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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).
The Dark Knight Returns tells a story that begins 10 years after the retirement of the masked vigilante Batman. The heroes in the world are extinct by law and Superman, the last in activity, is an American secret agent, a super-weapon used in cases of international war or crisis. The rise in crime in Gotham City, with the gang called "mutants" coupled with Bruce Wayne's unusual sense of justice, makes the batman come out of the darkness of retirement and face the city's criminals. Batman is represented by Miller as a man traumatized and tormented by his past, who uses intelligence and strength to do justice in a much more brutal and violent way in relation to his previous activities, but with the limit of the principle of never killing criminals.The revival of the vigilante puts the world in an uproar. Batman arouses opposite opinions; at the same time that he is called outlaw and accused of violating human rights, he gains the support of countless admirers, who appreciate his struggle for the resumption of order, peace and justice. A new and controversial Robin emerges, a teenager who adds more fuel to the media fire. The Joker, catatonic at Arkham Asylum, awakens when he watches around the Dark Knight, feeling motivated to return to active duty. He goes on a wave of crimes and insanity without limits: he schedules a television interview, but he murders the entire audience with his gas of laughter; he becomes a fugitive, seeks, manipulates and beats Selina Kyle.
