Joaquin Phoenix
Acting
Born: October 28, 1974 (age 51) · San Juan, Puerto Rico
Highest Rated
Biography
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (/hwɑːˈkiːn/ whah-KEEN; né Bottom; October 28, 1974) is an American actor. Widely described as one of the preeminent actors of his generation and known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters in independent film, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, a Volpi Cup, and two Golden Globes. Phoenix began his career by appearing in 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 name in the early 1990s and received critical acclaim for his supporting roles in To Die For (1995) and Quills (2000). Phoenix received further critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Commodus in the historical drama Gladiator (2000). He had success with the horror films Signs (2002) and The Village (2004), the historical drama Hotel Rwanda (2004), and won a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of musician Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line (2005). Following a brief sabbatical, Phoenix starred in the psychological drama The Master (2012), winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and earning his third Academy Award nomination. He gained praise for his roles in the romantic drama Her (2013) and the crime satire Inherent Vice (2014), and won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for the psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here (2017). For his performance as the titular character of Joker (2019), Phoenix won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised his role in the 2024 sequel Joker: Folie à Deux. He has since starred in the independent films C'mon C'mon (2021), Beau Is Afraid (2023) and Eddington (2025), and portrayed the title role in the historical drama Napoleon (2023). Outside acting, Phoenix is an animal rights activist. A vegan, he regularly supports charitable causes and has produced several documentaries on global meat consumption and its impact on the environment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joaquin Phoenix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Joker
2019
Gladiator
2000
Her
2013
Signs
2002
Brother Bear
2003
The Village
2004
The Master
2012
Hotel Rwanda
2004
Walk the Line
2005
Napoleon
2023
You Were Never Really Here
2017
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
Photos (17)
Movies (49)
Gladiator
Commodus
Joker
Arthur Fleck
Her
Theodore
Joker: Folie à Deux
Arthur Fleck
Brother Bear
Kenai (voice)
Eddington
Joe Cross
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Village
Lucius Hunt
Signs
Merrill Hess
Hotel Rwanda
Jack Daglish
Inherent Vice
Larry "Doc" Sportello
8MM
Max California
Walk the Line
John R. Cash
You Were Never Really Here
Joe
Beau Is Afraid
Beau Wassermann
The Sisters Brothers
Charlie Sisters
The Master
Freddie Quell
We Own the Night
Bobby Green
The Yards
Willie Gutierrez
To Die For
Jimmy Emmett
Two Lovers
Leonard Kraditor
U Turn
Toby N. Tucker
Ladder 49
Jack Morrison
Inventing the Abbotts
Doug Holt
The Immigrant
Bruno Weiss
Quills
Abbe du Coulmier
C'mon C'mon
Johnny
Mary Magdalene
Jesus
Parenthood
Garry Buckman-Lampkin
Return to Paradise
Lewis McBride
Reservation Road
Ethan Learner
I'm Still Here
Joaquin Phoenix
Irrational Man
Abe
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
John Callahan
Buffalo Soldiers
Ray Elwood
Earthlings
Narrator (voice)
SpaceCamp
Max
Clay Pigeons
Clay Bidwell
Unity
Narrator (voice)
It's All About Love
John
Secret Witness
Drew Blackburn
Dominion
Narrator (voice)
Kids Don't Tell
Frankie
Russkies
Danny
Lou
Karl
Guardians of Life
2020
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Walking the Dog
Mischievous Teenage Boy
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Robby Ellsworth
TV Shows (8)
Murder, She Wrote
Billy Donovan · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
3 eps
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Pagey Fisher · 1 eps
The New Leave It to Beaver
Kyle Cleaver · 1 eps
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Travis · 22 eps
María Madalena
60 eps
Mr. Smith
1 eps
Self / Appearances (23)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 3 eps
60 Minutes
Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Oscars
Self · 4 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
Self
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
Her: Love in the Modern Age
Self (archive footage)
Chryskylodon Blues
Self
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
Made in Eddington
Self
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
Self
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
Self
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
Self
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self
Final 24: River Phoenix
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Upcoming (2)
Writing (1)
Producing (12)
Napoleon
Producer
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Executive Producer
We Own the Night
Producer
I'm Still Here
Producer
Gunda
Executive Producer
Trillion
Executive Producer
Stutz
Producer
What the Health
Executive Producer
I’m Glad You’re Dead Now
Executive Producer
The Animal People
Executive Producer
Across My Land
Executive Producer
The End of Medicine
Executive Producer
