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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 The Spectacular Spider-Man: Peter Parker (2029)
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Conclusion to Tom Holland's second trilogy in the MCU. Film opens with a battle like the past two, this time he fights the Eddie Brock Venom. Ned, now a sorcerer and student of Doctor Strange, goes beyond his teachings, learning of the spell that made him forget about Peter, among many other dark secrets. He fixes MJ's memory before Strange comes looking for him. Ned turns against Strange and becomes the villain known as Hob Goblin. Meanwhile, Kingpin works on creating the collider that will bring Vanessa back from a different universe. This is how the spider travels to the MCU and bites Miles who becomes the second Spider-Man who trains under Peter in the second half of the film. However, the collider explodes, causing Kingpin to lose it and wipe out his team of scientists. Kingpin also murders Black Cat following the explosion. That's when he meets Ned who tells him there are other ways to bring someone from the multiverse. Spider-Man must stop Ned before he causes another Multiverse problem. Ned sacrifices himself for Peter and MJ at the end of the film and is killed along with Kingpin. Peter decides to pass the mantle to Miles and live his life with MJ. He doesn't completely retire but turns to other ways of helping. After meeting a varient of his father from the multiverse, Theo changes his last name to Osborn.
