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Willem Dafoe

American actor (1955-)

  • Fame70.6
  • Momentum4.5
  • Wikipedia437.7K
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    75 languages
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  • Age
    71
    Born 1955
  • Known for
    Spider-Man: No Way Home
    2021
Summary
Updated 2026-08-30

The face that can twist into a demon or soften into a saint — Dafoe moves between Marvel blockbusters and austere arthouse without changing gears, trusted equally by Schrader and Raimi, von Trier and Pixar.

Biography

About

Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, on July 22, 1955, Dafoe started in experimental theater with The Wooster Group before slipping into film with an uncredited bit in Heaven's Gate (1980). His breakout came as the compassionate sergeant in Platoon (1986), the first of four Academy Award nominations that would also include Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and At Eternity's Gate (2018), where he played van Gogh. He became a founding collaborator for directors across every register — Ferrara, Lanthimos, Anderson, Eggers — and carved a second legacy as Norman Osborn in Raimi's Sp…

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In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe
said
I don't give advice. Everybody's gotta find their own way. Just, uh, enjoy.
— interview from TikTok (January 2025)
Willem Dafoe
said
I-I don't know, uh... I mean, I have a hard time thinking beyond tomorrow.
— Answering the question "Where do you see yourself five years from now?" interview from TikTok (January 2025)
Willem Dafoe
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I try not to live in the past, and I try not to think too much about the future. Call me a hippie. What can I say? Be here now, baby.
— "Willem Dafoe Breaks Down His Career, from 'The Boondock Saints' to 'Spider-Man' | Vanity Fair" (November 2019).
Willem Dafoe
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I love food! I wake up in the morning and one of the first things on my mind is food, what are we going to eat for lunch?
— "Food Talks: Willem Dafoe, His Italian Family, Broccoli, Carciofi & Panzanella", interview with Foodiamo (January 2018).
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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Filmography

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TV credits

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Awards

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  • Romics d'Oro
  • Honorary Golden Bear
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor
  • Donostia Award
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Score breakdown

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Fame
Stable
70.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum4.5
Historical39.8
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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