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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).
Taking place 4 years after Arkham Asylum while protesting the use of the new prison Arkham City Bruce Wayne is kidnapped and forced into the new Arkham by Hugo Strange. Throughout the movie Bruce tries to find a cure for a disease that Harley Quinn infected him with by the order of Joker who is revealed to still be alive. Meanwhile Robin and Oracle try to find a way to breach the walls of the city. Batman must fight villains like Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Two-Face, Ras al Ghul, Bane, and Joker himself to cure himself before he dies. Eventually Bruce realizes that he needs to fight the illness from within his own mind. He manages to cure himself of it but is still infected with Joker's blood. The movie climaxes as Bruce fights his way through all of the villains to get out and eventually comes face to face with Joker who reveals it was the Titan serum that infected him. Joker does die from his disease but not before pulling off one last stunt as he kills Robin who had been taken and locked up by Hugo Strange who tied him to a bomb. Seeing this Bruce finds Hugo and nearly kills him but is talked out of it by Catwoman. The movie ends with Bruce and Catwoman leaving Arkham city as it is shut down and Hugo along with the other villains are locked up. The movie closes as Bruce calls someone. We cut to the other end of the call as Dick Grayson now known as Nightwing is fighting Clayface.
