- Films
- 107
- Avg rating
- 6.44
- Peak run
- 1984’88
- Oscar noms
- 4
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Willem by the numbers
Average
6.44
95 rated films
Vote weighted
6.55
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.99
rating spread
Career
46y
1981 to 2026
Total votes
14.7M
across every film
Best
8.2
Finding Nemo
Worst
4.0
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Tenzing | Colonel John Hunt | · | 196 |
| 2025 |  The Man in My Basement | Anniston | 4.7 | 4,192 |
| 2025 |  The Phoenician Scheme | Knave | 6.6 | 74,057 |
| 2025 |  Late Fame | Ed Saxberger | · | 750 |
| 2025 |  The Birthday Party | Marcos Timoleon | · | 754 |
| 2025 |  The Souffleur | Tenured hotelier | · | 404 |
| 2025 |  The Legend of Ochi | Maxim | 5.8 | 10,398 |
| 2024 | Zero | Voice on the Phone | · | 340 |
| 2024 |  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Jackson | 6.6 | 180K |
| 2024 |  Kinds of Kindness | Raymond | 6.4 | 74,536 |
| 2024 |  Nosferatu | Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz | 7.1 | 279K |
| 2023 |  Poor Things | Godwin Baxter | 7.7 | 425K |
| 2023 |  Inside | Nemo | 5.5 | 24,844 |
| 2023 | Finally Dawn | Rufus Priori | 5.8 | 1,064 |
| 2022 |  The Northman | Heimir the Fool | 7.0 | 307K |
| 2022 | Dead for a Dollar | Joe Cribbens | 5.4 | 7,995 |
| 2021 |  Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn | 8.1 | 1.08M |
| 2021 |  The Card Counter | Gordo | 6.2 | 47,699 |
| 2021 |  Zack Snyder's Justice League | Vulko | 7.9 | 481K |
| 2021 | River | Narrator | · | 651 |
Better together?
Willem Dafoe's regulars
- Abel FerraraDirector and actor · 6 films · 5.45 avg▼−0.62
- Paul SchraderDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.16 avg▼−0.10
- Jennifer PeedomDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.28
- Lars von TrierDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.77 avg●+0.03
- Sam NeillCo-star · 3 films · 6.55 avg▲+0.19
- Wes AndersonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.65 avg▲+0.77
- Andrew StantonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.40 avg▲+0.53
- Robert EggersDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.43
- Julian SchnabelDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.55 avg●0.00
- Walter HillDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.05 avg▼−0.34
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Willem Dafoe
4 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 2019Willem Dafoe
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2018Willem Dafoe
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2001Willem Dafoe
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1987Willem Dafoe
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.