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Willem Dafoe
Highest Rated: 100% Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago (2020)
Lowest Rated: 0% Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
Birthday: Jul 22, 1955
Birthplace: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
After his attention-grabbing performance as a vicious counterfeiter in "To Live and Die in L.A." (1985), actor Willem Dafoe soared to stardom and earned an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor in the Academy Award-winning "Platoon" (1986). Prior to that performance, Dafoe used his menacing features and languid delivery to create an air of intensity for a succession of roles as toughs and villains, including in "The Loveless" (1981) and "Roadhouse 66" (1984). Following his breakthrough, however, the actor delivered a string of compelling performances, and even courted controversy as Jesus in "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988). Throughout his entire career, Dafoe moved easily between showy character turns like a hard-drinking paraplegic in "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989) and leading roles like T.S. Eliot in "Tom & Viv" (1994). Occasionally, he turned on the camp to play over-the-top villains in "Speed 2: Cruise Control" (1997) and the "Spider-Man" series. But he also turned in high-caliber performances, as he did playing German actor Max Schreck in "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000), which showcased the wealth of talent he had displayed throughout his varied career.
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Willem Dafoe
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nosferatu | Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz (Character) | - | 2024 |
86% | No Score Yet | Saturday Night | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
77% |
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Jackson (Character) | - | 2024 |
72% |
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Kinds of Kindness |
Raymond/ |
$5.0M | 2024 |
97% |
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The Boy and the Heron | Noble Pelican (Voice) | $44.2M | 2023 |
92% |
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Poor Things | Dr. Godwin Baxter (Character) | $34.5M | 2023 |
76% |
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Asteroid City | Saltzburg Keitel (Character) | $28.1M | 2023 |
62% |
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Inside | Nemo (Character) | $823.6K | 2023 |
25% | No Score Yet | Pet Shop Days | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
42% | No Score Yet | Finally Dawn | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
57% | No Score Yet | Gonzo Girl | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Boy and the Heron: Official Trailer | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
53% |
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Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens (Character) | - | 2022 |
90% |
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The Northman | Heimir the Fool (Character) | $34.2M | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild One | Narrator | - | 2022 |
88% |
|
River | Narrator | - | 2021 |
80% |
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Nightmare Alley | Clem Hoatley (Character) | $11.3M | 2021 |
93% |
|
Spider-Man: No Way Home |
Norman Osborn/ |
$814.1M | 2021 |
71% |
|
Zack Snyder's Justice League | Nuidis Vulko (Character) | - | 2021 |
87% |
|
The Card Counter | Major John Gordo (Character) | $2.6M | 2020 |
5% |
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The Last Thing He Wanted | Richard McMahon (Character) | - | 2020 |
100% | No Score Yet | Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago | Narrator | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sportin' Life | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
64% |
|
Siberia | Clint (Character) | - | 2019 |
80% |
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Tommaso | Tommaso (Character) | - | 2019 |
92% |
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Togo | Leonhard Seppala (Character) | - | 2019 |
14% |
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Manou the Swift | Yves (Voice) | - | 2019 |
64% |
|
Motherless Brooklyn | Paul (Character) | $9.3M | 2019 |
90% |
|
The Lighthouse | Thomas Wake (Character) | $10.9M | 2019 |
97% |
|
Love, Antosha | Self | $19.9K | 2019 |
80% | No Score Yet | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self | - | 2019 |
65% |
|
Aquaman | Vulko (Character) | $335.0M | 2018 |
62% |
|
Vox Lux | Narrator | $727.1K | 2018 |
79% |
|
At Eternity's Gate | Vincent van Gogh (Character) | $2.3M | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Brothers in Arms | Self | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mountain Quest | Narrator | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | - | 2018 |
88% |
|
Mountain | Narrator | $86.7K | 2017 |
100% | No Score Yet | Do Donkeys Act? | Narrator | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Piazza Vittorio | Self | - | 2017 |
59% |
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What Happened to Monday | Septuplets' Father (Character) | - | 2017 |
60% |
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Murder on the Orient Express | Gerhard Hardman (Character) | $101.5M | 2017 |
96% |
|
The Florida Project | Bobby (Character) | $5.8M | 2017 |
36% |
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Death Note | Ryuk (Voice) | - | 2017 |
50% | No Score Yet | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self | $8.7K | 2017 |
42% | No Score Yet | Opus Zero | Paul (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father | James Verdun (Character) | - | 2016 |
16% |
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The Headhunter's Calling | Ed Blackridge (Character) | - | 2016 |
35% |
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The Great Wall | Ballard (Character) | $45.1M | 2016 |
51% |
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Dog Eat Dog | Mad Dog (Character) | - | 2016 |
83% |
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My Hindu Friend | Diego Fairman (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fukushima: A Nuclear Story | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2015 |
79% |
|
Pasolini | Pier Paolo Pasolini (Character) | $30.1K | 2014 |
86% |
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John Wick | Marcus (Character) | $43.0M | 2014 |
86% |
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A Most Wanted Man | Tommy Brue (Character) | $17.2M | 2014 |
81% |
|
The Fault in Our Stars | Peter Van Houten (Character) | $124.9M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Bad Country | Bud Carter (Character) | - | 2014 |
92% |
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Jopling (Character) | $59.1M | 2014 |
59% |
|
Nymphomaniac: Volume II | L (Character) | - | 2013 |
38% |
|
Odd Thomas | Chief Wyatt Porter (Character) | - | 2013 |
53% |
|
Out of the Furnace | John Petty (Character) | $11.3M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nymphomaniac | L (Character) | - | 2013 |
7% |
|
Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha (Character) | - | 2012 |
52% |
|
John Carter | Tars Tarkas (Character) | $73.1M | 2012 |
72% |
|
The Hunter | Martin David (Character) | - | 2011 |
48% |
|
4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco (Character) | $15.7K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Woman | Max Oliver (Character) | - | 2010 |
18% |
|
Miral | Eddie (Character) | $371.4K | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Problema | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | mindFLUX | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
50% |
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Detective Hank Havenhurst (Character) | - | 2009 |
86% |
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Farewell | Feeney (Character) | - | 2009 |
69% |
|
Daybreakers | Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac (Character) | $30.0M | 2009 |
93% |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat (Voice) | $21.0M | 2009 |
37% |
|
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Gavner Purl (Character) | $13.8M | 2009 |
54% |
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Antichrist | He (Character) | $397.1K | 2009 |
21% |
|
Fireflies in the Garden | Charles (Character) | $70.6K | 2008 |
37% |
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Adam Resurrected | Commandant Klein (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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The Dust of Time | A (Character) | - | 2008 |
27% |
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Anamorph | Stan Aubray (Character) | $5.9K | 2007 |
55% |
|
The Walker | Larry Lockner (Character) | $77.2K | 2007 |
51% |
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Mr. Bean's Holiday | Carson Clay (Character) | $32.6M | 2007 |
63% |
|
Spider-Man 3 |
Norman Osborn/ |
$336.5M | 2007 |
70% |
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Go Go Tales | Ray Ruby (Character) | - | 2007 |
38% |
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Tales From Earthsea | Cob (Voice) | - | 2006 |
86% |
|
Paris, je t'aime | Le cow-boy (Character) | $4.9M | 2006 |
86% |
|
Inside Man | Capt. Darius (Character) | $88.5M | 2006 |
39% |
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American Dreamz | Wally Brown (Character) | $7.2M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Before It Had a Name |
Leslie (Character), Writer |
- | 2005 |
50% |
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Manderlay | Grace's Father (Character) | $74.2K | 2005 |
17% |
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XXX: State of the Union | George Deckert (Character) | $26.0M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Ripley Under Ground | Neil Murchinson (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Control | Dr. Michael Copeland (Character) | - | 2004 |
39% |
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The Reckoning | Martin (Character) | $256.6K | 2004 |
43% |
|
The Clearing | Arnold Mack (Character) | $5.8M | 2004 |
57% |
|
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou | Klaus Daimler (Character) | $24.0M | 2004 |
87% |
|
The Aviator | Tabloid editor (Character) | $102.6M | 2004 |
93% |
|
Spider-Man 2 |
Norman Osborn/ |
$373.4M | 2004 |
66% |
|
Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Barrillo (Character) | $55.8M | 2003 |
99% |
|
Finding Nemo | Gill (Voice) | - | 2003 |
72% |
|
Auto Focus | John Carpenter (Character) | $2.1M | 2002 |
90% |
|
Spider-Man |
Norman Osborne/ |
$403.7M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Edges of the Lord | Priest (Character) | - | 2001 |
6% |
|
Pavilion of Women | Andre (Character) | $35.9K | 2001 |
83% |
|
Animal Factory | Earl Copen (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Bullfighter | Father Ramirez (Character) | - | 2000 |
82% |
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Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck (Character) | $8.3M | 2000 |
68% |
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American Psycho | Donald Kimball (Character) | $15.0M | 2000 |
26% |
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The Boondock Saints | Paul Smecker (Character) | $19.9K | 1999 |
75% |
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eXistenZ | Gas (Character) | $2.8M | 1999 |
24% |
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New Rose Hotel | X (Character) | $20.4K | 1998 |
0% |
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Lulu on the Bridge | Dr. Van Horn (Character) | - | 1998 |
4% |
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Speed 2: Cruise Control | John Geiger (Character) | $48.1M | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Victory | Axel Heyst (Character) | - | 1997 |
88% |
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Affliction | Rolfe Whitehouse (Character) | $6.3M | 1997 |
86% |
|
The English Patient | David Caravaggio (Character) | $78.7M | 1996 |
67% |
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Basquiat | The Electrician (Character) | $3.0M | 1996 |
36% |
|
Tom & Viv | Tom Eliot (Character) | $48.6K | 1994 |
81% |
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Clear and Present Danger | John Clark (Character) | $121.5M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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The Night and the Moment | The Writer (Character) | - | 1994 |
54% |
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Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti (Character) | - | 1993 |
8% |
|
Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney (Character) | $13.7M | 1992 |
87% |
|
Light Sleeper | John LeTour (Character) | $1.0M | 1992 |
44% |
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White Sands | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal (Character) | $8.2M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North on Evers | Self | - | 1992 |
25% |
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Flight of the Intruder | Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole (Character) | $13.4M | 1991 |
65% |
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Wild at Heart | Bobby Peru (Character) | $14.5M | 1990 |
84% |
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Born on the Fourth of July | Charlie (Villa Dulce) (Character) | $68.8M | 1989 |
63% |
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Triumph of the Spirit | Salamo Arouch (Character) | $163.6K | 1989 |
79% |
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Mississippi Burning | Agent Alan Ward (Character) | $33.7M | 1988 |
82% |
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The Last Temptation of Christ | Jesus of Nazareth (Character) | $8.2M | 1988 |
45% |
|
Off Limits | Buck McGriff (Character) | $6.9M | 1988 |
89% |
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Platoon | Sgt. Elias Grodin (Character) | $138.5M | 1986 |
88% |
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To Live and Die in L.A. | Eric 'Rick' Masters (Character) | $16.6M | 1985 |
71% |
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Streets of Fire | Raven Shaddock (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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Roadhouse 66 | Johnny Harte (Character) | - | 1984 |
59% |
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The Hunger | 2nd Phone Booth Youth (Character) | - | 1983 |
75% |
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The Loveless | Vance (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2018 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1997 2019 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2017 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | The Commandant (Guest Voice) | 1997 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |