Willem Dafoe filmography

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), The Boondock Saints (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Spider-Man (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Manderlay (2005), Antichrist (2009), The Florida Project (2017), At Eternity's Gate (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and Poor Things (2023).

Willem Dafoe filmography

Dafoe in 2017
Filmography
Feature films 147
Television series 8
Video games 5

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, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, Robert Eggers, and Yorgos Lanthimos.

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1980 Heaven's Gate Willy Uncredited
1981 The Loveless Vance
1983 The Hunger 2nd Phone Booth Youth
1984 Streets of Fire Raven Shaddock
1985 Roadhouse 66 Johnny Harte
To Live and Die in L.A. Eric Masters
1986 Platoon Sgt. Elias Grodin
1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Elephant Grass Voice
Documentary
1988 Off Limits Buck McGriff
The Last Temptation of Christ Jesus
Mississippi Burning FBI Agent Alan Ward
1989 Triumph of the Spirit Salamo Arouch
Born on the Fourth of July Charlie
1990 Cry-Baby Hateful Guard Cameo
Wild at Heart Bobby Peru
1991 Flight of the Intruder Lieutenant Commander Virgil Cole
1992 Light Sleeper John LeTour
White Sands Ray Dolezal
Body of Evidence Frank Dulaney
1993 Faraway, So Close! Emit Flesti
1994 Tom & Viv T.S. Eliot
Clear and Present Danger John Clark
The Night and the Moment The Writer
1996 Victory Axel Heyst
Basquiat The Electrician Cameo
The English Patient David Caravaggio
1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control John Geiger
Affliction Rolfe Whitehouse
1998 Lulu on the Bridge Dr. Van Horn
New Rose Hotel X Also co-producer
1999 Existenz Gas
The Boondock Saints Paul Smecker
2000 American Psycho Donald Kimball
Animal Factory Earl Copen
Shadow of the Vampire Max Schreck / Count Orlok
Bullfighter Father Ramirez
2001 Pavilion of Women Father Andre
Edges of the Lord Priest
2002 Spider-Man Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Globehunters Hunter Voice
Television film
Auto Focus John Henry Carpenter
2003 Finding Nemo Gill Voice
Once Upon a Time in Mexico Armando Barillo
2004 The Reckoning Martin
The Clearing Arnold Mack
Spider-Man 2 Norman Osborn / Green Goblin Cameo
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Klaus Daimler
Control Dr. Michael Copeland
The Aviator Roland Sweet
2005 XXX: State of the Union General George Deckert
Manderlay Grace's Father
Before It Had a Name Leslie Also co-writer
Ripley Under Ground Neil Murchison
2006 American Dreamz Chief of Staff
Inside Man Captain John Darius
Paris, je t'aime Le Cowboy Segment: "Place des Victoires"
2007 The Walker Larry Lockner
Mr. Bean's Holiday Carson Clay
Spider-Man 3 Norman Osborn / Green Goblin Cameo
Tales from Earthsea Cob English dub
Go Go Tales Ray Ruby
Anamorph Stan Aubrey
2008 Fireflies in the Garden Charles Taylor
Adam Resurrected Commandant Klein
The Dust of Time A
2009 Antichrist He [1]
Farewell Feeney
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? Detective Havenhurst
Daybreakers Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
Fantastic Mr. Fox Rat Voice
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Gavner Purl
2010 Miral Eddie
A Woman Max Oliver
2011 4:44 Last Day on Earth Cisco
The Hunter Martin David
2012 John Carter Tars Tarkas Motion-capture performance
Tomorrow You're Gone The Buddha
2013 Odd Thomas Chief Wyatt Porter
Out of the Furnace John Petty
Nymphomaniac L
2014 A Most Wanted Man Tommy Brue
The Grand Budapest Hotel Jopling
Bad Country Bud Carter
The Fault in Our Stars Peter Van Houten
Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini
John Wick Marcus
2015 My Hindu Friend Diego Fairman [2]
2016 Padre James Verdun
Dog Eat Dog 'Mad Dog'
Finding Dory Gill Voice cameo
A Family Man Ed Blackridge
Sculpt Man
The Great Wall Ballard
2017 The Florida Project Bobby
What Happened to Monday Terrence Settman
Mountain Narrator Voice
Documentary
Death Note Ryuk Voice
Murder on the Orient Express Gerhard Hardman
Opus Zero Paul
2018 At Eternity's Gate Vincent van Gogh
Vox Lux Narrator Voice
Aquaman Vulko
2019 Birds of a Feather Yves Voice [3]
The Lighthouse Thomas Wake [4]
Tommaso Tommaso [5]
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Himself Documentary; also associate producer [6]
Motherless Brooklyn Paul Randolph [7]
Togo Leonhard Seppala [8]
2020 The Last Thing He Wanted Dick McMahon [9]
Siberia Clint [10]
Sportin' Life Himself Documentary [11]
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League Vulko Director's cut of Justice League [12]
The French Dispatch Albert the Abacus [13]
The Card Counter Major John Gordo [14]
Nightmare Alley Clem Hoately [15]
Spider-Man: No Way Home Norman Osborn / Green Goblin [16]
River Narrator Voice
Documentary
[17]
2022 The Northman Heimir the Fool [18]
Dead for a Dollar Joe Cribbens [19]
2023 Inside Nemo [20]
Asteroid City Saltzburg Keitel [21]
Poor Things Dr. Godwin Baxter [22]
Finally Dawn Rufus Priori [23]
Pet Shop Days Francis [24]
Gonzo Girl Walker Reade [25]
The Boy and the Heron Noble Pelican Voice; English dub [26]
2024 Kinds of Kindness Raymond/George/Omi [27]
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Wolf Jackson [28]
Saturday Night David Tebet [29]
Nosferatu Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz Post-production [30]
2025 The Legend of Ochi Maxim Post-production [31]
TBA The Man In My Basement Anniston Bennet Post-production [32]
The Phoenician Scheme TBA Post-production [33]
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Stage

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Year Title Role(s) Venue Notes Ref.
1979 Point Judith (an epilog) performer The Envelope, New York [34]
1984 North Atlantic Colonel Lloyd “Ned” Lud (A.A.) Wooster Group Performing Garage [35][36]
1984 L.S.D. John Proctor Wooster Group Performing Garage [37]
1987 Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony performer Wooster Group Performing Garage [38][39]
1991 Brace Up! Andrei Sergeyevich Prozorov World tour [40][41][42]
1994 Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony Frank Dell Hebbel-Theater, Berlin [43]
1995 The Hairy Ape Yank Wooster Group Performing Garage [44][45]
1997 Selwyn Theatre
European tour
[44][45]
2001 Melbourne Festival [45]
2001 Festival d'Automne, Paris [45]
2001 To You, The Birdie Theseus World tour [46][47][48]
2003 Brace Up! Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin St. Ann's Warehouse [49][50]
2009 Idiot Savant Idiot Savant The Public Theater [51]
2011 The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic Narrator The Lowry, Manchester [52]
2013 Park Avenue Armory [53]
The Old Woman performer Palace Theatre, Manchester [54]
2014 Brooklyn Academy of Music [55]
Zellerbach Hall [54]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
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
2010 American Experience Narrator (voice) Episode: "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World"
2017 Piigs Documentary
2022 Finding Satoshi[56] Narrator (voice) Documentary
Saturday Night Live Himself (cameo)/(host) Episodes: "Will Forte/Måneskin", "Willem Dafoe/Katy Perry"
The Kingdom Grand Duc 3 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Spider-Man Norman Osborn / The Green Goblin (voice) Also likeness
2003 Finding Nemo Gill (voice)
2004 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)

Music videos

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Antony and the Johnsons: "Cut the World" Himself

References

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