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Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Fødselsdag: 1955-07-22
Fødested: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Biografi: William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award. He frequently collaborates with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was an early member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut in Heaven's Gate (1980), but was fired during production. He had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film The Loveless (1982) and then played the main antagonist in Streets of Fire (1984) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He received his first Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for his role as Sergeant Elias Grodin in Oliver Stone's war film Platoon (1986). In 1988, Dafoe played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and costarred in Mississippi Burning, both of which were controversial. After receiving his second Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for portraying Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Dafoe portrayed the supervillain Norman Osborn / Green Goblin in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) earning him the Guinness World Record for the "longest career as a live-action Marvel character". He also portrayed the villains in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) and XXX: State of the Union (2005), as well as Carson Clay in the film Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007). In 2009, he starred in the experimental film Antichrist, one of his three films with Lars von Trier. Dafoe then appeared in The Fault in Our Stars, John Wick, The Grand Budapest Hotel (all 2014), The Great Wall (2016), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Florida Project (2017) (for which he received his third Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category), The Lighthouse (2019), The French Dispatch, and Nightmare Alley (both 2021). He portrayed Nuidis Vulko in the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2022). Dafoe has portrayed several real-life figures, including T. S. Eliot in Tom & Viv (1994), Pier Paolo Pasolini in Pasolini (2014), Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate (2018) (for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, his first in that category), and Leonhard Seppala in Togo (2019).
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Heaven's Gate
6.8
Heaven's Gate, 1980
Drama
Western
Romantik
The Hunger
6.7
The Hunger, 1983
Gys
Drama
Streets of Fire
6.9
Streets of Fire, 1984
Action
To Live and Die in L.A.
7.1
To Live and Die in L.A., 1985
Detektiv
Thriller
Action
Platoon
7.7
Platoon, 1986
Drama
Krig
Action
The Last Temptation of Christ
7.2
The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988
Drama
Mississippi Burning
7.7
Mississippi Burning, 1988
Drama
Detektiv
Born on the Fourth of July
7.0
Born on the Fourth of July, 1989
Drama
Krig
Cry-Baby
6.6
Cry-Baby, 1990
Komedie
Romantik
Wild at Heart
7.0
Wild at Heart, 1990
Detektiv
Thriller
Romantik
Clear and Present Danger
6.6
Clear and Present Danger, 1994
Action
Drama
Thriller
The English Patient
7.2
The English Patient, 1996
Drama
Romantik
Krig
Basquiat
6.6
Basquiat, 1996
Drama
Historisk
Affliction
6.3
Affliction, 1998
Drama
Detektiv
Mysterium
The Boondock Saints
7.3
The Boondock Saints, 1999
Action
Thriller
Detektiv
eXistenZ
6.8
eXistenZ, 1999
Action
Thriller
Sci-Fi
American Psycho
7.4
American Psycho, 2000
Thriller
Drama
Detektiv
Shadow of the Vampire
6.7
Shadow of the Vampire, 2000
Drama
Gys
Animal Factory
6.3
Animal Factory, 2000
Detektiv
Drama
Spider-Man
7.3
Spider-Man, 2002
Action
Sci-Fi
Finding Nemo
7.8
Finding Nemo, 2003
Animation
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
6.3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico, 2003
Action
Drama
Mysterium
The Aviator
7.2
The Aviator, 2004
Drama
Spider-Man 2
7.3
Spider-Man 2, 2004
Action
Eventyr
Sci-Fi
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
7.1
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004
Eventyr
Komedie
Drama
The Clearing
5.8
The Clearing, 2004
Drama
Mysterium
Thriller
xXx: State of the Union
5.0
xXx: State of the Union, 2005
Action
Eventyr
Detektiv
Mysterium
Thriller
Manderlay
6.9
Manderlay, 2005
Drama
Paris Je T'aime
6.8
Paris Je T'aime, 2006
Drama
Romantik
Spider-Man 3
6.4
Spider-Man 3, 2007
Action
Eventyr
Sci-Fi
Mr. Bean's Holiday
6.3
Mr. Bean's Holiday, 2007
Komedie
Fantastic Mr. Fox
7.8
Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2009
Eventyr
Animation
Komedie
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
5.8
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, 2009
Eventyr
Fantasy
Action
Thriller
Antichrist
6.6
Antichrist, 2009
Drama
Gys
Thriller
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
6.0
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, 2009
Action
Thriller
Detektiv
Daybreakers
6.3
Daybreakers, 2010
Action
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
The Hunter
6.6
The Hunter, 2011
Drama
Thriller
Eventyr
John Carter
6.3
John Carter, 2012
Action
Eventyr
Sci-Fi
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
6.7
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, 2013
Drama
Mysterium
Odd Thomas
6.9
Odd Thomas, 2013
Mysterium
Thriller
Out of the Furnace
6.6
Out of the Furnace, 2013
Thriller
Drama
Detektiv
The Grand Budapest Hotel
8.1
The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014
Komedie
Drama
John Wick
7.4
John Wick, 2014
Action
Thriller
The Fault in Our Stars
7.6
The Fault in Our Stars, 2014
Romantik
Drama
A Most Wanted Man
6.5
A Most Wanted Man, 2014
Thriller
Pasolini
5.6
Pasolini, 2014
Historisk
Drama
The Great Wall
6.0
The Great Wall, 2016
Action
Eventyr
Fantasy
Finding Dory
7.0
Finding Dory, 2016
Eventyr
Animation
Komedie
Dog Eat Dog
5.1
Dog Eat Dog, 2016
Drama
Detektiv
Thriller
A Family Man
6.7
A Family Man, 2016
Drama
Murder on the Orient Express
6.7
Murder on the Orient Express, 2017
Mysterium
Drama
Detektiv
What Happened to Monday
7.2
What Happened to Monday, 2017
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Drama
Mysterium
Action
The Florida Project
7.4
The Florida Project, 2017
Drama
Aquaman
6.9
Aquaman, 2018
Action
Eventyr
Fantasy
At Eternity's Gate
6.9
At Eternity's Gate, 2018
Drama
Vox Lux
5.8
Vox Lux, 2018
Drama
The Lighthouse
7.5
The Lighthouse, 2019
Drama
Fantasy
Thriller
Togo
8.2
Togo, 2019
Eventyr
Motherless Brooklyn
6.7
Motherless Brooklyn, 2019
Drama
Thriller
Spider-Man: No Way Home
8.0
Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021
Action
Eventyr
Sci-Fi
Zack Snyder's Justice League
8.2
Zack Snyder's Justice League, 2021
Action
Eventyr
Fantasy
Nightmare Alley
7.0
Nightmare Alley, 2021
Detektiv
Thriller
Drama
The French Dispatch
7.1
The French Dispatch, 2021
Drama
Komedie
The Card Counter
6.2
The Card Counter, 2021
Drama
Thriller
Dead for a Dollar
5.9
Dead for a Dollar, 2022
Western
Thriller
Action
The Northman
7.1
The Northman, 2022
Action
Eventyr
Fantasy
Poor Things
7.9
Poor Things, 2023
Sci-Fi
Romantik
Komedie
Asteroid City
6.5
Asteroid City, 2023
Komedie
Drama
Inside
5.6
Inside, 2023
Thriller
Drama