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William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). Dafoe's early career includes credits for The Loveless (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for the war drama Platoon (1986), followed by nominations for his roles in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also gained acclaim and wide recognition for his roles as Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and as the supervillain Norman Osborn in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). His other film appearance include roles in Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Body of Evidence (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Affliction (1997), New Rose Hotel(1998), Existenz (1999), The Boondock Saints (1999), American Psycho (2000), Auto Focus (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Inside Man (2006), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Antichrist (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), John Wick (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Aquaman (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Nightmare Alley (2021), Poor Things (2023), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
Many years ago, the kingdom of Amphibia once lived in harmony, with King Andreas watching over the land. He held a magical music box that could teleport him to different worlds, one of them being Earth. Several hundred years ago, however, a thief stolen the music box from the king without any evidence on who or what they were. The empire fell into chaos shortly after, as Andreas locked himself along with his followers in Newtopia. 15 years later, in Earth, a 16 year girl named Anne arrives at St. James High School with her bike. She's confronted by Maggie who attempts to steal her lunch, however, Sasha, Anne's friend, stops her just in time. It's Anne birthday today, and Sasha wants to celebrate by taking her out to "have fun." After school's over, they do a lot of things that Anne isn't fond of, but does it anyway to please Sasha. After that, they hang out at the local ice cream place, where Marcy sends them an image of the Calamity Box in an antique shop, and urges Anne to steal it. She obliges, and takes it from the shop, only then to open it later that night and be teleported to Amphibia. Weeks later, the Plantar family is out shopping when they hear about a beast from the woods, which makes Sprig Plantar intrigued and goes out to look for it.
