"Willem Dafoe is one of the most versatile, recognizable, risk-taking and talented actors of cinema for more than three decades already. Even making a list consisting of only 20 performances is hard enough considering how diverse his filmography and roles are. He has done all genres and worked with countless auteurs from all over the world.
His voice can be heard on a Lou Reed album and a James Bond video game, he's done experimental theatre and his unique facial expressions gave a birth to countless internet memes. As Wim Wenders ("Faraway, So Close!") describes him: "he's the Christ and the Antichrist of cinema".
Dafoe made his feature film debut in Kathryn Bigelow's "Loveless", and after all these years he's still going strong – he still balances big Hollywood films (John Wick, Fault in Our Stars, Murder on the Orient Express, Aquaman) with small independent films."
