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Birthdate: July 22, 1955
Willem Dafoe
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1980s
2.5890
12
1990s
2.6243
21
2000s
2.7476
32
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.9972
2.9972
Willem Dafoe Movie Rankings
1
3.5290Marlin is terribly protective of his only son, Nemo. So, when Nemo is captured by a diver for a personal fish tank Marlin sets on a desperate mission to Sydney Australia to rescue him. ...more about Finding Nemo
DVD from $14.99
(18 sellers)
2
3.2924Struggling with his duel role as superhero and college student, Peter Parker conciders giving up his life as Spiderman. However, Doc. Ock., an evil genius, reeks havoc on the city in his quest to harness the energy of the sun with Cold Fusion. ...more about Spider-Man 2
DVD from $1.99
(21 sellers)
3
3.1551Chris Taylor is a new army recruit and had been just assigned to his first unit. Through the eyes of this young and naive solider, we witness the raid of a small Vietnamese village and the physical, mental and emotional strain placed on soldiers in war. ...more about Platoon
DVD from $4.29
(16 sellers)
4
3.1551
A rather odd thing has just occurred in the life of nerdy high school student Peter Parker: after being bitten by a genetically modified spider, his body chemistry is altered mutagenically. ...more about Spider-Man
DVD from $3.86
(17 sellers)
5
3.0462
Negotiator Keith Frazier has met his match when Dalton Russell enacts the "perfect" bank heist. Each knowing the other has another trick up his sleeve, it seems every time Frasier has a handle on the dangerous situation Russell is one-step ahead. ...more about Inside Man
DVD from $4.99
(16 sellers)
6
3.0431
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as aviation pioneer Howard Hughes in this biopic directed by Martin Scorsese. ...more about Aviator
DVD from $3.25
(22 sellers)
7
3.0285
Wade Whitehouse è un poliziotto di campagna che vive una vita di espedienti in una piccola e depressa cittadina del New Hampshire. Il suo matrimonio con Lillian è fallito e riesce di rado a vedere la figlia Jill, con la quale ha un pessimo rapporto. ...more about Affliction
DVD from $9.99
(7 sellers)
8
3.0018
A what if story of Jesus of Nazareth, if he would have taken the devils final temptation, was not crucified and lived the rest of his life as a man. ...more about Last Temptation of Christ
DVD from $25.57
(12 sellers)
9
2.9854
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. ...more about Born on the Fourth of July
DVD from $3.92
(15 sellers)
10
2.9611
A severely burned pilot lies dying in an Italian monastery. He is accompanied by a nurse, thief and sapper waiting out WWII. Through flashbacks, each character's story of love and deceit unfolds. ...more about English Patient
DVD from $12.34
(14 sellers)
11
2.9596
Based upon the Tom Clancy novel of the same name, Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst, is thrust right in the middle of a power struggle within the Colombian drug cartel after one of the President's "life long" friends is murdered, apparently in retaliation for ...more about Clear and Present Danger
DVD from $3.42
(15 sellers)
12
2.9252
Two Irish brothers accidentally killed mafia thugs. They turned themselves in and were released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and started knocking off mafia gang members one by one. ...more about Boondock Saints
DVD from $11.03
(13 sellers)
13
2.9162
Shadow of the Vampire is a film about the making of a German all time classic silent horror-movie from 1922 called Nosferatu-Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu-a Symphony of Horror). ...more about Shadow of the Vampire
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actor
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
- Fantasporto - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
- Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actor
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
- Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival - Best Actor
DVD from $7.14
(11 sellers)
14
2.8993
Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. ...more about Wild at Heart
DVD from $4.91
(13 sellers)
15
2.8959
Patrick Bateman, a young, well to do man working on wall street at his father's company kills for no reason at all. As his life progresses his hatred for the world becomes more and more intense. Based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis. ...more about American Psycho
DVD from $4.36
(12 sellers)
16
2.8835
The rags-to-riches-to-rags story of Troy Duffy, a blue collar Boston twenty something that struck a dream movie deal with Miramax in 1997 to direct the $15 million project "Boondock Saints" from his own script. ...more about Overnight
DVD from $6.99
(7 sellers)
17
2.8617
Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. ...more about eXistenZ
DVD from $6.39
(11 sellers)
18
2.8334
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. ...more about Mississippi Burning
DVD from $6.45
(11 sellers)
19
2.8130
Capitalizing on his fame as the star of "Hogan's Heroes," Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear) dove into the freewheeling spirit of the 60s and 70s with relish, having affairs with numerous women. ...more about Auto Focus
Actor Awards
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $3.92
(10 sellers)
20
2.8093
When good-girl Allison falls for bad-boy Cry-Baby Walker there is little her grandmother or community can do to keep them apart. After being wrongfully accused of inciting a riot Cry-Baby is sent to juvy. WIth the help of his gang he escapes to save Allison from marring a "square. ...more about Cry-Baby
DVD from $12.87
(10 sellers)
21
2.8028
Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates ...more about Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
DVD from $17.99
(12 sellers)
22
2.7958
A drug lord who pretends to overthrow the Mexican government. A corrupt CIA agent (Johnny Depp) who at that time, demands retribution from his worst enemy to carry out the drug lord's uprising against the government. ...more about Once Upon a Time in Mexico
DVD from $3.95
(13 sellers)
23
2.7713
Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Starting out as a street artist, living in Thompkins Square Park in a cardboard box, Jean-Michel is "discovered" by Andy Warhol's art world and becomes a star. ...more about Basquiat
DVD from $11.30
(10 sellers)
24
2.7258
The story of a parallel emotional struggle between the victim of a kidnapping and the family that is left behind. ...more about Clearing
DVD from $4.11
(12 sellers)
25
2.7201
The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age... until Miriam has enough of them. Unfortunately that's currently the case with John, so his life expectancy is below 24 hours. ...more about Hunger
DVD from $6.29
(13 sellers)
27
2.5979
A satire who focuses on reality shows like American Idol. Sally's dream is to become a music star and to participate in American Dreamz show. In order to achieve this, she leaves her boyfriend and mixes up with the host of the program. ...more about American Dreamz
DVD from $1.99
(15 sellers)
28
2.5884
Ron, who's young, slight, and privileged, is sentenced to prison on marijuana charges. For whatever reason, he brings out paternal feelings in an 18-year prison veteran, Earl Copan, who takes Ron under his wing. ...more about Animal Factory
DVD from $7.03
(9 sellers)
29
2.5432
Two cops in Los Angeles try to track down the vicious criminal Eric Masters. Then, one of them is killed by Masters and the other one swears revenge no matter what the cost. ...more about To Live and Die in L.A.
DVD from $6.73
(9 sellers)
30
2.4614
Annie and her policeman boyfriend Alex decide to take a romantic ocean cruise together. Once at sea, however, one of the passengers, a disgruntled computer genius named Giger, disables the ship. ...more about Speed 2: Cruise Control
Actor Awards
- Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
DVD from $5.96
(12 sellers)
31
2.3753
A drug dealer with upscale clientele is having moral problems going about his daily deliveries. ...more about Light Sleeper
Actor Awards
- Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
DVD from $3.25
(9 sellers)
32
2.3418
Rock and Roll singer is taken captive by a motorcycle gang in a strange world that seems to be a cross of the 1950's and the present or future. Her ex-boyfriend returns to town and to find her missing and goes to her rescue. ...more about Streets of Fire
DVD from $9.99
(11 sellers)
33
2.3174
Izzy Maurer è un sassofonista jazz in crisi. Un giorno trova una borsa, accanto al cadavere di uno sconosciuto, che contiene un fazzoletto con su scritto un numero telefonico ed una scatola contenente una pietra misteriosa. ...more about Lulu on the Bridge
DVD from $9.99
(6 sellers)
34
2.2739
NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. ...more about xXx: State of the Union
DVD from $3.74
(17 sellers)
35
2.2695
In 14th-century England, a young monk breaks his vow of chastity and flees the wrath of his bishop and fellow monks. ...more about Reckoning
- Not Available on DVD
36
2.2617
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two come back together. On the way he discovers France, bicycling, and true love, among other things. ...more about Mr. Bean's Holiday
DVD from $7.95
(16 sellers)
38
2.2071
This documentary look at the rise and fall of filmmaker Troy Duffy (The Boondock Saints) is a stunning, often hilarious look at how, even in the shark-infested waters of moviemaking, oneÂ’s teeth can be too sharp. ...more about Overnight
- Not Available on DVD
39
2.1839
Maas and Hosaka are two large Corporations in the future world. They are fighting to get control over the best minds of the world. The best is Hiroshi and at the moment he is working for the Maas Corporation. ...more about New Rose Hotel
DVD from $23.99
(8 sellers)
40
2.1026
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation. ...more about White Sands
DVD from $4.99
(10 sellers)
42
2.0349
This murder mystery, set in the Middle Ages, is steeped in moral dilemmas about the power of art, the temptations of evil and the search for justice that continue to haunt us in modern times. ...more about Reckoning
- Not Available on DVD
43
2.0129
A millionaire is found dead of heart failure handcuffed to the bed with a home video tape of him and his lover. When cocaine is found in his system, and his will leaves $8 million to his lover, they arrest her on suspicion of murder. ...more about Body of Evidence
Actor Awards
- Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
DVD from $6.62
(10 sellers)
44
2.0100
Axel Heyst lives on a secluded island near the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya. The year is 1913. While on personal business to the port, he visits the hotel owned by racist German Schomberg. ...more about Victory
DVD from $10.98
(8 sellers)
47
1.8886
Based upon the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, this film, set in 1930's China, deals with the themes of spiritual freedom and finding true love. ...more about Pavilion of Women
DVD from $4.99
(10 sellers)
48
1.8629
Based on the eponymous novel by one-time San Quentin inmate Edward Bunker, Animal Factory portrays the manufacture of a hardened criminal out of the middle-class clay of a newly imprisoned and once promising young man. ...more about Animal Factory
- Not Available on DVD
49
1.8118
After his co-pilot is killed, Jake Grafton, a carrier-based Intruder pilot, questions the purpose of Navy bombing missions. ...more about Flight of the Intruder
DVD from $7.99
(5 sellers)
51
1.1391
McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. ...more about Off Limits
DVD from $2.94
(7 sellers)
52
1.0563
The second installment in Lar Von Trier's United States trilogy, Manderlay centers on a plantation in 1933 Alabama. ...more about Manderlay
- Not Available on DVD
54
0.9954
Two Catholic vigilante killers from Boston (Flannery, Reedus) who believe they are doing God's work kill members of the Russian mob and customers of a porn shop, but instead of paying for their crimes, they are praised as "saints" by the ...more about Boondock Saints
- Not Available on DVD
55
0.9314
Beckman driving a '55 Thunderbird on Route 66 hooks up with Johnny after hoodlum Hoot and his gang shoot his car. Continuous conflicts between Hoot and Beckman make Beckman and Johnny determant to teach him a lesson. ...more about Roadhouse 66
DVD from $7.21
(6 sellers)
57
0.7397
Criminals Fox (Walken) and X (Dafoe) use and Italian prostitute (Argento) to seduce a Japanese genetic scientist and learn his secrets. ...more about New Rose Hotel
- Not Available on DVD
58
Willem Dafoe (THE ENGLISH PATIENT) plays an NYPD detective who grapples with a string of unusual serial murders, perpetrated by a killer who fashions himself an artist. ...more about Anamorph
- Not Available on DVD
61
In the dead of winter of 1989, a small contingent of filmmakers and movie stars trekked deep into communist Poland to the infamous Auschwitz/Birkenau Death camp and began filming the first ever Hollywood movie to be made on this hallowed ground. ...more about Making of 'Triumph of the Spirit'
- Not Available on DVD
62
The Misbehavers documents a small army of guerilla filmmakers as they converge at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a mission dubbed Operation: Altitude. ...more about Misbehavers
- Not Available on DVD
65
Documentary on Rockets Redglare (aka Michael Morra), a colorful figure on the New York City art scene up until his death in 2001. ...more about Rockets Redglare!
- Not Available on DVD
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