Joaquin Phoenix

Born: 1974-10-28

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (born October 28, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and animal rights activist. Known for playing dark and unconventional characters in independent film, he is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was ranked 12th on the list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century by The New York Times. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Los Angeles and Florida, 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 first name in the early 1990s and received critical acclaim for his supporting roles in the comedy-drama film To Die For (1995) and the period film Quills (2000). Phoenix received further critical acclaim and first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of the evil emperor Commodus in the historical drama film 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, a Golden Globe and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of musician Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line (2005). He continued to receive acclaim in two features with his frequent director James Gray; the action thriller We Own the Night (2007) and the romantic drama Two Lovers (2008), before taking a break from acting. In the 2010s, Phoenix returned to acting to critical acclaim. He starred in the psychological drama The Master (2012), winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and earning his third Academy Award nomination. He received Golden Globe nominations 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 his performance in the psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here (2017). Phoenix achieved international stardom and won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a second Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of the title character in Joker (2019). Phoenix is an animal rights activist. He has been vegan since the age of three and regularly supports charitable causes and has produced several documentaries on global meat consumption and its impact on the environment. He is in a relationship with actress Rooney Mara, with whom he has a son.


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as Arthur Fleck / Joker
Released: 2019-10-01

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and...

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as Napoleon Bonaparte
Released: 2023-11-22

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his...

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as Emperor Commodus
Released: 2000-05-04

In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. ...

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Joker: Folie à Deux

as Arthur Fleck / Joker
Released: 2024-10-02

A sequel to the 2019 film Joker.

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Brother Bear

as Kenai (voice)
Released: 2003-10-23

When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk...

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U Turn

as Toby N. Tucker
Released: 1997-10-03

When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have...

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Her

as Theodore Twombly
Released: 2013-12-18

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating...

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Beau Is Afraid

as Beau Wassermann
Released: 2023-04-14

A man goes on a journey to visit his mother.

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Inherent Vice

as Larry "Doc" Sportello
Released: 2014-12-12

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello...

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The Village

as Lucius Hunt
Released: 2004-07-30

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his...

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Signs

as Merrill Hess
Released: 2002-08-02

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something...

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To Die For

as Jimmy Emmett
Released: 1995-09-22

Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get...

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Mary Magdalene

as Jesus
Released: 2018-03-15

In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged...

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Hotel Rwanda

as Jack Daglish
Released: 2004-12-22

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million...

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Quills

as Abbe du Coulmier
Released: 2000-11-22

A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful...

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Walk the Line

as John R. Cash
Released: 2005-09-13

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas...

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as Joe
Released: 2017-11-08

A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job...

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The Master

as Freddie Quell
Released: 2012-09-07

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder,...

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8MM

as Max California
Released: 1999-02-26

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down...

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as Jack Morrison
Released: 2004-10-01

Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack...

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Inventing the Abbotts

as Doug Holt
Released: 1997-04-04

In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy...

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Parenthood

as Garry Buckman-Lampkin
Released: 1989-07-31

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They...

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The Sisters Brothers

as Charlie Sisters
Released: 2018-09-19

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable...

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as Robert 'Bobby' Green
Released: 2007-10-12

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

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The Yards

as Willie Gutierrez
Released: 2000-04-27

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These...

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The Immigrant

as Bruno Weiss
Released: 2013-11-27

1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a...

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C'mon C'mon

as Johnny
Released: 2021-11-19

Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark...

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I'm Still Here

as Joaquin Phoenix
Released: 2010-09-10

I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With...

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Return to Paradise

as Lewis McBride
Released: 1998-08-10

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually...

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Irrational Man

as Abe
Released: 2015-07-17

On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new...

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Two Lovers

as Leonard
Released: 2008-11-19

A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself...

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SpaceCamp

as Max
Released: 1986-06-06

Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for...

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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

as John Callahan
Released: 2018-04-04

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the...

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Reservation Road

as Ethan Learner
Released: 2007-09-13

Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run...

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Clay Pigeons

as Clay Bidwell
Released: 1998-09-25

Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl kill himself because of the...

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as Ray Elwood
Released: 2002-10-31

A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the...

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It's All About Love

as John
Released: 2003-01-10

The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on...

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Earthlings

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2005-09-24

Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day...

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Russkies

as Danny
Released: 1987-11-06

A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide...

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Joker: Put on a Happy Face

as Self
Released: 2020-08-18

Featuring interviews with filmmakers and industry legends, discover the origins and evolution of...

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Dominion

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2018-03-29

Exposing the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture through drones, hidden & handheld...

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Unity

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2015-08-12

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none...

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Eddington

as Joe
Released:

Follows a small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations.

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Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart

as Jimmy Emmett (archive footage)
Released: 2014-01-17

In an extraordinary and tragic American story, a small town murder becomes one of the highest...

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My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2020-04-27

The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters....

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Her: Love in the Modern Age

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-01-17

Her: Love In The Modern Age chronicles reactions to Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated film, "Her."...

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Deconstructing 'The Village'

as Self
Released: 2005-01-11

In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get...

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Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

as Self
Released: 2005-06-07

An in-depth look at the entire making of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Consisting of: Tale Of The...

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Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport

as Self
Released: 2000-11-21

A look at the making of the Gladiator (2000) and the historical aspects presented within the...

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Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project

as Self
Released: 2014-05-13

The making of Spike Jonze's "Her."

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Secret Witness

as Drew Blackburn
Released: 1988-09-08

Fun turns serious for two kids when an innocent spying game forces them to do some real...

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Lou

as Karl
Released: 2018-09-08

Lou, a teenage tomboy in a small Californian town, idolizes her single father. When he has a...

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WERECLOWN BY NIGHT

as Arthur Fleck/Joker (archive footage)
Released: 2022-10-23

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Chryskylodon Blues

as Self
Released: 2015-07-07

On the set of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice.

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Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

as Robby Ellsworth
Released: 1984-03-07

13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later...

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Kids Don't Tell

as Frankie
Released: 1985-03-05

When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to...

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Guardians of Life

as uncredited
Released: 2020-02-06

This environmental short subject was made in collaboration of the protest group, Extinction...

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-17

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-05

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...

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Hill Street Blues

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-15

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-25

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Billy Donovan
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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The Fall Guy

as Boy
First aired: 1981-11-04

Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble...

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Pagey Fisher
First aired: 1985-09-29

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...

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The New Leave It to Beaver

as Kyle Cleaver
First aired: 1984-11-08

The New Leave It to Beaver is an American sitcom sequel to the 1950s and '60s series, Leave It...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Honest Trailers

as Beau Wassermann (archive footage)
First aired: 2012-02-13

Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These...

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60 Minutes

as Self
First aired: 1968-09-24

America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News...

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Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1944-01-20

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

as Travis
First aired: 1982-09-19

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is an American musical television series loosely based on the...

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Today

as Self
First aired: 1952-01-14

Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on...

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