Willem Dafoe was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Muriel Isabel (Sprissler), a nurse, and Dr. William Alfred Dafoe, a surgeon. He is of French, German, English, Irish, and Scottish descent. In 1979, Dafoe was given a small role in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980) from which he was fired. His first feature role came shortly after in Kathryn ...
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 34 nominations.
Movie | The Sleeping Shepherd | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | The Great Wall | None | 2017-02-17 |
Movie | What Happened to Monday? | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | The Headhunter's Calling | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | The Procedure | Christopher | 2016-03-08 |
Movie | My Hindu Friend | Diego Fairman | 2016-03-03 |
Movie | Dog Eat Dog | Mad Dog | 2016 |
Movie | Fukushima: A Nuclear Story | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | The Making of 'A Most Wanted Man' | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Pasolini | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | A Most Wanted Man | Unknown | 2014 |
Series | Días de cine | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | The Fault in Our Stars | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Time Out of Mind | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Unknown | 2014-03-28 |
Movie | Bad Country | Bud Carter | 2014-04-29 |
Movie | John Wick | Marcus | 2014-10-24 |
Movie | Beyond: Two Souls | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Só Visto! | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited | Unknown | 2013-11-08 |
Movie | Love's Routine | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Odd Thomas | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Out of the Furnace | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Live with Kelly and Michael | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | The Smile Man | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | 2013-05-25 |
Series | Rencontres de cinéma | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Hello! Hollywood | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | In Conversation with Willem Dafoe | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Tomorrow You're Gone | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | John Carter: 100 Years in the Making | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | 360 Degrees of 'John Carter' | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Pastor Mike Online | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | 2011 Samsung AACTA Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle | Unknown | 2012-11-10 |
Series | Welcome to the Basement | Unknown | 2012-01-13 |
Movie | John Carter | Tars Tarkas | 2012-03-09 |
Movie | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco | 2012-12-19 |
Movie | SXSW Flashback 2012 | Himself | 2012-10-23 |
Movie | The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2012-02-25 |
Movie | The Hunter | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | Janela Indiscreta | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | El hormiguero | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | The Big Picture | Unknown | 2011-03-29 |
Series | Mi reino por un caballo | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Gauguin: Maker of Myth | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes | Unknown | 2010-05-17 |
Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Unknown | 2010-07-08 |
Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Unknown | 2010-05-04 |
Movie | Daybreakers | Unknown | 2010-01-08 |
Series | Special Collector's Edition | Unknown | 2010-08-16 |
Movie | A Woman | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Problema | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | MindFlux | Unknown | 2010 |
Series | Miradas 2 | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Miral | Eddie | 2010-09-03 |
Movie | Cannes Film Festival 2009 | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Antichrist: Chaos Reigns at the Cannes Filmfestival 2009 | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Farewell | Feeney | 2009-09-23 |
Movie | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat | 2009-11-25 |
Movie | Antichrist | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | The New Bike | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | The Three Beggars: The Animals of Antichrist | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Unknown | 2009-10-23 |
Series | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2009-03-02 |
Movie | Fireflies in the Garden | Charles | 2008-07-17 |
Movie | Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Mr. Bean's Holiday: Beans in Cannes | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Anamorph | Stan Aubray | 2008-08-05 |
Movie | Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | Unknown | 2008-09-18 |
Movie | Adam Resurrected | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | The Dust of Time | Unknown | 2008 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Mr. Bean's Holiday: The Human Bean | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia | Unknown | 2007-09-20 |
Movie | Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires | Unknown | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | The Walker | Larry Lockner | 2007-08-10 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Unknown | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Bienvenue à Cannes | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | To Each His Own Cinema | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Go Go Tales | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Paris, je t'aime | Unknown | 2007-06-15 |
Movie | Spider-Man 3 | Unknown | 2007-05-04 |
Movie | Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow | Himself | 2006-09-24 |
Movie | 2006 Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | The Ultimate Heist: Making 'Inside Man' | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Tales from Earthsea | Cob | 2006-07-29 |
Movie | Inside Man | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | American Dreamz | Chief of Staff | 2006-04-21 |
Movie | Oliver Stone - Hollywoods Lieblingsrebell | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon | Unknown | 2006 |
Series | Reel Comedy | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury | Unknown | 2006 |
Series | Caiga quien caiga | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Unknown | 2005-05-06 |
Series | Continuarà... | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | xXx: State of the Union | General George Deckert | 2005-04-29 |
Movie | Ceremonia de clausura | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Ceremonia de apertura | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Ripley Under Ground | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Before It Had a Name | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Manderlay | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The Road to Manderlay | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Magacine | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | This Is an Adventure | Himself | 2005-05-10 |
Movie | Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Starz on the Set: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
Series | Corazón de... | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The Cannes Experience: Manderlay 2005 | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Cinema mil | Unknown | 2005-07-16 |
Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | 2004-06-30 |
Movie | Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing | Nikolai Diavolo | 2004-02-18 |
Movie | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | The Clearing | Unknown | 2004-07-16 |
Movie | The Anti-Hero's Journey | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | Control | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | NY Graham Norton | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch | Himself | 2004-12-07 |
Movie | The Aviator | Unknown | 2004-12-25 |
Movie | The Misbehavers | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Le grand journal de Canal+ | Unknown | 2004-08-30 |
Movie | Hollywood High | Himself | 2003-03-31 |
Movie | Finding Nemo | Gill | 2003-05-30 |
Movie | Finding Nemo | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Ashtanga, NY | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | The 45th Annual Grammy Awards | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | Cartaz Cultural | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Barillo | 2003-09-12 |
Movie | Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Camel Cricket City | Camel Cricket | 2003-11-01 |
Series | Shootout | Unknown | 2003-10-12 |
Movie | Abel Ferrara Not Guilty | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Rockets Redglare! | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Overnight | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | + de cinéma | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Spider-Man: An MTV Movie Special | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | The Spider-Man Story | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Spider-Man | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Auto Focus | John Carpenter | 2002-11-01 |
Movie | Spidermania | Himself | 2002-04-30 |
Movie | Behind the Ultimate Spin | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | The Reckoning | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Cinema 3 | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Spider-Man | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Festival Pass with Chris Gore | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Page to Screen | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2001-01-21 |
Movie | Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck | 2001-01-26 |
Movie | 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2001-03-11 |
Movie | Pavilion of Women | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Edges of the Lord | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | Anatomy of a Scene | Unknown | 2001-11-01 |
Movie | The 73rd Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2001-03-25 |
Movie | American Psycho | Unknown | 2000-04-14 |
Movie | Animal Factory | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Film-Fest DVD: Issue 5 - Cannes 2000 & SXSW | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | The Making of 'American Psycho' | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Globehunters | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Bullfighter | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | The Boondock Saints | Paul Smecker | 1999-11-19 |
Series | The Directors | Himself | 1999-03-02 |
Movie | Affliction | Unknown | 1999-02-19 |
Series | HARDtalk | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | eXistenZ | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Lulu on the Bridge | Unknown | 1998-08-14 |
Movie | What Is Yoga? | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Foolish Heart | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | New Rose Hotel | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | The Making of 'Speed 2: Cruise Control' | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
Movie | Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Victory | Unknown | 1996 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | The English Patient | David Caravaggio | 1996-12-06 |
Movie | Basquiat | The Electrician | 1996-08-09 |
Movie | 39 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | Clear and Present Danger | John Clark | 1994-08-03 |
Movie | The Night and the Moment | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
Movie | Tom & Viv | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti | 1993-12-21 |
Movie | Body of Evidence | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | White Sands | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Light Sleeper | John LeTour | 1992-03-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | North on Evers | Unknown | 1992 |
Series | Charlie Rose | Unknown | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | Flight of the Intruder | Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole | 1991-01-18 |
Series | Fishing with John | Unknown | 1991 |
Movie | The 6th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 1991 |
Series | De tú a tú | Unknown | 1991 |
Movie | Born on the Fourth of July | Unknown | 1990-01-05 |
Movie | The Making of 'Triumph of the Spirit' | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Cry-Baby | Unknown | 1990 |
Series | Cinéma, de notre temps | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Arrive Alive | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Wild at Heart | Unknown | 1990 |
Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | The 61st Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1989-03-29 |
Movie | Triumph of the Spirit | Unknown | 1989 |
Series | The Arsenio Hall Show | Unknown | 1989-01-03 |
Movie | Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ | Unknown | 1988 |
Series | CBS This Morning | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | Mississippi Burning | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | The Last Temptation of Christ | Unknown | 1988 |
Series | American Experience | Unknown | 1988-10-04 |
Movie | Off Limits | Buck McGriff | 1988-03-11 |
Movie | The 59th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1987 |
Series | Deadly Nightmares | Unknown | 1987 |
Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Unknown | 1987 |
Movie | Platoon | Unknown | 1986 |
Movie | Roadhouse 66 | Unknown | 1985 |
Movie | The Communists Are Comfortable | Unknown | 1985 |
Movie | To Live and Die in L.A. | Unknown | 1985 |
Movie | Streets of Fire | Unknown | 1984-06-01 |
Movie | New York Nights | Unknown | 1984 |
Movie | Music Videos and Inside 'Streets of Fire' | Himself | 1984-06-01 |
Movie | The Hunger | Unknown | 1983 |
Movie | The Loveless | Unknown | 1981 |
Movie | Heaven's Gate | Unknown | 1980 |
Series | Good Morning America | Unknown | 1975-01-06 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |