Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Acting

Born July 22, 1955 · Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

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 recipie…

Known for

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Acting(248)

2026TenzingColonel John Hunt

2026Late FameEd Saxberger

2026The Birthday PartyMarcos Timoleon

2026The Resurrection of Christ

2026The SouffleurLucius

2025The Man in My BasementAnniston Bennett

2025Avrio VradyDancing man

2025The Phoenician SchemeKnave

2025Grande EnvieCount

2025The Legend of OchiMaxim

2025Zero(voice)

2025Pet Shop DaysFrancis

2024Nosferatu: An Inside LookSelf

2024NosferatuProf. Albin Eberhart von Franz

2024Jesus Goes to HollywoodSelf (archive footage)

2024Saturday NightDavid Tebet

2024Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceJackson

2024Kinds of KindnessRaymond / George / Omi

2024Can Creativity Save the World?Self

2024Finally DawnRufo Priori

2023Poor ThingsGodwin Baxter

2023Interior (The Spectator)Narrator

2023Willem Dafoe

2023Gonzo GirlWalker Reade

2023Asteroid CitySaltzburg Keitel

2023The Wild OneNarrator (voice)

2022Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone

2022Creation of the Kingdom of ExodusSelf / Grand Duc

2022Dead for a DollarJoe Cribbens

2022Stasera c’è Cattelan su RaidueSelf

2022Mostra, VeniseSelf

20227 Deaths of Maria CallasFilm Actor

2022Il coraggio di essere FrancoSé stesso

2022Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way HomeSelf

2022The NorthmanHeimir the Fool

2022Finding SatoshiNarrator

2022Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the MysteriousSelf

2021Spider-Man: No Way HomeNorman Osborn / Green Goblin

2021Nightmare AlleyClem Hoatley

2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunAlbert 'the Abacus'

2021Why Are We (Not) Creative?Self

2021The Card CounterGordo

2021RiverNarrator

2021Maresco / PasoliniSelf

2021Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueVulko

2020Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und TräumenSelf

2020Babenco: Tell Me When I DieSelf

2020Sportin' LifeSelf

2020Wim Wenders, DesperadoSelf

2020SiberiaClint

2020Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

2020The Last Thing He WantedRichard McMahon

2020The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy TaleSelf

2020TommasoTommaso

2019TogoLeonhard Seppala

2019Vincent van Gogh SuperstarVincent van Gogh (archive footage)

2019Motherless BrooklynPaul Randolph

2019The LighthouseThomas Wake

2019Love, AntoshaSelf

2019Manou the SwiftManou's Father (voice)

2018Opus ZeroPaul

2018AquamanNuidis Vulko

2018At Eternity's GateVincent van Gogh

2018Brothers in ArmsSelf

2018Friedkin UncutSelf

2018Vox LuxNarrator (voice)

2018Theatron. Romeo Castellucci

2018Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida ProjectSelf

2017MountainNarrator (voice)

2017Murder on the Orient ExpressGerhard Hardman

2017NHK WORLD PRIMESelf - Narrator (voice)

2017The Florida ProjectBobby

2017Piazza VittorioHimself

2017Death NoteRyuk (voice)

2017What Happened to MondayTerrence Settman

2017Ballad of a Righteous MerchantSelf

2017Julian Schnabel: A Private PortraitSelf

2017SanctuaryNarrator

2016The Great WallBallard

2016Dog Eat DogMad Dog

2016FatherJames Verdun

2016A Family ManEd Blackridge

2016Finding DoryGill (voice)

2016Nelson Algren LiveRole1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh

2016My Hindu FriendDiego Fairman

2016Mind the GapSelf

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertZylander Quark

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf

2015Fukushima: A Nuclear StoryNarrator

2015The Making of A Most Wanted ManSelf

2015John Wick: Calling in the CavalrySelf

2015Don't F*#% With John WickSelf

2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf

2014John WickMarcus

2014Bad CountryBud Carter

2014PasoliniPier Paolo Pasolini

2014SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg(archive footage)

2014A Most Wanted ManTommy Brue

2014The Fault in Our StarsPeter van Houten

2014The Grand Budapest HotelJopling

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf

2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf

2013The Benaki MuseumNarrator (voice)

2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. IIL

2013Out of the FurnaceJohn Petty

2013Love's RoutineBarry

2013The Smile ManWillem

2013Saving NormanLionel Pembrooke

2013Odd ThomasWyatt Porter

2012Tomorrow You're GoneThe Buddha

2012Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina AbramovicSelf

20124:44 Last Day on EarthCisco

2012John CarterTars Tarkas

2011The HunterMartin David

2010ConanSelf - Guest

2010A WomanMax Oliver

2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneDetective Hank Havenhurst

2010The Making of DaybreakersSelf

2010Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The WorldNarrator

2010DaybreakersLionel 'Elvis' Cormac

2009The Boondock Saints II: All Saints DayPaul Smecker (uncredited)

2009Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's AssistantGavner Purl

2009Fantastic Mr. FoxRat (voice)

2009FarewellFeeney

2009AntichristHe

2008The Dust of TimeA

2008Adam ResurrectedCommandat Klein

2008Fireflies in the GardenCharles Waechter

2008Go Go TalesRay Ruby

2007Wintergasten

2007Ripley Under GroundNeil Murchison

2007To Each His Own Cinema(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)

2007Cannes: All AccessSelf

2007Voom PortraitsSelf

2007AnamorphStan Aubray

2007The ProcedureChristopher

2007Spider-Man 3Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

2007Mr. Bean's HolidayCarson Clay

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf

2007The WalkerLarry Lockner

2006Paris Je T'aimeLe cow-boy (Place des Victoires)

2006Inside ManJohn Darius

2006American DreamzChief of Staff

2005The Colbert Report

2005Before It Had a NameLeslie

2005ManderlayGrace's Father

2005This Is an AdventureSelf

2005Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern JournalSelf

2005Jiminy Glick in LalawoodWillem Dafoe (uncredited)

2005xXx: State of the UnionGen. George Octavius Deckert

2005On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'Self / Klaus D.

2004The AviatorRoland Sweet

2004The Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouKlaus Daimler

2004ControlDr. Michael Copeland

2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

2004The MisbehaversSelf

2004Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's GateNarrator (voice)

2004KulturplatzSelf

2004The ClearingArnold Mack

2004Spider-Man 2Green Goblin / Norman Osborn

2004Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'Self

2004The ReckoningMartin

2003Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'Self

2003Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

2003Once Upon a Time in MexicoArmando Barillo

2003OvernightSelf

2003Finding NemoGill (voice)

2003Rockets Redglare!Self

2002Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days AdventureHunter (voice)

2002Auto FocusJohn Carpenter

2002The Spider-Man StorySelf

2002Spider-ManGreen Goblin / Norman Osborn

2002Spider-ManiaSelf

2002Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'Self

2001Edges of the LordPriest

2001Pavilion of WomenFather Andre

2001A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'Self

2000Animal FactoryEarl Copen

2000BullfighterFather Ramirez

2000Shadow of the VampireMax Schreck

2000American PsychoDonald Kimball

1999eXistenZGas

1999New Rose HotelX

1999The Boondock SaintsPaul Smecker

1999Forrest Bess: Key to the RiddleNarrator

1999The DirectorsSelf

1998Lulu on the BridgeDr. Van Horn

1998AfflictionRolfe Whitehouse

1997The Wonderful World of Disney

1997Speed 2: Cruise ControlGeiger

1997Wrong GuysJack Straw

1996VictoryAxel Heyst

1996The English PatientDavid Caravaggio

1996BasquiatThe Electrician

1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest

1995The Night and the MomentThe Writer

1994The KingdomGrand Duc

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994Clear and Present DangerJohn Clark

1994Tom & VivTom Eliot

1993Faraway, So Close!Emit Flesti

1993Brace Up!Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin

1993White Homeland CommandoKarl

1993Body of EvidenceFrank Dulaney

1993Rhyme 'Em to Death

1992Light SleeperJohn LeTour

1992Blast 'EmSelf (uncredited)

1992White SandsDeputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal

1992North on Evers

1991Fishing with JohnSelf

1991Flight of the IntruderLt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole

1990Wild at HeartBobby Peru

1990Cry-BabyHateful Guard

1989Born on the Fourth of JulyCharlie

1989The SimpsonsThe Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice)

1989Triumph of the SpiritSalamo Arouch

1988Mississippi BurningAgent Alan Ward

1988Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of ChristSelf

1988The Last Temptation of ChristJesus

1988Off LimitsBuck McGriff

1987Dear America: Letters Home from VietnamElephant Grass (voice)

1986PlatoonSergeant Elias Grodin

1985To Live and Die in L.A.Rick Masters

1984Roadhouse 66Johnny Harte

1984Streets of FireRaven Shaddock

1984New York NightsBoyfriend

1984The LovelessVance

1984Atalanta StrategyImmigration Staff

1983The HitchhikerJeffrey Hunt

1983The Hunger2nd Phone Booth Youth

1980Heaven's GateWilly (uncredited)

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1953The OscarsSelf

The Sleeping Shepherd

A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge