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Actor · age 71

Willem Dafoe

Best rated: Finding Nemo (8.2)

Films
132
Avg rating
6.49
Peak run
1985’88
Oscar noms
4
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Willem Dafoe, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1985 to 1988, 7.363456781980198519901995200020052010201520202025Finding Nemo 8.2Speed 2: Cruise Control 4.0Career avg 6.49

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Willem Dafoe's career barcodecoolhot
1980132 films2026
Current formLast 5: 6.20 vs career 6.49 (−0.29)
  1. WSaturday Night2024 · 6.8+0.3
  2. WNosferatu2024 · 7.1+0.6
  3. LThe Legend of Ochi2025 · 5.8−0.7
  4. WThe Phoenician Scheme2025 · 6.6+0.1
  5. LThe Man in My Basement2025 · 4.7−1.8
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Willem by the numbers

Average
6.49
117 rated films
Vote weighted
6.59
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.92
rating spread
Career
47y
1980 to 2026
Total votes
18.1M
across every film
Best
8.2
Finding Nemo
Worst
4.0
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2026Tenzing posterTenzingJohn Hunt·214
2025The Souffleur posterThe SouffleurTenured hotelier·405
2025Late Fame posterLate FameEd Saxberger·950
2025The Birthday Party posterThe Birthday PartyMarcos Timoleon·766
2025The Man in My Basement posterThe Man in My BasementAnniston4.74,201
2025The Phoenician Scheme posterThe Phoenician SchemeKnave6.674,157
2025The Legend of Ochi posterThe Legend of OchiMaxim5.810,405
2024ZeroVoice on the Phone·340
2024Nosferatu posterNosferatuProf. Albin Eberhart von Franz7.1279K
2024Saturday Night posterSaturday Night·6.840,493
2024Beetlejuice Beetlejuice posterBeetlejuice BeetlejuiceJackson6.6180K
2024Kinds of Kindness posterKinds of KindnessRaymond6.474,586
2023Pet Shop Days··271
2023Finally DawnRufus Priori5.81,064
2023Poor Things posterPoor ThingsGodwin Baxter7.7425K
2023Asteroid City posterAsteroid City·6.4147K
2023Inside posterInsideNemo5.524,854
2022Dead for a Dollar posterDead for a DollarJoe Cribbens5.48,005
2022The Northman posterThe NorthmanHeimir the Fool7.0307K
2021RiverNarrator·651
Better together?

Willem Dafoe's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Paul Schrader and Willem Dafoe movies · Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe movies · Wes Anderson and Willem Dafoe movies · Jennifer Peedom and Willem Dafoe movies

Takes

On Willem Dafoe

4 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 2019
    Willem Dafoe
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2018
    Willem Dafoe
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2001
    Willem Dafoe
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1987
    Willem Dafoe
    Nominated

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

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