William James Dafoe — Actor (99)
Light Sleeper (1992) [Movie] TMDB
Light Sleeper
director: Paul Schrader actor: Willem Dafoe / Susan Sarandon
other title: Lo spacciatore / Posibilidad de escape
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
Lynch/Oz (2023) [Movie] TMDB
Lynch/Oz
director: Alexandre O. Philippe actor: Amy Nicholson / Rodney Ascher
other title: Lynch & Oz
Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch’s work.
Auto Focus (2002) [Movie] TMDB
Auto Focus
director: Paul Schrader actor: Greg Kinnear / Willem Dafoe
other title: Desenfocado
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
American Nails [Movie] TMDB
American Nails
director: Abel Ferrara actor: Asia Argento / Willem Dafoe
The rise and fall of a modern Phaedra, in a tale set in the gangster world of primal violence, power and revenge. This no-holds-barred retelling of Euripides’ masterpiece pits its protagonist against the male-dominated remnants of power and entitlement, in the shadow of the Roman Empire in contemporary Italy.
Fukushima: A Nuclear Story (2015) [Movie] TMDB
A Nuclear Story
director: Matteo Gagliardi actor: Willem Dafoe
other title: A Nuclear Story
A powerful documentary that sheds some light on what really happened at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the 2011 earthquake and the tsunami that immediately followed. A powerful documentary - shot from March 11th, 2011 through March 2015 - that sheds some light on what really happened at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the 2011 earthquake and the tsunami that followed.
Late Fame (2025) [Movie] TMDB Douban
Late Fame
director: Kent Jones actor: Willem Dafoe / Greta Lee
other title: 大器晚成 / 晚成名
A long time ago Ed Saxberger wrote a book of poetry that no one ever cared about. When a group of young artists rediscover his work, he must reassess his genius. The wild card in the group is Gloria, a talented and mercurial theatre actress who toys with affections and who is all set to be admired by Saxberger.
The Dust of Time (2008) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
Η σκόνη του χρόνου
director: 西奥·安哲罗普洛斯 actor: 威廉·达福 / 布鲁诺·冈茨
other title: 时光之尘 / Η σκόνη του χρόνου
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.
Late Fame (2025) [Movie] NeoDB
Late Fame
director: 肯特·琼斯 actor: 威廉·达福 / 格蕾塔·李
other title: 大器晚成 / 晚成名
Legendary New York poet Ed Saxberger's forgotten works captivate an eccentric group of young creatives, reigniting his artistic passion. Their intrigue intertwines with the bewitching presence of actress Gloria.
“Late Fame” “tells the story of Ed Saxberger (Dafoe), who wrote a book of poetry a long time ago that no one ever cared about. When a group of young artists rediscover his work, he must reassess his genius. The wild card in the group is Gloria (Hüller), a talented and mercurial theatre actress who toys with affections and who is all set to be admired by Saxberger, this legendary figure from a gritty New York golden age,” reads the synopsis, which describes the film as “wickedly ironic and unexpectedly poignant.” The film explores the “illusory effect of praise on the soul, and the lingering ghostly presence of the past, whether it’s imagined or vividly remembered.”
The Souffleur (2025) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
director: 加斯顿·索尔尼基 actor: 威廉·达福 / Stephanie Argerich
Lucius Glantz, a veteran hotel manager in Vienna, fights to save his beloved establishment from a scheming realtor's plan to demolish it, leading to a clash of wills that even affects the hotel's renowned soufflé recipe.
4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban
4:44 Last Day on Earth
director: Abel Ferrara actor: Willem Dafoe / Shanyn Leigh
other title: 4:44 L'ultimo giorno sulla Terra / 4:44 Último Dia na Terra
A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.
Go Go Tales (2007) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Go Go Tales
director: 阿贝尔·费拉拉 actor: 威廉·达福 / 鲍勃·霍斯金斯
other title: 戈戈舞的故事 / 고 고 테일즈
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.
Love, Antosha (2019) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB Douban
Love, Antosha
director: Garret Price actor: Anton Yelchin / Viktor Yelchin
other title: Con amore, Antosha
From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. Through his journals and other writings, his photography, the original music he wrote, and interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues, this film looks not just at Anton's impressive career, but at a broader portrait of the man.
Finally Dawn (2024) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Finalmente l'alba
director: Saverio Costanzo actor: Lily James / Rebecca Antonaci
other title: Finalmente l'alba / Por fin amanece
A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infinite night during which she discovers herself.
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
director: Werner Herzog actor: Michael Shannon / Willem Dafoe
other title: Dans l'œil d'un tueur / My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
Atalanta Strategy (1984) [Movie] TMDB
Atalanta Strategy
director: Lawrence Brickman actor: Willem Dafoe / Kate Valk
The story of Willard from Ashley's opera Atalanta, recounted in 3 parts.
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
director: Bill Couturié actor: Ellen Burstyn / Tom Berenger
other title: Dear America - Lettere dal Vietnam / Dear America - Briefe aus Vietnam
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive footage of the war and news coverage thereof augment the first-person "narrative" by men and women who were in the war, some of whom did not survive it.
Overnight (2003) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Overnight
director: Mark Brian Smith / Tony Montana actor: Troy Duffy / Billy Connolly
Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred bartender, sells his first screenplay for The Boondock Saints.
Animal Factory (2000) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
Animal Factory
director: 史蒂夫·布西密 actor: 威廉·达福 / 史蒂夫·布西密
other title: 动物工厂 / 野兽工厂
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.