Biography
Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor. He was born on 28 October 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Early in his career he appeared in television series alongside his brother River Phoenix and was credited as Leaf Phoenix for his first major film roles in SpaceCamp (1986) and Parenthood (1989).
Phoenix received critical acclaim for supporting roles in To Die For (1995) and Quills (2000). He portrayed Commodus in Gladiator (2000) and Johnny Cash in Walk the Line (2005). Later credits include The Master (2012), Her (2013), Joker (2019) and its sequel Joker: Folie à Deux (2024). He played Napoleon Bonaparte and served as producer on Napoleon (2023), Beau Wassermann in Beau Is Afraid (2023), and Joe Cross in Eddington (2025).
