Summary

Upon star in an approaching 2024 horror movie , Willem Dafoewill formally join an undivided group of actors that might have also included Anya Taylor - Joy if it was n’t for inauspicious scheduling conflicts . In the last few years , Willem Dafoe ’s good performanceshave included Thomas Wake inThe Lighthouseand Green Goblin inSpider - Man : No Way place . Most recently , Dafoe has graced the bad screen as the quirky scientist , Dr. Godwin Baxter , inPoor thing . Yet , Dafoe has had a long calling , so it ’s no surprisal that he recently earned a very elect recording label .

Throughout his calling , Dafoe has proven his wide range of talent . Dafoe has played villainsand unusual brook characters , but he has also played major figures such as Jesus Christ inThe Last Temptation of Christand Vincent van Gogh inAt Eternity ’s Gate . Due to his ability to play character reference large and small with adequate commitment , Dafoe has become a frequent collaborator with various directors , like Wes Anderson , Abel Ferrera , and Paul Schrader . Now , Dafoe has become a dependable favorite of one specific film director .

Willem Dafoe is a fabled worker with an fantastically various filmography . Movie devotee at Ranker have picked out the best work of his life history .

Split image of Willem Dafoe in The Hunter and Boondock Saints

Nosferatu Ties Willem Dafoe With Ralph Ineson For Robert Eggers' Most Frequent Collaborator

Dafoe & Ineson Starred In 3 Eggers Movies

After appearing as Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz in 2024’sNosferatu , Willem Dafoe is now one of Robert Eggers ' most frequent collaborators . Of the four motion picture Eggers has directed , Dafoe has been in three of them . In 2019 , Dafoe starred as lighthouse keeper Thomas Wake inThe Lighthouse , alongside Robert Pattinson . A few year later , in 2022 , Dafoe run Heimir the Fool inTheNorthman . Now , in 2024 , Dafoe will sport in another Eggers movie as part of thecast ofNosferatu .

Kate Dickie is another doer considered a frequent collaborator of Robert Eggers . She has appear in two of his movies , The WitchandThe Northman .

There is only one other doer that has also appear in threeRobert Eggers movies , and that is Ralph Ineson . Ineson first appear in Eggers ' debut characteristic film , The Witch , as William . In 2022 , he took on the role of Captain Volodymyr inThe Northman . Finally , like Willem Dafoe , he is making his third collaborationism with egger in 2024’sNosferatuas Dr. Wilhelm Sievers . Throughout Robert Eggers ' many lead - studded cast , Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson have proved themselves to be the most pivotal partner in crime .

Ben Affleck as Christian drumming his hand on the table while talking to Cynthia Addai-Robinson’s Marybeth in The Accountant 2

Anya Taylor-Joy Dropping Out Of Nosferatu Lost Her Chance To Tie Willem Dafoe

Anya Taylor-Joy’s Schedule Kept Her From This Title

Notably , one other actor might have joined Dafoe and Ineson as Robert Eggers ' top collaborator if not for scheduling struggle . Originally , Anya Taylor - Joy was suppose to star inNosferatubut due to her in use docket , she was forced to drop out . If Taylor - Joy had persist in theNosferatucast , it would have been her third collaboration with Eggers , alongsideThe WitchandThe Northman . Now , the actress will have to hold back until Eggers ' next movie to joinWillem Dafoein this exclusive cabaret of actor .

Every Robert Eggers Frequent Collaborator

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In a dusty landscape Finn stares out into the distance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Willem Dafoe

The Lighthouse , The Northman , Nosferatu

Ralph Ineson

Willem Dafoe as Nemo from Inside

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The Witch , The Northman , Nosferatu

Kate Dickie

The Witch , The Northman

Anya Taylor Joy covered in blood in The Witch

Anya Taylor - Joy