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In 1979, Willem Dafoe was given a small role in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate from which he was fired. His first feature role came shortly after in Kathryn Bigelow's The Loveless. From there, he went on to perform in over 80 films - in Hollywood (John Carter, Spider-Man, The English Patient, Finding Nemo... See full bio »

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William J. Dafoe
in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
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2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel (post-production)
 
2013 Nymphomaniac (post-production)
 
2013 A Most Wanted Man (post-production)
Tommy Brue
 
2013 Out of the Furnace (post-production)
John Petty
 
2013 Beyond: Two Souls (Video Game) (post-production)
Nathan Dawkins
 
2013 Bad Country (post-production)
Bud Carter
 
2013 Odd Thomas
Wyatt Porter
 
2012 Tomorrow You're Gone
The Buddha
 
2012 John Carter
Tars Tarkas
 
2012 Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World (video short)
 
2011/IV The Hunter
Martin
 
2011 4:44 Last Day on Earth
Cisco
 
2010 A Woman
Max Oliver
 
2010 Miral
Eddie
 
2009 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Gavner Purl
 
2009 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Paul Smecker (uncredited)
 
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox
Rat (voice)
 
2009 Daybreakers
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
 
2009 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Detective Hank Havenhurst
 
2009 Farewell
Feeney
 
2009 Antichrist
He
 
2008 The Dust of Time
A
 
2008 Adam Resurrected
Commandant Klein
 
2008 Fireflies in the Garden
Charles Taylor
 
2007 Anamorph
Stan Aubray
 
2007 Go Go Tales
Ray Ruby
 
2007 Spider-Man 3
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
 
2007 Mr. Bean's Holiday
Carson Clay
 
2007 The Walker
Larry Lockner
 
2007/I The Procedure (short)
Christopher
 
2006 Tales from Earthsea
Cob (voice: English version)
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime
Le cow-boy (segment "Place des Victoires")
 
2006 Inside Man
Captain John Darius
 
2006 American Dreamz
Chief of Staff
 
2005 Ripley Under Ground
Neil Murchinson
 
2005 Before It Had a Name
Leslie
 
2005 Manderlay
Grace's Father
 
2005 xXx: State of the Union
General George Deckert
 
2004 The Aviator
Roland Sweet
 
2004 Control
Dr. Michael Copeland
 
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Klaus Daimler
 
2004 Spider-Man 2
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
 
2004 The Clearing
Arnold Mack
 
2003 Camel Cricket City (short)
Camel Cricket (voice)
 
2003 James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (Video Game)
Nikolai Diavolo (voice)
 
2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Barillo
 
2003/I The Reckoning
Martin
 
2003 Finding Nemo
Gill (voice)
 
2002 Auto Focus
John Carpenter
 
2002 Spider-Man
Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
 
2002 Spider-Man (Video Game)
Green Goblin (voice) / Norman Osborn (voice)
 
2001 Edges of the Lord
Priest
 
2001 Pavilion of Women
Father Andre
 
2000 Bullfighter
Father Ramirez
 
2000 Shadow of the Vampire
Max Schreck
 
2000 Animal Factory
Earl Copen
 
2000 American Psycho
Det. Donald Kimball
 
2000 Globehunters
Hunter (voice)
 
1999 The Boondock Saints
Paul Smecker
 
1999 eXistenZ
Gas
 
1998 New Rose Hotel
X
 
1998 Lulu on the Bridge
Dr. Van Horn
 
1997 Affliction
Rolfe Whitehouse
 
1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control
John Geiger
 
1997 The Simpsons (TV series)
The Commandant
– The Secret War of Lisa Simpson (1997) … The Commandant (voice)
 
1996 Victory
Axel Heyst
 
1996 The English Patient
David Caravaggio
 
1996 Basquiat
The Electrician
 
1995 The Night and the Moment
The Writer
 
1994 Clear and Present Danger
John Clark
 
1994 Tom & Viv
Tom Eliot
 
1993 Faraway, So Close!
Emit Flesti
 
1993 Body of Evidence
Frank Dulaney
 
1992 White Sands
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
 
1992 Light Sleeper
John LeTour
 
1991 Flight of the Intruder
Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
 
1990 Wild at Heart
Bobby Peru
 
1990 Cry-Baby
Hateful Guard
 
1990 Arrive Alive
Mickey Crews
 
1989 Born on the Fourth of July
Charlie - Villa Dulce
 
1989 Triumph of the Spirit
Salamo Arouch
 
1988 Mississippi Burning
Agent Alan Ward
 
1988 The Last Temptation of Christ
Jesus
 
1988 Off Limits
Buck McGriff
 
1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (TV documentary)
Elephant grass (voice)
 
1986 Platoon
Sgt. Elias
 
1986 The Hitchhiker (TV series)
Jeffrey Hunt
– Ghostwriter (1986) … Jeffrey Hunt
 
1985 To Live and Die in L.A.
Eric Masters
 
1985 Roadhouse 66
Johnny Harte
 
1984 Streets of Fire
Raven Shaddock
 
1984 New York Nights
Boyfriend
 
1983 The Hunger
2nd Phone Booth Youth
 
1982 The Loveless
Vance
 
1980 Heaven's Gate
Willy (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2002 Spider-Man (performer: "Itsy Bitsy Spider")
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1998 New Rose Hotel (co-producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2009 The New Bike (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2005 This Is an Adventure (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
2004 Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (special thanks)
 
1996 Foolish Heart (thanks)
 
1996 Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda (TV documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (93 titles)
2012 Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic (documentary) (completed)
 
2012 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.144 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #1.142 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 SXSW Flashback 2012 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 In Conversation with Willem Dafoe (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2012 Mi reino por un caballo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.87 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #1.86 (2012) … Himself
 
1996-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 20 March 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 26 January 2001 (2001) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 5 January 1999 (1999) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 December 1996 (1996) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Willem Dafoe (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2004-2012 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 7 March 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 22 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 April 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2012 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 7 March 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards (TV movie)
Himself - presenter
 
2011 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 July 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Continuarà... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 June 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
1993-2011 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 November 1994 (1994) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 February 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
2011 Gauguin: Maker of Myth (video documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2010 Problema (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World (2010) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2010 MindFlux (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Three Beggars: The Animals of Antichrist (video short)
Himself / He
 
2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.135 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 HARDtalk (TV series)
Himself
– Willem Dafoe (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.10 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Cannes Film Festival 2009 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Cartaz Cultural (TV series)
Himself (2008)
 
2008 Mr. Bean's Holiday: The Human Bean (video short)
Himself
 
2008 Mr. Bean's Holiday: Beans in Cannes (video short)
Himself
 
2008 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– Willem Dafoe/Thomas Haden Church (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Bienvenue à Cannes (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Oliver Stone - Hollywoods Lieblingsrebell (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Ultimate Heist: Making 'Inside Man' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Cannes Experience: Manderlay 2005 (video documentary short)
Himself/Grace's Father
 
2005 Magacine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
2005 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 This Is an Adventure (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Starz on the Set: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The Misbehavers (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Clearing (2004) … Himself
 
2004 NY Graham Norton (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2004) … Himself
 
2001-2004 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Willem Dafoe (2004) … Himself
– Willem Dafoe (2002) … Himself
– Willem Dafoe (2001) … Himself
 
2004 The Anti-Hero's Journey (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Barrillo' (also archive footage)
 
2003 Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997-2003 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) … Himself
– Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' (2002) … Himself
– The Making of 'Speed 2: Cruise Control' (1997) … Himself
 
2003 Overnight (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Rockets Redglare! (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Ashtanga, NY (documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Hollywood High (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2002 Festival Pass with Chris Gore (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Page to Screen (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The English Patient … Himself
 
2002 Spider-Man: An MTV Movie Special (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 The Spider-Man Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995-2002 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.71 (2002) … Himself
– Episode #9.2 (2001) … Himself
– Episode #4.294 (1996) … Himself
– Episode #3.235 (1995) … Himself
 
2002 Spidermania (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Reel Comedy (TV series)
Himself
– The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou … Himself
 
2002 Behind the Scenes: Spider-Man the Movie (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2001 The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
1997-2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 January 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 March 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
2001 A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' (video documentary)
Himself / Sgt. Elias
 
2000 Film-Fest DVD: Issue 5 - Cannes 2000 & SXSW (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Making of 'American Psycho' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999-2000 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Martin Scorsese (2000) … Himself
– The Films of David Cronenberg (1999) … Himself
 
2000 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 April 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
1998 What Is Yoga? (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1998 Fishing with John (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Willem Dafoe (1998) … Himself
 
1997 The Making of 'Speed 2: Cruise Control' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.12 (1996) … Himself
 
1995 39 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Actor (tape)
 
1994 CBS This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 August 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1993 De tú a tú (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 February 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1992 North on Evers
Himself
 
1991 The 6th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Male
 
1990 The Making of 'Triumph of the Spirit' (short)
Himself
 
1989-1990 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 January 1990 (1990) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 December 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The 61st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
 
1988 Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1985 The Communists Are Comfortable (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Music Videos and Inside 'Streets of Fire' (TV special documentary)
Himself (Raven)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (22 titles)
2012 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
 
2012 The Big Picture (TV series)
 
2012 2011 Samsung AACTA Awards (TV movie)
Martin David
 
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
 
2009 Antichrist: Chaos Reigns at the Cannes Filmfestival 2009 (video short)
Himself
 
2008 Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Occupations")
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Ceremonia de clausura (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Corazón de... (TV series)
 
2005 Ceremonia de apertura (TV movie)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2005 The Road to Manderlay (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Finding Nemo (Video Game)
Gill (voice)
 
2002 Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger (video documentary short)
Himself/John Clark
 

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Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 12 Interviews  | 9 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Personal Quote:

Most of the work happens when you're on the set. It's like going to a cocktail party - you know who's going to be there, you have certain expectations about the topics of conversation and the social dynamic. At the same time, when you arrive, you've got to be able to abandon those preconceptions and be mercurial... See more »

Trivia:

John Malkovich, Nicolas Cage, and Dafoe were all approached to play the Green Goblin in Spider-Man. Dafoe and Malkovich starred in Shadow of the Vampire together, while Cage produced the film. Dafoe ended up getting the Spider-Man role. See more »

Trademark:

Characters that often meet a grim fate See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer