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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 9: Joker the Immortal (Finale)
Suggested by johnmaximus
Batman arrives at the Monarch Theater, where Joker is holding Talia hostage. The Joker demands the cure for Batman, which leaves him confused. Talia breaks free and stabs the Joker with her sword, killing him. She explains that she stole the cure while Harley Quinn took it. With the Joker dead, Batman begins to connect the dots, but realizes too late that this wasn't the real Joker. From the upper level, the real Joker shoots and kills Talia. The Joker who was killed reveals himself as Clayface. Using the weapon Freeze gave him and Talia's sword, Batman confronts and defeats Clayface, but the floor is blown up, causing them to fall into the room where the Lazarus Pit was. Batman once again defeats Clayface. The Joker prepares to enter the pit and achieve immortality, but Batman destroys the pit, which causes an explosion. Batman retrieves the cure and drinks half of it. The Joker appeals to Batman's no-kill code, asking for the cure. Batman reflects on the deaths the Joker causes, which makes the Clown impatient, lashing out at Batman with a knife, but this only causes Batman to drop the cure, which crashes to the ground. Batman says the funny part is that he was actually going to give the antidote to The Joker, who laughs, and dies with a smile on his face. Batman carries Joker's body past Harley Quinn and is watched by Catwoman. Outside, Gordon asks what happened, but Batman just leaves the body on the hood of a police car, and leaves without saying anything.
