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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: Botanical Gardens
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Now knowing that The Joker intends to build an army of mutants with Titan, Batman heads to the Botanical Gardens. Batman finds The Joker holding a guard hostage. With the path blocked with electrocuted water, he throws the guard, killing him, and flees. Needing to find another way, Batman heads to the generator room. Upon arrival, he finds a janitor kidnapped by prisoners. After defeating them and saving the janitor, Batman turns off the power, allowing his passage. Following Harley Quinn's tracks, Batman finds the secret laboratory. The Joker uses the now complete Titan serum on two henchmen, turning them into mutants, to keep the Dark Knight busy while he escapes. Batman defeats the mutants and destroys the facility. Starting to think about an antidote, Batman tells Oracle that he believes Poison Ivy can help him, as Titan is produced from genetically modified plants. Batman arrives at the glasshouse and asks for help, but Ivy refuses. Batman threatens to make all Arkham plants suffer unless she cooperates. With the threat, Ivy informs him that the antidote can only be made with rare spores found in the sewers, where Killer Croc lives. As Batman leaves, The Joker announces that he has provided Ivy with some of the titan serum, causing her plants to grow to gigantic proportions, which slowly begin to cover the island. Not knowing where Killer Croc's lair is, Batman heads to Arkham Mansion to ask Aaron Cash.
