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 – 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 – 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 Spider-Man: No Way Home (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).
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1987 Best Supporting Actor Platoon 2001 Shadow of the Vampire 2018 The Florida Project 2019 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Film Actor in a Supporting Role The Florida Project
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2004 Best Acting Ensemble The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project 2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate 2019 Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 Best Villain in a Movie Spider-Man: No Way Home 2024 Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie Poor Things
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2001 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Shadow of the Vampire 2018 The Florida Project 2019 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama At Eternity's Gate 2024 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Poor Things
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1997 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture The English Patient 2001 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Shadow of the Vampire 2015 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture The Grand Budapest Hotel 2018Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture The Florida Project 2024 Poor Things
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result AACTA Awards 2012 Best Actor in a Leading Role The Hunter Bodil Awards 2010 Best Actor in a Leading Role Antichrist Fantasporto International Film Festival 2000 Best Actor Shadow of the Vampire Gotham Awards 2018 Best Actor The Florida Project 2019 The Lighthouse Golden Raspberry Awards 1994 Worst Actor Body of Evidence 1998 Worst Supporting Actor Speed 2: Cruise Control Golden Schmoes Awards 2021 Favorite Movie of the Year Spider-Man: No Way Home Independent Spirit Awards 1987 Best Male Lead Platoon 1991 Best Supporting Male Wild at Heart 2001 Shadow of the Vampire 2020 The Lighthouse MTV Movie & TV Awards 2003 Best Fight Spider-Man Best Villain 2022 Spider-Man: No Way Home Robert Awards 2009 Best Actor in a Leading Role Antichrist Sant Jordi Awards 1992 Best Foreign Actor Light Sleeper Satellite Awards 2000 Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Shadow of the Vampire 2017 The Florida Project 2018 Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama At Eternity's Gate 2019 Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture The Lighthouse Spike Video Game Awards 2013 Best Voice Actor Beyond: Two Souls UK Film Festival 2018 Best Actor Padre Venice Film Festival 2018 Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award At Eternity's Gate Green Drop Award Volpi Cup for Best Actor
Critics awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate 2020Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Austin Film Critics Association 2018 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project 2020 The Lighthouse Boston Society of Film Critics 2004 Best Cast The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Chicago Film Critics Association 2001 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire 2003 Auto Focus 2017 The Florida Project Columbus Film Critics Association 2019Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2001 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire 2017 The Florida Project 2019 The Lighthouse Detroit Film Critics Society 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project 2019 The Lighthouse Florida Film Critics Circle 2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 2015Best Ensemble The Grand Budapest Hotel 2018Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project 2020 The Lighthouse Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2000 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire 2017 The Florida Project London Film Critics' Circle 2017 Supporting Actor of the Year The Florida Project National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers 2013 Supporting Performance in a Drama Beyond: Two Souls National Board of Review 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project National Society of Film Critics 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project 2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate New York Film Critics Circle 2000 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire 2002 Auto Focus 2017 The Florida Project New York Film Critics Online 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Online Film Critics Society 2000 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire 2019 The Lighthouse San Diego Film Critics Society 2000 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire 2017 The Florida Project 2019 The Lighthouse San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project 2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate 2019 Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Seattle Film Critics Society 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project 2019 The Lighthouse 2022 Villain of the Year Spider-Man: No Way Home St. Louis Film Critics Association 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project 2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate Toronto Film Critics Association 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project 2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate 2019 Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Utah Film Critics Association2017Best Supporting ActorThe Florida Project Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project
Honorary awards Organizations Year Award Result Taormina International Film Festival 2002 Taormina Arte Award San Sebastián International Film Festival 2005 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award Locarno Film Festival 2006 Excellence Award Stockholm Film Festival 2012 Achievement Award Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016 Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Berlin International Film Festival 2018Honorary Golden Bear Gotham Awards 2018 Tribute Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2018 Cinema Vanguard Award University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2022 Honorary Doctor of Arts Morelia International Film Festival2023Artistic Excellence Award Hollywood Walk of Fame 2024 Motion Picture Star at 6284 Hollywood Blvd. Sarajevo Film Festival 2025 Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award References
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