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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
Detective Ezra Cole
for Detective Ezra Cole in Beneath the Shadows: Killer's Game
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Beneath the Shadows: Killer's Game is a 2027 American action horror film directed by Adam Wingard and written by Zack Snyder and Denis Villeneuve. Produced by The Stone Quarry and RatPac-Dune Entertainment and distributed by Lionsgate Films, it is the sequel to Beneath the Shadows. Anne Hathaway and Piper Rubio reprise their roles as Charlie Wilson and her daughter Dylan, alongside a new cast that includes Eva Green, Mahershala Ali, Tessa Thompson, Christoph Waltz, Michael Keaton, and Willem Dafoe. In the film, Charlie returns to her life as a killer when a new threat emerges. Beneath the Shadows: Killer's Game had its world premiere at the 84th Venice International Film Festival on November 6th, 2027, and was released theatrically on December 10th; it grossed over $816 million worldwide against a $182 million budget, outgrossing Hannibal (2001) as the highest-grossing serial killer film of all time. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visual style, action sequences, cinematography, storyline, performances (particularly Hathaway, Rubio, and Green), the darker tone, atmosphere, Wingard's direction and Hans Zimmer's musical score, but criticized the overt violence and long runtime of 160 minutes. A sequel is in development.
