Joaquin (Rafael) Phoenix - Selected filmography
Film actor, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. One of five children born to Children of God missionaries, he travelled with his family in South America before settling in Los Angeles. Together with his siblings, he gained television work in commercials and sitcoms, and made his feature film debut in Space Camp (1986). Success came with To Die For (1995) in which he starred with Nicole Kidman, and later films include Return to Paradise (1998), Gladiator (2000), and Hotel Rwanda (2004). In 2005 he received an Oscar nomination for his role as Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line.
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Phoenix at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival, photo by Tony Shek |
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| Birth name | Joaquín Rafael Phoenix |
| Born |
October 28, 1974 (age 32) San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Height | 5ft 8½in |
| Notable roles |
Commodus in Gladiator Merrill Hess in Signs Johnny Cash in Walk the Line |
Joaquín Rafael Phoenix (pronounced IPA: [xwa.ˈkin̪ ra.fa.ˈe̞l ˈfiː.nɪks]) (born October 28, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award winning, American actor.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2007 | Reservation Road | Ethan Learner | |
| 2007 | We Own the Night | Joseph | |
| 2006 | Earthlings | Narrator | Narrated the film "Earthlings" on behalf of PETA - a video about investigation of factory farming. |
| 2005 | Walk The Line | Johnny Cash | Golden Globe win, Oscar nomination |
| 2004 | Hotel Rwanda | Jack Daglish | |
| 2004 | The Village | Lucius Hunt | |
| 2004 | Ladder 49 | Jack Morrison | |
| 2003 | It's All About Love | John | |
| 2003 | Brother Bear | Kenai | Voice Only |
| 2002 | Signs | Merrill Hess | |
| 2001 | Buffalo Soldiers | Ray Elwood | |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Commodus | Oscar nomination |
| 2000 | Quills | The Abbe du Coulmier | |
| 2000 | The Yards | Willie Gutierrez | |
| 1998 | Return to Paradise | Lewis McBride | |
| 1998 | Clay Pigeons | Clay Bidwell | |
| 1998 | 8mm | Max California | |
| 1997 | Inventing the Abbotts | Doug Holt | |
| 1997 | U-Turn | Toby N. TNT | |
| 1995 | To Die For | Jimmy Emmett | |
| 1989 | Parenthood | Garry Buckman-Lampkin | Under the name Leaf Phoenix |
| 1987 | Russkies | Danny | |
| 1986 | Space Camp | Max |
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