Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe portrayed Nuidis Vulko in Aquaman.

Significant roles

• Eric "Rick" Masters in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
• Sgt. Elias in Platoon (1986)
• Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
• Salamo Arouch in Mississipi Burning (1989)
• Frank Dulaney in Body of Evidence (1993)
• Tom Eliot in Tom & Viv (1994)
• David Caravaggio in The English Patient (1995)
• John Geiger in Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
• X in New Rose Hotel (1998)
• Gas in eXistenZ (1999)
• Det. Donald Kimball in American Psycho (2000)
• Max Schreck in Shadow of a Vampire (2000)
• Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in Spider-Man (2002)
• Gill in Finding Nemo (2003)
• Barillo in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
• Roland Sweet in The Aviator (2004)
• Norman Osborn in Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Capt. John Darius in Inside Man (2006)
• Carson Clay in Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
• Ray Ruby in Go Go Tales (2007)
• Norman Osborn in Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• He in Antichrist (2009)
• Rat in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
• Gavner Purl in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
• Eddie in Miral (2010)
• Cisco in 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011)
• Tars Tarkas in John Carter (2012)
• The Buddha in Tomorrow You're Gone (2012)
• L in Nymphomaniac (2013)
• Tommy Brue in A Most Wanted Man (2014)
• Jopling in Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
• Pier Paolo Pasolini in Pasolini (2014)
• Gill in Finding Dory (2016)

Quotes

• "She looks good. (Laughs) I don’t want to talk about that. I’ve got so many movies to talk about. I’ll let them orchestrate the publicity on that movie. I’m happy to be a part of it and when it comes out I’ll be talking about it ad nausea. I shot part of it and I’ll go back and shoot some more. This is a DC Comics Justice League movie. Which is shooting now. Too soon to talk about."
• "It’s more possible to make a personal, integrated film at a lower budget because you are responsible to less people to explain to them what it is. You don’t have to be so careful and so calculating. For a bigger budget you can make a more personal film, but it’s more difficult because you have to pay off the investment so you have to have it appeal to a lot of people. So, generally, I think I’m less involved in that because I think movies as their best really challenge how we think."
• "Well, Justice League is very particular because it’s an ensemble movie and my character is being introduced here in order to be a principal role in Aquaman."
• "These films are a different experience. They have different responsibilities, different resources and different intentions. It’s nice to go between those worlds if you can. They serve different impulses."

Trivia

• Dafoe was considered for the role of The Joker in Batman before Jack Nicholson was cast.