe
1955-07-22 ( 69 years old ) in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

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 L.A. (1985). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for the war drama Platoon (1986), followed by nominations for his roles in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also gained acclaim and wide recognition for his roles as Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and as the supervillain Norman Osborn 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). His other film appearance include roles in Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Body of Evidence (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Affliction (1997), New Rose Hotel(1998), Existenz (1999), The Boondock Saints (1999), American Psycho (2000), Auto Focus (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Inside Man (2006), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Antichrist (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), John Wick (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Aquaman (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Nightmare Alley (2021), Poor Things (2023), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Zero 2025-04-11
Was Ist Kino ? 2025-03-12
Nosferatu 2024-12-25
run 002 2024-10-19
Saturday Night 2024-09-27
Finally Dawn 2024-02-14
Poor Things 2023-12-07
Gonzo Girl 2023-09-07
Pet Shop Days 2023-09-03
Asteroid City 2023-06-08
Lynch/Oz 2023-05-15
The Wild One 2023-05-10
Inside 2023-03-09
The Northman 2022-04-07
River 2021-09-03
Sportin' Life 2020-09-06
Siberia 2020-07-02
Tommaso 2020-01-08
Togo 2019-12-20
The Lighthouse 2019-10-18
Love, Antosha 2019-08-02
Opus Zero 2018-12-28
Aquaman 2018-12-07
Friedkin Uncut 2018-11-05
Vox Lux 2018-09-07
Mountain 2017-11-30
Death Note 2017-08-25
Sanctuary 2017-01-28
The Great Wall 2016-12-16
Dog Eat Dog 2016-11-04
Father 2016-10-25
A Family Man 2016-09-13
Sculpt 2016-08-16
Finding Dory 2016-06-16
Mind the Gap 2016-02-17
John Wick 2014-10-22
Bad Country 2014-09-26
Pasolini 2014-09-25
Love's Routine 2013-06-19
The Smile Man 2013-06-15
Saving Norman 2013-05-25
Odd Thomas 2013-01-29
John Carter 2012-03-07
The Hunter 2011-10-06
Miral 2010-09-15
A Woman 2010-09-04
Daybreakers 2010-01-06
Farewell 2009-09-23
Antichrist 2009-05-20
Voom Portraits 2007-10-01
Anamorph 2007-09-21
The Procedure 2007-08-01
Go Go Tales 2007-05-23
Spider-Man 3 2007-05-01
The Walker 2007-02-13
Inside Man 2006-03-17
Manderlay 2005-06-03
The Aviator 2004-12-17
Control 2004-12-07
The Clearing 2004-07-02
Spider-Man 2 2004-06-25
The Reckoning 2004-02-26
Overnight 2003-06-12
Finding Nemo 2003-05-30
Auto Focus 2002-10-18
Spider-Man 2002-05-01
Spider-Mania 2002-04-30
Animal Factory 2000-10-13
Bullfighter 2000-10-01
eXistenZ 1999-04-14
New Rose Hotel 1999-03-19
Affliction 1998-02-12
Abel/Asia 1998-01-01
Wrong Guys 1997-01-01
Victory 1996-12-13
Basquiat 1996-08-09
Tom & Viv 1994-04-15
Brace Up! 1993-04-01
Light Sleeper 1992-08-21
White Sands 1992-04-24
North on Evers 1992-01-01
Wild at Heart 1990-08-17
Cry-Baby 1990-04-06
Off Limits 1988-03-11
Platoon 1986-12-19
O Panama 1985-01-01
Roadhouse 66 1984-08-31
The Loveless 1984-01-20
The Hunger 1983-04-29
Heaven's Gate 1980-11-19