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List of awards and nominations received by Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe awards and nominations
Totals[a]
Wins67
Nominations122
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1987 Best Supporting Actor Platoon Nominated [1]
2001 Shadow of the Vampire Nominated [2]
2018 The Florida Project Nominated [3]
2019 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate Nominated [4]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 Best Film Actor in a Supporting Role The Florida Project Nominated [5]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2004 Best Acting Ensemble The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Nominated [6]
2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Nominated [7]
2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate Nominated [8]
2019 Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Nominated [9]
Critics' Choice Super Awards
2022 Best Villain in a Movie Spider-Man: No Way Home Won
2024 Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie Poor Things Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Shadow of the Vampire Nominated [10]
2018 The Florida Project Nominated [10]
2019 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama At Eternity's Gate Nominated [10]
2024 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Poor Things Nominated [10]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1997 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture The English Patient Nominated [11]
2001 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Shadow of the Vampire Nominated [12]
2015 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture The Grand Budapest Hotel Nominated [13]
2018 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture The Florida Project Nominated [14]
2024 Poor Things Nominated [15]

Miscellaneous awards

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Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
AACTA Awards 2012 Best Actor in a Leading Role The Hunter Nominated
Bodil Awards 2010 Best Actor in a Leading Role Antichrist Won
Fantasporto's International Fantasy Film Award 2000 Best Actor Shadow of the Vampire Won
Gotham Awards 2018 Best Actor The Florida Project Nominated
2019 The Lighthouse Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards 1994 Worst Actor Body of Evidence Nominated
1998 Worst Supporting Actor Speed 2: Cruise Control Nominated
Golden Schmoes Awards 2021 Favorite Movie of the Year Spider-Man: No Way Home Won
Independent Spirit Awards 1987 Best Male Lead Platoon Nominated
1991 Best Supporting Male Wild at Heart Nominated
2001 Shadow of the Vampire Won
2020 The Lighthouse Won
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2003 Best Fight Spider-Man Nominated
Best Villain Nominated
2022 Spider-Man: No Way Home Nominated
Robert Awards 2009 Best Actor in a Leading Role Antichrist Nominated
Sant Jordi Awards 1992 Best Foreign Actor Light Sleeper Won
Satellite Awards 2000 Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Shadow of the Vampire Won
2017 The Florida Project Nominated
2018 Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama At Eternity's Gate Won
2019 Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture The Lighthouse Won
Spike Video Game Awards 2013 Best Voice Actor Beyond: Two Souls Nominated
Taron Awards 2019 Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Won
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home Won
UK Film Festival 2018 Best Actor Padre Won
Venice Film Festival 2018 Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award At Eternity's Gate Won
Green Drop Award Won
Volpi Cup for Best Actor Won

Critics awards

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Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate Nominated
2020 Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Nominated
Austin Film Critics Association 2018 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
2020 The Lighthouse Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics 2004 Best Cast The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Nominated
2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
Chicago Film Critics Association 2001 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire Nominated
2003 Auto Focus Nominated
2017 The Florida Project Won
Columbus Film Critics Association 2019 Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Won
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2001 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire Nominated
2017 The Florida Project Nominated
2019 The Lighthouse Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
2019 The Lighthouse Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle 2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 2015 Best Ensemble The Grand Budapest Hotel Won
2018 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
2020 The Lighthouse Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2000 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire Won
2017 The Florida Project Won
London Film Critics' Circle 2017 Supporting Actor of the Year The Florida Project Nominated
National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers 2013 Supporting Performance in a Drama Beyond: Two Souls Nominated
National Board of Review 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
National Society of Film Critics 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate 2nd Place
New York Film Critics Circle 2000 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire Nominated
2002 Auto Focus Nominated
2017 The Florida Project Won
New York Film Critics Online 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
Online Film Critics Society 2000 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire Nominated
2019 The Lighthouse Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society 2000 Best Supporting Actor Shadow of the Vampire Nominated
2019 The Lighthouse Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate Nominated
2019 Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
2019 The Lighthouse Won
2022 Villain of the Year Spider-Man: No Way Home Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Nominated
2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
2018 Best Actor At Eternity's Gate Nominated
2019 Best Supporting Actor The Lighthouse Runner-up
Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2017 Best Supporting Actor The Florida Project Nominated

Honorary awards

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Organizations Year Award Result Ref.
Taormina International Film Festival 2002 Taormina Arte Award Honored
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2005 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award Honored [16]
Locarno Film Festival 2006 Excellence Award Honored [17]
Stockholm Film Festival 2012 Achievement Award Honored [18]
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016 Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Honored [19]
Berlin International Film Festival 2018 Honorary Golden Bear Honored [20]
Gotham Awards 2018 Tribute Award Honored [21]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2018 Cinema Vanguard Award Honored [22]
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2022 Honorary Doctor of Arts Honored [23]
Hollywood Walk of Fame 2024 Motion Picture Star at 6284 Hollywood Blvd. Honored [24]
Sarajevo Film Festival 2025 Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award Honored [25]

References

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  1. ^ "59th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "73rd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "90th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "91st Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "71st British Academy Film Awards". bafta.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "Critics' Choice Awards nominees". Variety. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  7. ^ "Complete list of nominees and winners for the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
  8. ^ "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma,' 'Americans,' 'Mrs. Maisel' Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  9. ^ "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  10. ^ a b c d "Willem Dafoe - Golden Globes". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  11. ^ "3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  12. ^ "7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  13. ^ "21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  14. ^ "24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  15. ^ "Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® | Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  16. ^ "San Sebastian unveils 2020 poster as festival director addresses changes". ScreenDaily. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  17. ^ "Locarno fest honors Dafoe". Variety. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  18. ^ "Dafoe, Audiard and Troell to be awarded in Stockholm". ScreenDaily. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  19. ^ "Willem Dafoe & Charlie Kaufman to Receive Honorary Awards from Karlovy Vary". IndieWire. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  20. ^ "Berlin Film Festival To Present Willem Dafoe With Honorary Golden Bear; Sets Jury, More Titles & #MeToo Talks". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  21. ^ "Gotham Awards To Honor Willem Dafoe And Paul Greengrass". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  22. ^ "Santa Barbara Film Fest: Willem Dafoe Tapped for Cinema Vanguard Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  23. ^ "Willem Dafoe to Receive Honorary University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Doctorate". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  24. ^ "ACTOR WILLEM DAFOE TO BE HONORED WITH FIRST WALK OF FAME STAR OF THE YEAR!". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  25. ^ Leo Barraclough (August 3, 2025). "Willem Dafoe to Receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
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