
Willem Dafoe
Cumpleaños: 1955-07-22
Lugar de Nacimiento: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Biografía: 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).

Heaven's Gate, 1980
Drama
Western
Romance

The Hunger, 1983
Horror
Drama

Streets of Fire, 1984
Acción

To Live and Die in L.A., 1985
Detective
Thriller
Acción

Platoon, 1986
Drama
Guerra
Acción

The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988
Drama

Mississippi Burning, 1988
Drama
Detective

Born on the Fourth of July, 1989
Drama
Guerra

Cry-Baby, 1990
Comedia
Romance

Wild at Heart, 1990
Detective
Thriller
Romance

Clear and Present Danger, 1994
Acción
Drama
Thriller

The English Patient, 1996
Drama
Romance
Guerra

Basquiat, 1996
Drama
Histórico

Affliction, 1998
Drama
Detective
Misterio

The Boondock Saints, 1999
Acción
Thriller
Detective

eXistenZ, 1999
Acción
Thriller
Ciencia Ficción

American Psycho, 2000
Thriller
Drama
Detective

Shadow of the Vampire, 2000
Drama
Horror

Animal Factory, 2000
Detective
Drama

Spider-Man, 2002
Acción
Ciencia Ficción

Finding Nemo, 2003
Animación

Once Upon a Time in Mexico, 2003
Acción
Drama
Misterio

The Aviator, 2004
Drama

Spider-Man 2, 2004
Acción
Aventura
Ciencia Ficción

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004
Aventura
Comedia
Drama

The Clearing, 2004
Drama
Misterio
Thriller

xXx: State of the Union, 2005
Acción
Aventura
Detective
Misterio
Thriller

Manderlay, 2005
Drama

Paris Je T'aime, 2006
Drama
Romance

Spider-Man 3, 2007
Acción
Aventura
Ciencia Ficción

Mr. Bean's Holiday, 2007
Comedia

Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2009
Aventura
Animación
Comedia

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, 2009
Aventura
Fantasía
Acción
Thriller

Antichrist, 2009
Drama
Horror
Thriller

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, 2009
Acción
Thriller
Detective

Daybreakers, 2010
Acción
Fantasía
Ciencia Ficción

The Hunter, 2011
Drama
Thriller
Aventura

John Carter, 2012
Acción
Aventura
Ciencia Ficción

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, 2013
Drama
Misterio

Odd Thomas, 2013
Misterio
Thriller

Out of the Furnace, 2013
Thriller
Drama
Detective

The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014
Comedia
Drama

John Wick, 2014
Acción
Thriller

The Fault in Our Stars, 2014
Romance
Drama

A Most Wanted Man, 2014
Thriller

Pasolini, 2014
Histórico
Drama

The Great Wall, 2016
Acción
Aventura
Fantasía

Finding Dory, 2016
Aventura
Animación
Comedia

Dog Eat Dog, 2016
Drama
Detective
Thriller

A Family Man, 2016
Drama

Murder on the Orient Express, 2017
Misterio
Drama
Detective

What Happened to Monday, 2017
Ciencia Ficción
Thriller
Drama
Misterio
Acción

The Florida Project, 2017
Drama

Aquaman, 2018
Acción
Aventura
Fantasía

At Eternity's Gate, 2018
Drama

Vox Lux, 2018
Drama

The Lighthouse, 2019
Drama
Fantasía
Thriller

Togo, 2019
Aventura

Motherless Brooklyn, 2019
Drama
Thriller

Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021
Acción
Aventura
Ciencia Ficción

Zack Snyder's Justice League, 2021
Acción
Aventura
Fantasía

Nightmare Alley, 2021
Detective
Thriller
Drama

The French Dispatch, 2021
Drama
Comedia

The Card Counter, 2021
Drama
Thriller

Dead for a Dollar, 2022
Western
Thriller
Acción

The Northman, 2022
Acción
Aventura
Fantasía

Poor Things, 2023
Ciencia Ficción
Romance
Comedia

Asteroid City, 2023
Comedia
Drama

Inside, 2023
Thriller
Drama