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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).
Arthur’s the Prince of Atlantis but he has no interest in his heritage and just wants a normal life in his Lighthouse with his dad. That changes when Black Manta and his crew steal an Atlantean artefact and kill Arthur’s dad escaping, Arthur’s recruited by Mera & Vulko to track Manta and get the Artefact. As Arthur’s the rightfull heir to the throne his younger brother Orm doesn’t want Arthur anywhere near Atlantis so Mera, Vulko and Kaldur’ahm must train Arthur in secret. Mera is able to track down the Artefact so her, Arthur and Kaldur’ahm go to fight Manta, we discover the Artefact is a staff that commands a species called the Trench which Manta summons to defeat the heroes. Arthur & Manta fight, Kaldur’ahm fights and defeats The Fisherman & Mera holds off the Trench to buy them time however Kaldur’ahm then reveals himself as Mantas son and they both escape. Orm discovers Arthur & Mera and they get into a fight but then they all agree to save Atlantis they must work together. The the trio track down Manta and Arthur & Orm fight Manta & Kaldur whilst Mera fights the Trench and Mantas men. Kaldur’ahm realises his father is wrong and turns on him and they return the staff. Arthur, Orm and Atlanna have a meeting and Arthur says he wants Orm to be the next king whilst he works on making the surface world ready to accept Atlanteans. Arthur & Mera both move into the lighthouse and start a relationship, back in Atlantis Orm stabs his mother in the heart and smiles.
