Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin at the Screen Actors Guild Awadshow, 2001
FACTS IN GENERAL:
Birthname: Joaquin Raphael Phoenix
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Birthdate: October 28, 1974
Father: John Bottom Amram
Mother: Arlyn Dunitz Jochebed
Brother: River Jude Bottom-Phoenix, born August 23, 1970.
Sisters: Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix, born March 31, 1973; Libertad Mariposa Phoenix, born July 5, 1976; and Summer Joy Phoenix, born December 10, 1978.
The Name Game: Joaquin's name is pronounced WAA-Keen.
Body Business: The scar above Joaquin's lip is from when he was six. He and his older brother River were playing with toy sticks. River acidentally slashed Joaquin's face with his stick. Joaquin jokes about the scar, "Being like an older brother, he told me it was an early birthday present."
JOAQUIN'S FILMOGRAPHY:
Voltage (2003)...........................Zach
Aurora Island (2003)
Signs (2002)..............................Merill Hess
Its All About Love (2002)............John
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)................Ray Elwood
Quills (2000)..............................The Abbe du Coulmier
Gladiator (2000)..........................Emperor Commodus
The Yards (2000)........................Willie Gutierrez
8MM (999).................................Max California
Clay Pigeons (1998).....................Clay Bidwell
Return to Paradise(1998)...............Lewis
U Turn (1997)..............................Toby Tucker aka TNT
Inventing the Abbots(1997)............Doug Holt
To Die For (1995)........................Jimmy Emmett
Canceled Lives (1993) (voice).......Himself
Walking the Dog (1991)
Parenthood (1989)........................Garry Buckman-Lampkin
Secret Witness (1987) (TV).........(as Leaf Phoenix)
Russkies (1987)..........................Danny
SpaceCamp (1986)......................Max
Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986)....Doug Roberts
Kids Don't Tell (1985)..................Frankie
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984) (TV)
.................................................Himself
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