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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 9
Suggested by adrianabengozarlopez
Otto Octavius wanders out into Manhattan only to be captured by Norman Osborn where he has villains all ready to become the Sinister Six with Otto as the leader. Meanwhile Peter and Harry are fighting but Peter eventually manages to snap Harry out of the brainwashing, and they decide to work together to stop Norman but then Harry is shot through the back. Peter looks up to see Norman holding a gun as the Sinister Six walk up behind him. Peter tries his best to get away, but villains just keep coming. Eventually Peter has a fights Scorpion and nearly gets killed but when Vulture comes flying in Peter dives out of the way and Vulture crashes into Scorpion. Peter manages to escape and get home and realizes that he has nothing he can do but he decides to start working on a new suit one that is made out of armor to protect him better but is interrupted by Mj who asks him what's happening, and Peter tells her he's going to die but that he has to try and save New York. Mj tells him not to go but Peter leaves and starts heading to the six where he manages to beat everyone but Doc Ock who escapes. Peter finds Norman and holds no punches and gets Norman on the ground at the bottom of a clock tower where Peter is about to kill him but remembers Uncle Ben, Gwen Stacy, Aunt May, Harry Osborn, and everyone in between and remembers with great responsibility and doesn't kill Norman but Peter senses something and jumps over Norman's glider which instead of going into Peter goes into Norman.
