Biography
Willem Dafoe is an American actor born on 22 July 1955 in Appleton, Wisconsin. He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980) and has appeared in more than 100 films.
Dafoe has collaborated with directors including Yorgos Lanthimos and Robert Eggers. He played Godwin Baxter in Poor Things (2023) and Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz in Nosferatu (2024). Other 2024 credits include roles in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Kinds of Kindness.
He has received four Academy Award nominations and an Honorary Golden Bear in 2018.
