Willem Dafoe is known for some iconic cinematic characters, and now you can add the Shinigami Ryuk of Death Note to that list. According to Mashable, Willem Dafoe has closed a deal to voice Ryuk in Adam Wingard’s adaptation of the popular Manga and Anime series, Death Note. Based on the wildly popular Japanese Manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high-school student Light Yagami (Wolff) who comes across a notebook that is imbued with power.