Age: 70
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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
Liege Maximo
for Liege Maximo in Transformers: Rise of Prime
Suggested by autobotsonicfan2007
Orion Pax, his girlfriend Ariel and best friend Dion have witnessed the true evil of Megatronus Prime and his pupil Megatron, the undefeated gladiator as they take civilians like the sparkling Jazz, the junior medic Ratchet, and the rookie security guard Ironhide to be chained in the middle of an arena while Megatron tries to kill for the fun of it. Orion saves them but pays the price. The Primes have fought Megatronus, but fell at the hands of him and Liege Maximo, another traitorous Prime.The three cvilian bots take Orion's body to Alpha Trion to revive him, as Ariel and Dion lead a new faction known as the Autobots against the newly formed faction the Decepticons, led by Megatron and Megatronus. On Orion's journey after resurrection, he encounters an entire planet of Dinobots, ruled by the powerful Giganaut and his son Grimlock, already at war with the Terrorcons. But it ended with Orion Pax's help. Together, Orion Pax leads his friends and the Dinobots to Cybertron and aid the Autobots in the first civil war in Cybertronian history.
