Movies starring Willem Dafoe

Theodoros Angelopoulos • Olivier Assayas • Bille August • Jane Campion • Youssef Chahine • Kaige Chen • Michael Cimino • Ethan Coen • Joel Coen • David Cronenberg • Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Luc Dardenne • Manoel de Oliveira • Raymond Depardon • Atom Egoyan • Amos Gitai • Hsiao-Hsien Hou • Alejandro G. Iñárritu • Aki Kaurismaki • Abbas Kiarostami • Takeshi Kitano • Andrey Konchalovskiy • Claude Lelouch • Ken Loach • David Lynch • Nanni Moretti • Roman Polanski • Raoul Ruiz • Walter Salles • Elia Suleiman • Ming-liang Tsai • Gus Van Sant • Lars von Trier • Wim Wenders • Kar-Wai Wong • Yimou Zhang

Starring:

Isabelle Adjani • Pegah Ahangarani • Anouk Aimee • Leonid Alexeenko • Taraneh Alidoosti

2007

The Walker

(Willem Dafoe plays Larry Lockner)

Director(s):

Paul Schrader

Starring:

Woody Harrelson • Kristin Scott Thomas • Lauren Bacall • Ned Beatty • Moritz Bleibtreu

2007

Paris, je t'aime

(Willem Dafoe plays Le cowboy (segment „Place des Victoires„))

Director(s):

Olivier Assayas • Frederic Auburtin • Emmanuel Benbihy • Gurinder Chadha • Sylvain Chomet • Ethan Coen • Joel Coen • Isabel Coixet • Wes Craven • Alfonso Cuarón • Gérard Depardieu • Christopher Doyle • Richard LaGravenese • Vincenzo Natali • Alexander Payne • Bruno Podalydes • Walter Salles • Oliver Schmitz • Nobuhiro Suwa • Daniela Thomas • Tom Tykwer • Gus Van Sant

Starring:

Fanny Ardant • Julie Bataille • Leila Bekhti • Melchior Derouet • Juliette Binoche

2007

Spider-Man 3

(Willem Dafoe plays Green Goblin / Norman Osborn)

Director(s):

Sam Raimi

Starring:

Tobey Maguire • Kirsten Dunst • James Franco • Thomas Haden Church • Topher Grace

2007

Mr. Beans Holiday

(Willem Dafoe plays Carson Clay)

Director(s):

Steve Bendelack

Starring:

Rowan Atkinson • Steve Pemberton • Lily Atkinson • Preston Nyman • Sharlit Deyzac

2007

Go Go Tales

(Willem Dafoe plays Ray Ruby)

Director(s):

Abel Ferrara

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Bob Hoskins • Matthew Modine • Asia Argento • Riccardo Scamarcio

2007

Anamorph

(Willem Dafoe plays Stan Aubray)

Director(s):

Henry Miller

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Scott Speedman • Don Harvey • James Rebhorn • Peter Stormare

2007

Tales From Earthsea

(Willem Dafoe plays Cob)

Director(s):

Goro Miyazaki

Starring:

Junichi Okada • Aoi Teshima • Bunta Sugawara • Yuko Tanaka • Teruyuki Kagawa

2006

American Dreamz

(Willem Dafoe plays Chief of Staff)

Director(s):

Paul Weitz

Starring:

Hugh Grant • Dennis Quaid • Mandy Moore • Willem Dafoe • Chris Klein

2006

Inside Man

(Willem Dafoe plays Captain John Darius)

Director(s):

Spike Lee

Starring:

Denzel Washington • Clive Owen • Jodie Foster • Christopher Plummer • Willem Dafoe

2006

Ripley Under Ground

(Willem Dafoe plays Neil Murchinson)

Director(s):

Roger Spottiswoode

Starring:

Barry Pepper • Jacinda Barrett • Ian Hart • Claire Forlani • Alan Cumming

2005

Manderlay

(Willem Dafoe plays Grace's Father)

Director(s):

Lars von Trier

Starring:

Bryce Dallas Howard • Isaach De Bankole • Danny Glover • Willem Dafoe • Michael Abiteboul

2005

xXx 2: The Next Level

(Willem Dafoe plays General George Deckert)

Director(s):

Lee Tamahori

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Samuel L. Jackson • Ice Cube • Scott Speedman • Xzibit

2005

Before It Had a Name

(Willem Dafoe plays Leslie)

Director(s):

Giada Colagrande

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Giada Colagrande • Seymour Cassel • Isaach De Bankole • Emily Cass McDonnell

2005

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

(Willem Dafoe plays Klaus Daimler)

Director(s):

Wes Anderson

Starring:

Bill Murray • Owen Wilson • Cate Blanchett • Anjelica Huston • Willem Dafoe

2004

The Aviator

(Willem Dafoe plays Roland Sweet)

Director(s):

Martin Scorsese

Starring:

Leonardo DiCaprio • Cate Blanchett • Kate Beckinsale • John C. Reilly • Alec Baldwin

2004

The Clearing

(Willem Dafoe plays Arnold Mack)

Director(s):

Pieter Jan Brugge

Starring:

Robert Redford • Helen Mirren • Willem Dafoe • Alessandro Nivola • Matt Craven

2004

Spider-Man 2

(Willem Dafoe plays Green Goblin / Norman Osborn)

Director(s):

Sam Raimi

Starring:

Tobey Maguire • Kirsten Dunst • James Franco • Alfred Molina • Rosemary Harris

2004

Jiminy Glick In Lalawood

(Willem Dafoe plays Willem Dafoe (uncredited))

Director(s):

Vadim Jean

Starring:

Martin Short • Jan Hooks • Linda Cardellini • Janeane Garofalo • John Michael Higgins

2004

Control

(Willem Dafoe plays Dr. Michael Copeland)

Director(s):

Tim Hunter

Starring:

Ray Liotta • Willem Dafoe • Michelle Rodriguez • Stephen Rea • Polly Walker

2004

The Reckoning

(Willem Dafoe plays Martin)

Director(s):

Paul McGuigan

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Paul Bettany • Brian Cox • Gina McKee • Ewen Bremner

2003

Finding Nemo

(Willem Dafoe plays Gill (voice))

Director(s):

Andrew Stanton • Lee Unkrich

Starring:

Albert Brooks • Ellen DeGeneres • Alexander Gould • Willem Dafoe • Brad Garrett

2003

Once Upon a Time In Mexico

(Willem Dafoe plays Barillo)

Director(s):

Robert Rodriguez

Starring:

Antonio Banderas • Salma Hayek • Johnny Depp • Mickey Rourke • Eva Mendes

2003

Auto Focus

(Willem Dafoe plays John Carpenter)

Director(s):

Paul Schrader

Starring:

Greg Kinnear • Willem Dafoe • Rita Wilson • Maria Bello • Ron Leibman

2002

Spider-Man

(Willem Dafoe plays Green Goblin / Norman Osborn)

Director(s):

Sam Raimi

Starring:

Tobey Maguire • Willem Dafoe • Kirsten Dunst • James Franco • Cliff Robertson

2002

Globehunters

(Willem Dafoe plays Hunter (voice))

Director(s):

John Eng

Starring:

Sid Caesar • Willem Dafoe • Chaka Khan • Carl Reiner • Lee Cherry

2002

Edges of the Lord

(Willem Dafoe plays Priest)

Director(s):

Yurek Bogayevicz

Starring:

Haley Joel Osment • Willem Dafoe • Richard Banel • Liam Hess • Olaf Lubaszenko

2001

Pavilion of Women

(Willem Dafoe plays Father Andre)

Director(s):

Ho Yim

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Luo Yan • Sau Sek • John Cho • Yi Ding

2001

Animal Factory

(Willem Dafoe plays Earl Copen)

Director(s):

Steve Buscemi

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Edward Furlong • Danny Trejo • Mark Boone Junior • Seymour Cassel

2000

Shadow of the Vampire

(Willem Dafoe plays Max Schreck)

Director(s):

E. Elias Merhige

Starring:

John Malkovich • Willem Dafoe • Udo Kier • Cary Elwes • Catherine McCormack

2000

American Psycho

(Willem Dafoe plays Donald Kimball)

Director(s):

Mary Harron

Starring:

Christian Bale • Justin Theroux • Josh Lucas • Bill Sage • Chloe Sevigny

2000

Bullfighter

(Willem Dafoe plays Father Ramirez)

Director(s):

Rune Bendixen

Starring:

Olivier Martinez • Michelle Forbes • Assumpta Serna • Donnie Wahlberg • Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

2000

The Boondock Saints

(Willem Dafoe plays Paul Smecker)

Director(s):

Troy Duffy

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Sean Patrick Flanery • Norman Reedus • David Della Rocco • Billy Connolly

1999

eXistenZ

(Willem Dafoe plays Gas)

Director(s):

David Cronenberg

Starring:

Jennifer Jason Leigh • Jude Law • Ian Holm • Willem Dafoe • Don McKellar

1999

Lulu On the Bridge

(Willem Dafoe plays Dr. Van Horn)

Director(s):

Paul Auster

Starring:

Harvey Keitel • Richard Edson • Don Byron • Kevin Corrigan • Mira Sorvino

1998

New Rose Hotel

(Willem Dafoe plays X)

Director(s):

Abel Ferrara

Starring:

Christopher Walken • Willem Dafoe • Asia Argento • Annabella Sciorra • John Lurie

1998

Affliction

(Willem Dafoe plays Rolfe Whitehouse)

Director(s):

Paul Schrader

Starring:

Nick Nolte • Brigid Tierney • Holmes Osborne • Jim True-Frost • Tim Post

1997

Speed 2: Cruise Control

(Willem Dafoe plays John Geiger)

Director(s):

Jan de Bont

Starring:

Sandra Bullock • Jason Patric • Willem Dafoe • Temuera Morrison • Brian McCardie

1997

Victory

(Willem Dafoe plays Axel Heyst)

Director(s):

Mark Peploe

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Sam Neill • Irene Jacob • Rufus Sewell • Jean Yanne

1996

Basquiat

(Willem Dafoe plays The Electrician)

Director(s):

Julian Schnabel

Starring:

Jeffrey Wright • Michael Wincott • Benicio Del Toro • Claire Forlani • David Bowie

1996

The English Patient

(Willem Dafoe plays Caravaggio)

Director(s):

Anthony Minghella

Starring:

Ralph Fiennes • Juliette Binoche • Willem Dafoe • Kristin Scott Thomas • Naveen Andrews

1996

Clear and Present Danger

(Willem Dafoe plays Clark)

Director(s):

Phillip Noyce

Starring:

Harrison Ford • Willem Dafoe • Anne Archer • Joaquim de Almeida • Henry Czerny

1994

Tom and Viv

(Willem Dafoe plays Tom Eliot)

Director(s):

Brian Gilbert

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Miranda Richardson • Rosemary Harris • Tim Dutton • Nickolas Grace

1994

The Night and the Moment

(Willem Dafoe plays The Writer)

Director(s):

Anna Maria Tato

Starring:

Lena Olin • Willem Dafoe • Miranda Richardson • Jean-Claude Carriere • Christine Sireyzol

1994

Faraway, So Close!

(Willem Dafoe plays Emit Flesti)

Director(s):

Wim Wenders

Starring:

Otto Sander • Peter Falk • Horst Buchholz • Mikhail Gorbachev • Nastassja Kinski

1993

Body of Evidence

(Willem Dafoe plays Frank Dulaney)

Director(s):

Uli Edel

Starring:

Madonna • Michael Forest • Joe Mantegna • Charles Hallahan • Mark Rolston

1993

White Sands

(Willem Dafoe plays Ray Dolezal)

Director(s):

Roger Donaldson

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio • Mickey Rourke • Samuel L. Jackson • M. Emmet Walsh

1992

Light Sleeper

(Willem Dafoe plays John LeTour)

Director(s):

Paul Schrader

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Susan Sarandon • Dana Delany • David Clennon • Mary Beth Hurt

1992

Flight of the Intruder

(Willem Dafoe plays Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole)

Director(s):

John Milius

Starring:

Danny Glover • Willem Dafoe • Brad Johnson • Rosanna Arquette • Tom Sizemore

1991

Wild At Heart

(Willem Dafoe plays Bobby Peru)

Director(s):

David Lynch

Starring:

Nicolas Cage • Laura Dern • Willem Dafoe • J.E. Freeman • Crispin Glover

1990

Cry Baby

(Willem Dafoe plays Hateful Guard)

Director(s):

John Waters

Starring:

Johnny Depp • Amy Locane • Susan Tyrrell • Polly Bergen • Iggy Pop

1990

Triumph of the Spirit

(Willem Dafoe plays Salamo)

Director(s):

Robert M. Young

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Edward James Olmos • Robert Loggia • Wendy Gazelle • Kelly Wolf

1989

Born On the Fourth of July

(Willem Dafoe plays Charlie)

Director(s):

Oliver Stone

Starring:

Tom Cruise • Bryan Larkin • Raymond J. Barry • Caroline Kava • Josh Evans

1989

Mississippi Burning

(Willem Dafoe plays Agent Alan Ward)

Director(s):

Alan Parker

Starring:

Gene Hackman • Willem Dafoe • Frances McDormand • Brad Dourif • R. Lee Ermey

1988

The Last Temptation of Christ

(Willem Dafoe plays Jesus)

Director(s):

Martin Scorsese

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Harvey Keitel • Paul Greco • Steve Shill • Verna Bloom

1988

Saigon

(Willem Dafoe plays Buck McGriff)

Director(s):

Christopher Crowe

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Gregory Hines • Fred Ward • Amanda Pays • Kay Tong Lim

1988

Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam

(Willem Dafoe plays Elephant Grass (voice))

Director(s):

Bill Couturie

Starring:

Tom Berenger • Ellen Burstyn • J. Kenneth Campbell • Richard Chaves • Josh Cruze

1987

Platoon

(Willem Dafoe plays Sgt. Elias)

Director(s):

Oliver Stone

Starring:

Tom Berenger • Willem Dafoe • Charlie Sheen • Forest Whitaker • Kevin Dillon

1986

To Live and Die In L.A.

(Willem Dafoe plays Eric Masters)

Director(s):

William Friedkin

Starring:

Jane Leeves • Cherise Bates • Willem Dafoe • Michael Higgins • Chris Latanzi

1985

Streets of Fire

(Willem Dafoe plays Raven)

Director(s):

Walter Hill

Starring:

Michael Pare • Diane Lane • Rick Moranis • Amy Madigan • Willem Dafoe

1984

Roadhouse 66

(Willem Dafoe plays Johnny Harte)

Director(s):

John Mark Robinson

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Judge Reinhold • Kaaren Lee • Kate Vernon • Stephen Elliott

1984

The Hunger

(Willem Dafoe plays 2nd Phone Booth Youth)

Director(s):

Tony Scott

Starring:

Catherine Deneuve • David Bowie • Susan Sarandon • Cliff De Young • Beth Ehlers

1983

The Loveless

(Willem Dafoe plays Vance)

Director(s):

Kathryn Bigelow • Monty Montgomery

Starring:

Willem Dafoe • Robert Gordon • Marin Kanter • J. Don Ferguson • Tina LHotsky

1982

Heaven's Gate

(Willem Dafoe plays Willy (uncredited))

Director(s):

Michael Cimino

Starring:

Kris Kristofferson • Christopher Walken • John Hurt • Sam Waterston • Brad Dourif

1980

Willem Dafoe

Acting credits By Year of release

Werwulf

The Man In My Basement

The Phoenician Scheme

The Legend of Ochi

The Birthday Party

Saturday Night

Nosferatu

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Kinds of Kindness

Poor Things

The Boy and the Heron

Asteroid City

Inside

Gonzo Girl

Pet Shop Days

Finally Dawn

The Northman

River

Dead For a Dollar

Nightmare Alley

Spider-Man: No Way Home

The Card Counter

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Siberia

The Last Thing He Wanted

The Lighthouse

Motherless Brooklyn

Birds of a Feather

Togo

Tommaso

Vox Lux

At Eternitys Gate

The House That Jack Built

Aquaman

Opus Zero

Mountain

The Florida Project

Murder On the Orient Express

Death Note

What Happened to Monday

A Family Man

The Great Wall

Dog Eat Dog

Finding Dory

Padre

Sculpt

My Hindu Friend

Pasolini

John Wick

A Most Wanted Man

The Fault In Our Stars

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Bad Country

Nymphomaniac Part 2

Odd Thomas

Out of the Furnace

John Carter

Tomorrow You're Gone

The Hunter

4:44 Last Day On Earth

Miral

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

A Woman

Farewell

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

Daybreakers

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant

Antichrist

Fireflies In the Garden

The Dust of Time

Adam Resurrected

To Each His Own Cinema

The Walker

Paris, je t'aime

Spider-Man 3

Mr. Beans Holiday