
William James Dafoe was born on July 22, 1955, in Appleton, Wisconsin. The Performing Garage in SoHo, New York City, the home of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group, which Dafoe co-founded He also portrayed Nuidis Vulko in the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). 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).ĭafoe 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). Other Oscar-nominated films include Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and At Eternity's Gate (2018). (1985) before breakthrough roles in The Last Temptation of Christ and Mississippi Burning both in 1988.ĭafoe received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Oliver Stone's war film Platoon (1986). Early roles include in Streets of Fire (1984) and To Live and Die in L.A. He had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film The Loveless (1982). He made his film debut in Heaven's Gate (1980), but was fired during production.

He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers.ĭafoe was an early member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group. 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.
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Anything is possible in the multiverse, which we saw firsthand in season 1 of Loki and in Sony’s brilliant animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.William James Dafoe ( / d ə ˈ f oʊ/ born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. At long last, Marvel had a way to reintroduce any characters it could ever dream up from outside of the MCU. Rumors had been spreading for months, but they reached a fever pitch in July when the finale of Loki season 1 hit Disney+. Just say no! Needless to say, the entire internet is more convinced than ever that Green Goblin will be in the next Spider-Man. If he did not film any scenes for the movie, then his answer wouldn’t need to be so cryptic. Obviously, if Dafoe is not in Spider-Man: No Way Home, there wouldn’t be any reason for him to talk about it before or after it comes out. And, you know, I always feel like when a film comes out, that’s when it’s time to talk about it. But he also offered a quote that has raised a few eyebrows: TheWrap pushed a bit, asking if “no comment” would be Dafoe’s response on the record. He then confessed that he understood why TheWrap would be asking the question. Dafoe explained that he was only on the call with them to discuss Annapurna Interactive’s game. The site attempted to sneak in a question about Spider-Man: No Way Home.


This week, TheWrap had the chance to speak with Dafoe about his role in the new video game Twelve Minutes.
