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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 5: Strange Deadfellows
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Batman runs to save Barbara, but upon arriving at the scene, he sees her being infected by the fear toxin. Frightened, she takes a gun and shoots herself in the head. Batman drops to his knees. The Joker tries to convince him to let him take over. Alfred tries to bring Bruce back to reality. Batman resists and asks Alfred to locate Cloudburst, while he heads to the GCPD to speak with Ivy, who is immune to fear toxin. Cash says that Gordon has been missing for a while, and Batman informs him of Barbara's death. Batman asks Ivy for help, but she says she has no reason to trust him, who replies that without her help, all plants in Gotham will die. Ivy agrees to help, and says that she created a spore that nullifies Crane's toxin, but that alone could not supply the entire town. They head to the Botanical Garden, where Ivy has taken over a large ancient tree, creating giant flowers to neutralize the toxin. However, she says that with her alone she wouldn't be able to do it. Batman frees the roots to help. The militia starts attacking the plants, but Batman protects them. Batman goes to Panessa Studios, where he talks to Robin about the cure. He doesn't tell the truth about Barbara's death, as Tim was dating her, and that would divert the focus from healing. Alfred informs him that the militia has radar towers jamming the signal to locate Cloudburst, and Batman proceeds to destroy them. Batman faces the Arkham Knight, who says it's not yet time to reveal his identity.
