The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Willem Dafoe.
Willem Dafoe is an American actor known for his extensive diverse roles in film. He has received numerous accolades including two Independent Spirit Awards as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Dafoe was honored with the Honorary Golden Bear in 2018 and a Motion Picture Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024.
Dafoe gained acclaim for playing a compassionate Sergeant during the Vietnam War in Oliver Stone's war drama Platoon (1986) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He played a career criminal in the David Lynch romantic crime drama Wild at Heart (1991) for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He portrayed Max Schreck in the E. Elias Merhige directed horror film Shadow of the Vampire (2000) for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor â Motion Picture, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.
For his role as a kindly motel manager in the Sean Baker coming-of-age drama The Florida Project (2017) he was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role. He took a leading role as painter Vincent van Gogh in the Julian Schnabel biographical drama At Eternity's Gate (2018) for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Drama. He played a moody lighthouse keeper in the Robert Eggers psychological drama The Lighthouse (2019) for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2002, he gained international recognition for his portrayal as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), for which he was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. He reprised the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film ' (2021) for which he won the Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Villain in a Movie. He also became known for his appearances in numerous of Wes Anderson's films including The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and The Phoenician Scheme (2025).