| Joaquin Phoenix  AKA Joaquin Raphael Phoenix
Born: 28-Oct-1974
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Gladiator Joaquin Phoenix in a film actor, star of The Village and Ladder 49. He is the younger brother of actor River Phoenix. His parents were missionaries for a Christian cult called Children of God, a group often alleged to have condoned pedophilia and used sex as a means of proselytizing. The Phoenix family eventually withdrew from the group. Phoenix was about six when they settled in Los Angeles. His parents hired an agent for their children, and all five kids worked in TV commercials. Home-schooled, Phoenix quit his studies in ninth grade. Like most of the Phoenix family, Joaquin is vegan. A scar on his lip seems to be the remnant of a harelip operation. Phoenix claimes it is merely a birthmark.
He grew tired of having his first name mispronounced ("wah-keen" is correct), and called himself "Leaf Phoenix" as a child actor. Alongside Scatman Crothers and Fred Savage, he was a regular on the 1986 show Morningstar/Eveningstar, and his movies include SpaceCamp, Gladiator, and I Walk the Line. At 20, he was seduced by Nicole Kidman in To Die For, played the Emperor in Gladiator, crossed boundaries in The Village, and defended the world with a baseball bat in Signs.
Joaquin's brother, River Phoenix, went on to great stardom and sudden death by drug overdose. They were together when he died, at Johnny Depp's Los Angeles nightclub, The Viper Room. River was 23 and Joaquin, just a few days past his 19th birthday, called 9-1-1. Tapes of the call were played repeatedly on tabloid television. After his brother's death, Phoenix retired the name "Leaf" and became again Joaquin. After portraying Johnny Cash in I Walk the Line he decided that he is more a musician than an actor, and in 2008 Phoenix announced that the romantic comedy Two Lovers with Gwyneth Paltrow would be his last film. Father: John Lee Bottom Amram Phoenix (carpenter, archbishop of Children of God cult, b. 14-Jun-1947)
Mother: Arlyn Dunetz Heart Phoenix Jochebed (secretary, worked at NBC; b. 31-Dec-1944)
Brother: River Phoenix (actor, b. 23-Aug-1970, d. 31-Oct-1993)
Sister: Rain Phoenix (singer/actress, b. 31-Mar-1973)
Sister: Libertad Mariposa Phoenix ("Liberty", dancer, country music performer, b. 5-Jul-1976)
Sister: Summer Phoenix (actress, b. 10-Dec-1978)
Girlfriend: Liv Tyler (actress, dated 1995-98)
Girlfriend: Lisa Ebeltoft (model, cohabited early 2000s)
Girlfriend: Topaz Pagegreene (model, dated 2002-03)
High School: (homeschooled, dropped out, 9th grade)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
unknown detox facility Alcoholism, 2005
Risk Factors: Vegetarian, Alcoholism
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Two Lovers (19-May-2008)
Reservation Road (13-Sep-2007)
We Own the Night (25-May-2007)
Walk the Line (4-Sep-2005)
Hotel Rwanda (11-Sep-2004)
Ladder 49 (26-Aug-2004)
The Village (26-Jul-2004)
Brother Bear (20-Oct-2003) [VOICE]
It's All About Love (10-Jan-2003)
Signs (29-Jul-2002)
Buffalo Soldiers (8-Sep-2001)
Quills (2-Sep-2000)
Gladiator (1-May-2000)
The Yards (27-Apr-2000)
8MM (19-Feb-1999)
Clay Pigeons (15-Sep-1998)
Return to Paradise (10-Aug-1998)
U Turn (27-Aug-1997)
Inventing the Abbotts (4-Apr-1997)
To Die For (May-1995)
Parenthood (2-Aug-1989)
Russkies (6-Nov-1987)
Spacecamp (6-Jun-1986)
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (7-Mar-1984)
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