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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 6: A Heart Broken in Two
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Batman heads to the Clock Tower, where Alfred says that Batwing did a scan but didn't find Cloudburst. Henry Adams calls, informing them that Harley Quinn has broken into the studios, and plans to bring people together with the Joker's blood. Batman heads to Panessa Studios, where he meets with Robin. The two find Henry, and set out to find the infected. They defeat Christina Bell, and Robin takes her to her cell. Batman has a vision of Jason Todd being tortured by The Joker. Robin arrives and they face Albert King together, defeating him. As Robin once again takes the infected to the cell, Batman has another vision with Jason's torture. Batman finds Johnny Charisma with a bomb vest. He does a musical performance. Robin defuses the bombs and together with Batman, they defeat Charisma. Batman and Robin defeat Harley on their way to the cells. Upon arriving at the cells, they find Bell and King dead. Henry has succumbed to the mutation, and when Batman is about to attack him, Henry threatens to shoot Harley. Henry kills Charisma. Henry says he wants to be the best of the new Jokers, but upon seeing Batman's green eyes, he realizes the new Joker's greatest potential in Batman, shooting himself in the head. Robin notices that Batman is infected, and asks him to enter the cell. Batman is about to enter, but The Joker flashes Jason's death in his mind. Batman locks Robin in the cell, and tells of Barbara's death. Tim insists on helping, but Batman says he can't lose anyone else.
