Willem Dafoe filmography
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| Willem Dafoe filmography | ||
|---|---|---|
.jpg) Dafoe in 2017 | ||
| Filmography | ||
| Feature films | 147 | |
| Television series | 8 | |
| 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), The Boondock Saints (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Spider-Man (2002), 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).
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[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate | Willy | Uncredited |
| 1981 | The Loveless | Vance | |
| White Lies | Short film | ||
| 1983 | The Hunger | 2nd Phone Booth Youth | |
| 1984 | Shackin' Up | Boyfriend[1] | |
| Streets of Fire | Raven | ||
| 1985 | Roadhouse 66 | Johnny Harte | |
| O Panama | Short film | ||
| 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 | ||
| Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate | Narrator | Voice Documentary | |
| The Aviator | Roland Sweet | Cameo | |
| 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 | ||
| The Procedure | Christopher | Short film | |
| Anamorph | Stan Aubrey | ||
| 2008 | Fireflies in the Garden | Charles Taylor | |
| Adam Resurrected | Commandant Klein | ||
| The Dust of Time | A | ||
| 2009 | Antichrist | He [2] | |
| 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 |
| Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha | ||
| 2013 | Odd Thomas | Chief Wyatt Porter | |
| Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | Short film | |
| The Smile Man | Willem | ||
| Love's Routine | Barry | ||
| Out of the Furnace | John Petty | ||
| Nymphomaniac | L | ||
| The Benaki Museum | Antonis Benakis | Voice Short film | |
| 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[3] | |
| 2016 | Padre | James Verdun | |
| Mind the Gap | Himself | Short film | |
| Dog Eat Dog | 'Mad Dog' | ||
| Finding Dory | Gill | Voice cameo | |
| A Family Man | Ed Blackridge | ||
| Sculpt | Man | ||
| The Great Wall | Ballard | ||
| 2017 | Do Donkeys Act? | Narrator | Voice Documentary |
| 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 |
| The Lighthouse | Thomas Wake | ||
| Tommaso | Tommaso | ||
| Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Himself | Documentary; also associate producer | |
| Motherless Brooklyn | Paul Randolph | ||
| Togo | Leonhard Seppala | ||
| 2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted | Dick McMahon | |
| Siberia | Clint | ||
| Sportin' Life | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Vulko | Director's cut of Justice League |
| The French Dispatch | Albert the Abacus | ||
| The Card Counter | Major John Gordo | ||
| Nightmare Alley | Clem Hoately | ||
| Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin[4] | ||
| River | Narrator | Voice Documentary | |
| 2022 | The Northman | Heimir the Fool | |
| Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens | ||
| 2023 | Inside | Nemo[5] | |
| Asteroid City | Saltzburg Keitel | ||
| Poor Things | Dr. Godwin Baxter | ||
| Finalmente l'alba | Rufus Priori | ||
| Pet Shop Days | Francis | [6] | |
| Gonzo Girl | Walker Reade | ||
| The Boy and the Heron | Noble Pelican[7] | Voice; English dub | |
| 2024 | Kinds of Kindness † | Post-production | |
| Beetlejuice Beetlejuice † | Wolf Jackson | Post-production | |
| Nosferatu † | Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz | Post-production[8] | |
| TBA | The Legend of Ochi † | Maxim | Post-production |
| Tropico † | Raymond Sanz | Post-production[9] | |
| The Man In My Basement † | Anniston Bennet | Filming | |
| SNL 1975 † | David Tebet | Filming |
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Point Judith (an epilog) | performer | The Envelope, New York | [10] | |
| 1984 | North Atlantic | Colonel Lloyd “Ned” Lud (A.A.) | Wooster Group Performing Garage | [11][12] | |
| 1984 | L.S.D. | John Proctor | Wooster Group Performing Garage | [13] | |
| 1987 | Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony | performer | Wooster Group Performing Garage | [14][15] | |
| 1991 | Brace Up! | Andrei Sergeyevich Prozorov | World tour | [16][17][18] | |
| 1994 | Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony | Frank Dell | Hebbel-Theater, Berlin | [19] | |
| 1995 | The Hairy Ape | Yank | Wooster Group Performing Garage | [20][21] | |
| 1997 | Selwyn Theatre European tour |
[20][21] | |||
| 2001 | Melbourne Festival | [21] | |||
| 2001 | Festival d'Automne, Paris | [21] | |||
| 2001 | To You, The Birdie | Theseus | World tour | [22][23][24] | |
| 2003 | Brace Up! | Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin | St. Ann's Warehouse | [25][26] | |
| 2009 | Idiot Savant | Idiot Savant | The Public Theater | [27] |
Television[edit]
| 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[28] | 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Antony and the Johnsons: "Cut the World" | Himself |
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Mitchell, Wendy (June 4, 2021). "Heretic wraps 'Inside' starring Willem Dafoe; Bankside boards sales (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "New cast members for 'Pet Shop Boys' include Willem Dafoe and Peter Sarsgaard". uk.style.yahoo.com. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ "Hayao Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' Announces English Voice Cast: Christian Bale, Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson to Star". Variety. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ Squires, John (May 30, 2023). "Filming on the Robert Eggers 'Nosferatu' Remake Has Reportedly Wrapped in Prague". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ Loggins, Emma (2023-06-11). "What's Next for Pedro Pascal? A Look at His Upcoming Movies and TV Shows". FanBolt. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ^ "POINT JUDITH (an epilog)". The Wooster Group. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "NORTH ATLANTIC". The Wooster Group. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Wohl, David (October 1984). "Review of North Atlantic by Jim Strahs, performance by The Wooster Group". Theater Journal. 36: 413–415. doi:10.2307/3206963. JSTOR 3206963. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Gussow, Mel (31 October 1984). "STAGE: WOOSTER GROUP". New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "FRANK DELL'S THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTONY". The Wooster Group. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (3 April 1987). "WOOSTER GROUP ON LOVE, LUST AND LENNY BRUCE IN 'ST. ANTHONY'". New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "BRACE UP!". The Wooster Group. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Hilty, Greg. "The Wooster Group, Brace Up". Frieze (8). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Hemming, Sarah (6 July 1993). "THEATRE / Lift: Chekhov with lashings of Wooster sauce: Sarah Hemming watches Willem Dafoe and Co subvert Three Sisters, plus Bobby Baker off her trolley". The Independent. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "FRANK DELL'S THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTONY". The Wooster Group. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b Lefkowitz, David (20 March 1997). "Willem Dafoe To Star in Off-B'way Hairy Ape March 21". Playbill. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "THE HAIRY APE". The Wooster Group. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "TO YOU, THE BIRDIE! (Phèdre)". The Wooster Group. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Billington, Michael (11 May 2002). "Theatre Review: To You, the Birdie!". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "The Wooster Group New York To You, The Birdie! (Phèdre)". Hebbel-Theater. August 2003. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "BRACE UP!". The Wooster Group. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Als, Hilton (2 March 2003). "Reality Theatre". The New Yorker. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (4 November 2009). "Still Bouncing Off the Fun House Walls". New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Finding Satoshi". IMDb.