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== Career ==
=== 1980–1985: Early roles ===
Dafoe made his film debut in a supporting role in [[Michael Cimino]]'s 1980 epic Western film ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spalding Gray's Tortured Soul |date=October 6, 2011 |work=The New York Times Magazine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/magazine/spalding-grays-tortured-soul.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=willem%20dafoe&st=cse |page=[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/magazine/spalding-grays-tortured-soul.html?pagewanted=4&_r=1&sq=willem%20dafoe&st=cse&scp=5 p. 5 of online version]|access-date=November 6, 2011|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302083741/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/magazine/spalding-grays-tortured-soul.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=willem%20dafoe&st=cse|url-status=live}}</ref> Dafoe was only present for the first three months of an eight-month shoot.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Macnab |first1=Geoffrey |title=Willem Dafoe: 'I have a charmed life' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/willem-dafoe-i-have-a-charmed-life-7466484.html |website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=April 6, 2018 |date=March 3, 2012|archive-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821043626/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/willem-dafoe-i-have-a-charmed-life-7466484.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His role, that of a [[cockfight]]er who works for [[Jeff Bridges]]' character, was removed from a majority of the film during editing but was visible during a cockfight scene.<ref name="HeavensGate">{{cite web |last1=Schultz |first1=Steve |title=Willem Dafoe was fired from 'Heaven's Gate' cock fighting role |url=https://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2010/01/08/willem-dafoe-was-fired-from-heavens-gate-cock-fighting-role/ |website=[[San Francisco Chronicle|SFGate]]|access-date=April 6, 2018 |date=January 8, 2010|archive-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813012258/https://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2010/01/08/willem-dafoe-was-fired-from-heavens-gate-cock-fighting-role/|url-status=live}}</ref> Dafoe did not receive a credit for his work on the film.<ref name="HeavensGate" /> In 1982, Dafoe starred as the leader of an [[outlaw motorcycle club]] in the drama ''[[The Loveless]]'', his first role as a leading man. The film was co-directed by [[Kathryn Bigelow]] and [[Monty Montgomery (producer)|Monty Montgomery]] and paid homage to 1953 film ''[[The Wild One]]'', starring [[Marlon Brando]] in a similar role.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |title=50s-Style 'Loveless' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/20/movies/50-s-style-loveless.html |website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 6, 2018 |date=January 20, 1984|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613014952/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/20/movies/50-s-style-loveless.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Dafoe also acted in the upcoming the British romantic thriller ''[[Pet Shop Days]]''. He was cast as Maxim, the overly protective father in the [[A24]] fantasy adventure film ''[[The Legend of Ochi]]'' with [[Helena Zengel]], [[Emily Watson]], and [[Finn Wolfhard]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/a24-the-legend-of-ochi-isaiah-saxon-willem-dafoe-emily-watson-1234871081/ |title=A24 Greenlights Fantasy Epic 'The Legend Of Ochi' From Director Isaiah Saxon |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=November 10, 2021 |accessdate=September 3, 2023|archive-date= May 25, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220525034844/https://deadline.com/2021/11/a24-the-legend-of-ochi-isaiah-saxon-willem-dafoe-emily-watson-1234871081/|url-status= live}}</ref> He is also set to reunite with Yorgos Lanthimos in ''[[Kinds of Kindness]]'' starring [[Emma Stone]], [[Jesse Plemmons]], and [[Margaret Qualley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/yorgos-lanthimos-and-searchlight-pictures-emma-stone-willem-dafoe-jesse-plemons-margaret-qualley-to-star-1235130201/ |title=Yorgos Lanthimos Sets 'AND' As New Film At Searchlight Pictures; Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe And Margaret Qualley To Star |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=September 29, 2022 |accessdate=September 3, 2023|archive-date= September 30, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220930165608/https://deadline.com/2022/09/yorgos-lanthimos-and-searchlight-pictures-emma-stone-willem-dafoe-jesse-plemons-margaret-qualley-to-star-1235130201/|url-status= live}}</ref> He also cast as in [[Robert Eggers]]' [[gothic horror]] film ''[[Nosferatu (2024 film)|Nosferatu]]'' playing Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/willem-dafoe-joins-robert-eggers-nosferatu/ |title=Willem Dafoe Joins Robert Eggers' Nosferatu |website=Empire |date=January 29, 2023 |accessdate=September 3, 2023|archive-date= September 3, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230903170509/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/willem-dafoe-joins-robert-eggers-nosferatu/|url-status= live}}</ref> On May 12, 2023, Dafoe was announced to be cast in ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]'' as an unknown role, later revealed to be Wolf Jackson, a ghost detective who was a [[B movie]] action star when he was alive.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=May 12, 2023 |title='Beetlejuice 2': Willem Dafoe Joins Jenna Ortega, Michael Keaton |language=en-US |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beetlejuice-2-willem-dafoe-jenna-ortega-michael-keaton-1235485808/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512214609/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beetlejuice-2-willem-dafoe-jenna-ortega-michael-keaton-1235485808/ |archive-date=May 12, 2023}}</ref>
▲{{Main|Willem Dafoe filmography}}
== Awards and nominations ==
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