Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe is a 70 year old american actor, producer and screenwriter, known for Spider-Man: Phone Home (2021), Aquaman (2018) and Murder on the Orient Express (2017).

Best according to IMDb ratings

Here are the top-rated movies and series featuring Willem Dafoe, based on user ratings on IMDb.

#	Title	IMDb
1	Poor Things (2023)	8.5
2	Spider-Man: Phone Home (2021)	8.2
3	Finding Nemo (2003)	8.2
4	Nosferatu (2024)	7.7
5	The Florida Project (2017)	7.6

Willem Dafoe

Name: Willem Dafoe
Age: 70 years
Height: 174 cm
Birth Date: July 22, 1955
Birth Name: William J. Dafoe
Birth Region: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Nationality: American

Willem Dafoe's filmography

Actor

Willem is listed as actor for one hundred twenty six titles.

The Legend of Ochi
Maxim
Movie, 2025

Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, Helena Zengel

The Phoenician Scheme
Knave
Movie, 2025

Director: Wes Anderson
Main cast: Bryan Cranston, Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera
Music: Alexandre Desplat

The Man in My Basement
Anniston Bennett
Movie, 2025

Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Corey Hawkins, Anna Diop, Brian Bovell

The Sleeping Shepherd
Dirk
Movie, 2025

Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Imogen Poots, Isabelle Huppert

Beetlejuice 2
Wolf Jackson
Movie, 2024

Director: Tim Burton
Main cast: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jenna Ortega
Music: Danny Elfman

Kinds of Kindness
Movie, 2024

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Main cast: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons
Music: Jerskin Fendrix

Nosferatu
Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz
Movie, 2024

Director: Robert Eggers
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp
Music: Robin Carolan

Wolverines
David Tebet
Movie, 2024

Director: Jason Reitman
Main cast: Dylan O'Brien, Cory Michael Smith, Cooper Hoffman, Rachel Sennott

Poor Things
Dr. Godwin Baxter
Movie, 2023

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Main cast: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef
Music: Jerskin Fendrix

Inside
Nemo
Movie, 2023

Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Gene Bervoets

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Nuidis Vulko
Movie, 2023

Director: James Wan
Main cast: Patrick Wilson, Jason Momoa, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Music: Rupert Gregson-Williams

Asteroid City
Movie, 2023

Director: Wes Anderson
Main cast: Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody
Music: Alexandre Desplat

The Northman
Heimir the Fool
Movie, 2022

Director: Robert Eggers
Main cast: Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgård, Ethan Hawke, Claes Bang
Music: Robin Carolan

Moon of Popping Trees
Joe Cribbens
Movie, 2022

Director: Walter Hill
Main cast: Rachel Brosnahan, Willem Dafoe, Christoph Waltz

Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light
Clem Hoately
Movie, 2021

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Main cast: Toni Collette, Rooney Mara, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett
Music: Nathan Johnson, Alexandre Desplat

The Card Counter
Col. John Gordo
Movie, 2021

Director: Paul Schrader
Main cast: Oscar Isaac, Willem Dafoe, Tye Sheridan, Tiffany Haddish

Spider-Man: Phone Home
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Movie, 2021

Director: Jon Watts
Main cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland, Jon Favreau, Zendaya
Music: Michael Giacchino

Justice League : The Snyder Cut
Nudis Vulko
Movie, 2021

Director: Zack Snyder
Main cast: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa
Music: Tom Holkenborg

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Albert 'the Abacus'
Movie, 2021

Director: Wes Anderson
Main cast: Bill Murray, Benicio del Toro, Léa Seydoux, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, Frances McDormand
Music: Alexandre Desplat, Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Siberia
Clint
Movie, 2019

Director: Abel Ferrara
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Simon McBurney
Music: Joe Delia

Togo: The Untold True Story
Leonhard Seppala
Movie, 2019

Director: Ericson Core
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Julianne Nicholson
Music: Mark Isham

Motherless Brooklyn
Paul Randolph
Movie, 2019

Director: Edward Norton
Main cast: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe
Music: Daniel Pemberton

The Lighthouse
Thomas Wake
Movie, 2019

Director: Robert Eggers
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman
Music: Mark Korven

At Eternitys Gate
Vincent van Gogh
Movie, 2018

Director: Julian Schnabel
Main cast: Oscar Isaac, Rupert Friend, Willem Dafoe, Mads Mikkelsen
Music: Tatiana Lisovkaia

Aquaman
Nuidis Vulko
Movie, 2018

Director: James Wan
Main cast: Nicole Kidman, Amber Heard, Jason Momoa, Randall Park, Dolph Lundgren
Music: Joseph Bishara, Rupert Gregson-Williams

Vox Lux
Narrator
Movie, 2018

Director: Brady Corbet
Main cast: Jude Law, Natalie Portman
Music: Scott Walker

Death Note 2017
Ryuk
Movie, 2017

Director: Adam Wingard
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham, Lakeith Stanfield
Music: Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross

Murder on the Orient Express
Gerhard Hardman
Movie, 2017

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Main cast: Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kenneth Branagh
Music: Patrick Doyle

Seven Sisters
Movie, 2017

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Main cast: Noomi Rapace, Willem Dafoe
Music: Christian Wibe

The Florida Project
Bobby
Movie, 2017

Director: Sean Baker
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto
Music: Lorne Balfe

The Great Wall
Ballard
Movie, 2016

Director: Yimou Zhang
Main cast: Matt Damon, Tian Jing
Music: Ramin Djawadi

Finding Dory (2016)
Gill
Movie, 2016

Director: Andrew Stanton
Main cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres
Music: Thomas Newman

The Headhunter's Calling
Ed Blackridge
Movie, 2016

Director: Mark Williams
Main cast: Alison Brie, Willem Dafoe, Gerard Butler, Gretchen Mol
Music: Mark Isham

Bad Country
Bud Carter
Movie, 2014

Director: Chris Brinker
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Amy Smart, Neal McDonough
Music: Jeff Danna, John Fee

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jopling
Movie, 2014

Director: Wes Anderson
Main cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Léa Seydoux, Adrien Brody, Tony Revolori
Music: Alexandre Desplat, Simon Rhodes

The Fault in Our Stars
Peter van Houten
Movie, 2014

Director: Josh Boone
Main cast: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern
Music: Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott

John Wick 1
Marcus
Movie, 2014

Director: Chad Stahelski
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Alfie Allen, Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist
Music: Tyler Bates, Joel J. Richard

Most Wanted Man, A
Tommy Brue
Movie, 2014

Director: Anton Corbijn
Main cast: Robin Wright, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Grigoriy Dobrygin
Music: Herbert Grönemeyer

Out of the Furnace
John Petty
Movie, 2013

Director: Scott Cooper
Main cast: Christian Bale, Zoë Saldaña, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck
Music: Dickon Hinchliffe

Odd Thomas
Wyatt Porter
Movie, 2013

Main cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe, Anton Yelchin, Addison Timlin
Music: John Swihart

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
L
Movie, 2013

Director: Lars von Trier
Main cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Stacy Martin

Nymphomaniac: Volume II
L
Movie, 2013

Director: Lars von Trier
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf

Love's Routine
Barry
Movie, 2013

Main cast: Willem Dafoe
Music: Christopher Young

Saving Norman
Lionel Pembrooke
Movie, 2013

Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Nikki Deloach, Anthony Holiday
Music: Christopher Young

John Carter
Tars Tarkas
Movie, 2012

Director: Andrew Stanton
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins
Music: Michael Giacchino

Boot Tracks
The Buddha
Movie, 2012

Director: David Jacobson
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Michelle Monaghan, Stephen Dorff, Tara Buck
Music: Peter Salett

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
Movie, 2012

Director: Giada Colagrande
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Marina Abramović

The Hunter
Martin David
Movie, 2011

Director: Daniel Nettheim
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Frances O'Connor
Music: Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira

Pesadilla en la calle del infierno 10 - Desde dentro
Self (archive footage)
Movie, 2010

Director: Daniel Farrands
Main cast: Robert Englund, Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Shaye

Miral
Eddie
Movie, 2010

Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass, Vanessa Redgrave

Fantastic Mister Fox
Rat
Movie, 2009

Director: Wes Anderson
Main cast: Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe, Wallace Wolodarsky, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep
Music: Alexandre Desplat

Farewell
Feeney
Movie, 2009

Director: Christian Carion
Main cast: Alexandra Maria Lara, Emir Kusturica, Guillaume Canet, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Music: Clint Mansell

Daybreakers
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
Movie, 2009

Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Ethan Hawke, Claudia Karvan
Music: Christopher Gordon

Circus of the Freak
Gavner Purl
Movie, 2009

Director: Paul Weitz
Main cast: John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson, Patrick Fugit
Music: Stephen Trask

The Boondock Saints 2 All Saints Day
Paul Smecker
Movie, 2009

Director: Troy Duffy
Main cast: Clifton Collins Jr., Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Connolly
Music: Jeff Danna

Fireflies in the Garden
Charles Waechter
Movie, 2008

Main cast: Julia Roberts, Willem Dafoe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Watson
Music: Javier Navarrete

Adam Resurrected
Commandat Klein
Movie, 2008

Director: Paul Schrader
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Derek Jacobi
Music: Gabriel Yared

Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience
Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
Movie, 2007

Director: Sam Raimi
Main cast: James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, Thomas Haden Church
Music: Christopher Young

Anamorph
Stan Aubray
Movie, 2007

Main cast: Peter Stormare, Scott Speedman, Willem Dafoe, Clea DuVall

Go Go Tales
Ray Ruby
Movie, 2007

Director: Abel Ferrara
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Matthew Modine, Asia Argento, Bob Hoskins

Mr Bean's Holiday
Carson Clay
Movie, 2007

Director: Steve Bendelack
Main cast: Rowan Atkinson, Karel Roden, Emma de Caunes, Maxim Baldry, Steve Pemberton
Music: Howard Goodall

El plan perfecto
Captain Darius
Movie, 2006

Director: Spike Lee
Main cast: Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Christopher Plummer, Jodie Foster
Music: Terence Blanchard

Paris, I Love You
Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
Movie, 2006

Director: Gérard Depardieu, Alfonso Cuarón, Olivier Assayas, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Gus van Sant, Alexander Payne, Richard LaGravenese, Tom Tykwer, Vincenzo Natali, Isabel Coixet, Gurinder Chadha, Wes Craven, Oliver Schmitz, Frédéric Auburtin, Sylvain Chomet, Bruno Podalydès, Walter Salles, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas
Main cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi
Music: Michael Andrews, Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Pierre Adenot

American Dreamz
Chief of Staff
Movie, 2006

Director: Paul Weitz
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Hugh Grant
Music: Stephen Trask

Tales from Earthsea
Cob
Movie, 2006

Main cast: Jun'ichi Okada, Bunta Sugawara, Yūko Tanaka
Music: Tamiya Terashima

The Film 'Manderlay' as Told in Eight Straight Chapters
Grace's Father
Movie, 2005

Director: Lars von Trier
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Bryce Dallas Howard, Danny Glover, Isaach De Bankolé
Music: Joachim Holbek

xXx։ State of the Union
Gen. George Octavius Deckert
Movie, 2005

Director: Lee Tamahori
Main cast: Scott Speedman, Willem Dafoe, Samuel L. Jackson, Ice Cube
Music: Marco Beltrami

Ripley Under Ground
Neil Murchison
Movie, 2005

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Barry Pepper, Tom Wilkinson, Jacinda Barrett
Music: Jeff Danna

Black Widow
Leslie
Movie, 2005

Director: Giada Colagrande
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Seymour Cassel, Giada Colagrande

The Intern Journal
Movie, 2005

Director: Matthew Gray Gubler
Main cast: Wes Anderson, Cate Blanchett, Waris Ahluwalia, Matthew Gray Gubler

THE LIFE AQUATIC - Creating the World of Steve Zissou (Behind the Scenes)
Movie, 2005

Main cast: Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson, Cate Blanchett

Spider-Man 2.1
Norman Osborn
Movie, 2004

Director: Sam Raimi
Main cast: James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, Alfred Molina
Music: Christopher Young, Danny Elfman

The Aviator
Roland Sweet
Movie, 2004

Director: Martin Scorsese
Main cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, John C. Reilly, Kate Beckinsale
Music: Howard Shore

The Clearing
Arnold Mack
Movie, 2004

Director: Pieter Jan Brugge
Main cast: Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Robert Redford, Alessandro Nivola
Music: Craig Armstrong

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Movie, 2004

Director: Vadim Jean
Main cast: Linda Cardellini, Elizabeth Perkins, Martin Short, Jan Hooks
Music: David Lawrence

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Klaus Daimler
Movie, 2004

Director: Wes Anderson
Main cast: Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon
Music: Mark Mothersbaugh

The Misbehavers
Self
Movie, 2004