Joaquin Phoenix

Personal Info

Birthday

October 28, 1974

(50 years old)

Place of Birth

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Also Known As

Leaf Phoenix

Joaquin Rafael Bottom

วาคีน ฟินิกซ์

Χοακίν Φίνιξ

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix

یواکین فینیکس

Joaquin Phoenix

Biography

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (born October 28, 1974) 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).

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Joker

Gladiator

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Honest Trailers

Joker: Folie à Deux

Eddington

Her

Filmography

2025
Eddington
as Sheriff Joe Cross
2024
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Arthur Fleck
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2023
Napoleon
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
as Self
Beau Is Afraid
as Beau Wassermann
2021
C'mon C'mon
as Johnny
2020
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
as Self
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Joker
as Arthur Fleck
2018
The Sisters Brothers
as Charlie Sisters
Lou
as Karl
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as John Callahan
Dominion
as Narrator (voice)
Mary Magdalene
as Jesus
2017
You Were Never Really Here
as Joe
2015
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Irrational Man
as Abe
Chryskylodon Blues
as Self
2014
Inherent Vice
as Larry "Doc" Sportello
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
as Self
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart
as Jimmy Emmett (archive footage)
Her: Love in the Modern Age
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Her
as Theodore
The Immigrant
as Bruno Weiss
2012
The Master
as Freddie Quell
2010
I'm Still Here
as Joaquin Phoenix
2008
Two Lovers
as Leonard Kraditor
2007
We Own the Night
as Robert 'Bobby' Green
Reservation Road
as Ethan Learner
2006
Final 24: River Phoenix
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
as Self
2005
Earthlings
as Narrator (voice)
Walk the Line
as John R. Cash
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
as Self
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
as Self
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
2004
Hotel Rwanda
as Jack Daglish
Ladder 49
as Jack Morrison
The Village
as Lucius Hunt
2003
Brother Bear
as Kenai (voice)
It's All About Love
as John
Making 'Signs'
as Self / Merrill Hess
2002
Buffalo Soldiers
as Ray Elwood
Signs
as Merrill Hess
2000
Quills
as Abbe du Coulmier
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
as Self
Gladiator
as Commodus
The Yards
as Willie Gutierrez
1999
8MM
as Max California
1998
Clay Pigeons
as Clay Bidwell
Return to Paradise
as Lewis McBride
1997
U Turn
as Toby N. Tucker
Inventing the Abbotts
as Doug Holt
1995
To Die For
as Jimmy Emmett
1989
Parenthood
as Garry Buckman-Lampkin
1988
Secret Witness
as Drew Blackburn
1987
Russkies
as Danny
1986
SpaceCamp
as Max
1985
Kids Don't Tell
as Frankie
1984
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
as Robby Ellsworth