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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: Heart of Ice
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Batman rushes to the entrance to Arkham City, where he finds Sharp being beaten. Batman saves him, but hangs him from the edge of a building, demanding to know who funded the city. Sharp says that he has been manipulated by Strange since Arkham Asylum, and that Strange has powerful friends who provided funds for the mayoral campaign, with the only condition being to set up the Arkham City facility and for Strange to be in charge. Batman says that all the destruction is his fault, and leaves him to enjoy his 'legacy'. Batman heads to the GCPD, where he hands the blood sample to Freeze, who quickly creates two vials of the cure. Batman demands the cure, but Freeze locks one in his vault, and destroys the other. He says that The Joker has Nora, and demands that Batman save her. They fight, and Batman wins, breaking the protective dome around his head. Batman tries to retrieve the cure in the vault, but discovers that Harley Quinn has stolen it. Freeze hands over a device and his wife's approximate location to help Batman, in exchange for rescuing Nora. Upon leaving, Batman sees Vicki Vale's helicopter being shot down by the Joker's henchmen. Batman saves her, and The Joker says he needed a distraction to give Harley Quinn time to arrive with the cure. Batman leaves Vicki in a safe place Batman arrives at the Industrial District, where he defeats henchmen and saves Nora. Freeze thanks him, and Batman heads to the steel mill to retrieve the cure.
