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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
Victor Fries
for Victor Fries in Batman: Heart of Ice ❄️
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When an accident leaves scientist couple Victor and Nora Fries with Subzero Physiology, a condition where their bodies are no longer able to function outside of subzero temperatures, and Nora is left in a coma, Victor Fries goes to the brilliant Hugo Strange to help him. Hugo Strange, despite being a well regarded scientist in his own right, who has been working for Belle Reve prison for over a decade, has a secret, he wants to create the perfect weapon, something that will help him in his plans to take over Gotham. Seeing Victor's cry for help and his vulnerability, Hugo takes advantage of it, Victor is slowly dying without the proper temperature to keep him healthy, so Hugo supplies him with a super suit, capable of generating the subzero cold he needs. He sends Victor to steal the ingredients to his and his wife's cure from Wayne Tech. Bruce Wayne, already 5 years into crime fighting assumes it's just another criminal but he underestimates Victor. Bruce and police commissioner Jim Gordon need to unravel the mystery behind Mr. Freeze and stop Hugo before it's too late. After Hugo kills Amanda Waller and flees Gotham Bruce faces off against Freeze in Ace Chemicals where Bruce finally understands what Freeze wanted, but he lets Freeze know Hugo lied, there is no cure. Freeze accidentally lets himself drop into the chemicals and perishes, Bruce vows to find a cure for his wife.
