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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).
Arkham Asylum is reinstated by the Wayne Foundation with Hugo Strange at the head and head psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel. Sparks fly between her and Joker and they orchestrate a breakout with multiple criminals making factions as they slowly take over Gotham. The takeover causes the origins of people like Harvey Dent and Victor Fries. The police hold on to the precinct firmly. Batman goes after the bosses after stopping an arms deal between Penguin and Black Mask. When Batman finds Sionis, Catwoman is making a deal with him, and Batman intervenes. Batman follows Catwoman and finds out Penguin has cryogenic weapons made by Victor Fries. Batman defeats Penguin with ease. Batman beats him and convinces him to leave the criminals alone. Batman goes after Riddler next, who is holding the mayor hostage and beats his games. Two-Face gets his attention by blowing up half of the Gotham Supreme Court. That earns him a face in the ground. Last, Batman goes after Joker, who is trying to recreate his origins. Joker and Batman fight with Harley Quinn getting knocked into the chemical vat. Batman beats Joker and gets Harley out but she’s already insane. Hugo Strange turns out to be behind the breakout and a bomb goes off causing chemicals to gush and flow all the way out into the streets of Gotham. Batman goes to Strange in Arkham Tower and beats him into all of the machinery, and returns to the precinct to let them know that it’s over apart from the rounding up of the criminals.
