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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).
After Dick decided to leave Gotham to lead his own team and Barbara, paralyzed from the waist down, took on the role Oracle, Batman decides to find a new Robin. Jason Todd was trying to steel lug nuts off the Batmobile. Jason tried to run but it was no use. Bruce decides to take him under his wing. 5 months go by and Joker has broke out of Arkham again and kidnapped Robin. After mercilessly beating Jason with a crowbar Joker leaves before Batman gets there. Jason, broken, crawls to the door, it's locked. Jason feeling hopeless hears a timer, 3. 2. 1. BANG! He couldnt get there in time. Holding Jason's lifeless body made him desperate to bring him back. Batman brought Jason to Nanda Parbat where Bruce once trained under Ra's Al Ghul. Ra's agrees to let him use the Lazarus Pit to restore Jason but warns him, "the Jason you knew, might not be the Jason that comes out." Batman didn't care. A month goes by after the failed resurrection, The Joker is still at large. A new vigilante, The Red Hood emerges killing criminals. Batman encounters Red Hood and puts a tracker on him. Batman finds him holding a gun to Joker's head, Batman unarms Red Hood and demands he reveals himself, he then does, revealing Jason Todd. He became determined on killing Joker after Batman didn't. Jason and Batman get into a scuffle where Batman ultimately wins but at the cost of Joker escaping. Batman wants Jason back and begs Jason to come back, Jason refuses and jumps out the window into the darkness.
