Joaquin Phoenix Biography
Joaquin Phoenix (born Joaquin Rafael Phoenix) is an American actor, producer, and activist. He is the fifth actor to portray the Joker in a theatrical film. He has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations, for his work as an actor.
Joaquin Phoenix Age| Joaquin Phoenix Birth Place
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the U.S. on October 28, 1974, Joaquin Rafael Bottom is 45 years as of 2019. He celebrates his birthday on 28th October every year.
Joaquin Phoenix Family
Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in the Río Piedras district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, to John Lee Bottom, originally from Fontana, California, and Arlyn Bottom, from The Bronx, New York.
After their parents got married in 1969, they joined a religious cult, the Children of God, and began traveling throughout South America. They eventually became disenchanted with the Children of God and decided to leave the group and returned to the U.S. in 1978. They then changed their last name to Phoenix, after the mythical bird that rises from its own ashes, symbolizing a new beginning.
Desiring to have a nature-related name like his siblings, Joaquin began calling himself “Leaf”, and inspired by spending time outdoors raking leaves with his father. As a child actor, he used the name “Leaf” until at age 15, when he changed it back to Joaquin.
Siblings
He has four siblings namely River (born in 1970–1993), Rain (born in 1972), Liberty (born in 1976) and Summer (born in 1978), all of whom have also acted, and a half-sister named Jodean (born in 1964) from a previous relationship of his father’s.
Joaquin Phoenix Brother
River Jude Phoenix was an American actor, musician, and activist. He was the brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. On October 31, 1993, three days after Joaquin’s 19th birthday, his older brother River suffered a drug overdose and died. The call Phoenix made to 911 seeking help for his brother was repeatedly played on radio and television which led to him withdrawing from the public eye for about a year.
Joaquin Phoenix Wife|How Old Is Rooney Mara?
Phoenix has never been married but has been in relationships. He dated his Inventing the Abbotts co-star Liv Tyler from 1995 to 1998, and South-African model Topaz Page-Green from 2001 to 2005. From late 2013 to early 2015, he was in a relationship with DJ Allie Teilz. Since late 2016, he has been in a relationship with actress Rooney Mara. She is 34 years and was born on April 17, 1985, in Bedford, NY. The two are so much in love but are never going to get married because they think marriage is too mainstream.
Joaquin Phoenix Vegan
Joaquin first became vegan in 1977 together with his family. He has since become an activist for taking on the vegan lifestyle.
Joaquin Phoenix Joker
He appears as Arthur Fleck / Joker: A mentally ill, impoverished stand-up comedian disregarded by society in a theatrical film of the same name. Phoenix is the fifth actor to portray the Joker role.
Joaquin Phoenix Career
Early Career
In order to provide food and financial support for the family, “leaf” and his siblings performed on the streets and at various talent contests, singing and playing instruments, in Los Angeles. They were eventually discovered by one of Hollywood’s leading children’s agents, Iris Burton. He got acting work for the five children, predominantly doing commercials and television show appearances. This marked the start of his profession.
Phoenix made his acting debut at the age of eight, in the television series Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in the 1982 episode “Christmas Song” together with his brother River. In his first major role, he co-starred opposite River in the ABC Afterschool Special Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia in 1984. Still, in 1984, he made guest appearances in the Murder, She Wrote with his sister Summer, in the episode “We’re Off to Kill the Wizard” and separate scenes of The Fall Guy and Hill Street Blues.
In 1985, he appeared in the CBS television film Kids Don’t Tell. In 1986, he made his theatrical film debut in Space Camp as Max, a 12-year-old who goes to Kennedy Space Center to find out about the NASA space program and experiences beginner astronaut training.
His first starring role was in Russkies in 1987, about a group of friends who unknowingly befriend a Russian soldier during the Cold War. He then appeared in Ron Howard’s comedy-drama Parenthood in 1989, in which he played the withdrawn teenage nephew of Steve Martin’s character. He was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film for his performance in the film.
On October 31, 1993, three days after his 19th birthday, his older brother River suffered a drug overdose and died. The call Phoenix made to 911 seeking help for his brother was repeatedly played on radio and television. Due to this Phoenix retreated from the public eye for about a year.
In 1995, after returning back to acting, he co-starred into Die For, as the disturbed young man Jimmy who gets seduced by Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) to commit murder. He played a small-town troublemaker in Oliver Stone’s U-Turn in 1997, and a poor man in love with a rich woman in Inventing the Abbotts.
Clay Pigeons
In 1998, he starred in Clay Pigeons, as a young man in a small town who befriends a serial killer. Again in 1999, Phoenix co-starred in 8mm as an adult video store employee who helps Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) penetrate the underworld of illegal pornography.
In 2000, He made his first collaboration with director James Gray in The Yards. The film pursues the debasement in the rail yards of Queens. That same year, he played a fictionalized version of Roman Emperor Commodus in the historical epic film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott. The film attained the Academy Award for Best Picture.
For his presentation, Phoenix was selected for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and got his first designation for the Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor. He and his late brother River Phoenix turned into the principal brothers to get named for acting Academy Awards. To date, they are the only ones holding this qualification.
In Quills, he portrayed the conflicted priest Abbé de Coulmier. On September 2, 2000, at the Telluride Film Festival, the film premiered in the United States. Though it was received with critical praise, it eventually received three Academy Award nominations at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards and it was selected as the Best Film of 2000 by The National Board of Review. For his consolidated roles, Phoenix won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor and the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2001, Phoenix starred in the satirical film Buffalo Soldiers as a U.S. Army soldier. In 2002, he also starred in M. Night Shyamalan’s science fiction thriller Signs.
In 2003, he played the irresolute husband of a superstar-skater in It’s All About Love and voiced Kenai in the Disney animated film, Brother Bear. Furthermore, the film was nominated for Best Animated Feature for the Academy Award.
In 2004, Phoenix paired with Shyamalan again, playing a love-struck farmer in The Village. That same year, he starred in the drama film Ladder 49 as a Baltimore firefighter. His final film that year was Terry George’s Hotel Rwanda, playing photographer Jack Daglish. He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with the cast.
In 2005, Phoenix featured in the James Mangold-coordinated film Walk the Line, a Johnny Cash biopic, after Cash himself endorsed of Phoenix. The entirety of Cash’s vocal tracks in the film and on the going with soundtrack are played and sung by Phoenix.
Phoenix was nominated for his second Academy Award, following his portrayal of Johnny Cash, in the category of Best Actor. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for the film’s soundtrack.
In early 2005 he narrated Earthlings, a documentary about the investigation of animal abuse in factory farms, pet mills and scientific research. Still, in 2005, he was awarded the Humanitarian Award at the San Diego Film Festival for his work and contribution to Earthlings.
Phoenix was invited in 2006, to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Again in 2007, Phoenix reunited with director James Gray for the film We Own the Night, which premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. In the film, he played a New York nightclub manager who tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
In 2008, he collaborated with director James Gray in the film Two Lovers, where he played an unattached man torn between the family companion his folks wish he would wed and his wonderful however volatile new neighbor.
In 2010, Phoenix’s mockumentary film I’m Still Here premiered at the 67th Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2010. Following the release of the film, he took a self-imposed break from acting.
In 2012, Phoenix returned back to acting in Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama film The Master. He had the role of Freddie Quell, a sex-fixated alcoholic World War II veteran from Lynn, Massachusetts struggling to acclimate to a post-war society. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival where Phoenix won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. Phoenix received his third Academy Award nomination, his second for Best Actor, as well as nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
In 2013, he starred in a romantic science-fiction comedy-drama film Her, directed by Spike Jonze. He plays Theodore Twombly, a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an intelligent computer operating system personified through a female voice. Still, in 2013, he collaborated with director James Gray for the fourth time in the drama film The Immigrant. He featured as Bruno Weiss, a pimp who whores Polish migrant Ewa (Marion Cotillard) and winds up falling for her.
In 2014, Phoenix played the role of Doc, a private investigator, and hippie/dope head trying to help his ex-girlfriend solve a crime, is a crime comedy-drama film Inherent Vice, the first adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon book.
In 2015, Phoenix starred in mystery comedy-drama Irrational Man, directed by Woody Allen. Still, in 2015, Phoenix narrated his second documentary for Nation Earth about animal rights called Unity. It was released later on August 12.
In 2017, he starred as Joe, in the Amazon Studios thriller You Were Never Really Here, written and directed by Lynne Ramsay, won Phoenix the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
In 2018, Phoenix portrayed Jesus in Garth Davis’s Mary Magdalene, opposite Rooney Mara. It was released on March 16, 2018, in the United Kingdom. He also portrayed quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan in his second feature with director Gus Van Sant, the biopic Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot. In his last film of 2018, he co-starred in Jacques Audiard’s English language debut in the adaptation of Patrick DeWitt’s historical novel, The Sisters Brothers.
Joaquin Phoenix Body Measurements
- Height: 5 feet & 8 inches or 1.73 m
- Weight: 180.779 lbs or 82 kg
- Shoe Size: 11 (US)
- Body Shape: Not Available
- Hair Colour: Dark Brown
- Eye Colour: Green
Joaquin Phoenix Net Worth
An American actor, producer, and activist, Phoenix’s primary source of net worth is his acting and producing career. He has an estimated net worth of $30 million dollars.
Joaquin Phoenix Awards
He was won;
- Golden Globe Award,
- Grammy Award,
- Independent Spirit Award,
- Awards from the Cannes Film Festival,
- Venice Film Festival,
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
- National Board of Review.
Frequently Asked Questions About Joaquin Phoenix
Who is Joaquin Phoenix?
He is an American actor, producer, and activist.
How old is Phoenix?
Did Joaquin lose weight For Joker?
For the character Joker, he went on an extremely restrictive diet advised by the same doctor who helped him lose weight for The Master—and lost 52 pounds.
How much weight did Joaquin lose for Joker?
He lost 52 pounds.
Where did Joaquin Phoenix die?
Joaquin is alive and in good health. It was his brother River who died after he suffered a drug overdose.
When did Joaquin Phoenix go vegan?
He first went vegan in 1977.
How tall is Phoenix?
He stands at a height of 5 feet & 8 inches or 1.73 m.
Is Phoenix married?
He is unmarried but in a serious relationship with actress Rooney Mara since late 2016.
How much is Phoenix worth?
He has an estimated net worth of $35 million dollars.
Where does Phoenix live?
He resides in the Hollywood Hills.
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