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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).
One of an elite group of Hit Mans, John Pontiff always carries out his tasks with precision and adherence to a strict code, but when Michael, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Pontiff vows revenge. The new management of the company he worked for, led by Clark Parker, decides to eliminate him, so he reassembles his former team, which is also in danger, to show that they are still among the best and to save their lives. Together they try to stop these professional terrorists, but they are alone and if they are killed, the whole world will find themselves in a terrifying nightmare. The team reaches out to Parker, who doesn't know about any ordered disposal of these killers, and wants to check everything out. The team is tasked with tracking down the mysterious Curtis Starowski. He is hidden after a terrorist attack on a secret service archive and threatens to start a war that could destroy all. The team of intrepidables led by Pontiff includes fantastic sniper Garret Russo, master of explosives Scott Dahl, madman who loves big and murderous weapons Kirk Braymore, man with the strongest wound Doug Benton, butcher Pete Anderson, car specialist David Edwards and brawler Frank Börg. Michael faked his death and joined Starowski, their men are tasked to kill the entire team cause if they take out the best mercenaries then nothing will stand in their way and blames it to Parker and secret service then the best killers and agents would destroy their secret service.
