- Date de naissance : 22 juillet 1955
- Nationalité :
United States - Activités : Acteur
- Personne
William James Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers.
Dafoe was an early member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut in Heaven's Gate (1980), but was fired during production. He had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film The Loveless (1982). Early roles include in Streets of Fire (1984) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) before breakthrough roles in The Last Temptation of Christ and Mississippi Burning both in 1988.
Dafoe received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Oliver Stone's war film Platoon (1986). Other Oscar-nominated films include Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and At Eternity's Gate (2018). Notable roles include in The English Patient (1996), American Psycho (2000), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Antichrist (2009), John Wick (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Lighthouse (2019), The French Dispatch (2021), Nightmare Alley (2021), and The Northman (2022).
Dafoe gained wider attention for his role as the supervillain Norman Osborn / Green Goblin in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He also portrayed Nuidis Vulko in the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
Films
| Titre | Activités | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Acteur [Gavner Purl] | Comedy |
Numéros d'identification
- IMDb ID (nm0000353)
- MusicBrainz artist ID (3bf67e55-fa97-452c-8b48-532bd5258920)
- ISNI (0000 0001 2120 4334)
- VIAF ID (10036508)