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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).
Batman, despite being in his late 50s, continues to fight crime with a new high-tech uniform. In the rescue of a kidnapped heiress, Batman suffers a mild heart attack and, at the risk of being beaten to death by one of the kidnappers, is forced to betray one of his old oaths by using a weapon to protect himself. Finally, Bruce decides that his time as Batman is over and vows "never to" act like a hero again, shutting down the Batcave. At that time, his allies (Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner Gordon, Lucius Fox, Leslie Thompkins, Renee Montoya and Harvey Bullock) died of natural causes or retired. His partners (Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, Selina Kyle and Tim Drake) are still alive and aging, losing touch or having disagreements with Batman after also retiring as heroes. All your enemies (Joker, Harlequin, Penguin, Two-Face, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Riddler, Crocodile, Gunman, Clay Face, Mad Hatter, Cold Lord, Bane, Ra's al Ghul, Human Bat, Firefly, Hugo Strange, Ventriloquist & Scarface) or are retired, imprisoned, exiled or dead. Batman also severed his ties to Superman and the Justice League. The story progresses 20 years later, until 2039, in Nova-Gotham, a futuristic megalopolis, with towering skyscrapers and flying vehicles.
