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Occupation: Actor Birth Name: Joaquin Raphael Phoenix Birth Date: 10/28/1974 Birth Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico Height: 5' 8" Sex: M Nationality: Puerto Rican Father: John Lee Bottom Phoenix Mother: Arlyn Sharon Dunetz Phoenix Relation: Liv Tyler (actress, 1995 - 1998), Lisa Ebeltoft (model), Topaz Pagegreene (model) Claim Fame: As Commodus in "Gladiator" (2000)

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (born October 28, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an actor in USA, also known as Leaf Phoenix. He often plays supporting roles as conflicted characters plagued with self doubt.
His parents were members of the Children of God missionaries, and encouraged their children (Joaquin was the third of five) to develop their creative instincts. Since his other siblings changed their names to match their earth monikers, "River"; "Rain" (or "Rainbow"); "Liberty" and "Summer", Joaquin followed and changed his name to "Leaf".
The family moved to Los Angeles when Joaquin was 6 years old. His mother started working as a secretary for NBC and his father became a landscaper. His parents contracted an agent who eventually got the five children on commercial spots. Joaquin's first acting stints were guest appearances on two television shows with his brother River, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982) and Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984).
He made his big screen debut in the interstellar romp Space Camp (1986), and his first starring role in the drama Russkies (1987), and went on to establish himself as a child actor in Parenthood (1989), before deciding to withdraw from acting for a while and move to Mexico with his father.
Joaquin came back to the public light under tragic circumstances-he was the person that dialled 9-1-1 when his brother River suffered a fatal drug overdose outside Hollywood nightclub The Viper Room. Joaquin was reluctant to re-enter the world of acting again but, he did so at the insistence of his friends. He changed his name from "Leaf" back to his birth name "Joaquin".
He portrayed a troubled teen in Gus Van Sant's To Die For, and has earned positive reviews for adult roles as Commodus in Gladiator (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), a priest in Quills, washed-up baseball player Merrill Hess in M. Night Shyamalan's Signs, and stoic Lucius Hunt in Shyamalan's The Village.
Phoenix is a strict vegan, and will not wear costumes made from animal products.

Filmography:

Year	Name	Star	Genre	Other
2008	Two Lovers		MV
2007	We Own the Night		MV
2007	We Own the Night	Bobby Green	MV	aka Awake to Murder
2006	Imagine M		MV
2005	Walk the Line	Johnny Cash	MV
2004	Hotel Rwanda	Jack Daglish	MV
2004	Ladder 49	Jack Morrison	MV
2003	It's All About Love	John	MV
2002	Signs	Merrill Hess	MV	aka M. Night Shyamalan's Signs
2001	Buffalo Soldiers	Ray Elwood	MV	aka Army Go Home
2000	The Yards	Willie Gutierrez	MV
2000	Gladiator	Commodus	MV
2000	Quills	The Abbe du Coulmier	MV	aka Quills - Macht der Besessenheit (Germany)
1998	Clay Pigeons	Clay Bidwell	MV	aka Lebende Ziele (Germany)
1997	Inventing the Abbotts	Doug Holt	MV
1997	U Turn	Toby N. Tucker a.k.a. TNT	MV	aka U Turn - Ici commence l'enfer (France)
1989	Parenthood	Garry Buckman-Lampkin	MV
1988	Secret Witness	Keith Perez	TM
1988	Secret Witness		TV
1987	Russkies	Danny	MV
1986	SpaceCamp	Max	MV
1986	Morningstar/Eveningstar	Doug Roberts	TV
1986	Alfred Hitchcock Presents - A Very Happy Ending		TV
1986	Alfred Hitchcock Presents - A Very Happy Ending		TV
1985	Kids Don't Tell	Frankie	TM
1985	Kids Don't Tell	Frankie	TV
1984	The Fall Guy - Terror U.	Boy	TV
1984	The Fall Guy - Terror U.	Boy	TV
1984	Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia	Robby Ellsworth	TV
1984	Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia	Robby Ellsworth	TM	aka MTV's Undressed
1982	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Christmas Song	Travis	TV
1982	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Christmas Song	Travis	TV

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