Willem Dafoe Highlights

  • 2009: Cast in the Public Theater's world premiere of "Idiot Savant"
  • 2008: Played a detective in the independent feature, "Anamorph"
  • 2006: Starred in "Manderlay," the second part to Lars von Trier's U.S.A. trilogy
  • 2006: Co-starred with Denzel Washington in the Spike Lee directed hostage drama "Inside Man"
  • 2004: Again portrayed Green Goblin/Norman Osborn in "Spider-Man 2"
  • 2004: Cast opposite Bill Murray in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic"
  • 2004: Starred opposite Paul Bettany in "The Reckoning"
  • 2004: Starred opposite Robert Redford in the thriller "The Clearing"
  • 2003: Co-starred in the feature "Once Upon A Time In Mexico"
  • 2002: Played the accused killer of Bob Crane in "Autofocus"
  • 2002: Cast as the villainous Green Goblin in "Spider-Man"
  • 2002: Co-starred with Frances McDormand in "To You, the Birdie!," a stage adaptation of "Phedre" performed by the Wooster Group
  • 2001: Played an American missionary who falls in love with a Chinese woman in "Pavilion of Women" (filmed in 1999)
  • 2000: Portrayed the detective investigating the disappearance of a Wall Street broker in "American Psycho"
  • 2000: Delivered curiously eccentric turn as a gay FBI agent in the little-seen "Boondock Saints"
  • 2000: Received critical plaudits for his slightly over-the-top portrayal of Max Schreck in the fictionalized account of the making of the classic vampire film "Nosferatu" (1922) in "Shadow of the Vampire"; earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination
  • 1999: Acted in the Wooster Group's production of "North Atlantic"
  • 1999: Had cameo role as a menacing gas station attendent in David Cronenberg's visually intriguing if muddily plotted "eXistenZ"
  • 1998: Delivered a villainous turn as an anthropologist in the festival screened "Lulu on the Bridge"
  • 1998: Cast as Christopher Walken's mysterious sidekick in Abel Ferrara's "New Rose Hotel"
  • 1997: Cast as principal villain in Jan De Bont's disappointing sequel "Speed 2: Cruise Control"
  • 1997: Portrayed Nick Nolte's successful brother in "Affliction"
  • 1997: Returned to the stage to play Yank in Eugene O'Neill's "The Hairy Ape" for the Wooster Group's uptown experiment
  • 1996: Appeared as the mercernary Caravaggio in the Academy Award-winning Best Picture "The English Patient"
  • 1994: Portrayed a soldier in Tom Clancy's "Clear and Present Danger"
  • 1994: Starred opposite Miranda Richardson in "Tom and Viv" portraying American-born British writer T S Eliot
  • 1990: Played psycho Bobby Peru in David Lynch's "Wild at Heart"
  • 1988: Teamed with Gene Hackman as FBI agents in Alan Parker's "Mississippi Burning"
  • 1988: Starred as Jesus in Martin Scorsese's controversial "The Last Temptation of Christ"
  • 1986: Breakthrough film role, Sgt. Elias, in Stone's "Platoon"; garnered Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination
  • 1985: Performance as homicidal counterfeiter in William Friedkin's "To Live and Die on L.A." caught attention of Oliver Stone
  • 1984: Donned leather again for Walter Hill's oddball rock'n'roll picture, "Streets of Fire"
  • 1981: Film acting debut, starred as a biker-poet in Kathryn Bigelow's "The Loveless"
  • 1977: Moved to New York City
  • Joined experimental theater group Theatre X in Milwaukee, WI
  • Toured the USA and Europe for two years with Theatre X productions, "Offending the Audience," "Phaedre" and "Razor Blades"
  • Appeared in print ads as model for Prada
  • Began doing voiceovers for TV commercials
  • Joined Wooster Group, debut performance in "Nayatt School"

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