Though he hardly needs an introduction, here’s a quick one anyway, for Willem Dafoe , who’s been around forever, or at least it feels that way. The ubiquity of Dafoe is largely due to him being prolific, and having started acting in movies back in the early 1980s. He’s never really slowed down, and he’s also appeared in a wide range of films, being recognizable for superhero movies ( Spider-Man ), some of Wes Anderson ’s films (like The Grand Budapest Hotel and Asteroid City ), and a fair few Lars von Trier movies , too (including Antichrist and Nymphomaniac ).
He's been in so much, and he’s pretty much always great in whatever he’s in, even if the movie’s not. But when he’s great in a movie that’s also great, then you’ve got a potential masterpiece on