
Willem Dafoe
Data Urodzenia: 1955-07-22
Miejsce Urodzenia: 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
Dramat
Western
Romans

The Hunger, 1983
Horror
Dramat

Streets of Fire, 1984
Akcja

To Live and Die in L.A., 1985
Detektywistyczny
Thriller
Akcja

Platoon, 1986
Dramat
Wojenny
Akcja

The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988
Dramat

Mississippi Burning, 1988
Dramat
Detektywistyczny

Born on the Fourth of July, 1989
Dramat
Wojenny

Cry-Baby, 1990
Komedia
Romans

Wild at Heart, 1990
Detektywistyczny
Thriller
Romans

Clear and Present Danger, 1994
Akcja
Dramat
Thriller

The English Patient, 1996
Dramat
Romans
Wojenny

Basquiat, 1996
Dramat
Historyczny

Affliction, 1998
Dramat
Detektywistyczny
Mystery

The Boondock Saints, 1999
Akcja
Thriller
Detektywistyczny

eXistenZ, 1999
Akcja
Thriller
Science Fiction

American Psycho, 2000
Thriller
Dramat
Detektywistyczny

Shadow of the Vampire, 2000
Dramat
Horror

Animal Factory, 2000
Detektywistyczny
Dramat

Spider-Man, 2002
Akcja
Science Fiction

Finding Nemo, 2003
Animacja

Once Upon a Time in Mexico, 2003
Akcja
Dramat
Mystery

The Aviator, 2004
Dramat

Spider-Man 2, 2004
Akcja
Przygodowy
Science Fiction

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004
Przygodowy
Komedia
Dramat

The Clearing, 2004
Dramat
Mystery
Thriller

xXx: State of the Union, 2005
Akcja
Przygodowy
Detektywistyczny
Mystery
Thriller

Manderlay, 2005
Dramat

Paris Je T'aime, 2006
Dramat
Romans

Spider-Man 3, 2007
Akcja
Przygodowy
Science Fiction

Mr. Bean's Holiday, 2007
Komedia

Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2009
Przygodowy
Animacja
Komedia

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, 2009
Przygodowy
Fantasy
Akcja
Thriller

Antichrist, 2009
Dramat
Horror
Thriller

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, 2009
Akcja
Thriller
Detektywistyczny

Daybreakers, 2010
Akcja
Fantasy
Science Fiction

The Hunter, 2011
Dramat
Thriller
Przygodowy

John Carter, 2012
Akcja
Przygodowy
Science Fiction

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, 2013
Dramat
Mystery

Odd Thomas, 2013
Mystery
Thriller

Out of the Furnace, 2013
Thriller
Dramat
Detektywistyczny

The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014
Komedia
Dramat

John Wick, 2014
Akcja
Thriller

The Fault in Our Stars, 2014
Romans
Dramat

A Most Wanted Man, 2014
Thriller

Pasolini, 2014
Historyczny
Dramat

The Great Wall, 2016
Akcja
Przygodowy
Fantasy

Finding Dory, 2016
Przygodowy
Animacja
Komedia

Dog Eat Dog, 2016
Dramat
Detektywistyczny
Thriller

A Family Man, 2016
Dramat

Murder on the Orient Express, 2017
Mystery
Dramat
Detektywistyczny

What Happened to Monday, 2017
Science Fiction
Thriller
Dramat
Mystery
Akcja

The Florida Project, 2017
Dramat

Aquaman, 2018
Akcja
Przygodowy
Fantasy

At Eternity's Gate, 2018
Dramat

Vox Lux, 2018
Dramat

The Lighthouse, 2019
Dramat
Fantasy
Thriller

Togo, 2019
Przygodowy

Motherless Brooklyn, 2019
Dramat
Thriller

Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021
Akcja
Przygodowy
Science Fiction

Zack Snyder's Justice League, 2021
Akcja
Przygodowy
Fantasy

Nightmare Alley, 2021
Detektywistyczny
Thriller
Dramat

The French Dispatch, 2021
Dramat
Komedia

The Card Counter, 2021
Dramat
Thriller

Dead for a Dollar, 2022
Western
Thriller
Akcja

The Northman, 2022
Akcja
Przygodowy
Fantasy

Poor Things, 2023
Science Fiction
Romans
Komedia

Asteroid City, 2023
Komedia
Dramat

Inside, 2023
Thriller
Dramat