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	136
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, Kathryn Bigelow, Oliver Stone, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, Robert Eggers, David Lynch, William Friedkin, and Yorgos Lanthimos.

Film

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
	Arrive Alive	Mickey Crews	Unfinished film
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
	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
	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Himself
	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	Voice; 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]
	Zero	Voice on the Phone	Voice	[30]
	Nosferatu	Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz		[31]
2025	The Legend of Ochi	Maxim		[32]
	The Phoenician Scheme	Knave		[33]
	The Birthday Party †	Marcos Timoleon	Post-production	[34]
	Late Fame †	Ed Saxberger	Post-production	[35]
	The Souffleur †	Tenured Hotelier	Post-production	[36]
	The Man in My Basement †	Anniston Bennet	Post-production	[37]
TBA	Tenzing †	John Hunt	Filming	[38]

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

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
2002	Globehunters	Hunter (voice)	Television film
2010	American Experience	Narrator (voice)	Episode: "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World"
2017	Piigs	Narrator (voice)	Documentary
2022	Finding Satoshi[39]	Narrator (voice)	Documentary
	Saturday Night Live	Himself / various	Episodes: "Will Forte/Måneskin", "Willem Dafoe/Katy Perry"
	The Kingdom	Grand Duc	3 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role(s)	Venue	Notes	Ref.
1979	Point Judith (an epilog)	Performer	The Envelope, New York		[40]
1984	North Atlantic	Colonel Lloyd “Ned” Lud (A.A.)	Wooster Group Performing Garage		[41][42]
	L.S.D.	John Proctor	Wooster Group Performing Garage		[43]
1987	Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony	Performer	Wooster Group Performing Garage		[44][45]
1991	Brace Up!	Andrei Sergeyevich Prozorov	World tour		[46][47][48]
1994	Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony	Frank Dell	Hebbel-Theater, Berlin		[44]
1995	The Hairy Ape	Yank	Wooster Group Performing Garage		[49][50]
1997			Selwyn Theatre, European tour		[49][50]
2001			Melbourne Festival		[50]
			Festival d'Automne, Paris		[50]
	To You, The Birdie	Theseus	World tour		[51][52][53]
2003	Brace Up!	Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin	St. Ann's Warehouse		[46][54]
2009	Idiot Savant	Idiot Savant	The Public Theater		[55]
2011	The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic	Narrator	The Lowry, Manchester		[56]
2013			Park Avenue Armory		[57]
	The Old Woman	Performer	Palace Theatre, Manchester		[58]
2014			Brooklyn Academy of Music		[59]
			Zellerbach Hall		[58]

Video games

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Antony and the Johnsons: "Cut the World"	Himself
2025	GAMMAGAMMA: "Avrio Vrady"	Himself

Audiobook narration

• The Langoliers from Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
• Suddenly, A Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret
• The Essential Stories by T.S. Eliot