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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
Samuel T. Philander
for Samuel T. Philander in TARZAN
Suggested by williamlyon
A proper adaption of the Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 Tarzan novel Tarzan of the Apes. When John and his pregnant wife Alice Clayton head out on sea for an expedition they get caught in the middle of a mutiny. Captain Michael (leader of the Mutiny) prevents his men from killing John and Alice like they killed the others. He leaves them on the African coast line promising to send their people to find them. John and Alice build a treehouse as shelter and Alice eventually gives birth to a baby boy. After an attack by a Gorilla Alice is sick and eventually dies. Later the Mangani Ape tribe attacks and kills John, and the ape Kala adopts the baby John Clayton II and names him Tarzan. Tarzan grows up in the wild with the Mangani tribe, lead by Kerchak. The only humans Tarzan ever has contact with is the African tribes in primitive 1800s Africa. Among these tribes is Mbonga's tribe who ritually hunt and kill the Mangani in their transition to becoming a man. Until a ship arrives at the coastline. The passengers include Jane and her father Archimedes Porter, William Cecil Clayton and Paul D'Arnot.
