
Willem Dafoe
Compleanno: 1955-07-22
Luogo di nascita: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Biografia: 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
Drammatico
Western
Romantico

The Hunger, 1983
Horror
Drammatico

Streets of Fire, 1984
Azione

To Live and Die in L.A., 1985
Investigativo
Thriller
Azione

Platoon, 1986
Drammatico
Guerra
Azione

The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988
Drammatico

Mississippi Burning, 1988
Drammatico
Investigativo

Born on the Fourth of July, 1989
Drammatico
Guerra

Cry-Baby, 1990
Commedia
Romantico

Wild at Heart, 1990
Investigativo
Thriller
Romantico

Clear and Present Danger, 1994
Azione
Drammatico
Thriller

The English Patient, 1996
Drammatico
Romantico
Guerra

Basquiat, 1996
Drammatico
Storico

Affliction, 1998
Drammatico
Investigativo
Mistero

The Boondock Saints, 1999
Azione
Thriller
Investigativo

eXistenZ, 1999
Azione
Thriller
Fantascienza

American Psycho, 2000
Thriller
Drammatico
Investigativo

Shadow of the Vampire, 2000
Drammatico
Horror

Animal Factory, 2000
Investigativo
Drammatico

Spider-Man, 2002
Azione
Fantascienza

Finding Nemo, 2003
Animazione

Once Upon a Time in Mexico, 2003
Azione
Drammatico
Mistero

The Aviator, 2004
Drammatico

Spider-Man 2, 2004
Azione
Avventura
Fantascienza

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004
Avventura
Commedia
Drammatico

The Clearing, 2004
Drammatico
Mistero
Thriller

xXx: State of the Union, 2005
Azione
Avventura
Investigativo
Mistero
Thriller

Manderlay, 2005
Drammatico

Paris Je T'aime, 2006
Drammatico
Romantico

Spider-Man 3, 2007
Azione
Avventura
Fantascienza

Mr. Bean's Holiday, 2007
Commedia

Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2009
Avventura
Animazione
Commedia

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, 2009
Avventura
Fantasy
Azione
Thriller

Antichrist, 2009
Drammatico
Horror
Thriller

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, 2009
Azione
Thriller
Investigativo

Daybreakers, 2010
Azione
Fantasy
Fantascienza

The Hunter, 2011
Drammatico
Thriller
Avventura

John Carter, 2012
Azione
Avventura
Fantascienza

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, 2013
Drammatico
Mistero

Odd Thomas, 2013
Mistero
Thriller

Out of the Furnace, 2013
Thriller
Drammatico
Investigativo

The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014
Commedia
Drammatico

John Wick, 2014
Azione
Thriller

The Fault in Our Stars, 2014
Romantico
Drammatico

A Most Wanted Man, 2014
Thriller

Pasolini, 2014
Storico
Drammatico

The Great Wall, 2016
Azione
Avventura
Fantasy

Finding Dory, 2016
Avventura
Animazione
Commedia

Dog Eat Dog, 2016
Drammatico
Investigativo
Thriller

A Family Man, 2016
Drammatico

Murder on the Orient Express, 2017
Mistero
Drammatico
Investigativo

What Happened to Monday, 2017
Fantascienza
Thriller
Drammatico
Mistero
Azione

The Florida Project, 2017
Drammatico

Aquaman, 2018
Azione
Avventura
Fantasy

At Eternity's Gate, 2018
Drammatico

Vox Lux, 2018
Drammatico

The Lighthouse, 2019
Drammatico
Fantasy
Thriller

Togo, 2019
Avventura

Motherless Brooklyn, 2019
Drammatico
Thriller

Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021
Azione
Avventura
Fantascienza

Zack Snyder's Justice League, 2021
Azione
Avventura
Fantasy

Nightmare Alley, 2021
Investigativo
Thriller
Drammatico

The French Dispatch, 2021
Drammatico
Commedia

The Card Counter, 2021
Drammatico
Thriller

Dead for a Dollar, 2022
Western
Thriller
Azione

The Northman, 2022
Azione
Avventura
Fantasy

Poor Things, 2023
Fantascienza
Romantico
Commedia

Asteroid City, 2023
Commedia
Drammatico

Inside, 2023
Thriller
Drammatico