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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
The Joker
for The Joker in Tales of the Bat-Family Season Nineteen: The End
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After waking up in the Court of Owls courtroom, they attempt to bring Bruce into the court after learning about his plans to rebuild the city and reveal that his ancestors are one of the five families that founded the court. He is given a tour of the headquarters and informed on their goal of making Gotham its best, but they truly just want to keep their power when Bruce is in their way. Lincoln March reveals himself as a member and that it was his idea to recruit him but when Bruce turns them down he is thrown into a labyrinth where he wanders aimlessly for months. When he eventually makes a way out he makes his way back home and tells his family what happened where Dick reveals to Bruce that he has had encounters with their assassin Talon before who was trying to recruit him also. With all these revelations Bruce becomes beaten down feeling like the last thirty years have been pointless and he has made no real progress in Gotham. But when Talon breaks in trying to kill the family, and succeeds in killing Alfred, Bruce decides he has finally had enough. He attacks March in his home with the intention to kill him but he reveals they are brothers and he ways the illegitimate son of Thomas Wayne and that is why they didn’t kill Bruce. Eventually Bruce decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to end the corruption in Gotham once and for all, realizing that Gotham only needs him for one last fight after he has created many, and better protectors to succeed him.
