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William J. Dafoe Wiki Biography
William J. Dafoe was born on the 22nd July 1955, in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, to a father of French and English descent, and mother of Irish, Scottish and German descent. He is an actor, known for his roles in over 100 films, particularly “Platoon”, “The Last Temptation Of Christ”, “Shadow Of The Vampire”, and “Spider-Man”. He is also recognized as a voice actor, known for providing the voice in “Finding Nemo” and “The Simpsons”.
Have you ever wondered how rich is Willem Dafoe, as of early 2016? According to sources, it is estimated that the overall amount of Willem’s net worth is over $25 million, mainly accumulated from his career in the theatre and movie industries now spanning over 40 years.
Willem Dafoe was one of seven children, the son of Dr. William Alfred Dafoe, a surgeon, and Muriel Isabel, a nurse. He attended Einstein Junior High School, and then Appleton East High School, from which he was expelled for shooting a pornographic film. Thus, his career began, but he also continued his education, studying Drama at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, but only for a year, in order to join the theatre company Theatre X, and begin his professional acting career. Soon after, he moved to New York and became a part of the theatre troupe The Performance Group. However, Willem soon got involved with Elizabeth LeCompte in a romantic relationship, although she was 11 year older than him. She left the Performance Group, and started her own theatre group, entitled “Wooser Group”, which Willem joined within a year of its creation.
His acting career began back in 1980, when he was selected for a small role in the film “Heaven’s Gate”, but he was edited out. Anyway, he stayed in the acting world, soon acquiring a role in the film “The Loveless” (1981). Since then, his career has only gone upwards, and he has appeared in over 100 film titles, which became the main source of his net worth over the years. During the 1980s, he appeared in films such as “Streets Of Fire” (1984), “Roadhouse 66” (1985), “Platoon” (1986), “Off Limits” (1988), and “Mississippi Burning” (1988), among others. The role of Sergeant Elias in “Platoon” led Willem to a nomination for an Oscar award and added a lot to his overall wealth.
The 1990s only increased the number of films in which Willem appeared, and also increased his overall net worth. He was featured in over 15 films, some of those are “Cry Baby” (1990), “Wild At Heart” (1990), and “Light Sleeper” (1992) – for which he won Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor – “Clear And Present Danger” (1994), “The English Patient” (1996), “Speed 2: Cruise Control” (1997), and “The Boondock Saints” (1999), among others.
In the 1990s, Willem also began ‘voice acting’, making his debut in the popular TV series “The Simpsons” in 1997, and was soon featured in animated films such as “Globehunters” (2000) and “Finding Nemo” (2003).
In the 2000s, his career became even bigger, as he was in constant demand by directors. Willem was cast in “Shadow of the Vampire” (2000), a horror film directed by E. Elias Merhige, portraying Max Schreck, and being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, plus winning several awards, such as Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among Other films in which he was cast are “Spider-man” (2002) followed by “Spider-man 2” (2004) and “Spider-man 3” (2007); “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou” (2004), “Before It Had A Name” (2005), “Inside Man” (2006), “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” (2007), , “Go Go Tales” (2007), “Antichrist” (2009), “The Hunter” (2011), “Out OF The Furnace” (2013) his net worth rose steadily.
Most recently, Willem’s net worth has been increased by appearances in films “Bad Country” (2014), “John Wick” (2014), “The Fault In Our Stars” (2014), “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014), “My Hindu Friend” (2015). At the moment, he is filming “The Great Wall”, “The Headhunter’s Calling”, “What Happened To Monday”, and “Dog Eat Dog”, all of which are scheduled to be released by the end of 2016, demonstrating that he is still in high demand, and undoubtedly raising his net worth.
Regarding his personal life, Willem Dafoe has been married to Giada Colagrande, a director and actress, since 2005. With his previous partner, Elizabeth LeCompte (1977-2004), Williem has a son. At the present day, he lives with Giada and they divide their time between New York, Los Angeles, and Italy. Willem spends his free time practicing Yoga.
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William J. Dafoe Quick Info
Full Name | Willem Dafoe |
Net Worth | $25 Million |
Date Of Birth | 22nd July 1955, |
Place Of Birth | Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, |
Height | 1.78 m |
Profession | Actor, Voice Actor, Model |
Education | Einstein Middle School, Lawrence University, Appleton East High School, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
Nationality | United States of America |
Spouse | Giada Colagrande |
Children | Jack Dafoe |
Parents | Muriel Isabel Dafoe, William Alfred Dafoe |
Siblings | Donald Dafoe |
Nicknames | William Dafoe, Jr. , William J. Dafoe , Willem , Billy , William Dafoe , Willem DeFoe |
IMDB | www.imdb.com/name/nm0000353 |
Awards | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Comedy or Musical |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, Screen Acto… |
Movies | Justice League, Spider-Man, Antichrist, The Great Wall, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Platoon, John Wick, The Fault in Our Stars, John Carter, Finding Dory, The Hunter, The Boondock Saints, Death Note, Finding Nemo, XXX: State of the Union, Dog Eat Dog, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Spider-Man 3, American Ps… |
TV Shows | Fishing with John, Festival Pass with Chris Gore |
William J. Dafoe Trademarks
- Deeply lined face that can be contorted to frightening effect
- Prominent cheekbones
- Characters that often meet a grim fate
- Psychotic unstable characters
- Low-key, yet gravelly voice
William J. Dafoe Quotes
- There’s a funny perception that I play bad guys, but if you really know my movies, the big and small ones, the truth is often I play good guys. But they’re good guys that are flawed, good guys who are outside of society. They’re odd or they’re criminals, but morally they tend to function as good people.
- I’m always very fond of laconic, cut-off characters that have a rich inner life, and you have to restrain that.
- [2004, on selection parts] I’m always looking for an adventure-I try not to work just to work. I always try to find people that are burning to tell a story and then help them do it. I try to avoid anyone that pokes around-filmmaking should be an opportunity to make something that’s very thrilling and, you know, exciting. On some level, I’m a sensation junkie.
- On The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): It had a profound influence on me. Marty [Scorsese] had made this movie in his head for years, and I felt privileged to be involved.
- I always like to mix it up. It’s like anything. If you’re eating pasta for a week, eventually, you crave something else. A balanced diet of different roles and different stories and movies – I think it’s the way to stay healthy artistically and career wise. It does a funny thing because you’re not refining one way of seeing you. That’s one way to have a career. You can make a persona, corner a market, and make yourself almost a thing. You can use that and that can be interesting iconographical but I still am that actor who likes to bend myself to the material rather than find material to support some idea of who I am or some persona that I’ve made, or some mask that I’ve made. – On his career.
- Most of the work happens when you’re on the set. It’s like going to a cocktail party – you know who’s going to be there, you have certain expectations about the topics of conversation and the social dynamic. At the same time, when you arrive, you’ve got to be able to abandon those preconceptions and be mercurial. But sometimes the most important thing is just having a good costume. – On preparation for the characters he plays.
- On principle I don’t have favorites. To pass judgment on something you’ve done is a face-saving act, and I think it kinda stinks. There are all kinds of movies, all kinds of impulses and all kinds of needs for people watching movies, and sometimes I’ll do a movie that I don’t particularly care for, but then I’ll run into someone that it speaks to and they love it. So for me, to give my personal take on it, could mean ruining that movie for someone else, because they can find pleasure where I can’t. – On his favorite roles.
- Sometimes I envy their power and money, and other times I feel sorry for them since they have a gun to their head. They have so much to protect that they have to be very careful, thus very certain every step of the way, and that leaves out a lot of work of any freshness. I don’t want to do that – I’m not that kind of actor. – On top Hollywood actors.
- It’s one of those invented things. I spend a lot of time in Germany so it’s in my head. I didn’t feel the need to go to a dialogue coach and be very strict with it because that’s not in the spirit of how it should be approached. My take was that it should be played with and invented. It’s my idea of a Germanish accent – On his accent in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
- Sometimes I have a desire to control what I do a little bit, especially when I do a smaller movie. But basically, my impulses are the impulses of a child. I like being the thing itself. I don’t like thinking about it. And that doesn’t mean I’m not analytical or that I’m anti-intellectual. I’m not trying to say I’m a totally intuitive kind of guy. It’s just that my real pleasure, where I feel vital and everything drops away, is when I’m in the middle of doing it, and I look for that opportunity untainted by other responsibilities. But I’m getting too serious. When I try to explain what I do, I get a little bit disgusted with myself because I come off too earnest. In the simplest terms, it’s a pleasure to borrow someone else’s body and someone else’s life. That’s the craft, and it’s a bit like voodoo, because you don’t know exactly how you do it. – On his acting style.
- All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what’s next and where things are going. If you’re not asking those questions you’re not growing.
- When you look back at your experiences, it’s true that sometimes the most horrendous experiences can translate into being your best work.
- Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.
- I’m an optimist. I hope if a movie’s good that it will be a success, but as we know, that’s not always true, just because of popular taste, advertising, distribution patterns, there’s lots of reasons. When something doesn’t do better than it deserves to in your mind, it’s pretty transparent, you usually know why. Is that a comfort? Yes, because it’s logical. Does it make you happy? No, because if you think a movie is beautiful or interesting, you want to share it. It’s really true; there’s no accounting for taste. Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren’t meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put value on whether it sells or not. While we have a very strong popular culture, the roots of our culture are very shallow, and we put emphasis on how a movie does as far as the box office goes. Many years ago, it would have been vulgar to print box-office grosses in the paper. Now The New York Times does it, and it’s the big story for people interested in arts and entertainment on Monday. Which is why emphasis has shifted away from filmmakers and fallen on movie stars and business people.
- I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that’s in me.
- [on why he became an actor]: “You know, it shifts. When it starts out in the beginning, I think it’s purely a social thing. The thing you get reinforcement for, it’s a way of acting out. It’s a way of getting attention. It’s a way of just fitting in socially. And then, as I get older, it transforms into something else.”
- [on whether good actors help other actors]: “You’re always looking for good people to work with, because you feed each other. That’s all.”
- …it’s very clear that a lot of people that have really strong instincts as actors are very often inarticulate…Sometimes, you know, classically, if someone’s very intellectual, they aren’t as connected to the doing of things. And the doing is really the key to finding the emotionality and the spirit of things.
- I’m one of those people who when I go over a bridge, I want to jump. It’s just this intense tickle in the back of my throat. It’s like I’m on the verge the whole time I’m walking over that bridge, and I’m not going to get a release until I jump.
- The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren’t passionate about what they’re doing.
- Weirdness is not my game. I’m just a square boy from Wisconsin.
- I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, ‘Man, you were so honest – can’t you have some fun? Can’t you do some really down and dirty lying?’ But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I’ll be punished.
- Casting people feel that they have to get someone who looks a certain way, and I think that the jury is still out whether people find me attractive or not.
- I don’t think people want to see me as a regular guy, besides, I’m a regular guy in real life. I guess I just want to be reckless in my work.
- [on his role in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)]: “To this day, I can’t believe I was so brazen to think I could pull off the Jesus role.”
William J. Dafoe Important Facts
- He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Art.
- He sticks to an all-organic, vegan diet.
- He has worked with 6 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Michael Cimino, Kathryn Bigelow, William Friedkin, Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese, and Anthony Minghella.
- Cannes Film Festival Jury Member. [2014]
- As of 2014, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar:Platoon (1986), Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), The English Patient (1996), The Aviator (2004) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Of those, Platoon (1986) and The English Patient (1996) are winners in the category.
- He has English, Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss, and French ancestry.
- Built sets and acted with experimental Milwaukee, Wisconsin group Theatre X, before moving to New York in 1977, where he worked with the Wooster Group at the Performing Garage.
- To date he has shot 18 films in Europe. [2007]
- Provided his voice on Lou Reed’s 2003 album “The Raven”. On it, he performs a re-written and reworked, spoken-word version of Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry.
- Was involved for decades (from 1977) with theater director and actress Elizabeth LeCompte, who was also a member and director of the Wooster Group. He later married an Italian writer/director in 2005.
- Member of Jury for 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.
- Was a candidate for the role of the Joker in Batman (1989).
- Visited Sarajevo Film Festival (in post-war Bosnia) together with Steve Buscemi in year 2000.
- Was offered the role of Senator Roark in Sin City (2005).
- Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performance in the film xXx: State of the Union (2005) However, he failed to receive a nomination. (Had he gotten the nomination, it would have been his third overall. He was previously nominated for Worst Supporting Actor at the 1998 Razzie Awards for his role in Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), and for Worst Actor at the 1994 Razzie Awards for his performance in Body of Evidence (1993).)
- Brother, Donald Dafoe, is an accomplished transplant surgeon.
- While doing a blocking run-through on Wild at Heart (1990) (for the scene in which Dafoe’s character threatens to rape Laura Dern’s character), Dafoe playfully sang his lines. Director David Lynch loved this, and wanted Dafoe to actually sing his lines in the scene, when they shot it. The idea did not actually go through, however.
- Was under consideration for Dennis Hopper’s role (Frank Booth) in Blue Velvet (1986).
- Practices Yoga regularly.
- John Malkovich, Nicolas Cage, and Dafoe were all approached to play the Green Goblin in Spider-Man (2002). Dafoe and Malkovich starred in Shadow of the Vampire (2000) together, while Cage produced the film. Dafoe ended up getting the Spider-Man role.
- Often portrays soldiers or eccentric characters.
- The only actor to ever be nominated for an Oscar for playing a vampire, for his role as Max Schrek in Shadow of the Vampire (2000).
- Quite possibly has the most on-screen deaths of any mainstream actor. His death scenes include Platoon (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), eXistenZ (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Spider-Man (2002), and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), among others.
- Attended Appleton East High School in Appleton, Wisconsin.
- He was delirious for 24 hours after coming down with yellow fever on the set of Platoon (1986).
- He did practically all of his own stunts on the glider in Spider-Man (2002). So when you see the Green Goblin moving around on it, when it’s not CG, then it’s Willem pretty much the whole time.
- He attended Einstein Junior High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he was known as “Billy.”
- Says he feels like he’s missed out on more conventional roles because he’s perceived as an eccentric actor in dark little films, kind of the boy-next-door type – if you lived next door to a mausoleum.
- His high school nickname, Willem, stuck with him.
- He has a son, Jack, born in 1982, with Elizabeth LeCompte.
William J. Dafoe Filmography
Title | Year | Status | Character | Role |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aquaman | 2018 | filming | Nuidis Vulko | Actor |
Opus Zero | 2017 | post-production | Paul | Actor |
Justice League | 2017 | post-production | Nuidis Vulko | Actor |
Murder on the Orient Express | 2017 | post-production | Gerhard Hardman | Actor |
What Happened to Monday? | 2017 | completed | Septuplets’ Father | Actor |
Death Note | 2017 | completed | Ryuk (voice) | Actor |
At Eternity’s Gate | announced | Vincent Van Gogh | Actor | |
The Sleeping Shepherd | announced | Dirk | Actor | |
The Florida Project | 2017 | Bobby | Actor | |
The Great Wall | 2016/I | Ballard | Actor | |
Padre | 2016/II | James Verdun | Actor | |
A Family Man | 2016 | Ed Blackridge | Actor | |
Sculpt | 2016 | Actor | ||
Finding Dory | 2016 | Gill (voice) | Actor | |
Dog Eat Dog | 2016/I | Mad Dog | Actor | |
Mind the Gap | 2016 | Short | Actor | |
My Hindu Friend | 2015 | Diego Fairman | Actor | |
The Simpsons | 1997-2014 | TV Series | Mr. Lassen / The Commandant | Actor |
John Wick | 2014 | Marcus | Actor | |
Pasolini | 2014 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Actor | |
The Fault in Our Stars | 2014 | Van Houten | Actor | |
Bad Country | 2014 | Bud Carter | Actor | |
The Grand Budapest Hotel | 2014 | Jopling | Actor | |
A Most Wanted Man | 2014 | Tommy Brue | Actor | |
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | 2013 | L | Actor | |
Out of the Furnace | 2013 | John Petty | Actor | |
Beyond: Two Souls | 2013 | Video Game | Nathan Dawkins (voice) | Actor |
Love’s Routine | 2013 | Video short | Barry | Actor |
The Smile Man | 2013 | Short | Willem | Actor |
Saving Norman | 2013 | Video short | Lionel Pembrooke | Actor |
Odd Thomas | 2013 | Chief Wyatt Porter | Actor | |
Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World | 2012 | Video short | Actor | |
Tomorrow You’re Gone | 2012 | The Buddha | Actor | |
John Carter | 2012 | Tars Tarkas | Actor | |
The Hunter | 2011/IV | Martin | Actor | |
4:44 Last Day on Earth | 2011 | Cisco | Actor | |
A Woman | 2010 | Max Oliver | Actor | |
Miral | 2010 | Eddie | Actor | |
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant | 2009 | Gavner Purl | Actor | |
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | 2009 | Paul Smecker (uncredited) | Actor | |
Fantastic Mr. Fox | 2009 | Rat (voice) | Actor | |
Daybreakers | 2009 | Lionel ‘Elvis’ Cormac | Actor | |
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | 2009 | Detective Havenhurst | Actor | |
L’affaire Farewell | 2009 | Feeney | Actor | |
Antichrist | 2009 | He | Actor | |
Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou | 2008 | A | Actor | |
Adam Resurrected | 2008 | Commandant Klein | Actor | |
Fireflies in the Garden | 2008 | Charles | Actor | |
Anamorph | 2007 | Stan Aubray | Actor | |
Go Go Tales | 2007 | Ray Ruby | Actor | |
Spider-Man 3 | 2007 | Green Goblin Norman Osborn |
Actor | |
Mr. Bean’s Holiday | 2007 | Carson Clay | Actor | |
The Walker | 2007 | Larry Lockner | Actor | |
The Procedure | 2007/I | Short | Christopher | Actor |
Gedo senki | 2006 | Cob (English version, voice) | Actor | |
Paris, je t’aime | 2006 | Le cowboy (segment “Place des Victoires”) | Actor | |
Inside Man | 2006 | Captain John Darius | Actor | |
American Dreamz | 2006 | Chief of Staff | Actor | |
Ripley Under Ground | 2005 | Neil Murchinson | Actor | |
Before It Had a Name | 2005 | Leslie | Actor | |
Manderlay | 2005 | Grace’s Father | Actor | |
xXx: State of the Union | 2005 | General George Deckert | Actor | |
The Aviator | 2004 | Roland Sweet | Actor | |
Control | 2004 | Dr. Michael Copeland | Actor | |
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | 2004 | Klaus Daimler | Actor | |
Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | Green Goblin Norman Osborn |
Actor | |
The Clearing | 2004 | Arnold Mack | Actor | |
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing | 2003 | Video Game | Nikolai Diavolo (voice) | Actor |
Camel Cricket City | 2003 | Short | Camel Cricket (voice) | Actor |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico | 2003 | Barillo | Actor | |
Finding Nemo | 2003 | Gill (voice) | Actor | |
Finding Nemo | 2003 | Video Game | Gill (voice) | Actor |
The Reckoning | 2002/II | Martin | Actor | |
Auto Focus | 2002 | John Carpenter | Actor | |
Spider-Man | 2002 | Green Goblin Norman Osborn |
Actor | |
Spider-Man | 2002 | Video Game | Green Goblin Norman Osborn (voice) |
Actor |
Edges of the Lord | 2001 | Priest | Actor | |
Pavilion of Women | 2001 | Father Andre | Actor | |
Globehunters | 2000 | Hunter (voice) | Actor | |
Bullfighter | 2000 | Father Ramirez | Actor | |
Shadow of the Vampire | 2000 | Max Schreck | Actor | |
Animal Factory | 2000 | Earl Copen | Actor | |
American Psycho | 2000 | Donald Kimball | Actor | |
The Boondock Saints | 1999 | Paul Smecker | Actor | |
eXistenZ | 1999 | Gas | Actor | |
New Rose Hotel | 1998 | X | Actor | |
Lulu on the Bridge | 1998 | Dr. Van Horn | Actor | |
Affliction | 1997 | Rolfe Whitehouse | Actor | |
Speed 2: Cruise Control | 1997 | John Geiger | Actor | |
Victory | 1996 | Axel Heyst | Actor | |
The English Patient | 1996 | David Caravaggio | Actor | |
Basquiat | 1996 | The Electrician | Actor | |
The Night and the Moment | 1994 | The Writer | Actor | |
Clear and Present Danger | 1994 | John Clark | Actor | |
Tom & Viv | 1994 | Tom Eliot | Actor | |
Faraway, So Close! | 1993 | Emit Flesti | Actor | |
Body of Evidence | 1993 | Frank Dulaney | Actor | |
White Sands | 1992 | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal | Actor | |
Light Sleeper | 1992 | John LeTour | Actor | |
Flight of the Intruder | 1991 | Lt. Cmdr. Virgil ‘Tiger’ Cole | Actor | |
Wild at Heart | 1990 | Bobby Peru | Actor | |
Cry-Baby | 1990 | Hateful Guard | Actor | |
Arrive Alive | 1990 | Mickey Crews | Actor | |
Born on the Fourth of July | 1989 | Charlie – Villa Dulce | Actor | |
Triumph of the Spirit | 1989 | Salamo Arouch | Actor | |
Mississippi Burning | 1988 | Agent Alan Ward | Actor | |
The Last Temptation of Christ | 1988 | Jesus | Actor | |
Off Limits | 1988 | Buck McGriff | Actor | |
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Elephant Grass (voice) | Actor |
Platoon | 1986 | Sgt. Elias | Actor | |
The Hitchhiker | 1986 | TV Series | Jeffrey Hunt | Actor |
To Live and Die in L.A. | 1985 | Eric Masters | Actor | |
Roadhouse 66 | 1985 | Johnny Harte | Actor | |
Streets of Fire | 1984 | Raven Shaddock | Actor | |
Shackin’ Up | 1984 | Boyfriend | Actor | |
The Hunger | 1983 | 2nd Phone Booth Youth | Actor | |
The Loveless | 1981 | Vance | Actor | |
Heaven’s Gate | 1980 | Willy (uncredited) | Actor | |
Go Go Tales | 2007 | performer: “Star of Mine” | Soundtrack | |
Spider-Man | 2002 | performer: “Itsy Bitsy Spider” | Soundtrack | |
Roadhouse 66 | 1985 | performer: “MARIE, MARIE” | Soundtrack | |
Nelson Algren Live | 2016 | Documentary executive producer | Producer | |
New Rose Hotel | 1998 | co-producer | Producer | |
Before It Had a Name | 2005 | Writer | ||
Time Out of Mind | 2014 | special thanks | Thanks | |
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle | 2012 | Documentary special thanks: funding | Thanks | |
The New Bike | 2009 | Short acknowledgment | Thanks | |
Paris, je t’aime | 2006 | thanks | Thanks | |
This Is an Adventure | 2005 | Video documentary special thanks | Thanks | |
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of ‘Wild at Heart’ | 2004 | Video documentary short special thanks | Thanks | |
Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch | 2004 | Video documentary short special thanks | Thanks | |
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | 2004 | special thanks | Thanks | |
Corazón iluminado | 1998 | thanks | Thanks | |
Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda | 1996 | TV Movie documentary thanks | Thanks | |
NY Graham Norton | 2004 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
The Daily Show | 2001-2004 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
The Anti-Hero’s Journey | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself / Barrillo | Self |
Counterfeit World: Making ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
HBO First Look | 1997-2003 | TV Series documentary short | Himself | Self |
Cinéma, de notre temps | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Self | |
Overnight | 2003 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Rockets Redglare! | 2003 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Ashtanga, NY | 2003 | Documentary short | Himself | Self |
Hollywood High | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Himself | Self |
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself – Presenter | Self |
Cartaz Cultural | 2003 | TV Series | Himself (2008) | Self |
Reel Comedy | 2002 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Festival Pass with Chris Gore | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Page to Screen | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Behind the Scenes: Spider-Man the Movie | 2002 | TV Short documentary | Himself | Self |
The Spider-Man Story | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Self |
Spider-Man: An MTV Movie Special | 2002 | TV Short documentary | Himself | Self |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1995-2002 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
Spidermania | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Himself | Self |
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting ‘Platoon’ | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself / Sgt. Elias | Self |
+ de cinéma | 2001 | TV Series documentary short | Himself | Self |
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Himself | Self |
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Self |
The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself | Self |
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself | Self |
The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Self |
The Rosie O’Donnell Show | 1997-2001 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
Late Night with Conan O’Brien | 1997-2000 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
Film-Fest DVD: Issue 5 – Cannes 2000 & SXSW | 2000 | Video documentary | Himself | Self |
The Making of ‘American Psycho’ | 2000 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
The Directors | 1999-2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
What Is Yoga? | 1998 | Video documentary | Narrator | Self |
The Making of ‘Speed 2: Cruise Control’ | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Self |
Working in the Theatre | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Inside the Actors Studio | 1996 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
39 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia | 1995 | TV Special | Himself – Winner: Best Foreign Actor (tape) | Self |
CBS This Morning | 1994 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
De tú a tú | 1993 | TV Series | Himself – Interviewee | Self |
North on Evers | 1992 | Himself | Self | |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1992 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
The 6th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself – Nominee: Best Supporting Male | Self |
Fishing with John | 1991 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself | Self |
The Making of ‘Triumph of the Spirit’ | 1990 | Short | Himself | Self |
The Arsenio Hall Show | 1989-1990 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
The 61st Annual Academy Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself – Presenter | Self |
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ | 1988 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
The 59th Annual Academy Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Self |
The Communists Are Comfortable | 1985 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Music Videos and Inside ‘Streets of Fire’ | 1984 | TV Special documentary | Himself (Raven) | Self |
Mr. Babenco | 2018 | Documentary post-production | Self | |
Platoon: 30 | 2017 | Documentary post-production | Himself | Self |
Mountain | 2017 | Documentary | Narrator | Self |
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | 2017 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Do Donkeys Act? | 2017 | Documentary | Himself / Narrator | Self |
A Place Among the Undead | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself (2016) | Self |
Na plovárne | 2016 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Nelson Algren Live | 2016 | Documentary | Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / … | Self |
Festival international de Cannes | 2009-2016 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Le journal du Festival | 2016 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Altas Horas | 2016 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Vídeo Show | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
The Making of ‘A Most Wanted Man’ | 2015 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story | 2015 | Documentary voice | Self | |
Janela Indiscreta | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Só Visto! | 2014 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Rencontres de cinéma | 2014 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Live with Kelly and Ryan | 2004-2014 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
Today | 2014 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
Le grand journal de Canal+ | 2009-2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Cinema 3 | 2009-2014 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Días de cine | 1993-2014 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
El hormiguero | 2013 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
SXSW Flashback 2012 | 2012 | TV Special | Himself | Self |
In Conversation with Willem Dafoe | 2012 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
Hello! Hollywood | 2012 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Bob Wilson’s Life & Death of Marina Abramovic | 2012 | Documentary | Self | |
360 Degrees of ‘John Carter’ | 2012 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
John Carter: 100 Years in the Making | 2012 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
Mi reino por un caballo | 2012 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Charlie Rose | 1996-2012 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
Good Morning America | 2012 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
The Colbert Report | 2012 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
The One Show | 2012 | TV Series | Himself – Other Guest | Self |
The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself – Presenter | Self |
Gauguin: Maker of Myth | 2011 | Video documentary | Narrator (voice) | Self |
Miradas 2 | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Continuarà… | 2011 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Problema | 2010 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) | Self |
American Experience | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Narrator | Self |
MindFlux | 2010 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
The Three Beggars: The Animals of Antichrist | 2009 | Video short | Himself / He | Self |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2009 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
HARDtalk | 2009 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
The Graham Norton Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
Mr. Bean’s Holiday: Beans in Cannes | 2008 | Video short | Himself | Self |
Mr. Bean’s Holiday: The Human Bean | 2008 | Video short | Himself | Self |
Shootout | 2008 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin | 2008 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Bienvenue à Cannes | 2007 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Corazón de… | 2006 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Oliver Stone – Hollywoods Lieblingsrebell | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Self |
The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Self |
The Ultimate Heist: Making ‘Inside Man’ | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Self |
2006 Independent Spirit Awards | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Self |
The Cannes Experience: Manderlay 2005 | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself / Grace’s Father | Self |
El Magacine | 2005 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe | 2005 | TV Special | Himself – Honoree | Self |
Caiga quien caiga | 2005 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Matthew Gray Gubler’s Life Aquatic Intern Journal | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
This Is an Adventure | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself | Self |
Starz on the Set: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | 2005 | TV Short documentary | Himself | Self |
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of ‘Wild at Heart’ | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
The Misbehavers | 2004 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | 2004 | Himself (uncredited) | Self | |
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven’s Gate | 2004 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) | Self |
Behind the Scenes of ‘Spider-Man’ | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
Anatomy of a Scene | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Nostalgia Critic | 2016 | TV Series | Green Goblin Norman Osborn |
Archive Footage |
Quick Reviews with Maverick | 2016 | TV Series | Green Goblin | Archive Footage |
Welcome to the Basement | 2013-2015 | TV Series | Detective Havenhurst / Max Shreck | Archive Footage |
SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg | 2014 | Video documentary short | Archive Footage | |
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill’s Streets of Fire Revisited | 2013 | Video documentary | Raven Shaddock (uncredited) | Archive Footage |
Pastor Mike Online | 2013 | TV Series | The Devil | Archive Footage |
Made in Hollywood | 2012 | TV Series | Himself | Archive Footage |
The Big Picture | 2012 | TV Series | Himself | Archive Footage |
Samsung AACTA Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Martin David | Archive Footage |
Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2011 | TV Series | Himself / Raven Shaddock | Archive Footage |
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself (uncredited) | Archive Footage |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2010 | TV Series | Himself | Archive Footage |
Antichrist: Chaos Reigns at the Cannes Filmfestival 2009 | 2009 | Video short | Himself | Archive Footage |
Ceremonia de inauguración – 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) | Archive Footage |
Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia | 2007 | TV Short documentary | Himself | Archive Footage |
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s’éteint et que le film commence | 2007 | segment “Occupations” | Archive Footage | |
Cannes, 60 ans d’histoires | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Archive Footage |
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Archive Footage |
Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon | 2006 | TV Special | Himself | Archive Footage |
Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow | 2006 | TV Special | Himself | Archive Footage |
The Road to Manderlay | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Archive Footage |
San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero | 2005 | TV Special | Himself | Archive Footage |
Ceremonia de clausura | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself | Archive Footage |
Corazón de… | 2005 | TV Series | Himself | Archive Footage |
Ceremonia de apertura | 2005 | TV Movie | Archive Footage | |
Cinema mil | 2005 | TV Series | X | Archive Footage |
Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger | 2002 | Video documentary short | Himself | Archive Footage |
William J. Dafoe Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Category |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Crystal Globe | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema | Won | |
2016 | Best Actor | Montréal World Film Festival | My Hindu Friend (2015) | Won | |
2015 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Won |
2015 | GFCA Award | Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Won |
2015 | Honorary Award of the Festival | Marrakech International Film Festival | Won | ||
2014 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Won |
2014 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Won |
2014 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Body of Work | John Wick (2014) | Won |
2014 | SEFCA Award | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Won |
2012 | Achievement Award | Stockholm Film Festival | Won | ||
2011 | Honorary Lady Harimaguada | Las Palmas Film Festival | Won | ||
2010 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best Actor (Bedste mandlige hovedrolle) | Antichrist (2009) | Won |
2009 | Career Achievement Award | Chicago International Film Festival | Willem Dafoe has mesmerized audiences with his provocative performances. | Won | |
2009 | Vanguard Actor | CineVegas International Film Festival | Won | ||
2008 | Best Actor | Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema | Anamorph (2007) | Won | |
2007 | Career Award | Flaiano International Prizes | Won | ||
2006 | Excellence Award | Locarno International Film Festival | Won | ||
2005 | Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Won | ||
2002 | Special Award | Camerimage | For immense contribution to the art of film. | Won | |
2002 | NYFCO Award | New York Film Critics, Online | Best Supporting Actor | Spider-Man (2002) | Won |
2002 | Taormina Arte Award | Taormina International Film Festival | Won | ||
2001 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Won |
2001 | International Fantasy Film Award | Fantasporto | Best Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Won |
2001 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Male | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Won |
2001 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Won |
2001 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Won |
2001 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Won |
2000 | President Award | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | Outstanding Creative Performance | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Won |
2000 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Won |
2000 | Gran Angular Award | Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival | Best Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Won |
1995 | Sant Jordi | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) | Light Sleeper (1992) | Won |
2016 | Crystal Globe | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema | Nominated | |
2016 | Best Actor | Montréal World Film Festival | My Hindu Friend (2015) | Nominated | |
2015 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Nominated |
2015 | GFCA Award | Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Nominated |
2015 | Honorary Award of the Festival | Marrakech International Film Festival | Nominated | ||
2014 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Nominated |
2014 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Nominated |
2014 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Body of Work | John Wick (2014) | Nominated |
2014 | SEFCA Award | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Nominated |
2012 | Achievement Award | Stockholm Film Festival | Nominated | ||
2011 | Honorary Lady Harimaguada | Las Palmas Film Festival | Nominated | ||
2010 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best Actor (Bedste mandlige hovedrolle) | Antichrist (2009) | Nominated |
2009 | Career Achievement Award | Chicago International Film Festival | Willem Dafoe has mesmerized audiences with his provocative performances. | Nominated | |
2009 | Vanguard Actor | CineVegas International Film Festival | Nominated | ||
2008 | Best Actor | Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema | Anamorph (2007) | Nominated | |
2007 | Career Award | Flaiano International Prizes | Nominated | ||
2006 | Excellence Award | Locarno International Film Festival | Nominated | ||
2005 | Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Nominated | ||
2002 | Special Award | Camerimage | For immense contribution to the art of film. | Nominated | |
2002 | NYFCO Award | New York Film Critics, Online | Best Supporting Actor | Spider-Man (2002) | Nominated |
2002 | Taormina Arte Award | Taormina International Film Festival | Nominated | ||
2001 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Nominated |
2001 | International Fantasy Film Award | Fantasporto | Best Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Nominated |
2001 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Male | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Nominated |
2001 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Nominated |
2001 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Nominated |
2001 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Nominated |
2000 | President Award | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | Outstanding Creative Performance | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Nominated |
2000 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Nominated |
2000 | Gran Angular Award | Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival | Best Actor | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Nominated |
1995 | Sant Jordi | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) | Light Sleeper (1992) | Nominated |