Joaquin Phoenix

JOAQUIN PHOENIX

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Childhood

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix was born in 1974 in Puerto Rico but he lived for most of his childhood in Los Angeles and Florida, he's mostly known for his acting career but he's also an animal rights activist. He had an who died early in 1993.

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Childhood

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His name was River Phoenix, he was an actor as well so his brother's career started because of him. He won many awards but died in 1993 because of a drug overdose.

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Filmography

Phoenix, during the years has shown great versatility thanks to the many characters he played as. In particular we remember:

Johnny Cash from "Walk the line" (2005)

Commodus from "Gladiator" (2000)

Arthur Fleck/Joker from "Joker" (2019)

Joaquin Phoenix

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Filmography

Walk the line (2005)

The film is based on Johnny Cash's autobiographies written in 1975 and 1997 by him. Phoenix played as the main character which gained him

the Golden Globe Award for the Best Actor in a Motion Picture

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Gladiator (2000)

This film is the most famous among the ones Joaquin has played in. Commodus, is the character he played as. He won many awards for this role like

the Critics' Choice Movie Awards fot the best Suppoting Actor

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It's his last success, the film represents Todd Phillips' version of the making of the Super Villain but in a more political and "realistic" tone.

Joker (2019)

The stairs dance scene

is the most recognisable part of the film as many memes were made about it. Phoenix won, as the protagonist, many awards like

the Academy Award for the Best Actor

Joker (2019)

The stairs dance scene

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Awards

Phoenix actually won way more awards than those we talked about earlier, in his life he received 120 nominations and won almost 30, here are his most famous awards and nominations

Academy Awards

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British Academy Film Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Grammy Award

Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Once, he gave his voice to ,he has dubbed Kenai in. It was a success but he never had any other dubbing experience ever since.

Brother Bear (2003)

He requested the two bears, who have inspired the making of the movie, to be sent to an animal sanctuary.

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Made by Salvatore Di Martino