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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 2: As the Crow Flies
Suggested by johnmaximus
Batman arrives at Ace Chemicals. Investigating, he is confronted by a new villain, the Arkham Knight. He controls a militia, which Batman confronts and saves workers, who tell him that Scarecrow plans to produce a chemical explosion that will cover the entire East Coast in fear toxin. Batman gets to Scarecrow, but he reveals that Barbara was kidnapped by the Arkham Knight. The Scarecrow flees, with the explosion about to begin. Batman starts installing cylinders with neutralizing agent, to decrease the blast radius. Alfred pleads with Bruce to flee, as he will die if he stays within the blast radius. Batman ignores. Affected by the fear toxin, The Joker appears and shoots Batman. In the past, Gordon arrives at a deserted Panessa Studios. He tries to open a door, which recognizes his voice and opens. He goes down the elevator, and arrives in a strange room. He analyzes five quarantine cells, three of which contain people who uncannily resemble The Joker. In one of the cells, he finds an apparently normal person, who asks for help to get out. Batman appears and explains that people who have received the Joker's blood are suffering from a disease that causes them to become The Joker. The normal person is immune to the Joker's symptoms and blood. Robin is running tests to find a cure. Gordon says that one of the cells is empty, and Batman responds that he will have someone soon. Batman wakes up to The Joker taunting him. With the place exploding, Batman escapes.
