Overview
Willem Dafoe is the American actor and screenwriter behind Norman Osborn in Spider-Man (2002). Dafoe returned as Norman Osborn in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021); other credits include Aquaman (2018) as Nuidis Vulko and Tenzing (2026) as John Hunt, Baron Hunt. Dafoe was born on July 22, 1955, in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Quick Facts
- Known for
- Spider-Man, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Aquaman
- Occupation
- Actor, Voice Actor, Screenwriter
- Also known as
- William James Dafoe
- Born
- July 22, 1955 in Appleton, Wisconsin
- Credits listed
- 12 (2002–2026)
Film & Television Credits
- 2026 Tenzing as John Hunt, Baron Hunt IMDb ↗
- 2025 Late Fame as Ed Saxberger IMDb ↗
- 2024 Nosferatu as Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz IMDb ↗
- 2024 Saturday Night as Dave Tebet IMDb ↗
- 2023 Asteroid City as Saltzburg Keitel IMDb ↗
- 2023 Poor Things as Dr. Godwin Baxter IMDb ↗
- 2022 The Northman as Heimir the Fool IMDb ↗
- 2022 Dead for a Dollar as Joe Cribbens IMDb ↗
- 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home as Norman Osborn IMDb ↗
- 2021 Zack Snyder’s Justice League as Nuidis Vulko IMDb ↗
- 2018 Aquaman as Nuidis Vulko IMDb ↗
- 2002 Spider-Man as Norman Osborn IMDb ↗
Connections
Family & partners
- Spouse
- Giada Colagrande (m. 2005)
- Former partner
- Elizabeth A. LeCompte (1977–2004)
Worked with
- Spider-Man
- Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris, Cliff Robertson
- Aquaman
- Nicole Kidman, Jason Momoa, Dolph Lundgren, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Zendaya, Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Marisa Tomei, Jacob Batalon, Tobey Maguire, J. K. Simmons, Jon Favreau