51 Greatest Movie Villains of All Time: Michael Myers, the Joker

Willem Dafoe has always had a knack for delivering off-the-wall performances, but being cast as Green Goblin didn't just allow him to do it for a much bigger paycheck than he often gets, he was also introduced to an audience that doesn't often go see him in indie dramas. 

The result is a performance that has stayed with audiences since 2002's "Spider-Man" was released.

Playing wealthy industrialist Norman Osborn who goes wildly mad and becomes the Green Goblin alter ego after injecting himself with a superhuman serum, Dafoe delivers a wicked Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde persona that's the perfect villain to Spider-Man.

And Dafoe's performance was cemented as an all-time great when Green Goblin wreaked havoc in "Spider-Man: No Way Home."