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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
Norman Osborn
for Norman Osborn in Spectacular Spider-Man 7
Suggested by adrianabengozarlopez
During a new attempt to create someone to destroy Spider-Man Norman Osborn helps his old partner Otto Octavius to create a way to help amputees but during the project Norman messes with things and accidentally creates a monster. Meanwhile Peter has had a pretty good time since he got rid of the symbiote but still hasn't gotten Mj to take him back, so he invites her to a coffee shop where a brainwashed Otto Octavius with his new mechanical arms is being controlled by Norman to kill Peter. Norman would kill Peter himself but thinks its smarter to have someone else take the fall for it. Otto throws a car through the window and Peter pushes Mj out of the way and catches it showing to Mj and everyone in the coffee shop that he is Spider-Man. Peter takes Mj and runs out the back of the building where he has a backpack with his suit, and he tells Mj to go home then he swings off. The movie ends with a fight between Otto and Peter underneath a crashing bridge where Peter finally gets the chip off of Otto's neck and frees him from the brainwashing but it's too late and Otto throws Peter out of the way and the bridge falls on him. Peter explains everything to Mj and now knowing about the symbiote she forgives Peter, but Peter lets her know he did all that stuff the symbiote just allowed him to do it and so now knowing Norman will send people after his loved ones Peter leaves Mj.
