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  • Dafoe was first choice for Batman's The Joker - 28 October 2009
    -Jack Nicholson almost lost out on the role of The Joker in 1989's Batman movie - because Spider-Man star Willem Dafoe was director Tim Burton's first choice.- -The Shining actor landed the iconic part opposite Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader, but Dafoe admits th


  • Willem Dafoe - 21 July 2009
    rame_copy p{ margin-bottom:0; } .fleft{ width:600px; float:left; } - - - - -Platoon (1986)- -Long before Willem Dafoe had made a big name for himself, he joined Oliver Stone’s troops – as Sgt. Elias Grodin – in Platoon. The fir

Willem Dafoe - what members say


  • Born On The Fourth Of July
  • Born On The Fourth Of July review by from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars Haunting and Disturbing 30 July 2004
    ...n he no longer fulfilled her trophy case vision of what her son ought to be, to Willem Dafoe?s remark about what you have to do sexually when nothing in the middle moves. ...  
  • American Psycho
  • American Psycho review by from West Yorkshire
    Rated - 5 stars Armani and Coke, anyone? 2 December 2004
    ...tch it for the review of eighties pop music by the lead character. Watch it for Willem Dafoe's performance as the smart private investigator. Watch it for the interior desi...  
  • Platoon
  • Platoon review by A customer from Cornwall
    Rated - 5 stars Welcome to the 'Nam 20 September 2003
    ...e heart of 'Platoon' is the conflict between veteran sergeants Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe (both Oscar-nominated). Berenger is crazed and has distorted views about war. H...  

Willem Dafoe - filmography


  • Daybreakers (2010)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Willem Dafoe,  Sam Neill
    Director: Michael Spierig,  Peter Spierig
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the year 2017, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 10 members
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  • Antichrist - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Charlotte Gainsbourg
    Director: Lars Von Trier
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Only two actors, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Defoe, inhabit the space of this supernatural thriller directed by Lars Von Trier. The stars play a couple who attempt to grieve for their dead child by living in seclusion in the middle of a forest. But their story does not end there: in the forest, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 14 members
    Due for release on 11th January 2010
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  • Antichrist (2009)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Charlotte Gainsbourg
    Director: Lars Von Trier
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Only two actors, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Defoe, inhabit the space of this supernatural thriller directed by Lars Von Trier. The stars play a couple who attempt to grieve for their dead child by living in seclusion in the middle of a forest. But their story does not end there: in the forest, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 150 members
    Due for release on 26th December 2009
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  • The Dust of Time (2008)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Bruno Ganz,  Michel Piccoli
    Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in the former Soviet Union, "The Dust of Time" follows the lives of a small group of people over a 50 year period. Willem Dafoe plays A., a stressed-out Greek-American helmer who's behind on his shoot of a movie based on his mother's longtime love for two men.
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 5 members
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  • Inside Man on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Clive Owen,  Jodie Foster
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Inside Man is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 71,156 members
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  • American Dreamz on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Dennis Quaid,  Mandy Moore
    Director: Paul Weitz
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In the world of right-now, it seems as if literally everybody wants to be famous. Thanks to the global phenomenon of reality television, literally anyone can be. From the Director of American Pie & About a Boy, Hugh Grant has never been better as the sleazy, self-centred host of the hugely popular ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 10,305 members
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  • Spider-Man 2 on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Kirsten Dunst,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sam Raimi's follow-up to SPIDER-MAN finds Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) struggling to balance his everyday life with his alter ego as the web-slinging superhero. Still carrying the burden of keeping his crime-fighting identity from those closest to him--including his longtime love Mary Jane Watson (..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 84,059 members
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  • Auto Focus on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Greg Kinnear,  Willem Dafoe,  Kurt Fuller
    Director: Paul Schrader
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    AUTO FOCUS is the story of Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear), who was the star of the American television series Hogan's Heroes in the 1960s. Before he achieved that particular fame, Crane was a popular radio talk show host in Hollywood. His television work brought him a level of visibility and notoriety ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,243 member
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  • Spider-Man on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Bruce Campbell,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the classic Marvel Comics series, Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN deftly details the origin of the web-slinging superhero. When awkward New York City teenager Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) attends a class field trip to a laboratory, he gets bitten by a genetically altered spider while taking photos ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 49,599 members
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  • The Boondock Saints (1999)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Sean Patrick Flanery,  Norman Reedus
    Director: Troy Duffy
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Fraternal twins Conner (Flanery - SUICIDE KINGS) and Murphey (Reedus - GOSSIP) MacMannus are on a mission from God to rid Boston of crime. However, instead of signing up for the police force, these hard-drinking Irish-American brothers take the law into their own hands a la Charles Bronson in DEATH ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,634 members
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  • Affliction on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Nick Nolte,  James Coburn,  Sissy Spacek
    Director: Paul Schrader
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the novel by Russell Banks, AFFLICTION is a sobering, absorbing psychological study of the precarious relationship between an abusive father and his two sons. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is a middle-aged ineffectual sheriff in a small New Hampshire town, where he and his brother, Rolfe (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 709 members
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  • New Rose Hotel (1998)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Willem Dafoe,  Asia Argento
    Director: Abel Ferrara
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on a short story by cyberpunk writer William Gibson (NEUROMANCER), this sleek film stars Willem Dafoe and Christopher Walken as freelance espionage agents looking for a way to make some money in a future ruled by warring corporations. They hit on a scheme to hire gorgeous Italian prostitute ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 31% from 11 members
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  • Basquiat on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jeffrey Wright,  David Bowie,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Julian Schnabel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1981, Jean-Michel Basquiat catapulted from being an unknown nineteen-year-old graffiti writer to becoming one of the most successful, controversial, glamorous artists in the world. His shows were anticipated as the big events of the New York season, and his paintings were bought by the most ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,819 member
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  • Clear And Present Danger on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Willem Dafoe,  Anne Archer
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom Clancy's bestseller has Jack Ryan acting as Head of the CIA when his mentor Admiral Greer falls prey to cancer. On his watch, the President of the United States orders a covert operation to attack some South American druglords responsible for a friend's death. Ryan, who swears before Congress ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 9,298 members
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  • Fishing With John on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Matt Dillon,  Tom Waits
    Director: John Lurie
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    An offbeat and original series which pairs musician/actor John Lurie with friends Dennis Hopper (looking for giant squid in Thailand), Jim Jarmusch (seeking shark in Montauk), Tom Waits (in Jamaica), Matt Dillon (in Costa Rica), and Willem Dafoe (ice fishing in Maine). The plan? Travel to the world'..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 40 members
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  • Body Of Evidence on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Madonna,  Willem Dafoe,  Anne Archer
    Director: Uli Edel
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Rebecca Carlson (Madonna) is on trial for the murder of her wealthy, older lover, whom the D.A. (Joe Mantegna) is convinced died as a result of an intense lovemaking session. It is up to her attorney (Willem Dafoe) to prove Rebecca's innocence, but when he becomes entangled in her web of erotic ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,216 member
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  • Wild At Heart on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Laura Dern,  Nicolas Cage,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In adapting Barry Gifford's colorful novel, David Lynch delivers another jolt of adrenaline to unsuspecting viewers everywhere. WILD AT HEART follows the troubled romance of Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern), two lovers who struggle to remain together even when fate seems intent on ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8,312 members
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  • Cry Baby on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Amy Locane,  Susan Tyrrell
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Cult director John Waters goes mainstream -- sort of -- in this send-up of 1950s teen melodramas. Heart-throb Johnny Depp stars in the title role as a glamorous delinquent who heads a gang of hoods known as the Drapes. Trouble starts when Cry-Baby falls for a squeaky clean blonde from a rival group,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,206 members
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  • Triumph Of The Spirit (1989)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Edward James Olmos,  Robert Loggia
    Director: Robert M. Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A boxing champion and his family who live in Thessalonika, Greece are rounded up by German soldiers and transported to Auschwitz where they are separated. When the Nazis find they have a boxer in their midst they order him to fight for their entertainment. Winning means living....
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 41 members
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  • Off Limits on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Gregory Hines,  Fred Ward
    Director: Christopher Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Buck McGriff and Albaby Perkins are two tough, hard nosed cops looking for the killer of six Vietnamese prostitutes whose babies were fathered by American soldiers. Aided by Sister Nicole, they gather evidence which finally implicates a high-ranking American officer....
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 27 members
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  • Platoon on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Willem Dafoe,  Tom Berenger
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 30,146 members
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  • Streets Of Fire on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Michael Pare,  Diane Lane,  Rick Moranis
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A stylish, futuristic fable set to an exciting rock music beat. When rock diva Ellen Aim is abducted by the Bombers, a ruthless motorcycle gang, her manager offers her ex-boyfriend Tom Cody $10,000 to find and rescue the singer. Cody teams up with McCoy, a tough female ex-soldier, who together ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 712 members
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  • Anamorph on DVD
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Scott Speedman,  Peter Stormare
    Director: Henry Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oscar Winner Willem Dafoe stars in this shocking psychological thriller as a seasoned detective, who notices that present case dealing with a horrific serial killer bears a striking similarity to a case from his past. Co starring Scott Speedman, Clea Duvall & Peter Stormare.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 1,351 member
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Willem Dafoe - watch online


  • Overnight to Watch Now (2003)
    Starring: Troy Duffy,  Jeffrey Baxter,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Tony Montana,  Mark Brian Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 82 minutes
    Overnight sounds like it's the Tinseltown fairytale, the dream come true, the ultimate success story: struggling musician & bartender, Troy Duffy, sells a screenplay called "The Boondock Saints" to industry giant Harvey Weinstein at Miramax, gets to direct the film, provide songs and in addition, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4 members
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  • Clear and Present Danger to Watch Now (1994)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Willem Dafoe,  Anne Archer
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 141 minutes
    This is the third film based on Tom Clancy's high-tech espionage potboilers starring CIA deputy director Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford, returning to the Ryan role after his first go-round in 1992's Patriot Games, is assigned to a delicate anti-drug investigation after a close friend of the President (a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 47 members
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Willem Dafoe facts

5 most recent films

Daybreakers - 3.5 stars
Fireflies in the Garden - 3.0 stars
Cirque du Freak - The Vampire's Assistant - 3.5 stars
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - 3.5 stars
Antichrist - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Finding Nemo - 4.0 stars
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - 3.5 stars
Platoon - 3.5 stars
Inside Man - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Inside Man - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Dust of Time - 1.5 stars
Ultimate 80s Collection - Vol. 2 - 1.5 stars
New Rose Hotel - 1.5 stars
Hitchhiker - Vol.1 - 2.5 stars
Edges Of The Lord - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Cate Blanchett - 5 times - show films
John C. Reilly - 5 times - show films
Jude Law - 5 times - show films
Johnny Depp - 5 times - show films
Ian Holm - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Martin Scorsese - 6 times - show films
Oliver Stone - 6 times - show films
Paul Schrader - 4 times - show films
Lars Von Trier - 4 times - show films
Anthony Minghella - 3 times - show films


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