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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
Joker
for Joker in Tales of the Bat-Family Season Six
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3 years after the death of Jason Todd, Batman has began to question his no kill rule and has becom far more brutal, starting to revert to the way he was when his crusade began, hellbent on vengeance and not justice. Bruce has pushed everyone in his life away out of fear he will get them hurt. Then one night a 15 year old boy named Tim Drake shows up in the Batcave and explains how he figured out Batman and Robin's identity's and that he has noticed the change in Batman. Tim suggests that he becomes the new Robin because he believes that Batman needs Robin to balance out his darkness. Bruce immediately rejects the idea of a new Robin and makes Tim leave, but he keeps coming back insists upon becoming Robin. While this is going on, there is a string of murders across Gotham seemingly targeting the smartest in Gotham. One night when Bruce and Tim are arguing, the mysterious killer goes on live tv declaring himself Prometheus, The Forethinker and smartest man alive, he then announces that he has killed Batman, then suddenly th cave goes into lockdown mode and the Failsafe droid was activated, a contingency plan Bruce designed in case he ever went insane and became a murderer. Bruce must figure out an escape while trying to protect Tim, but eventually they figure out an escape together. Once they escape Bruce gives Tim his blessing and names him the new Robin. Together they defeat Prometheus and Failsafe.
