Willem Dafoe: movies and TV shows
Willem Dafoe has 257 credits in the archive: 227 films and 30 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2014 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Souffleur | Lucius | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 2026 | Werwulf | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2026 | The Birthday Party | Marcos Timoleon | Film | — | 70 |
| 2026 | The Resurrection of Christ | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2026 | Tenzing | Colonel John Hunt | Film | — | 70 |
| 2026 | Late Fame | Ed Saxberger | Film | — | 70 |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme | Knave | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 2025 | Zero | (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 2025 | The Legend of Ochi | Maxim | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 2025 | The Man in My Basement | Anniston Bennett | Film | 5.4 | 69 |
| 2025 | The Man in My Basement | Film | 5.4 | 69 | |
| 2025 | Pet Shop Days | Francis | Film | 5.2 | 69 |
| 2025 | Grande Envie | Count | Film | 10.0 | 69 |
| 2025 | Avrio Vrady | Dancing man | Film | — | 69 |
| 2024 | Nosferatu | Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Jackson | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2024 | Kinds of Kindness | Raymond / George / Omi | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2024 | Saturday Night | David Tebet | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 2024 | Finally Dawn | Rufo Priori | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2024 | run 002 | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2024 | Jesus Goes to Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 2024 | Nosferatu: An Inside Look | Self | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 2024 | Can Creativity Save the World? | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2023 | Poor Things | Godwin Baxter | Film | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2023 | Asteroid City | Saltzburg Keitel | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2023 | Inside | Nemo | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2023 | Gonzo Girl | Walker Reade | Film | 2.0 | 67 |
| 2023 | Willem Dafoe | Film | 5.0 | 67 | |
| 2023 | Interior (The Spectator) | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2023 | The Wild One | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2022 | The Northman | Heimir the Fool | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2022 | Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue | Self | TV | 8.2 | 66 |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 2022 | Mostra, Venise | Self | TV | — | 66 |
| 2022 | Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 2022 | Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus | Self / Grand Duc | Film | — | 66 |
| 2022 | Finding Satoshi | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2022 | Il coraggio di essere Franco | Sé stesso | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 2022 | Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2022 | 7 Deaths of Maria Callas | Film Actor | Film | 3.0 | 66 |
| 2022 | Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone | Film | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | Film | 7.9 | 65 |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Vulko | Film | 8.1 | 65 |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun | Albert 'the Abacus' | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Clem Hoatley | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2021 | The Card Counter | Gordo | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2021 | Maresco / Pasolini | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 2021 | Why Are We (Not) Creative? | Self | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2021 | River | Narrator | Film | 5.9 | 65 |
| 2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted | Richard McMahon | Film | 4.9 | 64 |
| 2020 | Siberia | Clint | Film | 4.9 | 64 |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen | Self | TV | 10.0 | 64 |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self | Film | 7.7 | 64 |
| 2020 | The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale | Self | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2020 | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 2020 | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Film | 7.1 | 64 | |
| 2020 | Tommaso | Tommaso | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 2020 | Sportin' Life | Self | Film | 4.2 | 64 |
| 2020 | Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago | Film | 6.0 | 64 | |
| 2019 | The Lighthouse | Thomas Wake | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2019 | Togo | Leonhard Seppala | Film | 8.1 | 63 |
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | Paul Randolph | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2019 | Love, Antosha | Self | Film | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2019 | Manou the Swift | Manou's Father (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 2019 | Vincent van Gogh Superstar | Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2018 | Aquaman | Nuidis Vulko | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2018 | The House That Jack Built | Film | 7.1 | 62 | |
| 2018 | At Eternity's Gate | Vincent van Gogh | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2018 | Vox Lux | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2018 | Friedkin Uncut | Self | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2018 | Brothers in Arms | Self | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2018 | Theatron. Romeo Castellucci | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2018 | Opus Zero | Paul | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 2018 | Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project | Self | Film | 8.3 | 62 |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Gerhard Hardman | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2017 | What Happened to Monday | Terrence Settman | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2017 | The Florida Project | Bobby | Film | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2017 | Death Note | Ryuk (voice) | Film | 4.3 | 61 |
| 2017 | NHK WORLD PRIME | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 9.0 | 61 |
| 2017 | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | Film | 2.0 | 61 |
| 2017 | Sanctuary | Narrator | Film | — | 61 |
| 2017 | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 2017 | Mountain | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2017 | Piazza Vittorio | Himself | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Gill (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2016 | The Great Wall | Ballard | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2016 | A Family Man | Ed Blackridge | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 2016 | Sculpt | Film | 1.0 | 60 | |
| 2016 | Dog Eat Dog | Mad Dog | Film | 5.1 | 60 |
| 2016 | My Hindu Friend | Diego Fairman | Film | 4.0 | 60 |
| 2016 | Nelson Algren Live | Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh | Film | — | 60 |
| 2016 | Father | James Verdun | Film | 4.2 | 60 |
| 2016 | Mind the Gap | Self | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Zylander Quark | TV | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 59 |
| 2015 | Don't F*#% With John Wick | Self | Film | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2015 | Fukushima: A Nuclear Story | Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2015 | John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry | Self | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 2015 | The Making of A Most Wanted Man | Self | Film | — | 59 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 58 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 58 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 58 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 58 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV | 5.0 | 58 |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Jopling | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2014 | John Wick | Marcus | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2014 | The Fault in Our Stars | Peter van Houten | Film | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2014 | A Most Wanted Man | Tommy Brue | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2014 | Bad Country | Bud Carter | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 2014 | Pasolini | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2014 | SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg | (archive footage) | Film | 4.0 | 58 |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | L | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2013 | Odd Thomas | Wyatt Porter | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2013 | Out of the Furnace | John Petty | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 2013 | Love's Routine | Barry | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 2013 | The Smile Man | Willem | Film | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2013 | Saving Norman | Lionel Pembrooke | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 2013 | The Benaki Museum | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 57 |
| 2012 | John Carter | Tars Tarkas | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2012 | Tomorrow You're Gone | The Buddha | Film | 4.4 | 56 |
| 2012 | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Cisco | Film | 4.8 | 56 |
| 2012 | Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic | Self | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2011 | The Hunter | Martin David | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2010 | Conan | Self | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 2010 | Daybreakers | Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 2010 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Detective Hank Havenhurst | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 2010 | Miral | Eddie | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2010 | A Woman | Max Oliver | Film | 4.3 | 54 |
| 2010 | The Making of Daybreakers | Self | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2010 | Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Rat (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 53 |
| 2009 | Antichrist | He | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 2009 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Gavner Purl | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 2009 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Paul Smecker (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2009 | Farewell | Feeney | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2008 | Fireflies in the Garden | Charles Waechter | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 2008 | Adam Resurrected | Commandat Klein | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 2008 | Go Go Tales | Ray Ruby | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 2008 | The Dust of Time | A | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Carson Clay | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 2007 | Cannes: All Access | Self | Film | 3.2 | 51 |
| 2007 | Wintergasten | TV | — | 51 | |
| 2007 | The Walker | Larry Lockner | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 2007 | Anamorph | Stan Aubray | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | (segment "Occupations") (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2007 | Voom Portraits | Self | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 2007 | The Procedure | Christopher | Film | 4.6 | 51 |
| 2006 | Inside Man | John Darius | Film | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires) | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2006 | American Dreamz | Chief of Staff | Film | 5.1 | 50 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | TV | 6.9 | 49 | |
| 2005 | xXx: State of the Union | Gen. George Octavius Deckert | Film | 5.1 | 49 |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Grace's Father | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 2005 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Willem Dafoe (uncredited) | Film | 4.3 | 49 |
| 2005 | This Is an Adventure | Self | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 2005 | Ripley Under Ground | Neil Murchison | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 2005 | Before It Had a Name | Leslie | Film | 3.6 | 49 |
| 2005 | Before It Had a Name | Film | 3.6 | 49 | |
| 2005 | On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' | Self / Klaus D. | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 2005 | Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal | Self | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz | Self | TV | 6.0 | 48 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Roland Sweet | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Klaus Daimler | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 2004 | The Reckoning | Martin | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2004 | Control | Dr. Michael Copeland | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 2004 | The Clearing | Arnold Mack | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 2004 | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2004 | The Misbehavers | Self | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 2004 | Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man' | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 2004 | Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Gill (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 47 |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Armando Barillo | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 2003 | Overnight | Self | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 2003 | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Rockets Redglare! | Self | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 2003 | Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' | Self | Film | 7.7 | 47 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Green Goblin / Norman Osborn | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 2002 | Auto Focus | John Carpenter | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 2002 | The Spider-Man Story | Self | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2002 | Spider-Mania | Self | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 2002 | Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Self | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 2002 | Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure | Hunter (voice) | Film | 4.5 | 46 |
| 2001 | Pavilion of Women | Father Andre | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 2001 | Edges of the Lord | Priest | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 2001 | A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | Self | Film | 8.5 | 45 |
| 2000 | American Psycho | Donald Kimball | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 2000 | Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 2000 | Animal Factory | Earl Copen | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 2000 | Bullfighter | Father Ramirez | Film | 3.0 | 44 |
| 1999 | The Directors | Self | TV | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1999 | The Boondock Saints | Paul Smecker | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Gas | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1999 | New Rose Hotel | X | Film | 5.2 | 43 |
| 1999 | New Rose Hotel | Film | 5.2 | 43 | |
| 1999 | Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1998 | Affliction | Rolfe Whitehouse | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1998 | Lulu on the Bridge | Dr. Van Horn | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney | TV | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Geiger | Film | 4.6 | 41 |
| 1997 | Wrong Guys | Jack Straw | Film | — | 41 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1996 | The English Patient | David Caravaggio | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1996 | Basquiat | The Electrician | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1996 | Victory | Axel Heyst | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1995 | The Night and the Moment | The Writer | Film | 4.9 | 39 |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | Grand Duc | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | John Clark | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1994 | Tom & Viv | Tom Eliot | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1993 | Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1993 | Faraway, So Close! | Emit Flesti | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1993 | White Homeland Commando | Karl | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1993 | Rhyme 'Em to Death | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1993 | Brace Up! | Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1992 | Light Sleeper | John LeTour | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1992 | White Sands | Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1992 | Blast 'Em | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1992 | North on Evers | Film | 7.5 | 36 | |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1991 | Fishing with John | Self | TV | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Bobby Peru | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1990 | Cry-Baby | Hateful Guard | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | The Commandant / Jack Lassen (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Commandant (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Charlie | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1989 | Triumph of the Spirit | Salamo Arouch | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Jesus | Film | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning | Agent Alan Ward | Film | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1988 | Off Limits | Buck McGriff | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1988 | Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ | Self | Film | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Elephant Grass (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1986 | Platoon | Sergeant Elias Grodin | Film | 7.8 | 30 |
| 1985 | To Live and Die in L.A. | Rick Masters | Film | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1985 | O Panama | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1984 | Streets of Fire | Raven Shaddock | Film | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1984 | Atalanta Strategy | Immigration Staff | Film | — | 28 |
| 1984 | Roadhouse 66 | Johnny Harte | Film | 5.2 | 28 |
| 1984 | The Loveless | Vance | Film | 5.6 | 28 |
| 1984 | New York Nights | Boyfriend | Film | 3.7 | 28 |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Jeffrey Hunt | TV | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1983 | The Hunger | 2nd Phone Booth Youth | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate | Willy (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 19 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 19 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 6 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 2 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.0 | 2 |
| White Lies | Film | — | — | ||
| Cuddle | Dante | Film | — | — | |
| Time Out | Film | — | — | ||
| Tropico | Raymond | Film | — | — | |
| Tropico | Film | — | — | ||
| The Sleeping Shepherd | Film | — | — | ||
| A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | Film | — | — |