Willem Dafoe filmography
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Willem Dafoe filmography | ||
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![]() Dafoe in 2017 | ||
Filmography | ||
Feature films | 129 | |
Television series | 7 | |
Video games | 5 |
Willem Dafoe is an American actor known for his work in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Platoon (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Flight of the Intruder (1991), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Spider-Man (2002), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Manderlay (2005), Antichrist (2009), The Florida Project (2017), The Lighthouse (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Dafoe has received multiple awards and nominations, including four Academy Award nominations and has collaborated with filmmakers such as Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, and Wes Anderson.
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1980 | Heaven's Gate | Willy | Michael Cimino | Uncredited |
1982 | The Loveless | Vance | Kathryn Bigelow Monty Montgomery |
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1983 | The Hunger | Youth In Phone Booth | Tony Scott | |
1984 | New York Nights | Punk Boyfriend[1] | Simon Nuchtern | |
Streets of Fire | Raven Shaddock | Walter Hill | ||
1985 | Roadhouse 66 | Johnny Harte | John Mark Robinson | |
To Live and Die in L.A. | Eric 'Rick' Masters | William Friedkin | ||
1986 | Platoon | Sergeant Elias Gordon | Oliver Stone | |
1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Elephant Grass | Bill Couturié | Voice Documentary |
1988 | Off Limits | Buck McGriff | Christopher Crowe | |
The Last Temptation of Christ | Jesus of Nazareth | Martin Scorsese | ||
Mississippi Burning | FBI Agent Alan Ward | Alan Parker | ||
1989 | Triumph of the Spirit | Salamo Arouch | Robert M. Young | |
Born on the Fourth of July | Charlie | Oliver Stone | ||
1990 | Cry-Baby | Hateful Guard | John Waters | Cameo |
Wild at Heart | Bobby Peru | David Lynch | ||
1991 | Flight of the Intruder | Lieutenant Commander Virgil 'Tiger' Cole | John Milius | |
1992 | Light Sleeper | John LeTour | Paul Schrader | |
White Sands | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal | Roger Donaldson | ||
1993 | Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney | Uli Edel | |
Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti | Wim Wenders | ||
1994 | Tom & Viv | T.S. Eliot | Brian Gilbert | |
Clear and Present Danger | CIA Agent John Clark | Phillip Noyce | ||
1995 | The Night and the Moment | The Writer | Anna Maria Tatò | |
1996 | Victory | Axel Heyst | Mark Peploe | |
Basquiat | The Electrician | Julian Schnabel | Cameo | |
The English Patient | David Caravaggio | Anthony Minghella | ||
1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | John Geiger | Jan de Bont | |
Affliction | Rolfe Whitehouse | Paul Schrader | ||
1998 | Lulu on the Bridge | Dr. Van Horn | Paul Auster | |
New Rose Hotel | X | Abel Ferrara | Also co-producer | |
1999 | Existenz | Gas | David Cronenberg | |
The Boondock Saints | FBI Special Agent Paul Smecker | Troy Duffy | ||
2000 | American Psycho | Donald Kimball | Mary Harron | |
Animal Factory | Earl Copen | Steve Buscemi | ||
Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck | E. Elias Merhige | ||
Bullfighter | Father Ramirez | Rune Bendixen | ||
2001 | Pavilion of Women | Father Andre | Yim Ho | |
Edges of the Lord | Priest | Yurek Bogayevicz | ||
2002 | Spider-Man | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | Sam Raimi | |
Auto Focus | John Henry Carpenter | Paul Schrader | ||
2003 | Finding Nemo | Gill | Andrew Stanton | Voice |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Armando Barillo | Robert Rodriguez | ||
The Reckoning | Martin | Paul McGuigan | ||
2004 | The Clearing | Arnold Mack | Pieter Jan Brugge | |
Spider-Man 2 | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | Sam Raimi | Cameo | |
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Himself | Vadim Jean | Cameo | |
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Klaus Daimler | Wes Anderson | ||
Control | Dr. Michael Copeland | Tim Hunter | ||
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate | Narrator | Michael Epstein | Voice Documentary | |
The Aviator | Roland Sweet | Martin Scorsese | Cameo | |
2005 | XXX: State of the Union | General George Deckert | Lee Tamahori | |
Manderlay | Mr. Mulligan | Lars von Trier | ||
Before It Had a Name | Leslie | Giada Colagrande | Also co-writer | |
Ripley Under Ground | Neil Murchison | Roger Spottiswoode | ||
2006 | American Dreamz | Chief of Staff | Paul Weitz | |
Inside Man | Captain John Darius | Spike Lee | ||
Paris, je t'aime | The Cowboy | Nobuhiro Suwa | Segment: "Place des Victoires" | |
2007 | The Walker | Larry Lockner | Paul Schrader | |
Mr. Bean's Holiday | Carson Clay | Steve Bendelack | ||
Spider-Man 3 | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | Sam Raimi | Cameo | |
Tales from Earthsea | Cob | Gorō Miyazaki | English dub | |
Go Go Tales | Ray Ruby | Abel Ferrara | ||
The Procedure | Christopher | Adam McKay | Short film | |
Anamorph | Stan Aubrey | Henry S. Miller | ||
2008 | Fireflies in the Garden | Charles Waechter | Dennis Lee | |
Adam Resurrected | Commandant Klein | Paul Schrader | ||
The Dust of Time | A | Theo Angelopoulos | ||
2009 | Antichrist | He / The Fox[2] | Lars von Trier | |
Affaire Farewell | Feeney | Christian Carion | ||
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? | Detective Havenhurst | Werner Herzog | ||
Daybreakers | Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac | The Spierig Brothers | ||
Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat | Wes Anderson | Voice | |
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Paul Smecker | Troy Duffy | Uncredited cameo | |
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Gavner Purl | Paul Weitz | ||
2010 | Miral | Eddie | Julian Schnabel | |
A Woman | Max Oliver | Giada Colagrande | ||
2011 | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco | Abel Ferrara | |
The Hunter | Martin David | Daniel Nettheim | ||
2012 | John Carter | Tars Tarkas | Andrew Stanton | Motion-capture |
Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha | David Jacobson | ||
2013 | Odd Thomas | Wyatt Porter | Stephen Sommers | |
Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | Hanneke Schutte | Short film | |
The Smile Man | Willem | Anton Lanshakov | ||
Love's Routine | Barry | Shirlyn Wong | ||
Out of the Furnace | John Petty | Scott Cooper | ||
Nymphomaniac | L | Lars von Trier | ||
The Benaki Museum | Antonis Benakis | Athina Rachel Tsangari | Voice Short film | |
2014 | A Most Wanted Man | Tommy Brue | Anton Corbijn | |
The Grand Budapest Hotel | J.G. Jopling | Wes Anderson | ||
Bad Country | Bud Carter | Chris Brinker | ||
The Fault in Our Stars | Peter Van Houten | Josh Boone | ||
Pasolini | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Abel Ferrara | ||
John Wick | Marcus | Chad Stahelski | ||
2015 | My Hindu Friend | Diego Fairman[3] | Héctor Babenco | |
2016 | Mind the Gap | Himself | Loris Gréaud | Short film |
Dog Eat Dog | 'Mad Dog' | Paul Schrader | ||
Finding Dory | Gill | Andrew Stanton | Voice cameo | |
A Family Man | Ed Blackridge | Mark Williams | ||
Sculpt | Man | Loris Gréaud | ||
The Great Wall | Ballard | Zhang Yimou | ||
2017 | Do Donkeys Act? | Narrator | David Redmon Ashley Sabin |
Voice Documentary |
The Florida Project | Bobby Hicks | Sean Baker | ||
What Happened to Monday | Terrence Settman | Tommy Wirkola | ||
Mountain | Narrator | Jennifer Peedom | Voice Documentary | |
Death Note | Ryuk | Adam Wingard | Voice | |
Justice League | Nuidis Vulko | Zack Snyder | Director's cut only | |
Murder on the Orient Express | Gerhard Hardman | Kenneth Branagh | ||
Opus Zero | Paul | Daniel Graham | ||
2018 | At Eternity's Gate | Vincent van Gogh | Julian Schnabel | |
Vox Lux | Narrator | Brady Corbet | Voice | |
Aquaman | Nuidis Vulko | James Wan | ||
2019 | Birds of a Feather | Yves | Christian Haas Andrea Block |
Voice |
The Lighthouse | Thomas Wake | Robert Eggers | ||
Tommaso | Tommaso | Abel Ferrara | ||
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Himself | Bárbara Paz | Documentary; also associate producer | |
Motherless Brooklyn | Paul Randolph | Edward Norton | ||
Togo | Leonhard Seppala | Ericson Core | ||
2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted | Richard Dick McMahon | Dee Rees | |
Siberia | Clint | Abel Ferrara | ||
Sportin' Life | Himself | Abel Ferrara | Documentary | |
2021 | The French Dispatch | Albert the Abacus | Wes Anderson | |
The Card Counter | Major John Gordo | Paul Schrader | ||
Nightmare Alley | Clem Hoately | Guillermo del Toro | ||
Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin[4] | Jon Watts | ||
2022 | The Northman | Heimir the Fool | Robert Eggers | Post-production |
TBA | Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens | Walter Hill | Post-production |
Inside | TBA | Vasilis Katsoupis | Post-production | |
The Legend of Ochi | Maxim | Isaiah Saxon | Post-production | |
Poor Things | Dr. Godwin Baxter | Yorgos Lanthimos | Post-production |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | The Hitchhiker | Jeffrey Hunt | Episode: "Ghostwriter" |
1991 | Fishing with John | Himself | Segment: "Ice Fishing in Northern Maine" |
1997, 2014 | The Simpsons | The Commandant / Mr. Lassen (voices) | 2 episodes |
2000 | Globehunters | Hunter (voice) | Television film |
2010 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World" |
2017 | Piigs | Documentary | |
2022 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (cameo)/(host) | Episodes: "Will Forte/Måneskin", "Willem Dafoe/Katy Perry" |
Video games[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Spider-Man | Norman Osborn / The Green Goblin (voice) | Also likeness |
2003 | Finding Nemo | Gill (voice) | |
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing | Nikolai Diavolo (voice) | Also likeness | |
2013 | Beyond: Two Souls | Nathan Dawkins (voice) | Also motion capture and likeness |
2021 | Twelve Minutes | Cop (voice) |
References[]
- ^ "Willem Dafoe Fandango filmography". Online database. Fandango. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ Goodsell, Luke (2009-11-23). "'I Don't Hate Women': Lars von Trier on Antichrist". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ^ "My Hindu Friend". mostra.org. São Paulo International Film Festival. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ Kit, Borys; Couch, Aaron (November 16, 2021). "'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Trailer Unleashes a Multiverse of Villains". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
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