Joaquin Phoenix

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-10-28 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Joaquin Phoenix

Biography

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix is an American actor. Known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters, particularly in period dramas, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, The New York Times named him one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Phoenix began his career by appearing in a television series in the early 1980s with his brother River. His first major film roles were in SpaceCamp (1986) and Parenthood (1989). During this period, he was credited as Leaf Phoenix, a name he gave himself. He took back his birth ...

Acting

2005

Walk the Line

as John R. Cash

2000

Gladiator

as Commodus

2004

Hotel Rwanda

as Jack Daglish

1995

To Die For

as Jimmy Emmett

1997

U Turn

as Toby N. Tucker

1989

Parenthood

as Garry Buckman-Lampkin

1998

Return to Paradise

as Lewis McBride

2007

We Own the Night

as Robert 'Bobby' Green

2008

Two Lovers

as Leonard Kraditor

2002

Signs

as Merrill Hess

2000

Quills

as Abbe du Coulmier

2004

Ladder 49

as Jack Morrison

2005

Earthlings

as Narrator (voice)

2004

The Village

as Lucius Hunt

1999

8MM

as Max California

2024

Joker: Folie à Deux

as Arthur Fleck

2007

Reservation Road

as Ethan Learner

2002

Buffalo Soldiers

as Ray Elwood

1998

Clay Pigeons

as Clay Bidwell

1997

1987

Russkies

as Danny

2025

Eddington

as Joe Cross

2010

I'm Still Here

as Joaquin Phoenix

2012

The Master

as Freddie Quell

2000

The Yards

as Willie Gutierrez

2013

Her

as Theodore

2013

The Immigrant

as Bruno Weiss

2014

Inherent Vice

as Larry "Doc" Sportello

2015

2014

Her: Love in the Modern Age

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

1985

Kids Don't Tell

as Frankie

2014

Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart

as Jimmy Emmett (archive footage)

2024

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2003

Brother Bear

as Kenai (voice)

2018

1984

2018

The Sisters Brothers

as Charlie Sisters

1988

Secret Witness

as Drew Blackburn

2018

Dominion

as Narrator (voice)

2018

Lou

as Karl

2021

C'mon C'mon

as Johnny

2003

Making 'Signs'

as Self / Merrill Hess

2019

Joker

as Arthur Fleck

2020

My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Napoleon

as Napoleon Bonaparte

1986

SpaceCamp

as Max

2023

Beau Is Afraid

as Beau Wassermann

-

Polaris

as The Devil

2006

Final 24: River Phoenix

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

-

Acting Class

as John Smith

Production

2010

I'm Still Here

as Producer

2010

2023

Napoleon

as Producer

2022

Stutz

as Producer

2023

The End of Medicine

as Executive Producer

2019

The Animal People

as Executive Producer

2007

We Own the Night

as Producer

2017

Across My Land

as Executive Producer

2017

What the Health

as Executive Producer

2021

Gunda

as Executive Producer

2015

I Am Dying

as Executive Producer

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