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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).
Willem Dafoe
The Joker
for The Joker in Batman: Arkham - Episode 1: A Matter of Family
Suggested by johnmaximus
Prior to the events at Arkham Asylum, The Joker kidnapped Commissioner Gordon and his colleagues in the GCPD, and held them hostage at Seagate Amusement Park, threatening to kill them if he saw Batman. Batgirl and Robin join forces to save the hostages. They break into the park, even after The Joker uses a rocket launcher to blow up one of the gondolas. Batgirl locates hostages trapped in the park's various attractions. Robin focuses on locating Gordon. Batgirl rescues all the hostages, and is informed by Robin that there are caches of explosives, which they diffuse. The Joker says that he planned this operation to help Batman cure his "baby-brain" by killing the members of the Bat Family. Robin tracks down Gordon's location, and they make their way to a large tent, where The Joker and his gang are waiting for them. Batgirl and Robin defeat the henchmen, and together they defeat Harley Quinn and The Joker. The GCPD team breaks in to arrest them, but Joker takes Harley hostage, and walks to the edge, parachuting into the water, leaving Harley to be arrested. Robin tries to confess his feelings to Batgirl, but is stopped by Gordon. When the commissioner is distracted, the two disappear. Gordon says that some things run in the family as he watches the horizon.
