Willem Dafoe
William James Willem Dafoe dəˈfoʊ dəFOH 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 Heavens 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 comingofage film The Florida Project 2017 and Vincent van Gogh in the biopic At Eternitys Gate 2018 His other films credits include To Live and Die in LA 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 Raimis SpiderMan film trilogy 20022007 and reprised the role in SpiderMan 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Show MoreCredits
Movies and TV shows featuring Willem Dafoe
Comments (0)