Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/22/1955
Place of Birth
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
Willem Dafoe
Biography
Known For
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Finding Nemo
as Gill (voice)
Spider-Man
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Togo
as Leonhard Seppala
Spider-Man 3
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Nosferatu
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Poor Things
as Godwin Baxter
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Vulko
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as L
Aquaman
as Nuidis Vulko
The Phoenician Scheme
as Knave
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Jackson
The Legend of Ochi
as Maxim
John Carter
as Tars Tarkas
Inside Man
as John Darius
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Jopling
American Psycho
as Donald Kimball
Platoon
as Sergeant Elias Grodin
The Northman
as Heimir the Fool
The Fault in Our Stars
as Peter van Houten
Career Timeline
2025
Pet Shop Days
as Francis
The Man in My Basement
as Anniston Bennett
The Souffleur
as Lucius
Late Fame
as Ed Saxberger
The Birthday Party
as Marcos Timoleon
Avrio Vrady
as Dancing man
The Phoenician Scheme
as Knave
Grande Envie
as Count
The Legend of Ochi
as Maxim
Zero
as (voice)
2024
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
as Self
Nosferatu
as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
run 002
Role unknown
Saturday Night
as David Tebet
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Jackson
Kinds of Kindness
as Raymond / George / Omi
Can Creativity Save the World?
as Self
Finally Dawn
as Rufo Priori
2023
2022
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Role unknown
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Grand Duc
Dead for a Dollar
as Joe Cribbens
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
as Self
Mostra, Venise
as Self
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
as Film Actor
Il coraggio di essere Franco
as Sé stesso
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self
The Northman
as Heimir the Fool
Finding Satoshi
as Narrator
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
as Self
2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Nightmare Alley
as Clem Hoatley
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Albert 'the Abacus'
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self
The Card Counter
as Gordo
River
as Narrator
Maresco / Pasolini
as Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Vulko
2020
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
as Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self
Sportin' Life
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self
Siberia
as Clint
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
Role unknown
The Last Thing He Wanted
as Richard McMahon
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
as Self
Tommaso
as Tommaso
2019
2018
2017
Mountain
as Narrator (voice)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Gerhard Hardman
NHK WORLD PRIME
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Florida Project
as Bobby
Piazza Vittorio
as Himself
Death Note
as Ryuk (voice)
What Happened to Monday
as Terrence Settman
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
as Self
Sanctuary
as Narrator
2016
The Great Wall
as Ballard
Dog Eat Dog
as Mad Dog
Father
as James Verdun
A Family Man
as Ed Blackridge
Sculpt
Role unknown
Finding Dory
as Gill (voice)
Nelson Algren Live
as Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
My Hindu Friend
as Diego Fairman
Mind the Gap
as Self
2015
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
John Wick
as Marcus
Bad Country
as Bud Carter
Pasolini
as Pier Paolo Pasolini
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
as (archive footage)
A Most Wanted Man
as Tommy Brue
The Fault in Our Stars
as Peter van Houten
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Jopling
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2013
2012
2010
2009
2008
2007
Wintergasten
Role unknown
To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "Occupations") (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access
as Self
Voom Portraits
as Self
Anamorph
as Stan Aubray
The Procedure
as Christopher
Go Go Tales
as Ray Ruby
Spider-Man 3
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Mr. Bean's Holiday
as Carson Clay
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The Walker
as Larry Lockner
2006
2005
Ripley Under Ground
as Neil Murchison
The Colbert Report
Role unknown
Before It Had a Name
as Leslie
Manderlay
as Grace's Father
This Is an Adventure
as Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
as Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Willem Dafoe (uncredited)
xXx: State of the Union
as Gen. George Octavius Deckert
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Klaus D.
2004
The Aviator
as Roland Sweet
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Klaus Daimler
Control
as Dr. Michael Copeland
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Role unknown
The Misbehavers
as Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
as Narrator (voice)
Kulturplatz
as Self
The Clearing
as Arnold Mack
Spider-Man 2
as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
The Reckoning
as Martin