
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

Norman Osborn
for Norman Osborn in Spider- Man MCU Fancast
Suggested by comradeopthomasthehedgehog

Same story as Spider-Man: Homecoming, except Gwen Stacy is on the Decathlon team along with Harry Osborn. Gwen Stacy also had an internship with Tony Stark like Peter, but for the purposes of his company, rather than the Avengers (she doesn't know he's Spider-Man, but she knows Peter through the internship). It's similar to how Gwen Stacy in the Amazing Spider-Man worked at Oscorp. Harry Osborn is Peter's best friend instead of Ned Leeds, and he doesn't know that he is Spider-Man. There is no "Guy in the Chair"-- Spider-Man does almost everything on his own without help. Ned Leeds, however, is still a character. Michelle Jones is still a character, but she is more of just an "acquaintance" to Peter rather than an actual friend (she is not nicknamed MJ-- Mary-Jane is also in this universe and is neighbors with Peter but she goes to a different school than him-- she plays a more prominent role in the later movies).





