
Willem Dafoe
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Biography
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).
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Known For

Saturday Night Live

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Oscars

The Simpsons

The Colbert Report

The Hitchhiker

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Wonderful World of Disney

Vox Lux

The French Dispatch

Finding Dory

The Aviator

The Hunger

Cry-Baby

Spider-Man 3

Asteroid City

The Phoenician Scheme

Tales from Earthsea

Saturday Night

Born on the Fourth of July

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Spider-Man 2

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

American Psycho

Zack Snyder's Justice League

The Northman

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

John Carter

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Murder on the Orient Express

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

The Fault in Our Stars

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Motherless Brooklyn

Inside Man

Out of the Furnace

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Death Note

Finding Nemo

Nightmare Alley

Nosferatu

John Wick

The Last Thing He Wanted

American Dreamz

Kinds of Kindness

Speed 2: Cruise Control

xXx: State of the Union

What Happened to Monday

Poor Things

Wild at Heart

The Great Wall

The English Patient

Odd Thomas

Aquaman

The Florida Project

The Clearing

Daybreakers

Spider-Man

The Lighthouse

Mississippi Burning

To Live and Die in L.A.

Clear and Present Danger

Platoon

Auto Focus

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Shadow of the Vampire

Flight of the Intruder

Dog Eat Dog

Tommaso

Antichrist

At Eternity's Gate

The Boondock Saints

Togo

The Last Temptation of Christ

Inside
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